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thebigyin

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  1. A plank of wood with 4 nails and strings attached would be to good an instrument....what an awful racket, I can't see why guitar companies endorse such clowns, he's never progressed as a musician, as you can tell i'm not a fan.
  2. As it reads been following Kevin on youtube all week and subscribed to the youtube channel and also signed up for monthly lessons works out about £14.77 in my humble opinion needs a bit more recognition, he's a professional Chicago based Musician and Educator some really good content on his website ranging from Triad, Modal and Pentatonic workouts through to Blues and Jazz Walking Basslines plus lots more, some great stuff on there and Kevin seems genuinely into helping you achieve your goals....well worth a gander and his Walking Basslines in my opinion are what Walking Bass is all about authentic, swinging and most importantly Musical....check him out.
  3. Big Jamerson fan the reason I picked up the Bass....he sounds so different on this track and it's well documented about his falling out of favour with producers, personally if you hadn't pointed out this was Jamerson I would of never thought it was him, I prefer the old Jamerson tone but that's what I love about him he remains in my opinion the best ever....RIP.
  4. Just the one ESP PT-4 signature....Jazz configuration lovely Bass.
  5. Does the job perfect I cut them across longest length into 3 roughly inch strips and used to shove one tight upto bridge as possible you still get some clarity yet dulls the tone off enough to get that nice muted tone...does me and I don't change or clean my strings either....I got the nickname 'Sponge Bob' lol when a fellow bassist see me playing my Bass....haven't played for awhile now so just noodling at home for past few years but no foam mute at moment as my style as changed somewhat I tend to play over bridge pick up lately I used to hate that treblier sound but my whole outlook as changed and tend to prefer it now......I think it's watching Bassists like Rufus Philpot and the more modern approach has rubbed off on me.
  6. Tommy Shannon, Johnny B Gayden, Keith Ferguson all spring to mind and can all lay down a great groove and swing
  7. Hi Folks, Anyone purchased the above Course and there thoughts please wanting to experiment with Walking Bass Lines to improve my playing your views very much appreciated, thanks.
  8. Welcome Dawn lot's of stuff on youtube for learning and plenty of great advice on site....some recommended viewing Talking Bass, Scott's Bass Academy, Ariane Cap, Jamie Lewis, Daric Bennett, Greg Hager all offer beginner, intermediate to advanced lessons covering all aspects, above all enjoy the journey best of luck.
  9. Know what you meant Kusee Pee....I was referring to I haven't learnt them in all 12 keys just a few.....it's all well and good learning the shapes but it's putting them to good use and making music out of them but enjoying the challenge.
  10. Yes I know....I was referring to the modes in the 12 keys I have only learnt them in a few keys, i'm only scratching the surface at the moment
  11. I have only learnt the modes in a couple of keys but still got to learn how to apply them, that's the problem with me but it's slowly coming together best of luck.
  12. I know what your saying there but I felt I had to do something or pack up for good....having not played for years it seemed the right thing to do for myself, if I had the knowledge and was good enough would of loved to teach Bass and trawling through the endless online lessons ect and the so called importance of theory I thought why not give it a bash and believe it or not have enjoyed learning some basic theory and feel it's improved my outlook...time will tell, best of luck.
  13. Aye I know some really good musicians but like myself the word 'Theory' sends them into panic mode lol, but it's nice to try learn some basics I have only just learnt what a II V I is ect….I was familier to a standard blues I IV V but now I've learnt the meaning of intervals it's all making sense.
  14. Thankyou just trying my way through 'Autumn Leaves' just R 5th at moment only started today seems to be the go too standard for beginners in this field only worked on first half of song just getting a feel for it love the chord sequence moves lovely.
  15. Hi Folks, This last few months I have started dabbling in a bit of Theory nothing intense just trying to better myself, unfortunately my job doesn't permit me to rehearse for a band anymore so haven't played 'live' for a good few years, so rather than give up which I almost did....I started learning a few bits which I could never grasp before, like modes, chord tones, intervals ect….still just scratching the surface but the penny slowly starting to drop (I hope) like chord construction I never knew a chord was made up in intervals of thirds ect….I learnt my basic triad arpeggios years ago but adding the 7th, 9th, 11th ect just count up 3....I was a very late starter about 40 and after 17 years of playing these things are only just registering, took me ages to learn modes could never grasp it initially....I have tried showing or talking to a couple of muso mates but they scoff at me when I say do you know this, that or the other blah, blah, i'm finding it quite interesting but don't want to get to OTT just enough to maybe one day be able to play some interesting walking basslines, still a huge amount to learn but after not picking my Bass up for years I decided about Christmas time to give it one last bash and feel at long last i'm making some progress....good luck to all who might be in the same boat.
  16. Little Ghetto Boy.....Willie Weeks on fine form from the Donny Hathaway Live lp.
  17. It's not my Bass....it's me that rattles lol, sorry I couldn't resist.
  18. Very true Grangur the SBL Academy has some great information I regularly take advantage of the 14 day free trial and download the pdf's that are available in the workbooks, I particularly like the Phil Mann content, I agree about Rufus brilliant and educated bassist but way over my limited skills.
  19. I have the Truefire Motown Bass course by Andrew Ford some good content but I find him annoyingly boring so would give that a miss and I have 2 Fingerstyle Acoustic Blues courses by David Hamburger which are great, he's brilliant and very witty.
  20. Al have a look at Truefire they have lot's of Bass and Guitar courses with some outstanding tutors some of the Bass tutors include Stu Hamm, Ariane Cap, Andy Irvine, Dave Santos, Steve Jenkins...you can subscribe for free and this will enable you to look at certain courses ect at present there are about 50 courses covering different genres from Rock, Blues, Jazz, Funk, Reggae, Latin, Walking Bass lines, Theory, Technique ect worth a gander.
  21. Not paid for any courses but joined SBL, Talking Bass and Ariane's Forum type lessons there's plenty to keep one busy via there free pdf downloads I have learnt quite a bit of theory ect like chord tones, modes, intervals....Phil Mann on Scott's Bass Lessons has some great material on theory and teaches in a fun way if you take advantage of Scott's 14 day free trial at Scott's Bass Academy, good luck.
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