nicklathambass

I totally am coming back haha!! I've just been a bit busy the last few days. THANKS SO MUCH for all your support & kind words everyone, can't believe I won.. argh... It's insane! I made a video thanking everyone here & the people at talkbass too, because you made me feel super welcome even though I'm clearly a total noob to forums etc. I didn't want you to think I just used the forum to get votes, I really am going to try and become more of an active member here! I even say so in the video. Thanks again, I cannot wait to get my grubby mitts on the Sandberg MarloweDK signature bass prototype! It sounds sooo niceeee!! Check out the video - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUeDf2HRAKU"]THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU[/url]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333922625' post='1608397'] Very good, I'm made up for you, man! You realise we're all going to have to have a go on this bass, don't you..? [/quote] Fine by me!!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333805686' post='1606754'] 'Like'. Epic skills, indeed. Are those your bass-playing trophies in that cabinet? [/quote] HAHA!! Thanks for the kind words, and that would be amazing if I had bass-playing trophies. xDD Unfortunately no, that is not what they are! I recorded my video at my very good friend Luke's house - he used to do a lot of cross country running and was evidently very good at it. Hahahaha. [quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1333807927' post='1606785'] Brilliant song Nick, i was wondering if you on here actually, but now you clearly are. Liked it when you posted your video a few days ago as i've been subbed for a while (And we've had a few conversations too, my username is dopewithabass) Liam [/quote] Good to see you dude! 'Course I know who you are! [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1333807197' post='1606772'] im going to ask the obvious here - i assume you wrote the whole thing yes? the riff at 1:30 and 2:10 is monster! beats metal of death any day imo and top marks for the yammy too [/quote] I did indeed write the whole thing. Glad you like the riff! It was funny when I was writing it - I thought to myself "hmm, it needs something before the solo section..." I just started playing and that riff came out. I was like "alright then, that'll do nicely! Thanks, hands!" And yeah. I really love my Yamaha. --- Now I've answered a load of the posts here (thanks for all of them by the way, really appreciate the support), I have awesome news. It's looking like I'm going to win the contest. I posted my video here (obviously) and have had a fantastic response (thankyou), on talkbass (and got a similar response which is also awesome), on Facebook a billion times (on my fanpage* as well as my personal account), my friends shared it a load, my subscribers on YouTube have been awesome sharing it, and my followers on twitter**. The biggest bass guitar Facebook page shared it, and also a really popular YouTuber promoted it and asked her fans & friends to support me and vote for me. As a result, it's looking like I've pretty much won. I don't want to jynx it so I'm almost thinking about not posting this... Unless something goes drastically wrong before voting closes in the next 7 days, I've won. I'm so bloody excited and happy!! :] But I'm gonna risk it. Thankyou all so much for your support, I can't really believe it. The Sandberg looks and sounds amazing and I can't wait to get it... (providing I do in fact win of course)... Thanks again, I literally cannot say it enough. Hope you're all doing awesome. Nick ---------- *My Facebook page is http://facebook.com/nicklathambass if anybody feels like joining & saying hi there! **My twitter page is http://twitter.com/itsnickonbass if anyone wants to say hi on there instead!

Thanks so much everybody!! Something crazy happened last night. A friend of mine shared the video with a friend of his, who just turned out to be MASSIVE on YouTube. She shared the video and so many people have given me support and voted for me! That's what all the #KateArmy stuff is about. I can't freakin' believe it! I feel like the luckiest guy ever!! I had nothing to do with getting her to share it so I hope I'm not accused of cheating or anything! This is just insane!! Thanks again for all of your kind words in here and voting for me, every single one matters to me so much! Almost every sentence in this post has an exclamation mark at the end of it. I'm going to calm down. Some day. But right now? HOLY CRAP. Ps. Thanks. <3

[left][b]BUT[/b] before everyone wants to stab me for spamming, please hear me out![/left] [left]Mythste enjoyed my video and said I should post here. He sent me! [/left] [left]So about the contest:[/left] [left]It's run by Sandberg Guitars. They're giving away a one-of-a-kind bass - the first prototype of the MarloweDK signature bass. It sounds astonishingly nice. I need it in my life. Ahaha. [/left] [left]The criteria was/is as follows: 2-3 minutes of original music, played live. I submitted a shortened version of my song 'Hammerhead' from my upcoming EP![/left] [left][b][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCRy3z42p7U"][Click here to go watch it!][/url][/b][/left] [left]I'm in 2nd place at the moment, which of course is marvelous, but I really want to win! :][/left] [left]If you like my video/song and you want to vote for me, all you need to do is click the thumbs up button on the YouTube page. I really really appreciate it.[/left] [left]OH! One final thing. I had this planned before the contest.. but I figured it'd probably be a good idea to say this now. If I win the contest, I'm going to release my EP for free (digitally) when it's finished. I was going to release it afterwards as a surprise thankyou! But yeah, maybe it's a good idea to say now. As an incentive to vote for me or whatever. [/left] [left] I hope you don't hate me for posting this. I just want to win so badly! And Mythste told me to post here. [/left] [left]Thanks for your time, have a good'un. Whatever you're doing and whether you vote for me or not. :][/left] [left]-Nick[/left]

[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]23 year old, experienced bass player from the north of England (Lancaster to [/size][/font][/color][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]be exact) looking for serious bands, or singer/songwriters who are serious about what they do and are looking to take that next step and get a ba[/size][/font][/color][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]nd together to perform their songs. [[[b]Edit: Studio session work would be great too!![/b][/size][/font][/color][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]]][/size][/font][/color][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]I enjoy listening to & playing music of pretty much every type. It's easier to tell you what I don't like than what I do like. I don't like happy hardcore dance music, and I don't like superfast thrash metal of death. That's about it.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]I've been playing the bass (and have loved it unconditionally) since I was 12, and I'm looking to start making a career out of it. I've put so much effort into it, it'd be silly not to now! I specialise in learning/writing songs/basslines by ear and pride myself on being pretty good at it.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]I'm an easy going person and I'm easy to work with. In band situations I like having the creative input when it comes to writing the bass parts, but at the same time I'm fine with criticism. And don't mind exact direction if I was in a situation where I'm playing somebody else's songs (I'm talking to you, singer/songwriters).[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]I have a car and I'm willing to travel. If you contact me about a seriously good opportunity I'd even be prepared to move "daan saaaaf" if needs be. If you're interested please do not hesitate to get in touch. My email address is [email protected], but I'll put all my details at the bottom as well.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]If you would like to see what I'm like as a person as well as a bass player, then feel free to check out my quite successful YouTube channels (links below) that I've been constantly posting videos on for the last two and a half years almost. I have over 1600 subscribers on one of them, and over half a million views in total.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope to hear from you soon! [/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]-Nick[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]------------------------------------------------------------------[/size][/font][/color] [b]EMAIL[/b][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] - [email protected][/size][/font][/color] [b]YouTube channels[/b][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]:[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Covers etc - [/size][/font][/color][url="http://youtube.com/bedroombassist"]http://youtube.com/bedroombassist[/url] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Original stuff - [/size][/font][/color][url="http://youtube.com/nicklathambass"]http://youtube.com/nicklathambass[/url] [b]Other things you may wanna check out[/b][color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]:[/size][/font][/color] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Facebook - [/size][/font][/color][url="http://facebook.com/nicklathambass"]http://facebook.com/nicklathambass[/url] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Twitter - [/size][/font][/color][url="http://twitter.com/itsnickonbass"]http://twitter.com/itsnickonbass[/url] [color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Soundcloud - [/size][/font][/color][url="http://soundcloud.com/nicklathambass"]http://soundcloud.com/nicklathambass[/url]