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A professional musician nowadays would make their living from having a portfolio of skills and employment, gigging, teaching, composing/writing, media/journalism, sessions. The above is from the musicians union.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1423008538' post='2679645'] You have to be in touch with what you want to achieve as a musician/bassist. I've been told on here more than once that my assertion that we should be learning to express ourselves through music and chosen instrument is bollocks. So where does that leave us in terms of learning from a pro's experiences? Is it mostly a technical exercise for some of us? [/quote] I can't believe people think that, after all, you're playing a musical instrument, it just happens to be a bass. I'm personally not at all interested in groove or 'holding things together. For me it's all about creating music, and expression. Steve Lawson used to come on here, but I haven't seen him for ages. Janek Gwizdala used to, same thing though, I haven't seen him for ages.

I think some guys on here would be quite surprised just how much pros actually know with regard to gear.

http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/diets-diet-plan-Diet/2011/01/18/id/383187/

Not something that I've ever had, but I've read that anti-inflamatories can help, and diet can play a part in keeping it at bay.

I've been told that a lot of shows specifically ask for a Fender bass.

I sent a faulty monitor back to them recently and it cost nothing at all. They emailed a return shipping thing, and I took it along to the post office. They had it back the following evening.

This is a pretty good site to look on - [url="http://www.musicteachers.co.uk"]http://www.musicteachers.co.uk[/url]

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1422749115' post='2676514'] You get it? [/quote] Mine arrived Thursday, very pleased

This, fantastic fretless tone. Possibly not to everyone else's liking maybe. [url="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/grace-and-gratitude/id208160961"]https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/grace-and-gratitude/id208160961[/url]

Not trying to derail the thread at all. I was talking to someone the other day, and he said something very sensible. All this talk about lightweight cabs, you only maybe carry the cab a very short distance, probably only for a few seconds even, and you can get great collapsable trolleys very cheaply. Most of the time it's the bass that causes back problems, it's the bass that is after all strapped to you for possibly 2 or 3 hours of a gig. just a thought.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422671269' post='2675570'] You mean remove the whole thing from BassChat entirely and transfer it to YouTube..? Makes sense... no-one would have to be irritated by it then, would they? No-one's irritated by anything they see on YouTube. [/quote] Use youtube if you opt for a very short video, or use Soundcloud, but have a Basschat page, so all the entries are in a single place. Email your entry to someone on Basschat, they stick em up on Soundcloud, or Youtube.

Maybe a 40 second video clip would be better ? Compose and record it, send it to whoever is in charge of organising it, they can stick it up on a basschat YouTube page so they're all together in 1 place.

I travel from Marylebone to Birmingham/Sutton Coldfield every Thursday, sometimes Friday.

That's really good, great to hear.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1422631828' post='2674923'] I don't believe you. [/quote] It's totally true. I'm just not at all interested in rock music, particularly that from years ago. My influences when taking up playing bass were guys like Jaco, using bass in a melodic way. Nowadays it's mostly either classical or experimental music that I listen to.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1422628793' post='2674829'] Not to worry. I joined this site over five years ago, and in that time I have discovered several musicians (not just bass players) that I had never heard of before. Some of which are now so familiar to me that it is as if I had always known about them and their work! [/quote] That's it isn't if ? If you don't listen to music from a genre, then you're not gonna have heard of them. One of my students is 16 and never heard of Flea, but there're guys he likes that I've never heard of. He's into progressive metal type stuff.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422628258' post='2674817'] Well that's not very rock 'n' roll, to be honest! I bet you do that quiet electronic music no-one listens [/quote] I don't do electronic music 😊

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1422626958' post='2674791'] didn't know who Geezer was? Thats not very cool to be honest! [/quote] I guess I'm not very cool 😊 I've heard of Black Sabath but honestly can't name a single song of theirs. I'd imagine they come under the genre of classic rock ? Sorry, I only read the thread cos I was intrigued to see who had been arrested.