Sarah5string

4 hours ago, Kev said:

What??  Fantastic that you live such a privileged life, but perhaps a £1k or so investment on a bass is a lot of money for some people?

Exactly this. An expensive, luxury bass for me is £1000. I'm not someone who can drop 3k+ on a dream bass so there's no point dreaming above my means!

If I ever won the lottery I'd totally buy a dingwall tho.

3 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Why are you looking at Ebay..? Get back to your studying..! 

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https://bit.ly/3wS7eK9

I had been lusting after a BTB Ibanez for years. They looked stunning, had the pickups I like, and already beign a big Ibanez fan I was certain I'd play one and fall instantly in love.

That was until I actually played one. The sound was lacking and weak, plus t didn't feel anything like the Ibanez I'd played in the past and loved. It felt bulky, heavy and just not the same as I'd imagined.

Needless to say I no longer want a BTB Ibanez.

Have you  had any basses that you'd wanted but just didn't fit the bill when you actually came to play them?

Time song - the kinks

I got bored after about 30 seconds. His monotone voice was irritating.

That said, I hate the wholeYoutube culture.

HEEEEY GUUUUYZ IM GONNA REACT TO THIS REACTION VIDEO AND OMG SOUND ON DON'T SKIP BECAUSE ITS LUUUULLLLZ LIKE AND SUBSCRIIIIIBE BECAUSE MY SOUL IS EMPTYAND I NEED CONSTANT VALIDATION FROM STRANGERS AND TROLLZ ON THE INTERWEBZZZ

18 hours ago, Fishfacefour said:

Whilst driving home this afternoon I saw a fiat 500 that reminded me of a short scale stingray. Small, light coloured, nippy around town I guess (not having driven either). 

It got me thinking about what car would represent your bass? Is a P bass a lean sports car or a utilitarian people carrier? Is a jazz an SUV or a saloon? 

Bearing in mind I know very little about cars (and not much more about basses), what bass are you driving? 

I have a fiat 500 but in red with a soft top.

Maybe my bass for it would be headless

15 hours ago, Lord Sausage said:

Maybe I should just have said 'who doesn't think about it?' or 'who isn't it an issue for?'

I can't say I've ever even really thought about anything other than the pickups.

I've been trawling the internet but can't seem to find a cover for the Ashdown ABM115. All I can find is one that's since been discontinued.

Does anyone know where I can get one, or at least find a cover that would fit?

Also, I can't stand the beatles. If anyone wants me I'll be in hiding.

I can't stand the stuff from early punk, ie sex pistols/ramones etc. I have yet to find a song from that genre I like

Invisible

Musofinder

Local facebook muso groups/pages

Joinmyband

Jam/open mic nights

Posters/flyers in rehearsal rooms/studios

Word of mouth

Our first gig is booked for the 26th June but I'm fully expecting it to get postponed because of this indian variant stuff. 

Distortion to 11?

Wow that's awesome! You're probably my favourite tutor on SBL because of your no nonsense approach. Looking forward to having a proper look at these when I finish work. 👋

1 minute ago, BassTractor said:

That can never be a good thing.
Maybe it's better for you to accept the levels of your abilities, and to not try and cram a lot of new stuff into the short time you have left. You be the judge of this of course, but the way I see it you risk working yourself up to a stress level that is not going to contribute.

As several have said: they want you.
Try and tell yourself you're worth having.
All the best!
bert

Nah, I've ditched off the sight reading now I know enough to blag it. They're not expecting me to play from sheet music, I just wanted to get familiar with it/the notes and know the FACE/GBDFA etc.

I'm back to the metronome now

1 hour ago, jonno1981 said:

That’s never an arrangement for bass guitar. That’s a piano score isn’t it? Unless you’ve been told otherwise I wouldn’t play the part as written. It’s got an F below your low B on the 5 string! That wasn’t what was played on the original recording. 
This could work as an exercise to follow a chart, but you can’t play the exact notes, it’s impossible. Is this on your audition? It’s more of a challenge to take the music, play something that follows the chord changes and make it sound ok! 

It's apparently the 'jazz version' of thunderstruck by AC/DC 🤣

My brain is melting...

9 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Reading that post, I'd say you've covered the essential bases. The metronome stuff sounds like a Good Bet (although, really, a bit of metronome stuff should be in your weekly routine anyway, if not daily...). Bare bones theory sounds about right, too; after all, if you had it all down pat, you wouldn't want to be going to classes, would you..? Brush up on the ones you do know, and look up any other one, just for fun. As for mode names : it's not a Greek course you're going for. Look up one other just the same, over a coffee or tea break, and that'll do fine. For reading, each evening, from now till audition, just get any piece you have on hand and read it through once, then read it through playing along. Just the once each; no need to over-do things. It's just to make it pretty 'ordinary' to reach for a page of bass , scan it, then play it. You've done all of this before anyway, so you're already pretty much 'in the zone'. It's looking good; you're going about this the right way. 

That's a really good idea. If I find the sheet music for songs I know I think that might help as well because I can 'read' while playing it and link the two..

Thanks guys, I'm starting to freak out a bit as it's hard to prepare when you don't know exactly what they're going to ask! Going to do some metronome work with scales and arpeggios tonight as I know there's a couple of other bits they expect you to play along to a click track to demonstrate your harmony/groove.

I know the theory bare bones, but am worried about the holes in my knowledge. I know the major, Natural minor, pentatonic minor and blues scales in two shapes (and chromatic obviously) but couldnt tell you their mode names apart from major is Ionian and that C major has no sharps or flats.

For arpeggios I know the major/minor, dominant 7, major 7, minor 7, major 6 and minor 6.I don't know how to sight read much to play along to, but I know what the basic things are on the staff.

Aaaargh

Still working on Bombtrack. It's getting there, still a bit sloppy in places but it's getting cleaner and that's what matters.

Less than a week until my audition. OH GOD

51 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

How useful they are to you will depend on how accurate you need what you hear to be in terms to sound.

Some musicians are incredibly precious about their on-stage sound and seemingly can't play properly unless it is as close to their perfect sound as possible. Others like myself just need to be able hear enough to be able to tell that they are in time and in tune with the other musicians and be able to tell where they are in the song. 

I think it's more about my own self confidence than anything else to be fair!

Yea that makes sense. I think my main thought with getting them is being able to hear my vocals and bass clear enough to know if something is off when playing live!