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Paging 'legoman', paging 'legoman'. Someone who is very interested in finding about this particular combination!

Hi! For a guide on rates, start with the Musician's Union. There's a ton of information available including industry contacts and advice as well as support should you find yourself in a situation requiring such. You can also get sample contracts to take to sessions too. My main advice is much like any other area of being self-employed in the music industry. Don't expect session work alone to pay the bills and with so many 'session players' out there, it's already a cramped market. Most studios, producers etc have their 'go-to' players already, so be prepared to prove you are a better choice! Expect to be faffed about with and do lots of travelling for good work. You will be expected to 'deliver on demand' quickly. That rather depressing dispensary out the way, it can be hugely rewarding and there's opportunity to work with awesome artists. I personally don't use session or dep work as my main income, but I like to keep a hand in because it's great fun and as I say, really rewarding. Oh p.s. expect that some artists believe you should feel lucky just to be in the room with them and somehow think your mortgage company takes 'facebook page shares' as payment lolz.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1345641107' post='1779844'] Thank goodness! I thought I was going doolally [/quote] I was sure I'd proof read my reply! I should have gone to specsavers hehehe! My eyes, my eyes.. grooooaaaaaan!

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1345640175' post='1779818'] This is a point of confusion for me. I thought the dominant chord was built on the 5th note of the scale. Likewise the subdominant on the 4th. I understood the 7th to be the leading note. Am I wrong here? [/quote] Waaiiiiiiiiit! Which one of you mods has been editing my posts lol!! vi is a minor chord vii SHOULD read 'dim chord' for diminished not 'dom' for dominant.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1345640175' post='1779818'] This is a point of confusion for me. I thought the dominant chord was built on the 5th note of the scale. Likewise the subdominant on the 4th. I understood the 7th to be the leading note. Am I wrong here? [/quote] You are quite right in that the 5th step of the Major scale provides the root note for the dominant chord. The 4th step of the Major scale provides the root note for the sub-dominant chord. The quote you have made simply describes that if you create your 1st, 3rd and 5th intervals for each chord starting with each step of the major scale in turn, for example C, E, G then D, F, A, then E, G, B and so on, you will either derive a major or minor or diminished chord for that specific step.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1345621625' post='1779451'] You want a Kettle lead. [/quote] Lol, thank you

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1345630072' post='1779606'] Playing "out of your comfort zone" pushes your brain and fingers to new levels of dexterity and is a very good thing. [/quote] And there's also nothing like the buzz of 'flying by the seat of your pants' live too. There have been dep gigs when I have had almost too many songs to learn in the alotted time prior to playing and sometimes lucky to get a full rehearsal in. But it's great when it all comes together and the gig goes well... Which it will! Have a great one!

Awesome Rasta! I spent hours messing with mine last night whilst jamming ideas with the built in drum machine and looper!

I'm not usually a pedant, but I am so happy to see that the word 'Kettle' hasn't found it's way in to this thread!

[quote name='Jam' timestamp='1345585956' post='1779253'] Cheers man, that helps a little, but how is it that D to F is an interval of a minor third? Say, if you fretted D on the 5th fret of the A, F is the 3rd fret on the D, that's how you know it's a minor 3rd? Is there no other way of working that out than fretting it? I was trying to see if there was a logic behind it that I could work out if I didn't have a bass to hand... [/quote] I'd love to have you over for a lesson or two - I've devised a really easy and clear way of making all of this very easy to grasp and understand , but I don't seem to see my way of delivering it in books! Wow - maybe I should write a book!

p.s. - yes, I think it's all too easy to drown a student with waaaaay too much detail when it's not needed (yet).

[quote name='Jam' timestamp='1345586404' post='1779266'] Oh god I'm such a mong, I've just realised my mistake with the A Major example! I think perhaps it IS good to use the major "shape" to work things out sometimes. Thank you guys, I love this forum! Dood, can I assume then that no matter where on the neck I play the major scale box, the following still applies?: i - Major Chord ii - Minor Chord iii - Minor Chord iv - Major Chord v - Major Chord vi - Minor Chord vii - Dom Chord [/quote] As long as your are working out a Major key (e.g D Major in my example) then you will adhere to the TTSTTTS 'rule' and therefore the same 'rule' pattern on a standard tuned (fourths) bass. You can stretch it over 4,5,6,7 strings and get the same results anywhere on the neck.

[quote name='Jam' timestamp='1345581041' post='1779170'] For example, A major scale: A, Bm, Cm, D, E, Fm, Gdim, A Is that correct? How on earth am I going to remember that when I'm playing?! [/quote] As Peteb has pointed out, not quite. Let's keep this REALLY simple - it's WAY too easy to make this confusing! Remember that the 'rule' for a Major scale is T T S T T T S Although Stuart does say that he wants to shy away from just demonstrating patterns parrot fashion, I think in this case a simple pattern under the fingers can be a god send! Here's our 'rule' laid out on on the ole 4 stringer. If you know your fretboard well, then just using this pattern and what you have pointed out earlier you can 'work out' firstly what all 7 notes of a given major scale are and then whether or not the chords derived from each of those 7 steps step are major or minor. (we are only concerning ourselves with triads at the moment for ease of understanding.) [media]http://www.bassguitarscale.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/guitar-bass-scale-major2.jpg[/media] For example: i - Major Chord ii - Minor Chord iii - Minor Chord iv - Major Chord v - Major Chord vi - Minor Chord vii - Dom Chord lay your pattern out starting on D for example and you should find the notes D E F# G A B C# and back to D if you are continuing up to the octave. You can then surmise that again as an example, the third chord ('iii' above) in the key of D Major will be F# Minor.

I've just installed the computer software 'Edit And Share' - I like it and works a treat. I've just backed up all my sounds I have created. I also like that when the B3 is attached it appears that parameter changes made in the software are instantly changed on the B3 too. Cool!

Is Jordan Rudess endorsing this yet? ;0) lol

This is making for very interesting reading! I was hoping to squeeze at least 10kg off the weight, but this might not be possible then? It just might not be worth the work. I could be better off going for a 410XL and maybe porting that 5" driver into the cab.. That will sort me out with a 32Kg box. Bass end will be different, but with the same soeakers in both the 4.5 and 410, hopefully that character will be retained, along with the 18mm birch ply!

D'addario Pro Steels, though I've put coated bronzes on my acoustic guitar and coated strings on my electric guitar. My Shuker 6 headless has D'addario Nickels on and I am very impressed. Still zingy after a sweaty gig and they are smooth under the fingers too. (i've no quibble with the feel of Pro Steels).

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1345149263' post='1774384'] I like the Zoom B3 approach - I would like to see the equivalent of the Zoom G3 2.0 firmware for it for added oomph. The other multifx I've used have all constrained you to a particular signal chain with a limited number of options available at each step. [/quote] +1 I was always a massive fan of my TC G-Force until I sold it, like a fool! Ha! The B3 is a really cool idea and I hope it gets the G3 2.0 update. Zoom UK seem to think it's likely but could not say anymore at the moment.