dodge_bass

3 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Sight reading Sir Duke! respect!

Yup - except it was a mad big band arrangement so knowing the actual Sir Duke was of previous little help unfortunately! 

Last night I was depping for a NE based big band - it was an absolute roast sight-reading these charts having never seen / heard them before! Still I managed to quite myself pretty well! 

On 25/10/2022 at 12:42, Merton said:

Rob bought my Barefaced One10 today, super quick comms and payment. Marvellous stuff

Enjoy the cab!

I think maybe I then bought this? Who knows if it's the same cab (he has three!), either way great comms, super quick delivery (cab packed great) and item exactly as described. I'm a very happy bass player, what a cab. Thanks Rob, another fab member of this great community of bass players. 

Pm’d

Would you consider sending this at all or collection only?

2 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:

Hang on, what? Your OC-2 is gone?!

I had four!

Bought this to use with a Moog Minitaur and then quite quickly ended up upgrading to an all in one synth. Barely used, still has plastic over screen and I've got the box etc. Great little midi keyboard just not needed any more. Bargain at £90 plus £5 for P&P. 

Having a massive studio clear out so here are a bunch of pedals that are just gathering dust. If you want any further info drop me a DM. Add a fiver for P&P and I'll box up really well and send quickly. 
 

Pedals remaining:

BugBrand Bugcrusher 08 - rare bit crusher. Hard to put a price on, last one sold on Reverb for £400 (!). Grab a bargain at £250 incl. power supply cos it's a weird one. Happy to take trade offers on this. 

MXR Loopbox - fx loop - £40

TC Electronic - HOF Mini (The Hoff!) - £40

Moeer - Slow Engineer - £25

PM'd.

2 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

But that is rather obvious, and I never claimed otherwise.

 

So clearly you were trying to prove something.

 

The question is what exactly and why?

 

However you don't need theory to know that.

 

Ears and experience will tell you that.

 

And personally I prefer the music and my ears to tell me what to do.

 

But if you prefer your crotches and training wheels then suit yourself.

 

 

I love crotchets and training wheels.
Knowing about these has kept me in work as a professional musician who can read music, understand theory and ‘hear’ well. It’s all part of the same thing, they can’t be separated out and certainly I’d be wary of denigrating them so readily in public! 

34 minutes ago, zbd1960 said:

Chord III is one of the lesser used chords. What's also odd is the heavy chromatic alterations involved in this sequence. You start in G (1 sharp), then B (5 sharps), C, then finally Cmin (3 flats)

You’re right about the chromatic alterations but nothing in this sequence suggest a change of key so best to not approach it like that when you think about it because you lose sight of the bigger picture - I.E it’s just a slightly cheeky chord sequence in the key of G major. 
 

Chord iii is pretty common actually; perhaps less common is chord three as dominant chord rather than a minor chord. Chord IV going to IV minor is a very common alteration popularised by the Beatles - it’s just a more interesting way of getting back to the I chord (G in this instance).
 

So really its ultimate just a I - IV chord sequence (very common!) with a little variation to make it a bit more interesting to the listener. 

Any trades in particular you’re looking for?

Any trades?

Any trades or part ex’s?

And DM’d again! 😀

Dm'd

These are great - GLWTS

5 hours ago, andybassdoyle said:

I cannot believe @dodge_bass does not already have one of these. I thought it was the law!

I need a second!!! @andybassdoyle

Still available? 

Pm’d

Is the decimator still available? 

19 hours ago, johnbiffa said:

What are you thinking ?

I’ll DM you 

Any trades or part-ex?

3 minutes ago, NHM said:

My son went through a music conservatiore, got amazing results but now is working on an Accountancy apprenticeship getting well paid and having masters-level study paid for by his employer. In a year's time he will be fully qualified and will probably earning more than me when I retired! I know money isn't everything  but he enjoys the maths and accepts the compromise of a 'dullish' career, as it has taken all the pressure off him by having a steady and secure income. His music is now his hobby. He doesn't regret the study/debt, he says it was a great thing to do, but doing the apprenticeship has got his career back into a steady state and frees him up top pick and choose what music work he does in his spare time.

THIS

11 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

The problem is that employers even for McJobs expect their job to be more important than anything else in an employees life which makes trying to simultaneously run any "career" in music almost impossible. If you're lucky you will be able to do weekend gigs down the pub with a covers band, but IME for just about everything else the important gigs (as either a band or a session player) tend to be the ones that you pick up with almost no notice.

Perhaps, though not always true depending upon career direction . My job is remote and flexible allowing me, for the most part, to do most things I want to musically whilst also holding down a job. I specifically chose it because of this - so it is totally feasible  Just one of many things to consider I guess.