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Secondly, A live recording for an original jazz quartet:

Here's two live videos from two different projects: Firstly - we recorded our recent album all live, Snarky Puppy style, with an audience in the room listening - here's the first single:

Absolutely get rid of both of them. They both sound like a total waste of time. Find one decent guitarist, it will be worth the wait. There’s no longevity in either of these two players and they’ll only cause ongoing trouble down there line if you try to persevere. Good luck.

I traded a bass with Will a few weeks back and it was seamless. Great comms (even over Easter weekend) and he paid for a courier to collect my bass as well. All happened as it said it would - highly recommended! :)

Done.

I just use an FX loop on the pedal board rather than the amp itself. Much easier IMO plus it means you don't HAVE to use your amp all the time - easier for touring gigs or when you might have to share rigs etc. Sometimes I've been told I categorically have to use the backline so if my setup relied upon using an FX loop in an amp I'd have been scuppered.

Sorry dude!

Yeah man - had it for years. Made / tweaked a few good presets for it a while back but it was SUCH a pain to programme that I gave up with it really. There are also no presents knocking around anywhere on line so it was hard to get the best from it.

Well....this is probably something that needs more than a quick post but I'd suggest: 4 x 7 min blocks - use a timer for each one - short and focused burst of practice will yield a good return in the medium term. Turn your phone off and just be in the moment in the practice room. Have a minute break between each one and trust the process. Try to practice at least 5 days in 7 - any less and you'll be playing catch up all the time - any more and you risk burn out. 6 days in 7 is the dream I reckon. Make sure you know exactly what you're working on each day before you even turn up to start practicing. Pick four exercises from the above given and start there. If you're an electric bass teacher then you'll have a sense of how to develop exercises to push you on and how to move on when you need to. For intonation practice working with a drone Is a good idea, as is one finger scales sliding between each note on one string. There are loads of options but I'd suggest just picking a few and getting started. Recording yourself is also a really useful tool for refection and self-evaluation. As you get into the process you'll start to see what works and what doesn't work and adapt the exercises as required.

I'd suggest the following: Set some medium / long terms goals and then work backwards from there. You want to play in tune? Fab - set that as you 12 month goal and then 'deconstruct' that and work backwards from there. What things do I need to work on to achieve this longer term goal? Folks have given you lots of ideas of WHAT to practice but nobody has really talked about structuring your practice and that's absolutely key. It sounds like you've got regular time available (absolutely vital) and some idea of what you'd like to achieve which is a real start. I've got a 12 month practice diary on my wall (in days) so I can mark off what I'm doing each day and see visually how I"m progressing and what I need to work on each day. Hope that helps - it's a quick summary but I'd be very happy to go into more detail via DM if you would like - I've got 20plus years of teaching and performing and practicing (!) so I'd like to think I've a vague idea of what I'm taking about. Good luck with it all.

These are amazing but SO convoluted to use unless you dedicate many hours to them. @peddo you have any presets you fancy sharing...I could be tempted to get back into mine again.

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Lush. And somewhat pricey before import taxes. BOO.

I don’t think anyones getting particularly heavy, just chewing the fat (bacon rind) on an interesting topic is all.

I too love this film. There’s a bunch of transcriptions on my website for those who haven’t got the book mentioned. I didn’t get it first time but second viewing in a decent home cinema setup and I was like ‘hello, listen to the bass…”. Dunn is a killer player - he says so much, often using very little. I always compare his (mainly) crotchet and quaver approach with Jamerson’s 16th note approach and how they both work, in very different ways to propel the music along.

Slightly tangentially - there’s been some really interesting posts from Ed Friedland recently about the role of a supporting bass player as opposed to a ‘superstar DJ’ bass player (all bells and whistles and looks great for 30secs on Instagram) and how important that is. Lots of food for thought about the differing roles of a bass player (and making money from it!).

Shsss! Don’t tell everyone or they’ll all want to move here 😂