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Good luck to her. Having worked professionally as a freelance musician for 20 years I ‘got out’ last year and it was the best decision ever. It’s great in your 20s - your overheads are relatively low and you’re happy to be out playing / rehearsing / travelling all the time and you might make a little money. But as you go on it’s clear that there isn’t really much progression in the freelance world. Gigs generally pay pretty poorly when you break it down to an hourly rate and most work is precarious as best. Fine in your 20s but less fun in your 30s and onwards when you want to get a mortgage, settle down a bit more and have more reliability / stability in your life.
I’d advise her to consider whether she might find another job that would facilitate her to do the music she loves rather than having to take on every thing she gets offered as a freelance musician and still be broke!
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Yeah, go one I'm sold. I'll take it - DM'd.
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Secondly,
A live recording for an original jazz quartet:
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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:
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Any trades? Am also based in Newcastle
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Any trades on the HX stomp?
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1 hour ago, spacecowboy said:
Yeah the guitarists weren’t my idea! Singer wanted two, the keys players face was a picture when he found out there was two… he’s so talented as well… he can absolutely do the job for both of them!
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.
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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! :)
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13 hours ago, Quatschmacher said:
Source Audio are overhauling their Neuro platform and want as much customer (current and potential) input as possible. See the post here with links to the questionnaire.
Done.
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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.
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Ooh. The Ottobit is sweeetttt - GLWTS!
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Any trades?
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1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:
Dark horse, had I known that…
Sorry dude!
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1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:
Wait, what? You’ve had a Squeezer all this time and you never said?!
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.
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On 20/02/2023 at 21:45, Burns-bass said:
This is great…If you are willing, could you sketch out a good 30 minute practice block would be each day.
I’ve been a music teacher for EB, so this is all about technique so that I can apply that knowledge to DB.
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.
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On 08/02/2023 at 19:43, Burns-bass said:
So, I’ve started 2023 with the dedication to DB I’ve never had before. I am lucky enough to have an hour of practice time at least 5 days a week (I work for myself, and work in a room with my basses in).
I also enjoy the kind of stuff people don’t enjoy (playing with a metronome, doing the same exercises etc).
My aim is to get out and gig as I used to, so I’m working on intonation mostly.
I’m hoping to engage a tutor again, but I’d be interested in how best to structure my practice.
Any experienced DBers care to offer any suggestions?
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.
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On 02/01/2023 at 16:01, ped said:
Chunk systems Octavius squeezer! And I have one for sale
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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On 14/02/2023 at 10:01, ped said:
I'd also suggest the Crowther Audio Prunes and Custard - it only does a couple of sounds, but it can sound amazingly synthy. No tracking or latency and because you can blend in some clean mix, and because of the way the filter reacts, you can accentuate certain parts of baselines which poke through the synth sound. It's so natural to play and hugely responsive to touch.. play super light and it's a warm 'whomp', dig in and it splutters.
Quick demo here
TASTY
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Any trades?
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On 18/01/2023 at 07:33, Quatschmacher said:
Definitely read the short manual. This thing does quite a lot of cool stuff.
Lush. And somewhat pricey before import taxes. BOO.
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12 hours ago, Dan Dare said:
As dear old Ian Dury put it, a sense of humour is required amongst the bacon rinds. Lighten up, peeps.
I don’t think anyones getting particularly heavy, just chewing the fat (bacon rind) on an interesting topic is all.
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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.
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Honestly, IMO, this would be perfect. Stable job and good income that supports her to focus on the aspects of music she really loves. I suspect she’ll be happier and creatively the world will be better off too as she’ll be able to pour time and energy into what she really loves doing.