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[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1348428552' post='1813548'] Here's my band, Prescott: [media]http://youtu.be/1EY3GZdRtbY[/media] [/quote] Kev. That's f***ing mental I love it! I don't normally like to say what BC members' music reminds me of, but is there some Beefheart vibe going on? It seems to share some of Beefheart's aesthetic syntax. Anyway, whatever, it's quite remarkable!

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1348421357' post='1813430'] [url="http://www.xstrange.com"]http://www.xstrange.com[/url] [/quote] I wondered if it might be him. I saw one of his in the Bass Gallery last year. Thanks.

You have reminded me that I bought one after the last thread about them They seem ok, great forearm workout.

The sheer imagination behind it is quite stunning.

Great stuff, very interesting and not at all a surprise. Thanks for posting it. Who's Bruce then?

Vinnie with some fusion wicked fusion reggae feel. EDIT: Mike Landau's guitar solo in the first half is ridiculously loud, but zone it out and listen to Vinnie. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9HumCm70A[/media]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1348276341' post='1811902'] I could post a hundred, but here's 2. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2og2aOFUbCA&feature=related[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4I4oOqamKc&feature=related[/media] [/quote] I love the Vinnie one! I've seen all of the BP ones, there's one with a reggae feel which is wicked! I'll find it and post it.

Very good indeed. He has music in his heart.

Have a read of this. I reckon the StageScape and the Behringer X-32 will be the new faces of smaller venue live sound. They both look excellent in their respective fields, but my heart goes with the StageScape, it's sounds really really good and I like the interface ideas. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr12/articles/line-6-tech-interview.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ukXX45DvbQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBrAtR7OhYM

My favourite drummer is still Stewart though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A154OavghI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZS9xEjg-c

And I adore Brain (Bryan Mantia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbOekDjYdg [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-J1XgWeh_4[/media]

This guy's bloody good [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wku_MT87H7E[/media]

A few for starters, I get a top kick from these .. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yrfsu5WYwQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni-LvUkX7Us[/media]

Loving this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt-RoSzsEKA

Haven't you sold that yet ?!

I detest most of it, but I love Holdsworth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzW3yzxc7TY

I reckon he's spotted a new gap in the market for a musical Moonies type enterprise. Soon enough there will be bands getting together who've never met before in a mass jam ceremony.

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1348256108' post='1811606'] This is the source of all the frustration - and motivation - of my music making... I can *hear* what I want... well, not so much 'hear' as feel I guess, but I then have to translate that to the real world and it's a real challenge. when you are as new to an instrument as me... this is a killer. I have to have faith that it will happen with plenty of practice [/quote] It will happen, trust me. You'll have troughs, peaks and plateaux, but you'll get through them and progress. Record yourself, you'll hear great progress in a month if you put the work in. I've been playing for over thirty years, self taught, no real theory, can't read, not a technical player at all and I rarely practice, I only play. But one thing I think I can do is express myself quite well on the bass - through my note choices, use of space and dynamics, nuanced playing, and wanting to support the vocal and lyrics, rather than play with the drummer. I think I've developed an approach to my own self-expression, rather than being a technical player who can play anything. But I never wanted to do that, I want to play with bands I love playing with and luckily I can do that without needing to make a living at it. Find your own voice.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1348243646' post='1811369'] He's saying that you will play it how you hear it. If you hear it loud in your head then that is how it will be translated your instrument. [/quote] But also that if you can play it loud and with conviction, it also means you can play it quietly and with more expression. It won't be 'pale' anymore. And I completely agree.

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1348243895' post='1811376'] I interpreted it thus - When you hear a tune in your head that you want to play, you tend to "hear" it at a moderate volume. Of course, you're not actually hearing anything, you're imagining it. In my head I hear the notes like I hear my innner monologue, being sung fairly softly as if a scat singer was living in my brain. If you imagine that those notes are being sung LOUD, it sends a stronger signal to your hands, the notes will be more distinct and present in your conciousness and you will find it easier to get the ideas from your brain out via your instrument. I think the crux of it, like 51mon said, is to clear your mind of everything but the melody. Thinking of the melody louder is probably just a way of achieving that. [b]I can relate to what he means (if he means what I think he means) because a lot of the time my melodic ideas are a bit muddled and unclear in my head. Since watching this I've been focusing on thinking louder and clearer, and I think it could be one of the most important things I've learned in ages![/b] [/quote] I'm of the same thinking. It's a minor epiphany for me.

It's a CMI branded import. They are pretty good from what I've heard, but it depends. Have a search on Basschat, and look at the Jap Crap section, loads of info on there, a lot of it from our much missed Bassassin who is a JapCrap expert.

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1348233474' post='1811202'] Yup, but can also sound a bit cheesy if over emphasised. I think the video was deliberately trying to iron out the subconscious accenting of 2 and 4 so the player has complete control over where to put the accents. His playing immediately sounded more fluid as a result. It probably applies more to pianist and soloists, it's maybe our job as rhythm section to make it swing. [/quote] Absolutely. As soon as he started playing more straight time it sounded so much better and so less cheesy, and actually more emotive. I really like the sound of soloists playing more straight time over a swinging backing, I notice some reggae bass lines do this, except of course the bass is playing straighter and the drums and syncopation are swinging more. It sounds ace.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1348233889' post='1811206'] Another email this morning (prompted by this thread) has resulted in an apology from Kevin Johnson at NoTreble and an offer to add credits and links. Good on them for sorting this out. [/quote] Well done NT

[quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1348230172' post='1811142'] [b]I liked the demonstration where they counted 1 and 3 only instead of 1,2,3,4 and the difference in feel it produced.[/b] Also playing the first 5 notes of a scale and only listening to the tone of the piano to determine the tempo. On a stringed instrument where we have so much control over the tone the possibilities are a bit mind blowing [/quote] Yes! That was wickid! That was the minimising emotion one wasn't it?