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[b] The Working Bassist's Tool Kit: The Art and Craft of Successful Bass Playing[/b] by Ed Friedland Has anyone read this book and is it worth getting. I have Ed's "Building Walking Bass Lines" and it is great but I hate buying stuff when I can't see what's on the inside

[quote name='BobVbass' timestamp='1427970241' post='2736408'] Alan Lancaster, original bass player of Status Quo, some great bass melodic work on those early albums [/quote] +1

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1435009162' post='2804731'] Hardly. The photographer is being commissioned to take a set of photographs for Taylor Swift, which then become her exclusive property. He can turn down the commission if he doesn't like those terms, or ensure that whatever fee he negotiates compensates him for the potential loss of future revenue. Apple, OTOH, were going to give away somebody's work as a promotion but without recompensing them for it. [/quote] Totally agree, the photographer does not hold the copyright in a commissioned work, the person who commissioned it does. The same would apply to commissioned art works.

Very useful - thanks for this

Walter Page from the Count Basie Orchestra is another person worth studying. He was one of the pioneers of walking lines

EVH is full of sh*t! If he really had to show MA what to play all the time he would have been kicked out before they ever recorded their first album. MA is a very underrated bassist. His tone and groove have always been awesome.

I remember reading an interview with Nuno Bettencourt and Brian May once. Nuno said that he had the chance to play through EVH's stage set up and was lamenting that he still sounded like Nuno and not EVH. There have been a number of times that people have borrowed my bass at Uni and played it through the same amp with the same settings but we all sounded completely different, so I think that the player has more influence on the sound than gear does. That is not to say that gear makes no difference, it is just not as important as the player.

You can purchase it directly from his website [url="http://www.teachmebassguitar.com/"]http://www.teachmebassguitar.com/[/url] Though the sites Rich (Grangur) mentioned are definitely worthwhile

[quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1427128295' post='2726132'] Worried by the fact that our band do both Moondance and Teenage Kicks! Anyway I started with Moondance following [url="http://www.how-to-play-bass.com/songs-moondance.html"]http://www.how-to-pl...-moondance.html[/url] and have over several years "varied" or "customised" a little. Gave me a good start though. [/quote] +1

Ask him politely if you can give him some feedback, make sure that everything you tell him is constructive and that it is not directed at him as a person. Say stuff like "I have an idea for your solo for *insert song*" and show hims stuff that fits and is in key. If he has only been playing a short while, he may not know anything about theory and why some stuff works and other stuff doesn't. If he really wants to learn he will listen. Don't say "I didn't really like what you did there"

As long as the pedal was working I wouldn't worry about it but if the condition of the original box was an issue for me I would state that in correspondence when buying the pedal

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1434006419' post='2795774'] One trick for remembering the sharp key signatures is that the 'last' sharp (the one to the right of the key signature) is always the leading note of the major scale for the key signature, Hence, in this case, the 'last' sharp is A sharp hence the key is B major. With flats, the second 'last' flat in the key signature is always the major key. So with a key signature of B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, the key is A flat major. [/quote] Easiest way to remember them, so much simpler than learning by rote

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1434037884' post='2796186'] Quite surprised that someone who got the other questions right didn't know that! [/quote] Just had never seen that particular term before, always seen it as Ritardando

Just a quick note on the clefs. Treble Clef points to G - second line from bottom (it is sometimes called a G Clef as it is in the shape of an elaborate G) Bass Clef points to F- Second line from top (it is sometimes called an F Clef as it is in the shape of an F) Alto and Tenor Clef both point to Middle C

14/15. Didn't know Rallentando.

John Deacon was certainly underrated. His bass lines were always tasteful, melodic and perfect for the song being played.

Definitely Jack - IMO the best there ever was. Was also one of the first to use bass a lead instrument and a fantastic songwriter

[quote name='grumpyguts' timestamp='1429049871' post='2747547'] I had a lump on my right wrist above my thumb, doctor told me it was a Ganglion. This went when I stopped playing in the early 90's. . [/quote] This is correct and they will go away of their own accord. You can break them up with a book or something but is not necessary I get them occasionally

Welcome Lucasade, I too am from Australia. Grew up in Newcastle but now live in Maroochydore. The people here are always friendly and helpful.

Somebody famous (can't remember who) once said - "Don't practice till you get it right, practice till you don't get it wrong". Which by the sounds of it you are trying very hard to do. You said that you can play it at slower speed so just keep working on it and you will be able to play it at full speed in no time. I find it much easier to learn the different sections of a song separately and then put it all together rather than trying to learn a song all the way through from the start.

I don't think the blues will ever die out. It had a revival in the 90's with Gary Moore and acts like Joe Bonamassa are keeping it alive today. There are a number of Blues and Roots festivals in Australia, in fact, the Byron Bay Blues Festival is on right now.

Saw them in Brisbane in 1995. Brilliant gig!! Have loved the Stones since I was 12 (1980) when my mum gave me Rolled Gold for Xmas. I had obviously heard some of their songs on radio etc prior to that and enjoyed them but this was the first time I really listened to them. What I heard blew me away the interaction between the instruments and the various layers. This was when I realised that a song was more than just music with lyrics but a conversation between the various instruments and that each played a major role in the overall sound of the songs.

John Deacon is just about the perfect bass player, play any genre thrown at him and always comes up with melodic but tasteful lines that compliment the song