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4 strings for me, but with an extra 2 frets for a low D.

When learning the rules for 4 part harmony, it was quite annoying to find out that Bach's 4 part harmonies break the rules all over the place 😡

I shall try not to let it affect my day. I'm not promising anything mind. I'm not trying to prove anything, but it shows that musical theory can be directly applied in composition. Also that making vacuous statements like: is rather silly. Not least because if I know (for example) tapping a triad over a particular chord sequence will work, I know what it will sound like, but mainly because 'don't tell me what to do!'

Only one way to test that. Bass solo kicks in 2:25. See what you think.

In a covers band, what I play can be due to the band lineup.

Sorry to tell you, but it was a good one! 😉

Many years ago, I brought a song to the band. As we were going through it, the guitarist asked what happens next. As a joke I said "bass solo". Nobody laughed or said 'no', so I thought "bugger, I've got to do a bass solo". Probably 90% of what I came up with was performed on the spot due to my knowing a bit of music theory.

It was a duo with Brahms. Traditional Cockney sing-alongs.

My mate was stabbed in there 20 years later.

When I was at college, I had a music teacher who was taught by Bela Bartok.

I saw him in Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. He was playing an orchestra conductor, he had the moves right!

Oh no it isn't!

The football team Leeds United bought Lucas Radabe (and Phil Masinga) from. They're Leeds fans MOT!

Do streams on all of the above count towards The Hit Parade?

Yesterday I was in Ghost Town Sound studio in north London with The Royal Blues. We were in to do 3 songs, but just to get the bass and drums down. Vox and guitar were booked for another session. My plan was to use 2 basses to get a Nashville tic tac type sound, with one of my Shuker's and my Rob Allen Mouse. But as there was a bass in the studio and I was using public transport I just took the Mouse. The studio bass was a nice looking vintage Fender P, pics at the bottom. There was a bit of adjustment using a 34", as my basses are either mid or short scale, but the problem was an action you could drive a bus under, and that is not the angle of the pic, the string alignment is out. It sounded great, but perhaps not suitable for the tic tac, I'll see how much of my doubling ends up in the mix. The session did not start well. The drummer was having difficulty and it took 4 hours to get enough drums to be able to compile a full take. After a food break we did another song, which was recorded quite quick, then we went back to the first song and he nailed it. After that the last song was done in plenty of time. I DI'd in to the desk, and my bass parts were done after a couple of run throughs. Pub after. Good day 😁 btw I asked permission to post pics of the bass. It's what he used when he was in Echobelly.

Following on from the How Was Your Gig/Rehearsal/Audition threads, it's about time we had a How Was Your Recording Session thread. Details to include: Pic and/or description of what you had for breakfast that day (because what's life without whimsy?). Name of band. Name of studio. Gear used. Tell us how it went.

The bands I'm in I found through JoinMyBand and one of the Facebook musicians groups.

Eddie Yates! 😎

Digitech BP355. Bass multi FX, but with guitar amp sims too.

At least you got the text. So many people think ghosting is the answer 😡

Pity there were no ex-members of Pink Floyd so you could watch Robert Plant while Roger Waters.

Love it! 🤣

Was really gassing for this when I first saw/read about it. But after reading the reviews and seeing the demos (and the price) not so much now.

Her brother was/is a member here.

Kaiser Chiefs last night. Mini gig album promotion thing. There was another gig after, 2nd house type thing. They played about 10 songs, some new and some classics. Not bad for a bunch of blokes.