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My oldest boy has a pair and he let me use them for the day, I was quite impressed. I'm actually contemplating getting myself a pair. The online reviews are always pretty good when it comes to the sound quality of the *'Phones*. My boy also has the RØDE NTH-Mic attachment that plugs into one of the two sockets on the phones. That is very good quality as well. He uses that for just about everything he does online. I think he paid just under £50 for the mic.

When that album came out, I couldn't stop playing it. Friends & Strangers was also the first Bass solo I ever transcribed. I had gone over it so many times; it eventually fell naturally under my fingers. It's a lovely, melodic solo from a young Marcus. Very lyrical.

A classic from Frank and top, top playing from the band. And that arrangement from Johnny Mandel is quite something.

Robben Ford and the HR Big Band live a few weeks ago:

There is a lovely moment in a Grover Washington Jr. live video, where AJ and Steve Gadd stare each out over a misplaced 16th note accent. Steve Gadd thought AJ was the culprit. He clearly didn't... 🤣

I'm pretty sure the studio version was played by Freddie Washington. Lee Sklar did a tour or two with Phil Collins.

My thoughts as well.

I didn't know Nick other than posts on this board, but I stumbled across this terrible news on Facebook. It was very sad to read. R.I.P.

This is a documentary on YouTube from one day of the studio sessions for the Netflix comedy film, 'Bank Of Dave 2'. Media composer, Christain Henson', videoed some bits and pieces, including the scoring and him getting stressed out. It's about 35 minutes long. There is a bit of swearing here and there:

You can get around that. Just don't pass the Wine... 😂

Andy Pask as well... Andy Pask Bassist

D Link to the show in question: Sing Street musical set for 2025 London run | West End Theatre

Two giants of groove, soul and disco music (Scott Edwards also played on a fair amount of TV themes out in LA). The number of chart-topping tunes they played on certainly gave Jamerson and the likes a run for their money. Incredible achievements by both, and they both had a terrific feel for the above genres. If you played in a disco band back then, you would almost certainly be playing plenty of their Bass lines. I learned so much by transcribing and playing their contributions in various bands I was in during that golden period.