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  1. [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1477565334' post='3162979'] Unbelievable!!! [/quote] Yes, I agree. If a Drummer (or any musician for that matter) can't sort him/herself out pronto, they are on the wrong gig. Might be alright for a duo, you ain't got no choice but to follow the Drummer, but in large bands, Orchestras ? Chaos. If there are problems with Drummers messing up, the MD would direct the band and if need be, follow the MD. Good grief can you imagine letting 60 members loose in an Orchestra ? Apart from the Conductor feeling a redundant lonely person. Can you imagine the hard work the next day, sending out 60 odd P45's.
  2. [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1477559098' post='3162920'] Still can't get hold of the drummer for a chat. He's offered to send examples of the guitarist and singer at rehearsal. I've asked for the songlist. Via email, I've also asked him about the guitarist's use of backing tracks, and whether he can replace the brake discs on my Seat. [/quote]
  3. [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1477478372' post='3162446'] One of my mates is a cellist. Could sight read Grade 8 exam pieces in a dark room wearing sunglasses. She can't improvise worth a damn.Funnily enough the players of the "jazz" instruments (trumpet, clarinets etc) seem to be far better. I suppose there is more of a cross-over for those instruments. But the bassoons and cellos etc - not a chance. [/quote] Judging by responses on this board over the years, there are a lot of Bass players that can't improvise, or are out of the depth/comfort zone busking tunes on a gig without tabs/dots/Mp3/CD's before hand. A bit unfair to single out Classical musicians.
  4. Maybe the windows [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]reinstall[/font][/color] has defaulted to using the windows sound drivers? Instead of your USB interface drivers? Although you are plugged into the Interface, you might be recording and playing back through the internal soundcard. Edit: Just noticed that you said it happens on your partners Laptop as well. What Interface are you using ? Do you still get the noise and hum when the Interface is not plugged in? If you have tried using the USB Interface on both Laptops, possibly a Interface problem. These things do go wrong.
  5. [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1477408427' post='3162038'] 11 bass faces, far too many notes... What's not to like? [/quote] On the original studio version, the Guitar playing from Ray Gomez often gets overlooked, especially the early opening solo. That's a bit as well. Definitely out there.
  6. [quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1477401293' post='3161983'] The pinnacle is something that there's no way in this world that I could even come near to... Something like Stan's "School Days". Here he is, with some friends! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRG-hD5ZKo[/MEDIA] [/quote] Haha.....Brilliant. Although I should think for some on this board, it's a Halloween Nightmare.
  7. I bet this guy wished he had miss hit, or totally missed. Skip to 00:32 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6lWTpOH3q8&feature=youtu.be&t=30s[/media]
  8. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1477401416' post='3161987'] No I'm just saying that here in the UK we have an extra 5 days that deserve to be christmas free! [/quote] Yes, sorry I knew what you meant. Just a bit of jesting.
  9. The Good ol' US of A is here to stay. Just look at Blue on this very site. You will never take him alive.
  10. [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1477388279' post='3161835'] Just heard Slade being played in a shop... it's started already! [/quote] [url=https://postimg.org/image/esjfzrlcz/][/url]
  11. Yep, a part of Rock history. I too liked his version of [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]'Take good care of my baby',[/font][/color] RIP
  12. [quote name='lowland' timestamp='1477315254' post='3161321'] How many sound engineers does it take to change a light bulb? "Sorry mate, I don't [i]do[/i] lights, just sound...". [/quote]
  13. [quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1477314543' post='3161308'] Can't give an update because my three attempts to speak to the drummer have so far gone unanswered. [/quote] Understandable if it's this guy - He is really busy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH6hzTh3YHc
  14. [quote name='lowland' timestamp='1477314215' post='3161305'] Three of us are sound engineers (1 mastering, 1 mastering with a record production background and 1 studio owner/recordist/mixer) with a lot of experience between us, so - in theory anyway! - we should be able to make it work. [/quote] I am sure there must be a light bulb gag in there somewhere.
  15. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1477308352' post='3161214'] I'd go with this. You get booked and you get introduced to the band at the gig. You need to be able to COVER it...the band needs to know you CAN cover it. The BL might be in the swing of things and going through a lot of 'standards' but they are only standards if you've been there before. There may be all sorts of signals where he points to the head and he has just concocted a medley as he has read the audience and wants to get them on track ...he'll give you 3 down as the key (usually just holding his hand behind his back) so you better know where that key and change is. Some people can do this ALL by ear without knowing what on earth is going on...but those with such perfect pitch are very rare, IME... so most people just use those as clues/prompts and can hear changes..but they have to know the chord note in the first place. This is relative pitch which is a very good skill to have/learn. IMO. I'd say playing by ear is knowing the song in your head, but you've never played it..or not in that key..you just know it.and you also know there is a section that requires changes. You should be able to hear intervals like 2 tones down for example..and you should know turnarounds. So, with a bit of a jazz background, because these are mostly jazz situations that get you started and most gigs are like this, you'll be able to deal with 70% of the set straight off. You have a WIDE repetiore, know styles and a few time sigs, and you can make a go of latin, reggae etc etc without throwing the whole band out. You can then solo over a few basic changes. This, to me, is a solid by-ear player. who has enough theory to busk that without anyone thinking he is out of his depth. If you can read charts as well, all the better but the BL needs both because he may not have time to give out charts all night or direct you to them without breaking the flow too much..so he'll chop and change it. To do this gig, you need ' great ears'.as this is way beyond a few 12 bars. [/quote] Exactly. Relative pitch practise is as worthy as reading and theory practise, along with scales, chord tones etc.
  16. [quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1477299801' post='3161130'] I accept your opinion, but I have always assumed playing by ear to mean...[u]learning[/u] a song by working out the bass lines yourself without tabs. I also assumed that this would be done at home, tweaked if necessary at rehearsal....[u]THEN[/u]...go and gig it. Personally, I would never try to perform a song for the first time on stage without having worked on it before hand. YMMV. [/quote] I did say both, as you quoted. Mikel said above, that without a rehearsal he wouldn't want to play a song to a paying audience, unless it was easy like a twelve bar. Some experienced players could play more than a twelve bar without a rehearsal. My point was, busking tunes on a gig is using your ears as well. Many do it all the time. Now, that might mean years of playing experience has helped in remembering many tunes, or they have good relative pitch, or a combination of both. To me that is playing by ear. But like you said, that is just my opinion.
  17. [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1477290366' post='3161069'] No idea. I would never play a song to a paying audience without practice for the whole band. If it was a 12 bar then that would be easy. [/quote] Ear playing to me, is doing gigs without practise/rehearsal as well as learning tunes from recorded media. Turning up on a dep gig, knowing your stuff, busking a whole gig without messing up or playing 'clams'. Doing gigs with people you know, the singer turns round and just shouts out the key and off you go. Maybe this is what the OP is talking about? If so, it's not just musicians who don't read or don't know their theory that do this. There are many players on this very forum who read, know their theory, that also play 'by ear'. I should think most players use their ear - It's just that some actually know what they are playing.
  18. [quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1477240385' post='3160788'] Well the trombone is pitched to Bb so you're playing a Bb when the sheet music tells you it's a C. I never got why brass instruments did that, used to drive me nuts when I played trumpet. [/quote] I thought you only transposed the Trombone when written in treble clef (tone up), like British Brass Bands do? Otherwise it's all Bass clef and not transposed? Or have I got that wrong?
  19. [quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1477231330' post='3160711'] It's all about context though. A band with bass, guitars, drums, keys and two vocals using track to add a little something on a big arrangement like a 70s disco tune is completely different to one man with an acoustic guitar using tracks for bass, drums, keys, horns, electric guitar etc etc. [/quote] A sensible, professional view.
  20. [quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1477051805' post='3159524'] Probably quite a few but 2 that stand out for me is the bass riff from mid section of Tom Sawyer by Rush. Just a catchy little riff that sounds great at that particular section of the song and then there's the bass line from Elton Johns Nikita which just has a nice mid punch and gorgeous tone. Not even sure if it is a bass or a bass synth but i like it. Dave [/quote] Yes, lovely tone and excellent playing. David Paton on a defretted Musicman. I love how the line develops and builds. [quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1477054687' post='3159550'] Has to be the one that made me pick up the bass in the first place 35 years ago, and the one i still aspire to, Squib cakes. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvJH0x1CTho"]https://www.youtube....h?v=pvJH0x1CTho[/url] a track on my all time fave album Tower of Power Back to oakland, my daughter has just found a mint copy for my birthday, iv now got the old one framed in the studio. all the Inspiration i will ever need is contained right there. [/quote] One of my favourite all time albums as well. I still have my Vinyl copy upstairs somewhere. Apart from stunning playing from Rocco and David Garibald on the album, the Brass and Wind Harmonizing is top dollar. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlLVRGb7g7Q&index=3&list=PLG2na-qjU_4qSht7FO2LYmIk9ZWjuNLv8[/media] Oh go on then. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7T5rVp6hWA&index=5&list=PLG2na-qjU_4qSht7FO2LYmIk9ZWjuNLv8[/media]
  21. [quote name='Dasher' timestamp='1477053328' post='3159536'] I have it, mainly because it is synced to a StudioOne 16.0.2. Having said that I have it, I "think that I have it" as I use Studio One 3 'Artist'. It isn't exactly 'free' but comes packaged with Presonus hardware and it is certainly a light version of 'full'. From what I have seen and used of it so far, it would appear that the only place that my version is really lacking is on the Mastering side. The Presonus learning resources are, as has been mentioned in an earlier post, readily available and they certainly helped me find my way around it. I'm new to DAW use - but have had 20 years using a Roland VS 880. It's a very different world but I've not found the SW too difficult to work with. I've definitely not got the results that I'm looking for yet, and use the Presonus Tutorials frequently, but I am getting there. One thing that I have noticed is that, in the Roland world, I made good use of the in-board effects in the expansion pack but I'm already thinking in terms of buying a good rack mounted external reverb unit (and probably more). [/quote] Normally between this time and Christmas, including Black Friday, Presonus do really good deals. Usually the upgrade from 'Artist' to the Full version is heavily discounted - Keep your eyes peeled.
  22. [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1476961304' post='3158799'] I know two professional composers - they do adverts, TV soundtracks, corporate stuff, all kinds really...all in the box. Not a real instrument in sight. It's just easier and faster to use software From what I've seen the majority of folks don't give a hoot about the individual components of a piece of commercial music, if it hits what the client wants then you get paid. [/quote] This really. Also, on Film and bigger TV budgets, producers and directors like to have an idea of what the cues are going to sound like before the final sessions on the scoring stage or in the studio starts. That way no time and money is wasted changing or rewriting cues and charts. Software midi mock ups are very big business with some exceptional, expensive libraries knocking around. Indeed, some of those mock ups end up making it onto the final music soundtrack. Virtual Instruments have been around for years, nothing has changed, other than another Bass VSTi has turned up to play on your gig. Most of the music you hear on TV drama is software recorded, with the occasional 'real' Instruments added in. The 'ModoBass' is physically modeled as well. Pretty cool piece of software. [media]http://youtu.be/xHaTzEC8XmI[/media]
  23. It's equally in the programming (after performance), also real time key switching for articulations and of course, thinking how a Bassist would play. The 'Modo Bass' is just fine. Sure soloed, it's clear it's Sample patches. But layering in amongst an Orchestration it would be very passable. I believe our very own Bubinga5 was sucked in by the 'Scarbee Musicman Bass' on a 'Incognito' track, until someone came forward to point it out. I must admit, it sounded pretty good, very musical. But then again, it was played an programmed by an outstanding Musician who knew what he was doing. Just like any real Instrument, it depends who is on the end of it.
  24. [quote name='Jazzjames' timestamp='1476891632' post='3158190'] Ray Brown on Night Train - Oscar Peterson. Great feel, note choice, and a super solo! He really made the bass sing. [/quote] Haha... Been listening to that a lot today. My older boy was transcribing Ray's lines and the solo from that tune. Lovely Bass tone as well.. In fact, superb stuff all round from some of the masters of swing.
  25. The intro to this tune reminds of the intro to Jumpin' Jack Flash.
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