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This should fit the bill...Wal fretless on the vid. You will need leather trousers though. And coat your beard with cheese, the girls love a rarebit of Welsh. And for the Dubai gig. Good luck Garry

[quote name='HMX' post='977551' date='Oct 4 2010, 07:48 PM']In a band situation, a poor bass player is selfish and unsupportive - not providing the foundations the music needs to build from. There's a difference in being tasteful and tasteLESS.[/quote] You would make a good social worker with words like that... Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='978290' date='Oct 5 2010, 01:18 PM']+1 - and a very big one at that, I use these ALL the time, they rock![/quote] Yep they are good. I like the Boot EQ mkII, which sounds pretty good to my ears. Garry

Another bunch of nice VST freebies here. Enjoy. [url="http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/vst-effects/"]http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/vst-effects/[/url] Garry

[quote name='Twigman' post='973907' date='Oct 1 2010, 01:17 PM']But also I think it's much harder for new originals bands now because too many bands play covers and too many venues think they want covers........covers bands are killing music!![/quote] Good grief - cover bands are not unique to Basschat Musicians. Cover bands have been around since the dawn of music. Armies of Musicians playing traditional tunes, Classical Musicians in an Orchestra playing works from the great composers of years ago. Big bands in the 40's & 50's playing show tunes...and the list goes on. And to this point i have not noticed that Music is dead. Plenty of Musicians play in covers bands and are still writing original stuff for other projects and broadcast or whatever. Infact their cover work money sometimes finances their original projects. Garry

For me a bad Bass player is an equal in a bad band. So i dont listen to what i consider a bad band.Just turn the CD/MP3/RADIO etc off. or run out the pub, theatre, screaming with my ears in tatters. Plenty of good Muso's about to listen to, why analyze and waste time and good earage on bad Musicians. Garry

[quote name='Conan' post='972492' date='Sep 30 2010, 11:10 AM']Think you posted the wrong link there Gareth...[/quote] Yep i think its this one..... Great DVD. Steve Gadd on it as well. This version is great for the dynamics. The album version was Mr Miller. Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='970832' date='Sep 28 2010, 04:20 PM']But on the negative side he is looking more like my auntie Pam every day.[/quote] What, your auntie Pam looks like a geezer? Garry

[quote name='MythSte' post='970547' date='Sep 28 2010, 12:08 PM']P.S, Im aware I miss a beat going into the guitar harmony section! [/quote] I would not worry about missing a beat when you have a track called Rimmer..!! Having a listen at the moment. Garry

A few good tips here from Stu Hamm. [From a sim post going on elsewhere] Garry

[quote name='SteveK' post='585716' date='Aug 31 2009, 12:35 PM']Remember Wild Boys?...has to rank as one of the most e[b]xcruciating vocal performances of the 80s.[/b] Only surpassed by Marc Almond and Jimmy Sommerville's I Feel Love. [/quote] Fantastic Garry

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='964297' date='Sep 22 2010, 11:47 AM']Whereas if I play behind a Joe Cocker tribute for example, I'd feel a bit more free to put my own spin on things as I'd just be an anonymous backing musician and nobody would care.[/quote] If you see any of the original bands live - they put their own spin on their original recordings.A slur here, a bum note there, Why the f*ck am i still doing this 25 years later [Other than i need the dosh] So feel free to do what you want, a gig's a gig, its still all show business after all. Garry

[quote name='Marvin' post='963049' date='Sep 21 2010, 10:10 AM']So your mission, if you wish to accept it, is to come up with a few covers (4 or 5 at the max) that are very quick and easy to learn but sound alright. By easy I mean nothing with loads of fills and variations in it, repetitive is the key word here as I've got a lousy memory [/quote] Good grief you want an easy life.. What about just starting a Bill Haley tribute act? You would only need to learn one song then.

What going down with M&S ? Funkifying & Discofying up their ads with a Cheryl Lynn toon ... The music i mean.... Garry

[quote name='Bilbo' post='960215' date='Sep 18 2010, 10:21 AM']That Jarrett/Haden stuff is sublime. Proper jazz without that kind of macho competitiveness that marrs a lot of the music. Coincidently, I downloaded it yesterday (I have not had a chance to listen to it properly yet).[/quote] I have had a few listens now, Its great how they have kept interest all the way through, which is hard with just a Piano and Bass duet. Good stuff. Garry

I got hold of a nice duet album today.. Keith Jarrett and Charlie Hayden - Jasmine. Nice and laidback. Preview Video Garry

A nice load of freebies here from Antress. Enjoy............ [url="http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/"]http://antress.myweb.hinet.net/[/url] Garry

[quote name='BigRedX' post='954380' date='Sep 13 2010, 09:16 AM']And while we're on the subject of on-board pre-amps maybe someone with a good knowledge of electronics (flyfisher?) can explain the attraction to me. I already have tone controls on the pre-amp in my rack, and I would have thought that it's much easier to build a good noise-free tone-shaping circuit when you don't have to worry about getting it small enough to fit into the control cavity of a bass and having to be powered by batteries?[/quote] Not sure what a tech reason would be. But for me, i have done plenty of stuff where i just plugged the Bass into a DI box and had to use headphones, and the onboard pre-amp gave me the extra tone shape control, and with that a signal bump. Garry

[quote name='munkonthehill' post='953534' date='Sep 12 2010, 01:34 PM']kinda wish I hadnt asked now [/quote] I am glad you asked - it's been a comical read...with a bit of mines bigger than yours thrown in Garry

[quote name='dood' post='952783' date='Sep 11 2010, 03:10 PM']I noticed two differences. I think the other differences were too subtle to say for sure that the upgrade made a marginal impact. The first was that my top end had a more pristine 'sheen' to it. Especially recorded through quality monitors. I also noticed that when I slapped hard it sounded less choked. - or indeed 'compressed' - Which in turn meant my bass appeared to have more bottom end 'thump' to it.[/quote] I have an 18 volt system - and i agree with that. Garry

Does 18 volt go up to eleven so its that bit louder? Garry

[quote name='silddx' post='952019' date='Sep 10 2010, 05:12 PM']Way too much hassle and dealing with disorganised idiots on a constant basis. Making a living in music is difficult unless you are happy to be a mechanic, and a damn good, highly reliable one at that.[/quote] Funny thing on your first point - thats why i went full time, to get away from the hassle of dealing with disorganised idiots on a constant basis. Your second point is a bit more realistic though. These days it easier to add a few more strings to your bow as well Like teaching Bass students, production music for lib companies,Supplying midi files to companies. Arrangements and music for education and schools and whatever.Teaching music tech etc. Its all out there due to the ease of delivery over the internet. But at the end of the day you still need to get your contacts together.But if you get involved with some of the other stuff i mentioned above - they can kinda go hand in hand. As for just earning as a Bass player, apart from your chops and skill level i would defo get your reading chops together, and it goes without saying about having good lugs, all those together make you more employable.Although there are none reading players out there, it just limits the work avaliable to you. The rest is as any other job, being reliable etc. Garry

Just dragging this over from the sight reading post. Nice bit of sight reading practice in 3/4 here.[Out of position playing as well - lots of it] You might want to brush up on your Russian first. Enjoy. [attachment=58528:BASS_ETUDE.pdf] Garry

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='951310' date='Sep 9 2010, 11:52 PM']My Cyrillic is a bit rusty (and my Russian speaking g/f is in bed) but I think it says "Concerto Etude". It's a Simandl study.[/quote] Sorry, yes i know its from the 'Simandi studies for Double Bass', But i was not sure what the title was. It comes with a Piano track on a CD - and i believe there is around 30 tracks. [ the track Cd's are not named - just numbered] Just a bit of a headache working out what piano track matches what study/Etude... Actually on another Simandl note, the 'Simandl method for Double Bass' is a must have for newbies [ along with a teacher] on upright with some great fingering exercises/ [url="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eRDClHJoa0YC&dq=Simandl+bass+method&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=b8uJTLTqN4_QjAeXkuWVBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false"]http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eRDClHJ...p;q&f=false[/url] On the reading front, i have managed to sustain a full time muso career for over thirty years. So apart from all the advantages that Bilbo often mentions for practicing and skill, without sight reading i would not have been able to drag it out so long. But if you get your reading together it opens up other side shows in the music business for creating work. Along with a good set of ears and transcribing skills, you can get into arranging, converting midi files into scores, for various things including school band parts through to feature films, and download sites where you get a track and a score /sheet music. Although you would also need skills in Sibilius and Finale... Also the teaching side of the business, the ability to teach sight reading to students strengthens your credentials as a tutor. its all out there to grab and make a consistent career/living in the business.So if your shows/gigs dry up a bit there is always something to fall back on to...or run in tandom. There is more to sight reading than just reading Bass or Piano parts.it can earn you money in ways you might not have thought of. Garry

Here's something to help everybody on their way. Has a Russian title, so have not a clue what it is... I do know its a Solo piece for Double Bass. But its also a nice melodic chop buster for electric bass with staples on the fret board. Enjoy... [attachment=58512:001.pdf] Thankfully not something you would see in a pit on a working day... Garry