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[quote name='pumkinkin' post='1027078' date='Nov 17 2010, 05:02 PM']this will probably be reiterating something you already know as it's somewhat the gold standard in slap training but you might check t[b]ony oppenheim's slap it! [/b] i'm not a big fan of slapping myself but this is quite useful and i could even say i like both playing the examples and the way they sound. you can find some samples at [url="http://www.slapit.com/"]http://www.slapit.com/[/url][/quote] +1 Its been around for years, great stuff. Garry

Done plenty of good sales on here with some real good people. Infact of late the book.... 'Know your theory and learn to sight read while holding down one hell of a mother of a groove, with bonus section, swing your ar#e off. - all in five minutes' by Biblo... was posted and sold in thirty seconds..! result. Garry

TM Stevens is a Funky player who seems to slip through the net. This is more a Funky Disco track, but great Bass line and TM doing his thang. Garry

Many moons ago a Drummer friend of mine took a phone call from an engineer in the early hours of the morning, 'could he take a bass drum up to the studio' and overdub a kick track. There was a final mix down due at 10.00am and he was in a panic, the producer had gone home the night before very happy with everything. During clean ups, the engineer had erased the kick! The track........ Knock on wood - Ami Stewart.. Garry

[quote name='Rasta' post='1021486' date='Nov 12 2010, 02:36 PM']I wanted to hump the daughter of a husband and wife guitar duo, so we got a crap band together where i played bass....by which point the daughter had found someone else - i then changed bands [/quote] Why did you not just try and hump her mum? Then that would have been a great introduction to rock & roll. My mum and dad got me an upright when i was fourteen, they were getting pi##ed of when i kept dropping my oily trombone slide on their new carpet.That was a bad move, i was then making holes in it with the DB spike. Garry

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1021095' date='Nov 12 2010, 10:26 AM']When I was at BIT many many many years ago the first 6 months of the 12 month program on reading used no pitches, it was rhythm only. Just tapping with your hand or a stick trying to internalize all the possible rhythms. I like this approach and when I learn a tricky new piece from notation I tend to tap it out first and then come back for the notes.[/quote] There are two Louis Belson books which are great for this, and both well worth a look. 1] Modern Reading Text in 4/4: For All Instruments by Louis Bellson 2] Odd Time Reading Text: For All Instruments. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Time-Reading-Text-Instruments/dp/0769233724"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Time-Reading-T...s/dp/0769233724[/url] Amazon and all the usual places. Garry

[quote name='chris_b' post='1020202' date='Nov 11 2010, 03:09 PM']Overrated? Good grief!![/quote] +1 Opions..! just kinda overrated in my book. Garry

[quote name='lojo' post='1019831' date='Nov 11 2010, 10:57 AM']Is that an advanced AABA jazz structure ? [/quote] No it's when the someone gets lost in 'So What'... Garry

Disco - melodic with a regular bass beat... Wiki i think. Or was once written at the top of a Bass part i had on a strick tempo dance competion... [b]Foxtrot tempo, muted, played with pick ala 'Bert Kaempfert style'... [/b] By the time i had read all that lot the tune had ended.. Garry

[quote name='skej21' post='1015606' date='Nov 7 2010, 07:47 PM']Why is it theory VERSUS groove. Surely I'm not the only bassist on here that can do both, and at the same time? In fact, it's impossible to groove without theory and it's impossible to understand theory without being able to put it into practice. You have to at least understand SOME of the theory (even subconciously) behind how a bass works/how your fingers produce the sound in order to groove, so your argument is fundamentally flawed. This thread might as well be called "Trolling versus Sh**stirring, which one is best?"[/quote] +1 now thats grooving! Garry

Weh Hey Bilbo - good one.... Like the tight harmony on the horns. Great track. Garry

I always thought Macca was a melodic and lyrical player with creative lines, and a good ear. Garry

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1013107' date='Nov 5 2010, 11:29 AM']I remember reading that McCartney claimed he made a specific decision [b]not to learn to read & write notation[/b], because he felt knowing the rules would adversely affect the way he wrote.[/quote] That might explain why George Martin did a lot of the arrangements and string writing on some of the lavish productions. I think he was known as the fifth Beatle. So back to what Endorka said. Garry

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1012396' date='Nov 4 2010, 06:31 PM']But just imagine if Squire's career falters and he has to take dep gigs. Say, with a Barbadian steel band or a Ragtime combo.[b] Without the dots, that would be him finished.[/b][/quote] Nah...he could join a Yes tribute band.But then again he might be to old and image challanged. Garry

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1009060' date='Nov 1 2010, 10:01 PM']though not a movie as such -- "Band of Brothers" (Michael Kamen).[/quote] A lot of really good underscoring, but the main theme is fantastic. Garry

[quote name='risingson' post='1006407' date='Oct 30 2010, 03:10 PM']Anything Thomas Newman has scored, American Beauty, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Shawshank, etc.[/quote] Yep he is my fave at the moment - Really emotional writing, and he can get out there as well when needed. Garry

Turn left at the 'Crossroads' and i am down the end of 'The long and winding road' Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1001655' date='Oct 26 2010, 08:19 PM']Hey Garry, I'm also a big Haslip fan, met him at a Yellowjackets gig once, lovely guy, as was Bob Mintzer, I'm also pals with Jimmy Johnson who Haslip is replacing in that band. In a bizarre twist of fate I'm in Berlin from Thurs-Tues [/quote] Have a good time - i was there again about a month ago. A great place, i love it. Seems like today is the day for dragging up posts from years ago... Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1001125' date='Oct 26 2010, 01:59 PM']Jeepers, over 2 years old this thread [/quote] And you are two years older... Garry

I forgot i had this album. Chaka Khan, Lenny White on kit and a very young Marcus Miller. If you are gonna record a cover, give it some. Interesting break starting at 01:25. There's an interesting thought - X-Factor does Chaka Khan week. I would love to be on the panel. Garry

[quote name='lojo' post='999327' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:34 PM']"Fridrik karlsson" is a guitarist who plays a part in live X factor shows This is the guy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0sZCNTDD0E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0sZCNTDD0E[/url] I stated this to assist the original poster, they do have live music, but I don't know how often or what door he went through to get the gig As a said, he just plays in our church sometimes as I do (although clearly I am not a real musician like he is:))[/quote] Yep you are correct about 'Frizzy'... The connection is - he is a friend and has worked a lot with/for Nigel Wright the Musical Director for X-Factor. Same for Phil Mulford. Garry

[quote name='skej21' post='998984' date='Oct 24 2010, 04:24 PM']Or the guy at your church tells porky pies? X Factor only use backing tracks because it avoids using LOTS of electrical equipment that might cause technical difficulties and could sound bad and because it's a fairer system (for example, if one act's musicians screwed up or had technical issues, that might affect the public vote), so it is HIGHLY unlikely that the sessionist players on the backing tracks would also be hired to mime live on the show too.[/quote] What about the Big Band/Swing night...? Live then i think. As for Musicians screwing up - for TV, you are talking about top notch players, not buskers from Leicester Square. I am sure there are other reasons, budget being one, production values etc.IE everything built around hundreds of hoofers. Garry

[quote name='Delberthot' post='997268' date='Oct 22 2010, 04:37 PM']A C# A C# A C# A Ab is a simplified version of the chorus Easy Peasy. Most MJ songs are straightforward, its all about the feel[/quote] Easy Peasy and wrong. Garry

[quote name='TKenrick' post='993958' date='Oct 19 2010, 07:21 PM']A massive +1 for Bob Berg, he doesn't get nearly as much exposure as he should. I first heard Berg on 'Snakes' (not to be confused with the Sanborn tune) and immediately got hooked.[/quote] Not in the UK for sure - but stateside he is well up there. Garry

The thing with Sanborn - he can play one note and you know who it is straight away. Its his tone. Great R&B player. I got to see the gig in the mid 80's over at Wembley when his band [Miller, Gadd, Bullock to name a few] were supporting Al Jarreau and his band [Nate East, Ricky Lawson, Greg Phillinganes, Patches Stewart, to name a few] Some gig, and very serious talent on show. Garry