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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='840572' date='May 18 2010, 10:02 AM']Listen and play along to this track for a good while: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNDRs0Iiv6Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNDRs0Iiv6Y[/url] It's a perfect example of playing behind the beat. Quite tricky.[/quote] Although i have always liked that track..... I have always thought that the Bass line lacked swing [ i dont mean as in walking lines ] But that bouncy swing 16's that AJ is great at. [And all the other greats for that matter] The Bass player is playing it very straight and rigid, regardless of behind[relaxed] or in front [pushing] of the beat. Even more so as the track starts to progress. Garry

[quote name='Faithless' post='840055' date='May 17 2010, 07:24 PM']Anyway, wattabout reading, I think, that most cruise gigs are based on reading, mate, so, if you don't have your reading chops going, it not worth going for that, eh..[/quote] That is not totally correct. Depends what the gig is.If you are backing the shows , of course. But there are just as many gigs on ships where you are playing for dancing or even just dinner/lounge/bar gigs playing standards and Latin. Bubinga.. The money is not as good as it used to be, but it still is ok. Plus the thing is everything is all found [ food, accomodation ] If you got nothing else to do - do it. I have done plenty over the years and made plenty of Muso friends all over the world. There will be plenty of other bands and muso's on board, so you will have a good social life. Who knows you might like it and do a bit more. A sure good way of getting your chops together.[plenty of playing] and save a bit of dosh. Garry

Good song by the way Its in 6/8 0r a fast 3/4. Its not hard to learn - you might suprise yourself if you get stuck and use your lugs. Garry

The Bass part is easy enough to learn - just get stuck in...... If you must have your daily fix of tab... Here is the TAB for the Sax line.... [In, erm..... bass tab] [attachment=49607:Capture.JPG] Garry

Remember back in the 80/90's [and still around] we had appearing on the scene the likes of... Jamie Talbot, Nigel Hitchcock, Gerard Presencer, Dave Cliffe etc.... More clones of the greats, but never the less all fantastic musicians. I managed to do gigs with a lot of these guys, and it always was a great experience. Garry

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='832932' date='May 10 2010, 11:45 AM']Sorry Garry, I didn't see your post. Thanks for that! Yes on the whole life is pretty good. Hopefully will get better when my boss goes on maternity leave...[/quote] Looks like we are finally on the move to Spain at last. 5 months of things going wrong..[ people not getting their act together- Solicitors mainly] All set for the end of July. UK might have a Prime Minister by then...not that i care Garry

[quote name='witterth' post='829793' date='May 6 2010, 04:41 PM']Oh, and who ever it was that played on ABC's "lexicon of love" album, he was pretty important to the album.I dont know his name, or what happened to him/her.[/quote] That was Brad Lang- great player, i think he does gigs for Barbara Dixon these days. I did a six month stint in his dad's band some time back.[Jazz Trombonist Don Lang] Neil Stubenhaus has an emense session CV from the 80's. And Nathan East did his fair share of pop and rock in the 80's. Garry

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='829526' date='May 6 2010, 12:36 PM']This Percy Jones groove has always given me 'musical wood' [/quote] Yep great stuff for sure. Garry

[quote name='Doddy' post='826395' date='May 3 2010, 12:51 PM']Here's a great groove,proving that Jimmy Haslip is indeed,ace. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWsE97scAhQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWsE97scAhQ[/url][/quote] Indeed..... Still one of my all time fave Albums. I got to spend about an hour with Jimmy Haslip in a bar in Berlin about two years ago. Top geezer and very modest. Garry

[quote name='Musicman69' post='823795' date='Apr 30 2010, 10:31 AM']better again, listen to the whole band! [/quote] Thats my approach, take the whole thing in, more Musical to my lugs. And if you are doing a gig with an Ebony board and no staples you can keep you intonation spot on. Garry

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='823507' date='Apr 29 2010, 10:40 PM']It was so much simpler in Cubase.[/quote] And it still is mate.. Tons of stuff on you tube for pro-tools and midi set up. Start here . [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvWLIG0dvo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvWLIG0dvo[/url] Hope life is good in NZ Steve. Garry

The post is confusing me. I thought it was about Avalons and playing straight into the desk. But i am dyxlesic, so that might explain all. Garry

[quote name='witterth' post='818688' date='Apr 25 2010, 11:39 PM']NAAA......7/4 me ars3 are you right though? ??[/quote] Thanks for the offer of your arse - but i will tacet on that one. But it's 7/4 for sure. Garry

[quote name='TimR' post='818623' date='Apr 25 2010, 10:55 PM']I had to stand up in the end at a pre show rehearsal and teach a stage full of kids, a pianist and a drummer. La-La-La-La-La Me-ri-ca. Took a few minutes but sounded really good. I don't think I'll ever forget that experience.[/quote] You missed out a La.. Or was it a 5/8 3/4 version of America. Sorry i will get my coat. Garry

[quote name='Chris2112' post='818381' date='Apr 25 2010, 07:50 PM']Great piece of music though! Especially the full length 1980's version![/quote] Yep i do agree, co written by Andy Pask [An Excellent Bassist] Garry

There is some great stuff on Lucas Pickfords site. Enjoy [url="http://www.lucaspickford.com/transbass.htm"]http://www.lucaspickford.com/transbass.htm[/url] Edit.. Just remembered, they are not PDF. But go full screen on your monitor and download as a Jpeg, or screen capture etc. Garry

I am presuming you are being serious with the post. But no amp, a bicycle and an AB book on theory, and some headphones does not make you a good bet to be at the top of the list when an earning covers band are looking for players. [Regardless of your talent] I may be wrong but you might need to aquire some basic gigging stuff to make it work. Can you not borrow an Amp? Or maybe get someone to drive you to the gigs? You might be lucky and someone in the band pick you up, But that could be a turn off at first, when trying to convince someone you are the one for the band. But hey who know's. Worth a try. Good luck Garry

[quote name='witterth' post='818125' date='Apr 25 2010, 03:42 PM']btw, the theme music to "The Bill" (old one any way) was in 12/8 and a Phycologist friend of mine said,that was why it was hard to whistle/hum ..I see what she means come to think of it! (I think they did eventually change it to 4/4 before bining it alltogether)[/quote] If she was trying to whistle that theme in 12/8 and finding it hard, Could be possibly due to the fact that it's in 7/4.. Garry

Great stuff. Here is LJ in all his Musicman glory, again with George Duke. [The Overture, and what a superb arrangement it is] He is playing in unison [finger style] with the string lines at the end. If you have ago at transcribing it, Watch out there is some 3/8's about! Garry

Yep i met him a couple of times in the past. I do believe he went off to NZ a few years ago, To run or become Head of a Music dept somewhere in your neck of the woods. Great player. Garry

Sparko lives just down the road from me. Infact he did some repair work on the roof of my house not so long back. We managed to turn over a well know nasty Insurance company for a bit of dosh. At the time he was thinking about putting his P-Bass up on Ebay. Good show tonight onn BBC4. Garry

[quote name='BigAlonBass' post='816801' date='Apr 23 2010, 10:52 PM']It is now, but it wasn't before. It's been moved. [/quote] Shall we get it moved again? Good luck with the hunt. Garry

Of course all the usual suspects. But for me, Leornard Bernstein - West side story score was genius. And his amazing conducting on a lot of the Classical stuff. A link here for studio out takes of West side story. And Musician skills of the highest quality. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_pBHMcyHQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf_pBHMcyHQ[/url] Garry

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='815578' date='Apr 22 2010, 10:48 PM']This probably wants to be in the "bassists wanted and available" forum mate.[/quote] It is... Have you been sniffing glue.. Garry

[quote name='Faithless' post='815107' date='Apr 22 2010, 03:56 PM']To me, it's a bit strange - [b]one day a guy is pushing music boundaries [/b]in Blue Note with some smokin' jazzers (Garrison with Horacio Hernandez and Scott Kinsey..), and the other day he's playing behind Whitney Houston..[/quote] I am curious as to why you think the clip you posted is pushing Music boundaries? It was all done in the 70's/80's with various well known fusion bands.[ and possibly by Bassist's on this very forum] And very likely a real purist Jazz snob would not even consider it Jazz, Or even think you are strange that you consider it Jazz........... At the end of the day its always a gas playing with great Musicians - whatever the style.[IMO,not to would be missing something] And the more dosh the better. Garry