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[quote name='iamapirate' post='580370' date='Aug 25 2009, 04:09 PM']Not me - was playing a wedding down in Eastbourne! [/quote] Eastbourne Thats a lot of Zimmer frames in one building! Not guilty. Garry

Playing a MM4 Bass. And it sounds just like... Erm...Marcus Miller. Its all in the Fingers. Yep and sure is in the pocket. Garry

[quote name='bubinga5' post='579322' date='Aug 24 2009, 06:06 PM']ironically im betting that not that many people know that they produced Sister Sledge's We are Family..[/quote] And they played on the track [amongst others] Garry

[quote name='alexclaber' post='579122' date='Aug 24 2009, 02:48 PM']Isn't that because this is about sounds? Great player though. Alex[/quote] Victors sound on this does it for me [ solo takes off after about 00:23] But then we all have our own taste. Garry

Guy Pratt on this - Good Throaty sound. Bit of a Uncle Sam recruitment tune. But none the less, good Solid Bass playing. Oh and anything Marcus and AJ. Garry

[quote name='bluesparky' post='577217' date='Aug 21 2009, 11:42 PM']i also first learnt to read and enjoy music by playing trumpet too, i reached grade 6 before i realised 4 strings were more [b]fun than 3 valves.[/b] I'm crap at advice really![/quote] 3 valves, you were lucky. I had to put up with my mother shouting at me because i kept dropping an oiled up slide all over her cream carpet! Garry

[quote name='JTUK' post='577115' date='Aug 21 2009, 08:57 PM']Not arguing against reading gigs...done plenty of them, thanks. maybe you should read my post again if you think I am advocating reading as not required for a jobbing bassist/musician[/quote] Just putting the other side across.Not having a go. Also i think relevant pitch is just as useful as perfect pitch for busking. Garry

[quote name='jamiejames' post='576726' date='Aug 21 2009, 02:49 PM']is it the last refuge for old musos?[/quote] What like the Rolling Stones doing... Erm..'Take That' Garry

[quote name='JTUK' post='576700' date='Aug 21 2009, 02:31 PM']I know plenty or Pit guys who read VERY well...[b]but you wouldn't have them anywhere near a busking gig[/b]..and I am not joking.. and I know a few guys who haven't a clue what notes they are playing..they just have perefct pitch and really know their way around the guitar.[/quote] Possibly true... But i know of a lot of guys who do both really well... And guess what... They work alot. I dont think it hurts to read... If you do not see yourself going down the road where you are required to read, It can help you in the practise or need to learn quick world. Garry

[quote name='dlloyd' post='574721' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:50 PM']Carl Perkins [/quote] Good call, i loved the Carl Perkins thing. Garry

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='575305' date='Aug 20 2009, 11:24 AM']why do all rock-a-billy songs start off with the word..... WEEEEeellllll.... ??[/quote] Not sure why they all did, But i know why one did.. to indicate the start of impromptu foot races. [ or might have been horse races - who knows] WEEEEeellllll...............[echo and Reverb].........[echo and reverb].......[and more]....[and more more more].............. One for the money, Two for the show, Three to get ready And four to go. I read that somewhere Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='575739' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:25 PM']I just think using sequencers tends to make songs a bit stiff.[/quote] Yes they can, But thats down to programming the Midi info and not sticking to the grid. Thats the Art [ if you can call it that ]. Plenty of serious dude's around these days who have got that down. When not done properly, yep does sound awful. Garry

[quote name='teej' post='575712' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:10 PM']That's kind of my point - suggesting ways to get out of playing in venues like that.[/quote] Teej, I keep forgetting to mention.. I love 'The Ukes of Hazzard' You've Got a Friend is tops dude. Garry

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='575716' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:11 PM']That's a recording not a live performance. Isn't this thread about using backing tracks in a live situation?[/quote] Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse. Just joining in the fun! Garry

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='575648' date='Aug 20 2009, 03:17 PM']One of my small group Latin oufits has a percussionist who uses, amongst other things, a Cajon. Its a surprisingly versatile instrument[/quote] Be even more versatile if it had a Midi trigger on it. I am for Augmenting situations when need be. And over the years i have never walked away from a working situation Thinking the 8 bar whatever sample on track in the middle section of whatever pulled down the musical integrity of the situation, Or the rest of us the Band/Orchestra are fakes. I do know in some situations it does not work well or at all, in a swing Jazz situation for example...or i have never heard it work to my ears. The funny thing to me is that there are plenty of Musicians who do not like the idea of tracks But will post MP3's of them selves all over tinternet Jamming or telling us they are being creative, [b]Playing over loops etc[/b], that they put together in Logic, Reaper, Cubase or whatever. Thats using trax aint it. Each to their own and what works in their situation. Pretty much sure 99% of an Audience in a pub would not know or care less What you did - as long as 'Valerie' or 'Who let the dogs out' was in the set list. [And Mustang Sally] Garry

[quote name='Waldo' post='574534' date='Aug 19 2009, 06:11 PM']Well at least I helped start a conversation [/quote] FFS...

[quote name='Earbrass' post='574260' date='Aug 19 2009, 02:56 PM']No, it's still tacky faked-up nonsense, it's just that fewer people will have the guts to say so out loud.[/quote] And why would that be then? They have a PC/MAC screen to hide behind. Garry

[quote name='silddx' post='574043' date='Aug 19 2009, 12:54 PM']If there's a way of programming a computer to simulate an orchestra, why wouldn't you use it. At least then you can allow people to hear your music.[/quote] That is so true. All the major composers for Hollywood films [ and many others] Use Orchestral 'mock ups' [not muck ups]to give to the director, so he has a great idea on how the score is progressing and will sound. Then its easy and cost effective to make changes as they go. [ and there is usually many] Rather then a copyist running around the scoring stage on the day with a pen and tipex, or his laptop printing off more parts when the Orchestra could be playing. Music and technology go hand in hand, always has. And more to the point always will. Garry

Any one fancy playing solo Bass to the Philharmonia Orchestra? Here you go... Sequencer and their own Orchestral Samples, for your use or remix. Every one's at it...! It aint gonna go away... Nigel Kennedy might just be eyeing this up. [url="http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexchange/make_music/sequencer/"]http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/thesoundexch...usic/sequencer/[/url] Garry

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='573838' date='Aug 19 2009, 09:53 AM']I can see it now: Nigel Kennedy playing the Royal Albert Hall with a backing tape of the London Philharmonic. Marvellous.[/quote] Perhaps the LPO might prefere that. Garry

I think it should be called[b] Augmenting tracks[/b]. Because thats what you are doing. I have done countless shows and tours with large bands that have been Augmented with some kind of extra percussion or stg and brass parts or even 2nd guitar parts, or whatever with the use of a click. And it aint anything new. The Who used a reel to reel in the early days of Wont Get Fooled Again, live [the Arp synth part] Would not call them unmusical,whatever your taste in music is. Go for it. Garry

[quote name='Jam' post='572673' date='Aug 18 2009, 10:22 AM']I love Jamerson's work but the Jackson 5 give me such a headache...[/quote] I think you mean the 'Jackson 4' And yep a great line. Garry

[quote name='ZeroDown' post='572760' date='Aug 18 2009, 12:00 PM']methinks I'll try both ways and see what works best for me Sam[/quote] Always the best route. Everybody has different hand sizes,touch etc... Do you like playing hard or soft... Do you attack the note, or stroke it... String spacing.... It all comes into play. Garry

Anchor on the back pick up with thumb here.. [5 string] Pluck with two fingers, And dampen with my pinkie finger.[right hand] [which also makes it easier to palm mute for me- just drop the wrist] Have done for about 35 years. Garry

[quote name='Beedster' post='571489' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:47 AM']Exactly what I thought. Couldn't see those guys elbowing in on the guitar market but - given the fact that I'm pretty sure about 50% the vintage Fenders you see on ebay (and occasionally on here) come out of China - I guess it's a possibility! I saw the thread title and thought a BCer had grassed a Chinese seller to ebay and was regretting it Chris[/quote] If he had had a misunderstanding with the Triads, He would not be posting on Basschat. But would be on the menu in Chinatown. Garry