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'Sample Library Review' have released a video recapping all the best freebies from this year. Something for everyone...

This one is rather good from Audio Imperia, called 'Glade'. It's a combination of orchestral and world/ethnic sounds & percussion. You are given a serial number, so it works in the free Kontakt player. It comes in two versions: 1) Four gig download with two mic positions. 2) Twelve gig download with four mic positions. Link and details: Glade | Audio Imperia

Jimmy Earl...

If you want to step back intime (the 80's), this Steve Winwood concert, 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall' is worth a watch. Great band, excellent vocals, polished sounds and the standard attire of the day on show:

Toby Keith was great (his music still is). I'm pretty sure he was born with a hat on!!

Yeah, I was tending to think that way as well, but back on page #37 there are a list of charges that look very serious, plus the case is being delt with in the Crown court. As a poster remarked above, "Fingers crossed"...

A nice little freebie for the Kontakt player (and full version). Slower Fragment – e-instruments

Yep, very enjoyable... Well played all round and a nice arrangement. Rodner Padilla is a very accomplished Bassist. The 'C4 Trío' he is involved with is a nice listen as well:

Some lovely Bass work on this Lalo Schifrin TRACK:

My take as well.

The Musician Man basses were popular, and from about '87 onwards, the five-string version joined in on the fun.

Another recording of AJ back in his four string days (with a lovely rich tone). This live video may be the early days of 'smooth jazz', but still, both AJ and Steve Gadd are really in the pocket. In fact, the whole band are:

All available online:

I think it passed him by. "A separate programme called, Following Eastenders". As it happens, Ray Russell is a decent chap and quite humorous in his own right when he's not interviewing. He's an old school UK session Guitarist with a terrific body of TV and film credits behind him, along with all those major artist pop and rock sessions he played on

Probably most have seen this interview with AJ, but if not, it's worth 30 minutes of your time. He joins in with Simon Phillips for the second part of the interview and he was certainly a very fascinating character:

Blimey, he needs those big boots to find his way around that big pedal board...

Four minutes. Blimey, how did you manage that long? Drugs?

Danny and Béla !! 👍

That's definitely worth plastering over any social media accounts one might have. Thanks for the link. 👍

I have a Guitarist friend who I have known for years. For a very long time he has been known as 'Dank Foreskins'. It's actually an anagram of his name.

When the Bass starts the Ostinato on the open E string in 'Love Games' for the first time. That was a wow moment for me back then.