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I was working on a show in Berlin at the time and was originally a member on BassWorld when I received my call up papers for Basschat on 19th May 2007.

Welcome back Bilbo!!

Derek Watkins - The James Bond Trumpet Legend!! He was truly one of a kind, a super musician from the golden age of British session musicians.

A really good, versatile sounding Guitar App. Picked, strummed and chord Arps. Check out the demos! Neo Guitar Series | Parallax Guitar

Oddly enough, from that period, 'Happy Jack' popped up on my YouTube feed today. JE sounded very tight, controlled and very much like the session players of the time - Really attacking the note. I presume he was playing a Precision Bass.

I downloaded this a couple of days ago, and yes, it's excellent, as is 'Supermassive'. I'm working on a Sound Design & Transitions project for someone at the moment and I have found a use for 'SpaceBlender' already. Defiantly worth downloading, as is the Valhalla reverb/delay FX. 👍

Has this actually been confirmed, or is it what Carol said? ** About time really.

My oldest boy has a pair and he let me use them for the day, I was quite impressed. I'm actually contemplating getting myself a pair. The online reviews are always pretty good when it comes to the sound quality of the *'Phones*. My boy also has the RØDE NTH-Mic attachment that plugs into one of the two sockets on the phones. That is very good quality as well. He uses that for just about everything he does online. I think he paid just under £50 for the mic.

When that album came out, I couldn't stop playing it. Friends & Strangers was also the first Bass solo I ever transcribed. I had gone over it so many times; it eventually fell naturally under my fingers. It's a lovely, melodic solo from a young Marcus. Very lyrical.

A classic from Frank and top, top playing from the band. And that arrangement from Johnny Mandel is quite something.

Robben Ford and the HR Big Band live a few weeks ago:

There is a lovely moment in a Grover Washington Jr. live video, where AJ and Steve Gadd stare each out over a misplaced 16th note accent. Steve Gadd thought AJ was the culprit. He clearly didn't... 🤣

I'm pretty sure the studio version was played by Freddie Washington. Lee Sklar did a tour or two with Phil Collins.

My thoughts as well.

I didn't know Nick other than posts on this board, but I stumbled across this terrible news on Facebook. It was very sad to read. R.I.P.

This is a documentary on YouTube from one day of the studio sessions for the Netflix comedy film, 'Bank Of Dave 2'. Media composer, Christain Henson', videoed some bits and pieces, including the scoring and him getting stressed out. It's about 35 minutes long. There is a bit of swearing here and there:

You can get around that. Just don't pass the Wine... 😂

Andy Pask as well... Andy Pask Bassist

D Link to the show in question: Sing Street musical set for 2025 London run | West End Theatre

Two giants of groove, soul and disco music (Scott Edwards also played on a fair amount of TV themes out in LA). The number of chart-topping tunes they played on certainly gave Jamerson and the likes a run for their money. Incredible achievements by both, and they both had a terrific feel for the above genres. If you played in a disco band back then, you would almost certainly be playing plenty of their Bass lines. I learned so much by transcribing and playing their contributions in various bands I was in during that golden period.

Both Cubase and Studio One have their own Drum VSTI's which come with Midi patterns and various styles that you can use or customise. You can also program your own rhythms and grooves. They are sample based so you can also drag and drop/import any external drum audio files you may have to make custom kits. All versions of Cubase have Groove Agent 5SE. Cubase Pro14 also has a drum machine and a pattern editor. Studio One has Impact XT and a pattern editor.