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knirirr
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This reminded me of something 30+ years ago. Some acquaintances on the undergraduate music scene were in need of some jazz woodbines and so asked a friend in another city to send them some hash. That friend put 1/2 oz. into a normal envelope, which arrived with the contents present and correct and a tear to the envelope repaired by the post office en route.
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Luckily, I was taught soldering at school, so such things as replacing a pickup selector are fine. Strings, intonation, truss rod etc. are all easy enough as well. I wouldn't want to do anything involving cutting or filing in case I cock it up, though, so nut and fret adjustments are out, as is any DB work. Recently, I bought a cheap HB guitar thinking that this might be a good opportunity to practice a bit of fret adjustment without concern but it turned out that all the frets needed was a polish, and with a small turn of the truss rod it had perfect low action.
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Fingers crossed that it's a false alarm. Within the past hour the package has started showing up on DHL's system using Thomann's customer reference and their UK depot's postcode. Perhaps the package wasn't scanned until it was collected, and that wasn't until this morning.
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Having had some issues with a Harley Benton instrument I arranged to return it to Thomann, which took a while as their responses were often slow. Eventually, I was able to drop it off on the 24th at a local DHL collection point. The chap there scanned it and, when I asked, told me that the receipt would be electronic and I'd get an email. No such email was received, and according to Thomann: "Unfortunately, the tracking information does not show any updates on our end. It is possible that the parcel has not been scanned yet at the Service Point. As such, we would kindly ask you to contact the Service Point where the parcel has been dropped off at, for clarification or for the receipt. Without a receipt, it is not possible for Thomann to contact the courier for you." Has anyone else run into similar issues, or have any suggestions?
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Well, I think I got away with the guitar trio rehearsal, as mentioned at:
The overall standard was still far from gig worthy, though.
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I have not done this, though Mrs. knirirr is a member of the local group so I have seen what they do, including being roped in once for a non-singing part because they were short of men. Apparently, being short of men is a very common scenario and you might find them attempting to persuade you to do that - I am frequently asked if I will return, this time to sing. All the rehearsal appears to be with the MD playing piano, and the MD's favourite players (which includes a bassist) are brought in at the last minute, usually being handed the sheet music and starting to rehearse on the Sunday before the Thursday when the first performance happens. So, being good at reading would be an advantage. I am told it is fun, though.
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I have to keep reminding myself that it would cost 20x more but won't be 20x better, and I need that money for more important things.
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Never having tried an LP of any type I thought I'd give this a go. Strung with rather heavy flats it gives an excellent jazz tone and I found it more comfortable than a Tele to play. Unfortunately, I must now resist the urge to waste money on a "proper" one. Perhaps foolishly, I agreed to try a jazz trio rehearsal on Monday so will try it then.
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Their VX50 GTV (Nutube + modelling) turned out to be useful for me; it is very light indeed whilst still being loud enough to play with a clean jazz sound at pub jams. Only a 1x8" though so perhaps would not suit the OP.
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Last month's jam had 4 bassists and 0 guitarists. "Aha!" I thought, "this could be a great opportunity to learn the head for a favourite piece on guitar and call it at July's jam, particularly as one of the other bassists likes it." This time, we had 1 bassist (me) and 1 guitarist. Maybe next time... We did just about manage to get through Gichi though, which was nice.
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If you like jazz don’t go to a jazz festival
knirirr replied to triplebass's topic in General Discussion
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If you like jazz don’t go to a jazz festival
knirirr replied to triplebass's topic in General Discussion
Something I read recently described jazz as a "meta-genre" rather than a genre, and also suggested that what defined jazz was the musicians playing it asserting that their material was jazz. This doesn't seem unreasonable to me. The jazz jams and gigs I play cover a variety of material, some of which the general public enjoy and some they complain about (and turn us down for gigs if they run venues). This, this and this are all jazz... -
One of those would be very nice indeed, but if I had that much money to spare I'd buy a decent carved double bass instead (which is cheaper anyway, IIRC). I used to have one made c. 1981 but sold it recently to someone able to do the work it greatly needed. It did good service for jazz purposes and even some other genres on occasion. These days I am mostly using a G&L ASAT.
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Good point; I'd have nothing to do with a company which asked for a photo of my ID to be emailed. Even then, I'd look at their T&Cs and privacy policy (and request further info. if necessary) to check what they would do with the photo. If it ends up sitting on their servers for years there's always a risk of a data breach at some point...
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Though I can get gigs playing other peoples' preferred material, it's getting very frustrating that every venue I approach with the music I most want to play turns us down. They phrase it in various ways but it comes down to them not wanting hardcore jazz, as far as I can tell.
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Here's what ChatGPT offeres for alternative wording you might use - give these a try instead and watch the gigs come pouring in.....(start with the last one!!!)
Certainly! Here are some alternative words and phrases for "hardcore jazz":
Bebop
Avant-garde jazz
Free jazz
Fusion jazz
Progressive jazz
Modal jazz
Post-bop
Jazz rock
Experimental jazz
Cutting-edge jazz
Innovative jazz
Modern jazz
Acid jazz
Contemporary jazz
Aggressive jazz
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I'm disappointed that it missed out "defiant jazz".
Unfortunately, the problem is more like:
Band: Do you want some jazz?
Venue: Sounds interesting.Band: Great! Here's a demo tape.
Venue: Er.... Actually... We meant a pianist/singer doing quiet background music during dinner. Or something with a tune the punters could dance to.
Perhaps the trick is to record a mild demo tape then wait to unleash the hard stuff at the gig. But, despite being jazz musicians, we'd like to get paid.
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It can be... I'm reminded of one where both modern jazz horn players and gypsy jazz guitarists turn up in varying proportions and call their preferred material. It was ... interesting ... to see the latter group trying to strum their way through So What recently.
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Four increasingly short sets at the Charlbury beer festival today. We were accosted by quite a few people who said they liked what we did, and Witney radio were interested in recording some for one of their programmes.
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This seems to happen to me often - when I want something it's hard to find and expensive, but if I no longer need it then the bottom's fallen out of the market. There are some non-musical items I'd sell right now but there are few people interested and they'll only offer half what I paid (used), which at the time were in line with typical dealers' prices.
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I'm not a fan of haggling at all. Ebay's offers seems a little less bad and I've used that, but sometimes when I've listed something with offers I've received cheeky messages from "buyers" complaining that their silly low offers have been rejected.
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I'm listening to this album right now. Somehow, I got an email from a percussionist who'd heard me at a dep gig in a pub and is looking for someone to play Cuban music. The first track has an appropriate bassline, and turns out to be rather nice.
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Last night's jam involved too many gypsy jazz guitarists some of whom were, I think, trying to wind me up. Unfortunately I don't think they'd easily find another bassist so I feel obliged to keep attending.
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Thanks! Yes, I think you might be right about the first tune. It sounded appropriate to us when playing. I'll have another listen and will think on it.
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Here's a demo tape created by a band I currently play with: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/av3w44msyi8c220m1qhfa/speak-no-evil-demo.mp3?rlkey=k5x0fkx1js92746hxyqckoenf&dl=0 This is approx. 10 minutes of samples from a 2 hour rehearsal. Unfortunately, when we recorded it we were all exhausted after work and I think it shows in the slow tempos and lack of energy.
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It was a salsa class, and I took that photo during the practice session before the band started playing. Not that I would consider myself qualified to comment on dancing...
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With apologies for two posts in a row, I thought I'd mention today's gig at the Ramsden fete. The music went very well - lots of children dancing to it and people hanging around to listen past official chucking out time, until the electricity was cut off half way through our last number. I somehow left my amp's kettle lead behind as well and had to scrounge one; my bass's acoustic volume was not enough for the drummer.
