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While I'm here has anyone come across this fella called Davey Pollitt who goes under the name of cambridgebasslessons. Just been checking out his guide to Mark King basslines. excellent stuff IMO
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You're probably right though if the speed was slowed down to give a bit of swing then it could work. I'm no fan of jazz fusion or solo instrumentation but I think there's room for double thumbing in a group context
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Best use for a Vauxhall though I think you've taken the easy route there. For a better finish -though it takes longer - dry lentils or failing that any other type of legume Back to the geezer in the vid. Seems I'm in the minority here and I muchly like what he's doing though this double thumbing technique is probably heard best within a funk combo rather than playing jazzy type stuff with just a drummist.
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especially around 9.28. Geezer makes it look so effortless
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other bass heavens and hells heaven - basslines loaded with 16ths played fingerstyle a la Rocco Prestia hell - solo bass stuff when whatever's being played might as well have been done on a guitar
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Low budget Basses which are worth owning.
Barking Spiders replied to TheGreek's topic in General Discussion
What is low budget as opposed to regular budget? We talking about Stagg , Chord etc. i.e under £200? All my basses (and electric guitars) cost me less than £500 new; Aria Pro II IGB Integra, Sub Ray 4, Cort GB 74 and B4FL, Peavey Cirrus BXP 4 and a Vintage V940 fretless. All for keeps and I've nowt negative to say about any of them -
Yea big fan of Two Tone here though not of ska proper as such and esp like the bass in The Specials and The Beat. Not a big fan of reggae except for 70s Dub, mainly King Tubby productions
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Bass heaven - bass sounds, techniques, lines, specific players whatever that make you go aaaahhhh!!! Bass hell - ditto the above that make you go aaaarrrrgh !!! But just one nom for each .For starters... heaven - the whole of the bass line on Forget Me Nots. It's all there for me; tone, phrasing, feel, the whole kit n' caboodle hell - trebly galloping basslines
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What are you listening to right now?
Barking Spiders replied to Sarah5string's topic in General Discussion
I'm 100% in Scandinavian electronica at the moment mainly Lindstroem, Biosphere, The Field, Trentemoeller and Ugress. Some cracking basslines on the Ugress albums though I suspect they weren't done on the bass guitar. Nevermind, they still pulsate -
News today that the company that owns mine is merging with another which means several hundred redundancies are likely. So the talk in the office has been which parts of the biz might be for the chop. This then came down to us asking if in fact how good or bad are any of us at what we do. This got me thinking about other stuff I do like playing bass, guitar, drums, speaking foreign languages etc. Where am I on the spectrum? Viz bass you could say that highly technical session players are maybe 10s and use them as the standard but if they lack qualities such as feel etc then maybe they're not 10s. Or you could say you have a repertoire of several hundred great lines off pat which might give yourself a high rating but if you can't improvise then maybe you're lower down the spectrum. So without being modest/self-effacing what do you do to try and get a true picture of your own skill level?
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Still got my Aria Pro II Integra IGB, passive, 1989/90. No complaints at all . In fact I like it's fairly small body, light weight and thinnish neck.
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The Rap Thread (new title for an old thread).
Barking Spiders replied to Mykesbass's topic in General Discussion
Yep, probably the all time #1 producer in all hip hop, possibly hitting his peak on Snoop's Doggystyle Also just gonna give a big up for Naughty by Nature, one of the best from the late 80s-early 90s.. -
Speaking as a quadroon I see nowt offensive in this lyric at all
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Softening your opinion towards the nice blokes
Barking Spiders replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
Methinks you can apply this to actors, directors, authors, sportspeeps etc. If you find someone highly personable and good humoured you're much more likely to have an open mind viz what they do. The opposite is true, if someone comes across as an utter bellend you're more likely to go out of your way to find fault in what they do and so not enjoy the whole. Fr'instance I can't abide Mel Gibson, for his racism and general weirdness. This has made me much of aware of his terrible acting and stupid mullet in films like the Lethal Weapon series. I quite enjoyed the first two when I was young and ignorant of Gibson's personality. Now it's straight to changing channels if any come on the box -
One of those bands I liked the idea of but not much that they put out
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Softening your opinion towards the nice blokes
Barking Spiders replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
I've been dragged along twice to see him and a more sullen, obnoxious person it would be hard to meet. I therefore actively did not want to like his music and in doing now actually more than just dislike it. I suspect your mind can sub-consciously alter your perception of someone's work based on whether you like them or not. Viz the proggers I felt bad about not liking their music and made more effort to appreciate it and in doing so ended up finding something to like about bits here and there. As for James Blunt he's a right good laff who has far more things of interest to say than most of the more 'cool' or acceptable names. Because he's a good bloke I don't mind his music even though it's not really my bag. Conversely, I used to be a fan of Echo ATB but Ian McCulloch's personality put me off to such an extent the band's music irks me -
This is the flip side to the discussion here on Gary Glitter. Have you ever disliked a band or artist's music but once you'd seen them in interview and were quite impressed at what nice blokes they seemed to be, you then started listening to their music with more charitable ears? I watched a recent show with Cat Deeley talking to U2. Now I've never been a fan of their music but they came across very well esp Adam Clayton and so while I might not buy a U2 album I can now listen to them on the radio.. Also I used to have deep seated dislike of 70s prog but after watching Prog Britannia a couple of years back I found myself warming to fellas like Carl Palmer, Ian Anderson , Rick Wakeman etc who were quite happy to laugh at what they used to be like. Nowadays I don't baulk if my partner ( a lady) puts on a bit of Jethro Tull, Genesis or Yes. If someone's good humoured and don't take themselves too seriously then that's good enough for me.
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Making it is purely down to the laws of probability. At any time there are thousands of music acts trying to make it. Most will be of comparable talent, looks etc but only one will be at the right place, the right time, with the right sound and looks for the times and with the right contacts. Being technically accomplished and knowing music theory are pretty irrelevant
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Bass lines that really only suite synth bass
Barking Spiders replied to KingPrawn's topic in General Discussion
Weren't the basslines to Hyperactive by Thomas Dolby and Frankie GTH's Two Tribes done on a Fairlight? Quite difficult to get the exact sounds on tha bass -
Chuck's long been one of my fave session players especially his work with Donald Byrd, pretty much all Dan albums and Quincy Jones.