musicbassman

去威爾士太遠了 !!

-Translated from Ghrythinden to 20th/21st century English Hey, fellow archaeologists! We’re continuing our research and exploratory digs in some of the rather less polluted and safer areas of the small planet that we know as DMP 538695 - and was apparently called ‘Earth’ at some time in the distant past. This object was unearthed a while ago and has been carefully cleaned. Carbon dating would suggest its over 5 million years old – but what is it? Any ideas? Some experts have suggested that it has some sort of pagan or religious significance. The four metal ‘leaves’ at the top actually turn - maybe so they could be aligned with particular stars? And the metal ‘eye’ above the strange hieroglyphics was possibly to ward off evil spirits? And what on earth could it have been attached to – we are guessing maybe some sort of large ceremonial drinking vessel. Let me know your thoughts!

Oh dear - pity you're not a bit closer to Chichester - I'd be right up and ready for that! But that's a two hour run each way from here. Best of luck - don't cancel the gig - I'm sure you'll find someone, there's some good people on this forum. Of course you could try Facebook, maybe the group MUSICIANS AVAILABLE - WANTED - SOUTHERN UK.

Janelle Monae? Run of the mill? Aww, c'mon !

Adblocker, surely? I use YouTube a lot and I never see an advert there. I know Adblocker must really, really annoy Google/YouTube and all other similar media platforms that rely on ads for revenue, but I'd rather pay a small subscription for an entirely ad-free service than have inappropriate and intrusive ads appearing all the time.

Bl***y clickbait, I hate it. Aaaarrrgghhhh!!! – I RUINED my $300,000 1954 Precision with this one simple mistake! How to play your best bass lines ever with this cheap kitchen gadget !!! Top Ten bass mistakes that even the Pros make !!! Unboxing my new 17 string bass ?? Whoops !! Learn this one simple bass fingering pattern to make sure you get the chicks at every gig !!!! I play my bass with my massive spanner!! You won't believe this!! Watch what happens !!! etc, etc..... 😨

The most important thing is that the drummer can hear the bass loud and clear - then he's got something to keep time to 🔊...🔊...🔊...🔊... ☺️

Yes, but how are they mounted on the instruments without cutting holes in them? Do they use a converted neck plate?

Has anyone ever come across any other bands or players having their guitars on rigid mounts before? It looks so weird to me. Opinions? Anyway, here's the band messing around with the monstrously talented Chris Thile. Absolute all round excellence, and his movements remind me of Wilko Johnson.

... sorry, i was bored and I imagined this...

Have a good one! Who's the bass player, do you know?

I'd never heard of this site before - I've just had a look and fiddled around with it and it really is pretty bad. It's like someones picked up some old Woolworths stock control software from 25 years ago and turned it into a website. Always remember the golden rule - just because something is sort of possible doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea ..... 💩

I posted this bass cover of "Never Gonna Give You Up" the other day in the thread about 80's synth style basslines. It's not actually out of tune, but it really bears no resemblance to the actual line whatsoever. Anyone else got some fine examples of "instructional" videos, bass "lessons" or covers proudly posted on YouTube by their possibly slightly misguided creators?

OK, let's consider the bassline on Go West's 'We Close Our Eyes' (1985). It sounds just like a very well written sequenced bassline now, but at the time it seemed to tear up the bass rulebook in terms of phrasing. Around 1986, Richard Drummie was a guest musician as part of a bass and drums workshop in Brighton which I attended, and he explained that the bass line for this was originally the vocal line from another song he had written with Peter Cox - " we fiddled around with it and it seemed to work" - God, if only I was that clever! But maybe it does help explain why it sounded so fresh. Here's two bass players covering this - contrast and compare - Mattivenn goes for a very staccato approach, but Doc 40 Khz is very slightly more legato. ( By the way, doesn't that Yamaha sound the biz ?)

Never Gonna Give You Up really does have an excellent synth bass line that I don't think can be learnt in 5 minutes. Or, you can do as this guy - just ignore the original line and play it your own way ! 😀

'Hottest' ? ....... What are we, back in the '80's ? Anyway, wheres Mononeon and Sam Wilkes ? 🙄

Wow, that's what my darling wife said to me when we first met !

I would suggest that this list is not way different to some cover band's lists NOW ! - easy to laugh, but there again if you're asked to do a gig for someones 60th birthday then this list (with a few exceptions) might still be spot on, and exactly what the punters would want..

Yes Mick, me too. Never venture any opinion at all really should be my current gameplan. Auditioned for a long term dep gig a few weeks ago. Just a rock covers band. A new rehearsal venue for the band, apparently, and it was immediately obvious on arrival it was going to be acoustically appalling - an old village hall with brick walls and a high ceiling. Guitarist arrives late, proceeds to turn up to 11, and suggests we 'warm up' with 'Sweet Home Alabama'. Jeez. I can't hear myself play at all, so when the noisefest has finished I suggest that 'maybe we need to take the volume down quite a bit' 'No', says the guitarist, 'your amp isn't loud enough' He then avoided any eye contact or communication for the rest of the session The evening went steadily downhill from there, and about an hour and a half later we parted, agreeing to 'stay in contact' (yeah, right)

Yup, another trick is to show a pic of your 'original purchase invoice' (reasonable enough) - which just might happen to show the full contact details of the original purchaser (i.e yourself)

I nearly bought it, but I tried it out and it wouldn't play Rhythm Stick properly, kept fluffing some of the notes, so I gave it a miss...

OK, many people have covered this, but i think the attention to detail here from the whole band is exceptional. Bass player is the Brazilian Michael Pipoquinha, who I think is only about 18 now. *really not jealous at all..... sniff......*

His behaviour was completely ridiculous. Why is it that some 'musicians' try to justify behaviour which in any other field of human endeavour would be absolutely unacceptable ?

Yup,- and they absolutely nail it. I'd really like to see this novel idea turning into a regular thing for these guys. I just hope it doesn't spawn a load of dodgy Youtube copycats looking for clicks. It really takes massive talent and massive cojones to pull this off successfully!

One bass, one strap, now let's get on with the music. There, I've said it. * runs and hides *