musicbassman

Wife and kids sleep in the garden ? Seems fair.................

I wouldn't have minded, but I'd heard so much about Muzz's and discreet's apres-gig parties, and I'd been expecting so much more.

54! Jeez, that's a roomful. Think we have a winner here, but not sure what the prize is - a larger house maybe.. Are they kept cased or do you have them all tastefully arranged on display ? Got pictures?

I met up with chimike yesterday - he's local to me. What a lovely guy. Anyway, he admitted that he owns 40 basses....... I own one ! Can any BCers top 40? Chimike is a collector, well that's his excuse...........What's yours?

OK, obi 2 kenobi, what we really want to know is what exactly were you searching for to get this as a result ??? Traditional untainted German culture?............... Ahem..... Tight leather shorts????..........Cough............. Band vacancies in Bavaria ??????????????

I don't know who the bass player is, but a great demonstration of restrained and purposeful playing there.

Genius!

432Hz be damned! Try this test...................

OK, just had a quick listen to this on Youtube - I think you'll need to detune your bass about a quarter of a tone to be in pitch with this whilst you learn it. Then the chords are just D - Em and back to D, and now and then it's D - Em - Bm - Em. I suspect you might have had problems as the bass is so mixed in with the kick - this makes it a bit tricky to discern, and if you add in the quarter tone drop this wouldn't have helped. Hope this helps!

Sorry, but have just watched some of this and I stick with what i said earlier - -he's incredibly talented but the end product sounds completely sanitised and risk free - ready to sell to those nice middle aged and middle class folks in Tunbridge Wells..................

Yes, bonkers talented, but I think he's in great danger of getting sucked into the easy listening "oooh, that sounds a bit like sophisticated jazz" MOR market............ Still, more talent in one fingernail there than ten of me !! - so good luck to him. By the way, there's stuff online of him playing with Rob Mullarkey that's worth checking out.

Well - firstly - watching these two middle aged guys pulling faces is not really great to look at, so maybe best just listened to. So, I tried this, and it did make a bit more sense - a bit. It's just a long and rambling musical journey, and some of the vocalisations are quite impressive. But did I like it? Errr - no. But I'll try anything once, so thanks to OP 👌

Hope your amp was set up correctly. Wouldn't want any clipping...........................

Well, if we're going back a bit, here I am playing with a band called East Side Cruisers at the Greyhound in Fulham Palace Road in1975............. ................. '63 Precision ! Wonder where it is now................

Yep, but I would guess " taking an active part in proceedings" might have been a more accurate description, but obviously only if it's a ladies night. They wouldn't have a band for any other masonic event. I used to do a lot of masonic work - and I'm not even a member of 'the craft'. And it''s not all rolled up trouser legs, you know . See Monkey Steve's comments.

1980's - 3 piece covers band - keyboards, bass, drums, at a masonic function. Dear lady who was in charge of the function asked if we could "go from table to table, singing and playing" , like Spanish troubadours...........................🙄

This is just the most perfect way to describe the personality traits of some pig headed or ego driven musos - I shall save this description for active duty at some future date, I suspect. Thanks Monkey Steve!

This, absolutely. Drives me crazy.

Well, judging by the musical calibre of the band (dodgy local pub rock band), I would guess it sounded a bit crap when they first rehearsed it, so they decided to 'gee it up a bit' so then it sounded a bit more crap......... At least they were in the same key......... .............. most of the time........... 😏

Poor old Mustang Sally. Wilson Pickett's original was so slow, cool and downright dirty, but this poor old song's been murdered ever since - I honestly think some bands have never even heard the original. I've even heard it played as a shuffle

Well MacDaddy, I stand corrected ! 😏 As far as I can understand after a bit of browsing, it seems: For all classical instruments, legato still has it's traditional meaning - i.e the opposite of staccato playing. For rock guitar (and bass) it has come to have a rather different meaning, referring to hammer ons and pull offs. Always pleased to extend my knowledge. Thanks. 🙂

Are you sure you've understood this correctly - I mean, learning all 11 songs? Maybe you should check that they didn't just want you to pick some from the list. Or, it could be they want you to learn all 11 to see how quickly you can pick up new songs, but only actually try you out on 3 or 4 of their choosing. Mind you, I've done auditions where the band have deliberately not sent me a list beforehand and just thrown stuff at me to see how quickly I can get up to speed.

Sorry to be a pooper, MacDaddy, but I don't think legato means what you think it means. Maybe you mean hammering on? Put simply, legato means playing without gaps between the notes - the opposite of staccato.

This x 100. Well said. It's all about the end result, the finished product.