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Yep the ole expensive boom and wool out front, hear it time and time again. Easier for the desk to add bass than to remove the boom that many peeps think is ok. Our instrument should really be called the 'Low Mid Range Guitar'.

I thght BT's were something duos did. And as for paying 100's of pounds to see a "top" show completely mimed? No thanks, Its the looseness and rawness that maketh the fun. The issue with ToTP was time and volume. It was impossible to prep evry single performance to perfection hence the miming. And just to ruin ur day OGWT was 90% mimed also. They managed to create a vibe that made it seem very...alive.

The words.." Now with home recording anyone can get a professional result" leaves me feeling dead inside. Its that very process which has killed just about everything. Doing it at 'at home' and then publishing means you are not accountable to anyone.... no one is gonna tell you the truth. Unlike back in the day where in the main you had schooled producers who underestood the need for melody and musicality.. the two ingredients which make great music. Ive actually been on the receiving end of that as a young sprog. "Sorry lads its lacking, it doesnt go anywhere....It ain't strong enough for us. Thanks for coming in, best of luck.

Never hard of this new restriction thing but a good trio with a good lead singer and backing vox is hard to beat, tho it all hinges on the singer being a good all rounder. I can remember two or three outfits from long ago who had this setup and they were great fun to go see. Good fun to play in too... loads of space.

Yep including reality TV. Everyone today is told they are great and can do no wrong so opportunity has no restraint and thats why so much of todays 'creative output' is pants. Back in the day if you were naff you were told so...like wise if you were good or great you rose to the top and became something of worth and note (no pun intended) As for bands today, what does that even mean anymore. Of the few 'guitar' bands Ive seen recently.. wildly strumming your axe with little melodic shape or content does not make for good music.

Its a fair enough topic, but keep it a secret? No way. I tend to sit and just 'listen' more to classical than pop but when I want to have a couple hours of satisfying bass playing then its just about anything from the pop charts of the 70's. Bee Gees, ABBA, Carpenters, Philly Soul, I'll even have an hr of two step.. Glen Campbell, Ray Stevens etc etc....As a bass player for me the 70's thru up a heck of a lot of great melodic bass playing and music.

Haha.. or getting our old Bedford jammed on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street cause the roadie misjudged the location? Great memories and huge fun and frolics. Guess its just all so different today....Is it as much fun tho?

As we did all those yrs ago, buy an old coach, fix it up and get on the road, or am I living in the past with extremely rose tinted glasses. Probably.

Good example of the... "One".

Goodness me TF are flippin good. No backing tapes or synchin, straight up live playing with super arrangements.

Probably something from Bad Companys Straight Shooter album. My poor mother sticking her head around the bedroom door..... "are you playing for much longer, it all sounds rather thumpy."! Cheers mum.

Have to say Ive never heard of anyone using tab in an orchestra. Notation is the norm which allows you to switch keys on the fly. And as has already been mentioned... brass and wind love playing in the flats.. not so much standard C hence why you will have to transpose your tabs, tho I dont understand tab so maybe thats not actually possible.

Spent a couple of hrs getting YT to throw up as many versions of Autumn Leaves as I could find. I like sussing out how different musicians approach the same tune....Had a little play too, always fun.

As with most here Ive owned a ton of P's over the years, vintage, Jap, Squire, Fender, Mex. Picked up one of those CV70's P's recently, terrific bass, 70's nut but with a fat profile ...very comfortable and very cheap too. Its as good or better as anything Ive had before.

Havent listened to Joni for about ten years and Ive never seen this clip. Jaco's ok here just laying it down, as usual the right note in the right place at the right time... always Jaco but nothing too crazy. She wanted him in the band and he delivers. Metheny too.... superb musician.

I would imagine Ian King is easily a "Top London Session player". He can read anything, play anything, has all the gear and appears to be a nice bloke which is doubly important. You want to look at a TLSP...There he is right there.

This in spades, 100%. The guy in the store that does setups and then hands ur axe back scratched and worse than when it went in is not a luthier. Even the guys that make boutique basses from raw materials are not luthiers but kinda wood engineers. Stringed instrument Luthiers have studied at a special college for the making of stringed instruments and it takes years. Point of note. I can easily setup a bass.. cut a new nut etc....But trying to relocate and tune the sound post in my el cheapo Cello took three weeks of fiddling...trimming and positioning and Im still not sure its dead right.... The skills needed to be a proper Luthier are akin to being a brain surgeon.

As above, its no use fighting it and trying to manicly fill every gap....Let the spaces ring out and you'll find the presentation will actually sound more full and satisfying. Check out Robin Trower the master of space and air.

Very nice . Ur a lucky man. I bought a 77 in 1980 and played it thru the 80's but it was a heavy lumbering dog tbh, but I always kinda yearned for a natural one like urs that was just right.

I kinda agree with the Op and Ive played just about every kind of 'funk' there is over the years. Trouble is in its purest form its all about the ...'One' and that in itself can get pretty boring after a while. Also a lot of funk tunes dont really go anywhere... in short for me anyway they're kinda boring to play. But yeah if its in th set then you just have to play it.

This and puts into perspective just how incredibly powerful the human brain, mind, consciousness trilogy actually is. I think it will be decades before AI can even closely match what we already have. But when it does happen then yes, human existence on this planet will be terminated.

Really great to watch a top draw pro doin his thing. Great work on 'Dancing Queen' ghost notes a plenty.. super tone too.

Everyones different and will have a reason for doing what they do. But this is my experience if anyones interested. I play four string P basses because all my funky/soul/disco heroes from the 70's and 60's played superb music with just four strings. I will even make a point of not going above the fifth fret because for me the gritty punch "I enjoy" all happens ...."for me" ....down by the nut. And there you go, thats my preference and mine alone. And I totally agree when it comes to playing in a big band type ensemble where the horns need everything in Eb for eg. Four aint impossible but Im sure the fifth makes the shifting a lot easier.

Totally agree with this. Ive worked with some good frontmen/women over the years but the best ever was a guy I did a long funky/jazzy summer season with, but boy was he a live wire, not nasty but kind of on edge all the time. One night he stopped the band mid tune to berrate the bar manager over the pa which he'd had an altercation with earlier.....It was horrendous but we carried on and completed the contract as he was so good.

I simply cannot comprehend not being a musician. And at the risk of sounding pompous and a bit up myself I cant imagine what its like for those who aren't because as has already been suggested playing a musical instrument and even just thinking creatively kinda rounds out the personality. It's certainly made me into someone that thinks about stuff a lot....I also like to think the majority of musicians are a kinda peaceful bunch too.