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I love Copeland's drumming, I think he's fantastic. Synchronicity is a superb showcase of his skill behind a kit. If you're interested though, this is what Steve Vai said about Vinnie Colaiuta during a Frank Zappa recording: [quote]He's one of the most amazing sight-readers that ever existed on the instrument. One day we were in a Frank rehearsal, this was early '80s, and Frank brought in this piece of music called "Mo 'N Herb's Vacation." Just unbelievably complex. All the drums were written out, just like "The Black Page" except even more complex. There were these runs of like 17 over 3 and every drumhead is notated differently. And there were a whole bunch of people there, I think Bozzio was there. Vinnie had this piece of music on the stand to his right. To his left he had another music stand with a plate of sushi on it, okay? Now the tempo of the piece was very slow, like "The Black Page." And then the first riff came in, [mimics bizarre Zappa-esque drum rhythm patterns] with all these choking of cymbals, and hi-hat, ruffs, spinning of rototoms and all this crazy stuff. And I saw Vinnie reading this thing. Now, Vinnie has this habit of pushing his glasses up with the middle finger of his right hand. Well I saw him look at this one bar of music, it was the last bar of music on the page. He started to play it as he was turning the page with one hand, and then once the page was turned he continued playing the riff with his right hand, as he reached over with his left hand, grabbed a piece of sushi and put it in his mouth, continued the riff with his left hand and feet, pushed his glasses up, and then played the remaining part of the bar. It was the sickest thing I have ever seen. Frank threw his music up in the air. Bozzio turned around and walked away. I just started laughing.[/quote]

If you're a.) good on your instrument and b.) good at networking then as a musician, you should never be out of work IMO.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='426449' date='Mar 5 2009, 05:01 PM']Excuse my ignorance but I've not really heard of this Colaiuta chappy but if that's a good example of his playing style then I can't see why you rate him over Copeland. They actually sound pretty similar to me. Copeland is not a steady 4's (or even a reggae rules 1-2-[u]3[/u]-4) kind of guy. I've heard bands over the years covering The Police and not one of them has ever nailed Copeland's tricky little fills or syncopations correctly - even if they've managed to lock into his signature.[/quote] It's cool. Vinnie is one of the most sought after drummers probably of all time, and he's been very widely recorded as a session musician. I don't necessarily rate him over Copeland (two different players I think) but I do prefer his drumming... to my ears he's tighter, more adept and generally more enjoyable to listen to. Like I say, all preference in this case.

Copeland's great... but hard to hold a flame to Vinnie Colaiuta playing on Sting's solo stuff... check it out: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbOFm8W5Wk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbOFm8W5Wk[/url]

It didn't sound overdubbed to me, or at least not entirely anyway. IMO they're great live.

I'm a massive Police fan, and probably an even bigger Sting fan (his solo album credits read like a who's who of Jazz and session players... Darryl Jones, Vinnie Colaiuta, Omar Hakim, Christian McBride, Branford Marsalis, just sick playing and production).

[quote name='BassMunkee' post='425144' date='Mar 4 2009, 03:04 PM']That's putting out some power, it's made your camera vibrate! [/quote] Either that or it's my incredibly poor camera work

Oh my god, what a ridiculous coincidence... as if I hadn't got on the wrong side of bassicinstinct already! Sorry mate, it's just my sh*te taste in music, believe me. Nout personal!

I've got stacks of old BGM's at home that I might get rid of soon, dating back to whe Geddy Lee featured on the front cover! Same with Bass Guitar mags as well!

Hehe, I know quite a few people who like the Beautiful South! Never been able to stomach them I'm afraid. Or the Lighthouse Family! Kid A is my second favourite album of all time... but in fairness I've loved everything Radiohead have ever put out. There cover of 'The Headmaster Ritual' I really liked EDIT I think I'm just going to wind my neck in now and contribute nothing more to this car-crash of a thread!

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='425012' date='Mar 4 2009, 01:11 PM'] Sorry!! Couldn't resist it. I'll get my coat shall I? [/quote] Just a joke No harm intended. Nice to make light of things...

Are the GS112's decent GreeneKing? I was going to get one for smaller gigs and alike... can't lump the Eden 410XLT everywhere!

Agh, would love to go to that! Too far away I fear

I was watching an interview with Roger Sadowsky, he was saying that some of his customers claimed that the chambered bodies had a better sound than the non-chambered bodies, but I think in the case of the Sadowsky's I would have thought a large part of the tone was to do with the Sadowsky preamp.

Just IMO, but... I've never really liked U2, I like Oasis, I love Radiohead, I'm not too keen on the Beatles but I love what they did, I like the Rolling Stones a lot, Elvis kind of bores me but I know he's great, Chuck Berry doesn't interest me, Pink Floyd = not my thing, The Police are great, Yes had one song I know and it's got a great guitar solo in it (Owner of a Lonely Heart I think it's called), Genesis = boring, Aerosmith have never appealed to me, Jimi Hendrix was great, Metallica = don't like most metal, Rush = indulgent nonsense but each to their own, David Bowie rules, R.E.M should worry less about the environment and more time writing better songs, I love the Velvet Underground, Iron Maiden all look like aging hairy handbags to me and try a bit too hard, Bon Jovi? I think Mum likes them, Jethro Tull? I think Dad likes them, The Who I saw live but I still don't totally get, The Beach Boys were superb, Prince, Michael Jackson AND Stevie Wonder are brilliant, Bob Marley was amazing, James Brown ditto, Steely Dan are one of my favourites, Queen I like, Abba had some great basslines, AC/DC did Back in Black didn't they? Or was that Van Halen?, The Allman Brothers I haven't heard much from, Earth Wind and Fire are OTT and completely brilliant, King Crimson I have never heard a song from them and don't have a massive desire too... And I absolutely despise the Beautiful South. Pick and choose your most the most controversial statement and go nuts.

Pointless pointless pointless By all means if you can ever find a way to utilise a low F sharp, but a low G sharp? Aren't we getting into the realms of ridiculousness?

Sorry guys, forgot about this post! Thanks for the kind words. [quote name='lushuk' post='414051' date='Feb 19 2009, 11:32 AM']Yes nice one, I like cover bands, good vocals harmonies etc, well done p.s crap name you should do bicyle race or bmx race:)[/quote] Haha, I hate it too... but people laugh at it and hopefully remember us a bit better in future

[quote]It's sad but true, so to state that the 4 notes of the b-line to With or Without You means more than something they probably never heard is a bit silly, I mean its a fair point in some respects, but then I doubt most of them could even tell you thos four notes either, cos they are concentrating solely on the vocal in fact.[/quote] But why is this sad? Ignorance is bliss, what you haven't heard before can't have any emotional impact on you, where as what you have heard will. Not everyone wants to seek out the musings of Jaco Pastorius, where as some people (like me) have enjoyed his work. Some people want music served to them through radio and not have to actively seek new music out. That's reality. It might cheapen the musical endeavours of some people who might be more musically minded, but that's just life. U2 is a familiar sound that some people enjoy listening to.

Amazing, and IMO the most influential player that has ever lived

Wise words from the man who chooses to think and soap up at the same time. They write good tunes that a lot of people like, and some other people don't. I don't like U2, but even I can see that the Joshua Tree was crammed with well written tunes. To dismiss a band's entire back catalogue as 'sh*t' when they're so well loved by so many people isn't right.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='421022' date='Feb 27 2009, 03:39 PM']Yeah but you might also want to ask WHY is Paul Turner playing one? [/quote] I asked him. His answer? He likes them. That was good enough for me.

I hope being a British site, there are some Alan Partridge fans here... a clip from where Alan pretends to his Ukrainian girlfriend that he's friends with Bono. Hilarious [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRRhfCYfTs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRRhfCYfTs[/url]