Randy_Marsh

[quote]Ultimately, as was pointed out earlier, the area that the OP is getting into is highly subjective and I suppose what I'm doing is trying to explain the personal context of that. The OP may not hear music that has the same qualities as Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin today, and if I were to suggest Pig Destroyer or Nevermore as modern bands that I believe are excellent in terms of songcraft there may be considerable disagreement (especially those decrying Metal as the province of fantasy nerds).[/quote]

Couldnt agree more! Thats just one vein of metal, that mainly being power metal. If you look at the other stuff coming around now such as metal-core bands like Parkway Drive and to an extent Architects there hugely skilled musicians who are excellent at what they do. The bands that are coming about now like this are brilliant, but thats just my opinion

[quote]I have always had diverse tastes but it's just the general lack of musicianship I am lamenting more than anything and I think that is partially down to music "commercialisation". Playing ability is absolutely secondary now to marketability/image.

But getting away from the commercial music scene, where are the great players?[/quote]

I think at the minute the music scene is just exploding if your into it, there are some really talented players coming about with huge skill levels! Protest the hero are all great players. There are plenty of great bands coming about that are only just being noticed - Your Demise, Dead Swans, Architects. I have seen all of these and they are also amazing live. There are good bands out there

But thats only on my concerned genre, the rest seems to be dying a death - as mentioned the jonas brothers, Miley Cyrus, Metro Station. It really is all about marketing now and how disney or any others concerned can sell an image to kids

i have this in black

brilliant basses, have a bump on me

this is a really nice looking Stingray 5, i normally dont like the look of the 5 but this is gorgeous! Wish i had some moneys!

this is quite a good site, iv used it before and its all good

[url="http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/MyMusicStuff__W0QQ_armrsZ1QQ_fsubZ3"]http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/MyMusicStuff...rmrsZ1QQ_fsubZ3[/url]

[quote]Would it be complete sacrilege to say that I prefer Ben Kenney's bass playing??[/quote]

Yes

I love Dirk so im going to be a bit biased...

Ben is a hell of a player though

[quote]It sounds to me like you have a Cracked copy.

When you drop a few hundred on a plug in you generally have a host for it or, at the very least know what it is.

Infact, with legit copies you even get instructions.[/quote]

i do have instructions, it came on a PC i bought from a friend

theres another manual as well but its a bit bigger

im not using amplitude for the bass now, just guitar cause it sounds awesome

so by doing that i will get the sound thats played in amplitube recorded?

this must be like pulling teeth....

thread from the dead!

i finally purchased a USB interface, but now having problems with this

got reaper, but i now need to know how to record whats coming through Amplitude in in reaper

help is much appreciated

[quote]Gotta watch those charismatic German leaders though.[/quote]

LMAO! nice one

could just do it, in say drop C?

its for dead mans chest by parkway drive, thinking of doing a cover. might just scrap it if it means going to those lengths, plus not a fan of the 5!

need to tune to Bb

Bb F Bb Eb - bit weird i know. I'm just getting loads of buzz

what can i do? raise action? Truss rod?

plus its only for one song so is it worth it?

i really like this, shame i only have limited moneys atm...

what strings have you got on that? loving the green!

wow, crewe you say!? im based there too, i dont know of any man

have a look in merben music near asda they have a notice board of tutors and stuff

yeh thought it was a bit iffy, i tend to stick to Marlowe DK's site as its quality stuff

i thought it wasnt standard slap!

and yeh, im well aware of the technique and Victor

it was just weird that this technique was in with the basics - its not really...basic

i was browsing this site after someone else mentioned it in another thread, so i went on to the slap bit looking for some tips

i can already slap (well, badly) but all this seemed really wrong to me

[url="http://www.play-bass.com/how_to_slap_bass_part_2.html"]http://www.play-bass.com/how_to_slap_bass_part_2.html[/url]

is it just me or is that all a bit weird?

loco hasnt got a stand out bass line! just lots of low notes

runaway - jamiroquai!

bad GAS for a jazz right now, have a bump

also how much for flat eric?

[quote]Just to add, you're going to need an audio interface of some description to get the signal into the 'puter in the first place (apologies if this is teaching yer granny...!) or do you have one already?[/quote]

yeh got a Lightsnake USB cable

And yeh, this is all fairly complicated :S

nice one!

i have audacity, how would i go about recording then? im a complete n00b to this lol

I have just got this quality program to do a bit of recording on.

The next thing is actually recording stuff with it, what programs work with it and are easy to use?

i know for a fact they do, i have one lol