Mikey D
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With odd time signatures it is a good idea to see how the bar is divided. You can usually feel this or, go by what the melody or drum part is. If So with 7/4 or 7/8 a couple of examples are: 2-2-3 or 3-2-2 or 2-3-2. A really quite easy way to think of these rhythms are to vocalise them as words. in this case...2=ap-ple 3=ba-na-na. So 2-2-3 = apple apple banana. Start by playing a note on each starting syllable on each word. This outlines the bar and where the accents are very clearly. Do this with either just the root of what the chord would be, or the tried. Or then start filling in the notes with other notes. Eventually you should just be able to feel this rhythmic pattern and the more you practice it the more natural it is, even to the point of where it is as natural as 4/4. 10/8 coule be apple apple banana banana. This may sound silly, but for a lot of people this technique can really help you hear these odd time sigs a lot quicker than just learning a line over them as it also allows you to improvise parts once you have absorbed the feel.
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I have been asked to dep by a drummer from college at this gig. It's a jam friday night and a gig by us on saturday. Come to both, or just the one. I don't know too much about it as I am the last minute dep. But come along and enjoy me trying to sight read some blistering latin jazz on my fretless as I have now sold my TRB6....I get the feeling it's going to be a bit of a roast...but enjoyable. Points for spotting all my intonation errors! (it'll be hard to keep tabs on all of them!) I have been told there are such gems as Spain, 500 Miles High and Armando's Rhumba in the set with some singer coming up from Trinity college. [url="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4698020545"]Jazz, Latin and Funk Gig[/url] Right, I'm off to check out the tunes so I'm not completely thrown in the deep end! Tatty Bye...
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We met on a dark night in my hometown and did the trade...nice chap, smooth, easy, quick transaction. Although he now has my baby! PTP, proud owner of an original TRB6. I hope you enjoy it as much as me mate.
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Hao rust booster sold to him....smooth easy transaction! The way they should be. Cheers!
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Bill Stewart and Steve Swallow
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[quote name='The Funk' post='55974' date='Sep 5 2007, 02:49 PM']Herbie Hancock & Headhunters (or was it just Headhunters). Check it out - funkEE![/quote] Headhunters was Harvey Mason....also not to be knocked. His grooves on Chameleon are still some of the best funk grooves laid done on tape.
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[quote name='gilmour' post='55962' date='Sep 5 2007, 02:27 PM']wow, so many quick responses. This is a real nooby question but I've not heard of Paul Jackson and Mike Clark can anyone enlighten me?[/quote] Herbie Hancocks 70's rhythm section, Mike Clark took over duties from Harvey Mason to what was still basically the headhunters lineup. Check out the 'Thrust' album for the pinnacle of interlocking funk grooves....Paul's unique stacatto grooves and Mike's linear drumming is a match made in heaven!
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Paul Jackson and Mike Clark
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Zigaboo and George was the first that came to mind! Benny Benjamin and James Jamerson
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Acutally to be honest, if they were playing the early stuff, that would be a dream gig, when I was starting to learn I learnt every single song of the first two albums, Stuart plays some of my favourite lines ever. I'm never sure whether it was him (as I heard jk sang a lot of lines to him) or just the fact that they have changed their direction so much, but to me, the first two albums are the ones, the third I can live with the rest....not bothered at all. I'd only accept the Herbie gig if he played vocoder the whole set.
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Your phone rings, turns out their bass player is ill and they need you for a gig. Who's on the other end of the line? For me, Herbie Hancock. "Please Mikey...I'd rather you than Matt Garrison!"
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Nothing...Joe Zawinul hasn't called me yet. I think he lost my number!
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'Custom Shop', 'Limited Edition', 'Anniversary' blah blah blah
Mikey D replied to Beedster's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='carlosfandango' post='55864' date='Sep 5 2007, 12:34 PM']Not to mention all "endorsed" signature basses out there![/quote] I want to point out the exception of the gary willis GWB35 which is probably the best value 'signature' bass out there (and if not one of the best mass produced fretless basses out there). If more companies applied themselves like this there would be a lot more good value, great basses compatred to a million and one types of fender jazz. -
*SOLD* Yamaha TRB6 Japanese Built Mid-90s model!! Price Lowered!!
Mikey D replied to Mikey D's topic in Basses For Sale
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[url="http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/the-soil-pimp-sessions-1486"]Soil & Pimp with Jamie Cullum!?[/url] I'm not sure I like it, but I'll defiantely check it out.
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Dear god,......Soil and Pimp Sessons!!!!!!! One of my favourite bands! Do you know when and where they are playing? They are insane. Last time I saw them the bass the guy was using the bridge collapsed mid-song! He set the whole thing up and and retuned etc ready for the next song. Every bass player or fan of music must check this band out. It likes a bunch of jazz acid fueled jazz/dance heads fronted by a japanese James Belushi. Mental.
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I now know the true meaning of being a poor music student...up for sale is my pride and joy: Completely handmade in Chapel Hill N.C. USA by Wes Lambe Custom Built 8S FOR SALE! This is the only one in the UK and I have to check, but I also think Europe, if not outside of the USA! [list] [*]Hand carved top & body contours [*]Walnut body [*]Carbon fiber reinforced Birdseye Maple neck w/2 way adjustable truss rod [*]Rosewood fretboard w/abalone dot fret markers [*]Ebony peghead veneer (Front & back) [*]Gotoh tuners [*]Fanned-fret®* Fanned-fret®(Built under license by Novax® Guitars)- fretboards incorporate multiple scale lengths for improved tuning, tone, and feel [*]Genuine bone nut (2 3/16" nut width) [*]Separate bass and guitar outputs [*]Bass pickups: Bartolini 8S's [*]Guitar pickups: Seymour Duncan "JB" bridge & "Jazz" neck [*]UV-cured urethane polyester finish [*]TKL Hardshell case w/plush interior [*]D'Addario Strings [Flatwounds on guitar strings] [*]Added brand new Real Leather worn look Strap [/list] If you wanted to get one of these (guitar+shipping+VAT+import tax) it would set you back about $3350, so at current exchange that's about £1675. This one is near mint except for a small dent on the upper bout where your arm rests over the guitar, so you can't even see it. Although as the finish is urethane, an experienced repairer could re-finish this so the guitar is as brand new. The build quality as as good or better than I have ever seen from a builder. The wood grains, parts, build and finish, everything about this guitar is amazing. If you need to know, it is tuned E-A-D-a-d-g-b-e and if you want to hear it you can goto youtube and look for the videos my funkyniblet (me). I am aware that this is quite a niche product but in the short space of time I have had it, many people have been interested in it, so I thought I would post here first just in case. I'm here to answer any questions. If you want to come and try it out leave me a message or PM me. I'm looking for £1350 plus courier, or local pickup. I may be able to organise delivery within the Midlands Area. I can't bear to sell it, but I also cannot justify not eating when I own a beautiful guitar of this value. As soon as I sort my finances out, I will buy another one of these without delay. It is truly a work of art. -
It depends. But Lydian or Locrian for modes of hte major scale. The Diminshed scales. Altered scale. A multitude of pentatonic scales. It really does depend on a few things.
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Better of trying a double bass shop who hires than a typical bass hire company as it appears they normally only have rubbish. Your friend can try [url="http://www.thwaites.com/index.php?id=23"]Thwaites[/url] Out of interest, who is it?
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If you are playing ok I wouldn't get too worked up about it, there are many great players with a 'unique' left hand (even someone like hadrian feraud has a 'bad' habit of lifting all his fingers off at times with his left hand and he does alright!), but to be honest if you spent a bit more time on your left hand technique, you will notice an improved in a few areas of your playing. The one finger per fret is a standard thing, but when you practice it (usually by going 1-2-3-4 on E, 1-2-3-4 on A, 1-2-3-4 on D, 1-2-3-4 on G then 4-3-2-1 on G, 4-3-2-1 on D and so on up the fretboard) you have to be concious of what all the fingers are doing. The common problem is moving fingers away from the fretboard when you are playing a not with one of the fingers the others tend to raise. Slowly practice the above exercise and conciously hold the other fingers near the string when you play each note. The hardest to keep down tends to be your little finger when you are playing with your middle or ring finger because the nature of how the tendons in the had are. You will also find if you can keep this shape with your fretting hand you can access a wider range of notes more easily and your lines will be more fluid. I had exactly the same problem when I started. I thought I was great could play relatively fast, then one year on I looked at my technique after seeing a Patitucci video and thought "time to start all over again'. So I went back to basics and did everything slowly trying to sort out my technique on both hands. It's still not perfect, but it is at a point where I am happy and it doesn't stop me executing things I want to. Well, the majority of the time!
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I was goign to post about these. I think they are really nice and as I have been looking for a fretted version of my GWB35, this is as near as I think I can get! Would prefer the 5 in teh amber, but if my finances get sorted and I can sell my TRB6, I'll be getting the 5 and chucking a ramp on it. Nice. But isn't there only a few hundred being made and only for the US market? But with exchange rate as it is, thats not a bad bass for £650 as soon as you have imported it.
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*SOLD* Yamaha TRB6 Japanese Built Mid-90s model!! Price Lowered!!
Mikey D replied to Mikey D's topic in Basses For Sale
Superskint, price lowered, need funds before Uni starts as I can't enrol without clearing debts BUMP! -
Fodera Matt Garrison 33" Buckeye 5 string Imperial for fretted. Fretless=GWB1 Ibanez, the GWB35 is alright, but the 1 just had that little better sound. So I'm sort of halfway there already.
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[quote name='alexclaber' post='54761' date='Sep 3 2007, 02:59 PM']Citron AE5 Steve Swallow Alex[/quote] Steve Swallow is coming over to play Mike Gibb's 70th Birthday tour! Do not miss him!
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[quote name='metalmaniac' post='54475' date='Sep 2 2007, 10:43 PM']Well Ive been playin 6 string for a while.. now moved onto 7 string... Wonderin if anyone could point me onto any good songs/albums/artists with 7 strings. Dood should be able to help me here at least. Im already playing Nuclear Rabbit/Jean Baudin.. finally nailed Vanishing the whole way through. im playin a bit of bach here and there too Cheers[/quote] Obviously Bill 'The Buddha' Dickens. I know they are guitarists, but I recommend you check out Lenny Breau and George Van Eps.