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My friend played guitar for him for a year or two. I met him back in 2003. On top of everything else, he was a nice guy too.
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I love synth bass. Synth bass and bass guitar can be used effectively together too!
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I really enjoyed that. Well done to whoever made that.
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[quote name='cetera' post='848296' date='May 26 2010, 10:40 AM']THIS is where the real up to date action is.....
[url="http://www.voy.com/85692/"]RockGroupie.com Forum[/url][/quote]
I was looking for your entry. I was expecting to see something along the lines of "too polite to refuse a cheeky hand but too faithful to risk anything more - as with the music, almost as good as the real thing". -
[url="http://www.groupiedirt.com/"]Check this site out[/url]. How funny.
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[quote name='silddx' post='842453' date='May 19 2010, 07:56 PM']That is amazing. THAT has serious groove and panache. THAT is a massive hip hop inspiration. Fabulous mate. All the instruments are contributing to what feels really laid back and very urgent at the same time. It's magic.[/quote]
I need to burn you some CDs mate. Fill you in on some of the older stuff you might have missed. -
Behind. Don't even try it. Every non-New Orleans band I've seen makes it sound flat, lifeless and boring.
The Meters - [i]Cissy Strut[/i]
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I haven't been but it looks like a cool venue. Not sure how easy your load-in will be though!
I'll hopefully be able to come along and finally check you guys out! -
The dreaded question: would you be willing to split the head and cab?
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Bought a pair of Corts from him. Good price, nice guy and good player!
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[quote name='Dubs' post='829470' date='May 6 2010, 11:56 AM']You've got to wonder who's she's trying to kid, or if she's just a bit mental...[/quote]
Exactly. When she said "pro singer" was she referring to her preference of sewing machine? -
[quote name='cheddatom' post='829326' date='May 6 2010, 09:15 AM']It's nothing specific to music. Loads of people speak with authority on things they know absolutely nothing about. God knows why, and I wish they'd stop![/quote]
Couldn't agree more! -
I should be picking these up from Mark tomorrow. I can't bloody wait.
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[quote name='deathpanda' post='825901' date='May 2 2010, 09:18 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqzFN5-5jk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqzFN5-5jk[/url][/quote]
The best thing about this performance is the fact that Allan Holdsworth is actually wearing an Allan Holdsworth t-shirt. Classic. -
[i]Cucumber Slumber[/i] - Weather Report. A classic featuring Alphonso Johnson on bass.
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[quote name='OldGit' post='827099' date='May 4 2010, 08:42 AM']Is this a large PA with monitors? How do your hear yourself?[/quote]
Good questions.
I find that P and J basses sound great plugged straight into the desk. The only problem is ensuring you can hear yourself from venue to venue. -
I've always thought of him as being "that guy who wrote every classic blues song and riff who just happened to play bass" but check out this video. He [i]was[/i] pretty handy on the bass too!
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[quote name='EssentialTension' post='825463' date='May 2 2010, 01:11 PM']I understood why Jagger was thought of as 'first frontman' but, as was said, he was very influenced by James Brown. So it seems to me there were frontmen before Jagger - e.g. James Brown and many others - although I can see that it might be argued that the predecessors were not the frontmen of a group in quite the same way.[/quote]
There were rock n' roll performers before Jagger - but as you say they weren't the frontmen of bands.
Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Elvis (the first rock star?), James Brown etc. -
[quote name='Ou7shined' post='825471' date='May 2 2010, 01:20 PM']I didn't watch it, are you allowed frontmen that play guitar/bass/drums in this series?
Hendrix wasn't a great vocalist but one hell of a frontman.[/quote]
You're allowed Sting. No other frontmen from the show were allowed to play an instrument it seems. -
For a series that relegates bassists to the role of 'other' they sure had a lot of bassists in the frontman episode.
I'd totally agree with their analysis that Mick Jagger was the first frontman. Not sure what else they were on about. I find it strange that they didn't mention Ozzy at all but then with a show like that there are always going to be people left out.
EDIT: Just been on the BBC site to consider casting a vote. No Jim Morrison! -
We could find ourselves on p.78 of the Entertainment section of a Sunday paper if we organise a boycott of the series...
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[quote name='flyfisher' post='824280' date='Apr 30 2010, 06:20 PM']2. Work backwards and write your own arrangements of the new songs. It shouldn't be too difficult to write down the basic chord structure from played-by-ear root notes.[/quote]
[quote name='Bilbo' post='824824' date='May 1 2010, 01:54 PM']Write out a chord chart - you don't need to be able to play the guitar or piano. You can figure it out on teh bass. If you can write out a bass line, you should be able to figure out the chords.[/quote]
More or less what they said.
Work out the chords yourself but also see if you can hum a bass part along to each tune that really works. -
Once you've got those basics down, try building up to ghost notes and 16th note syncopation, like Louis Johnson.
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Start at the beginning.
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin
Making a line out box to use on a valve amp
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You can buy various things like this. I've heard they work quite well.