Earbrass

I completely understand where you are coming from. I joined my last band at just this point in the process - luckily they let me re-record the bass parts as they weren't all that happy with the existing ones, but if they hadn't, I think I would have felt the same ambivalence as you towards the album.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1319051417' post='1409419'] I like Helium! Very much my cup of tea. This is not easy listening, but it's damn good! It couldn't handle The 5 Minutes, sorry, but I did like Acht. Your bass tone is really nice, deep and rubbery in the low end, and loads of chorus (I think). Quirky playing, not sounding like Karn, but with lots of his sort of attitude if you know what I mean. [/quote] Having bought the "[url="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/FearofBicycles1"]This Is Not A CD[/url]" album download a few months back, [i]Acht[/i] is still my favourite track. [i]The 5 Minutes[/i] (which isn't part of that album) sounds a lot like a "free music" outfit I played with for a while in the late 1970s - to be honest I think that stuff is a lot more fun to play than to listen to. Recommend the download, though - good stuff aplenty.

A [i]wishbass[/i], huh? So, have I got this right - two of you grab hold and pull till it snaps, and the one holding the biggest bit wins?

Hi Wes, Enjoyed the tracks. Now following on soundcloud. E

[quote name='mildmanofrock' timestamp='1318866778' post='1407116'] Hi fella - I took it off as I realised my song sounded really out of place with the other great tracks here - and was more me playing everything within a song format than showcasing any particular bass skills. [/quote] I think there's room for all sorts of stuff - not just bass-based (??) music. I think your track is cool, and fits right in. [quote name='mildmanofrock' timestamp='1318871018' post='1407220'] Yours too Earbrass - fantastic sound and arrangement. [/quote] Too kind.

[quote name='mildmanofrock' timestamp='1318591728' post='1404052'] Woah! I'm outta here! [/quote] Nooooo! Come back!

Hi Davide, I gave your tracks a listen - I think it's a good recording / mix, and there's some very nice bass playing in there. Not crazy about the vocals, to be honest, and I think the songwriting could do with a bit more variety. I'm probably not your target demographic, to be fair. All the best with it, anyway.

Anyone else noticed how random the soundcloud statistics are? If you go to the "Your Stats" page, the figures on the left of the screen don't match those in the little world map on the right. Neither of these match up with the number of plays against the "You / Sets" and "You / Tracks" pages, and the latter two can be out of sync with each other, even when, as in my case, I've only uploaded one track and created one set with the one track in it. Also, mods, any chance of pinning this thread? I think that, in combination with the Basschat soundcloud group, it could be a really useful part of the site.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1318502068' post='1402869'] I used to perform in musicals and always called them 'shows' Now I act in plays .. I still call them 'shows' just to annoy the other actors. But if I'm perfomring with my comedy improvisation group, that's a gig. [/quote] I used to do a lot of music for theatre - if I recall correctly, the term "show" was much more commonly used than "play" (perhaps because a lot of the stuff I was involved with was quite fringe and arty, rather than traditional theatre). I have a similar issue now I've started performing with the morris side - they don't seem to have a convenient noun for their performances. They refer to the activity of performing as "dancing out" (ie out in front of other people), but I baulk at "dance-outs", and so tend to just call them "gigs".

I got my first soundtrack job by approaching a director whose work I was very keen on and asking her if I could do the music on her next project.

Typing "solo double bass" into the Amazon search bar throws up a few options - mostly classical by the looks of it: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=solo+double+bass&x=0&y=0"]http://www.amazon.co...le+bass&x=0&y=0[/url] ...though there is this jazz one (bit pricey mind) [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vol-1-My-Jazz-Double-Bass/dp/B001QERLC4/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1318001524&sr=1-10"]http://www.amazon.co...8001524&sr=1-10[/url]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1313586895' post='1343141'] Or, alternatively, we could call his lines predictable, boring and lacking in imagination Never got into the Floyd. Never played any of their songs. Unlikley to [/quote] You should listen to the early stuff - check out the bass work on Matilda Mother, Lucifer Sam, or Chapter 24 (from the first album) or See Emily Play. It took them years to get boring.

The only things I'm interested in making are music and tea. (aged 51)

Mine's here, as in my sig: http://soundcloud.com/earbrass Only one track up so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp0lwFjWXOo and (despite the bad camerawork and the dodgy singing from the "joiners-in"...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOIJoj7htYI&feature=feedf

[quote name='51m0n' post='1375426' date='Sep 16 2011, 12:55 PM']I bring a torch - does that make me a pansy??[/quote] I also carry a small torch to bass gigs (it's just common sense - it'll probably be dark - you might need to see stuff)...but to be fair, I'm not exactly "rugged".

I always preferred his brother Windy.

[quote name='Marvin' post='1374653' date='Sep 15 2011, 04:48 PM'][attachment=89522:IMGP0503.JPG] Our warbler at our last gig.[/quote] Handcuffing her to the lighting rig was a low trick. [quote]Baz, our dancing badger[/quote] EVERY band should have a dancing badger.

[quote name='deanbean502' post='1373745' date='Sep 14 2011, 09:06 PM']something that there are only a few of really appeals to me. they just seem few and far between.[/quote] Yeah, if only really rare basses were more common.... oh, hang on...

She's not exactly a "front-person", but I rather like [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorstetguidedwalks/3914449721/"]this[/url] photo which features Jacky, the lead musician in the morris side I play for, though it was taken some time before I joined.

[quote name='risingson' post='1373056' date='Sep 14 2011, 11:50 AM']And there's nothing contentious about this thread, that is the beauty of it...[/quote] Oh no it isn't.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1372966' date='Sep 14 2011, 10:38 AM']I am a musician first and bass player second.[/quote] +1

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1371701' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:57 PM']Motown was a company that was churning out song after song for the general public[/quote] Just like Stock/Aitken/Waterman in the 80's or Simon Cowell today. I very much doubt whether it will be much listened to once the generation that grew up with it have passed on. How many people listen to Bing Crosby now? How many will in another twenty years time?

[quote name='ojwethorns' post='1371649' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:24 PM']Yes. It is G#minor7. Cheers[/quote] [quote name='SteveK' post='1371669' date='Sep 13 2011, 12:36 PM']Nope! Whether it's Bmin6 or E7, it's a B on the bass, so let your guitarist/keyboard player decide...on the night [/quote] Got to agree - I don't think there's a D# in there.

[quote name='SteveK' post='1371468' date='Sep 13 2011, 09:40 AM']A quick Youtube... In that verse there is a keyboard line which plays a G# on the B minor chord, implying a B min 6[/quote] ..Aha. The G# would explain why I was leaning towards an E chord of some sort.