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Extremely damp .......

The motivation and discipline to play, play, play and play. The more you play, the better you'll get. If it's not part of your daily routine, forget it.

Fender survey - men now 50% of customer base...

Sometimes I can count the members of the audience on my fingers.

In terms of listening enjoyment; of course. In terms of learning something new and possibly improving your musicianship, it's well worth a listen.

Surprised people don't know the tune - it's from Mingus Ah Um, which is generally considered an essential bass album. I'd happily play this, but the audience would vanish for sure.

Could the thread title be amended to read "worse"?

I think Scott is great, but i'm put off by the format of his videos. I don't need to see his family, or hear him refer to everyone as "guys". It puts me off - just my personal taste.

It means one thing only; listening.

The fact that this topic is not permanently at the top of the "General discussion" page, with new comments added every few minutes is perhaps indicative of how the internet has diminished the significance of publications such as Bass Player. For me the magazine has been the authority on bass since 1990 and names such as Chris Jisi, Greg Olwell, Jonathan Herrera and Jim Roberts are almost as synonymous with bass as Jaco, Stanley and Victor. In its first couple of decades the depth and quality of its articles was unsurpassed. Instruments and amplifiers were taken apart and examined component for component in product reviews, Instructional content was lengthy and extremely detailed and artist interviews were deeply insightful. Despite economic downturn, the rise of the internet and out of touch publishers, which all took their toll on the quality BP was able to offer, a passionate core of staff and contributors meant the magazine maintained its superiority (in my opinion) over its various UK counterparts with their rather home-made, lightweight feel (subjective of course!) It is not actually "R.IP." for BP yet, as the title will continue; though seemingly it will just be a slightly different version of Bass Guitar Magazine. I'll keep my subscription for the next year and see how things turn out. Presumably I'll be sent BP from the US, when I could buy BGM from WHSmiths, but it will be interesting to see how they differ.

Ed's further reply: Ed Friedland Sure, they appreciate it so much they cut the budget in half, gutted the staff (who ARE BP) and relegated it simply providing 20% of the content of another magazine. Cancelled the 30 year anniversary activity, BP Live....I suspect some people might call that “appreciation” but not me. Whatever. Enjoy the Future.

Will the UK magazine now be called Bass Player? I have a subscription to the US mag, so I guess I'll still receive "Bass Player" even if It's still called "Bass Guitar Magazine" in the UK!

Outstanding! Almost always, but not always.

People were saying that a couple of decades ago.

So the classic comeback of "Thanks Dad" wouldn't quite have worked!

Thank you - I think.

Sorry to be dumb, but what is "Texas honky tonk for Chicken-s h i t Bingo"?

Let's all try playing it at the 19th fret and see if anyone notices.

Which would allow for a low D.

Most I would imagine, since that is how the original was played.

Plenty of bass on the album, but not much bass guitar. I remember being frustrating trying to learn the bass parts by ear, but I understood what they were going for and it was an evolution in their sound.

£65 is perfectly reasonable. It was £50 in the nineties!

I have been a fan of BP since 1990 and have almost every issue since. It is certainly not the magazine it once was, but is still superior to other bass mags in my opinion. I don't mind the ads as they are for bass stuff and I am interested in bass stuff. The link in the first post goes to "Page not found".

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