Mrbigstuff

You can do what? I've been using spotify for around 2-3 years now and love it. I don't buy music anymore, just stream which is glorious when I have signal (Usually good in central London). But I didn't know you can download music? Thats awesome!

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1368301925' post='2075551'] Fairly interesting so far, will be nice to see where it goes. Thought dissing Stan Getz was really funny. Liking the peer review/evaluation stuff, nice to hear different people's takes on the same tune. Dreading getting my peer review feedback though! [/quote] How are you doing it? I don't have nearly enough time to transcribe and analyse 5 peoples solo's.

So I joined up to Berklee tutor and Jazz supreme Gary Burton's improvisation course on coursea.com. Its now been 2 weeks and from what I can tell the concept is ok and there is some useful information. The content however, is quite small, less than 20 minutes of video. Also the content they have released so far you can find from Gary Burton masterclasses elsewhere anyway. Also the deadlines for the assignments and quizzes come quick and fast (every week), and you feel it if you do other things. For example I have been busy learning a musical this week. The biggest problem is that the people who mark your work, are the other students! There are reportedly 40k students and each student has to mark 5 assignments against set criteria. Now this doesn't seem a lot but you are expected to give a deep analysis of how the student solo's over the changes. The solos are 2 and a half minutes each, so who has the time to transcribe and analyse 12 and a half minutes of solos in multiple instruments, in 2 days! Especially when you are supposed to be a beginner at improvisation. They use Gary Burtons name but he only features in the videos and there are no berklee officials monitoring the forums which has lead to quite a bit of confusion. So in conclusion, these online courses are good in theory but seem to lack in execution. I will be sticking to private lessons.

No problem, good luck with finding your bass. You're slightly more fortunate than me as my dream bass is a complete one off that is unlikely to be reproduced, but a car is a must! Again!!!!

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1368286296' post='2075325'] I actually traded a few basses and cash for the stingray, like I said I'm using basses to build up to a cash amount of the Kingbass. Which I will settle on believe it or not [/quote] Theres a bit of a moral/ethics problem in this which can be frowned upon here. You may find some people are ok with it but expect some people not to be. That is to say if the value of your trades and cash didn't equal upto the amount you're selling for

more likely to be a shed project imo

Agreed, mj was on a huge epic scale. He was an innovator, bruno's just got his style and is great at it.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1367945205' post='2071398'] Ah poo, I just bought the CD, spose I`ll just have to keep playing the same track then. [/quote] well I love the album. Gorilla is a killing song! Bruno Mars was part of a writing team that has been in the top grossing songwriters charts for quite a few years now

I'm the only one then. If something's troubling me I'll find the most efficient way to play it. Octaves at fast tempo foe example can sometimes be a pain

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1367750397' post='2068969'] So, don't know if its been mentioned ... Who's the bassist then that has been working with Bruno on the newest album? [/quote] Nick Novsham according to wiki

Could be any of the following reasons; don't want to ship too many instruments when travelling, the p bass' looks suits the band image better, when on tour or playing more than one song they might not want to swap instruments for a slicker performance, on some performances Jamereo might use an Octave pedal instead.... Only people that will know are Bruno and Jamereo.

Jamereo Artis is an amazing player! He won a competition on MTV, think it was to play in P Diddys band, which unfortunately can't be watched in the UK even though all the episodes were on MTV's website. If you dont need more than a P bass then why bother with a 5? Check this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prk66n2U2pw Ps. If anyone wants a short transcription of "Treasure" I did it a while ago and can email.

You've got GAS!? I've been toying with selling everything for a 70's jazz. Reversed my decision at least 6 times in the last few months

if this doesn't work out I'm looking to sell my Overwater which is pretty much the same spec ;-)

I tried one at the gallery a few years ago and thought it was killing for the money. The pre amp in it was far stronger than the ones you find in pre2008 American Deluxe Jazz's IMO to. Good bass and many good players chose them.

great stuff, hopefully you get plenty of punters so you can keep it going!

Teen Town

woh! I sold my Japanese one for around £50 on here. #idiot

Mono

Fender have a huge minimum order, maybe DV decided it wasn't worth it like many small independent stores have.

I had to have Pro's as the ER's are too big for my ears. If anything I seem to be able to hear things much more clearly than my friends with ER's can

If you know you're competent, go to jams with session players and show them that they should give you gigs.

Bought some tuners from mottle feeder. Very well packaged, great communication. Easy purchase

2008- now have been pretty decent. Before that I thought they were dogs, especially the s1 switching series and my jazz deluxe was crap to.

bought a pedal off Mark. Was packaged well, in superb condition and arrived promptly!