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[quote name='chris_b' post='1287205' date='Jun 30 2011, 12:06 AM']Every last part of Cee Lo Green's act, including the band, is designed and choreographed. Like it or not the band are doing exactly what they've been rehearsed to do. His PR department is doing a great job. We know all the references and we're not even close to being his target audience.[/quote] ha, right so if anyone over 20 doesnt like him that makes him "cool", got it Its unfortunate that he's been such a one hit wonder. His album has good songs and he was even singing Moby for about 30 seconds at Glastonbury. When i met Paul Turner he was telling me there were some great tracks tht Jamiroquai wrote and recorded but the record label didnt like them so they won't be heard by us mere public

Just watched Cee Lo Green at Glasto on Iplayer and his band have the most boring faces i have ever seen!! They all lacked facial expression, stood in the same place and the guitarist looked at his fretboard so much i dont think he had ever played a guitar so much. Your playing Glastonbury, and getting paid too! I put on more of an effort than that playing in the pubs. Disgraceful. Anybody else see bands like this during glastonbury? Got to say though Janelle Monae's band were incredible.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1284729' date='Jun 27 2011, 09:33 PM']Haha now that one I called, 1-1[/quote] haha, well its looking reading festival is going to be the decider

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1284500' date='Jun 27 2011, 06:16 PM']Yeah that's a new ClassicRay, Nice ain't it? [/quote] damm i got fooled into thinking it was a pre by the headstock

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1284099' date='Jun 27 2011, 12:59 PM']Aloe Blacc's bass player's, it was just a sunburst jazz but my god was it cool.[/quote] same for me, twas a sadowsky

[quote name='philsimmonds' post='1283545' date='Jun 26 2011, 10:58 PM']Little vid from a set a Glasto with jessie J.. Hope ya'll enjoy [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHI2YA7itc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHI2YA7itc[/url] Phil[/quote] saw most of the set on bbc... Great playing! was a really good show and seemed to really kick the crowd up a notch

Yh when i mean professional musician i meant the Stuart Pearce, Phil Mulford, Laurence Cottle busy bee types. What made me think is iv seen a few great players at ACM doing master classes and when they explain what they do it seems so simple. Laurence Cottle said for him it was hours of practice and playing lots of different genres when gigging that got him to where he is now. So is it literally just having the motivation to really want to do it that separates people from going and doing it or keeping it as a hobby? Also i do completely appreciate the not wanting to make your hobby your job thing.

What do you guys see as being the difference in skill and knowledge between amateur musicians and professionals? As a student of music i hope to be a professional as do all the people at my college. But sometimes you see video's of players that are just bedroom players or play in a pub at the weekend and some of them have amazing technique in slapping, tapping and so on. So i was thinking whats stopping these guys becoming pro's?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1282552' date='Jun 25 2011, 09:53 PM']Janelle Monae is the first thing I have enjoyed so far incredibly funky. Stingray BTW[/quote] pre ernie ;-) Did anyone see if Skepta made it onto TV? my mate was playing drums and from the pics hes put on facebook it looks amazing!!

jimmy cliffs bass player was using a very nice sounding ESP surveyor

[quote name='wesfinn' post='1282164' date='Jun 25 2011, 01:38 PM']tune into....wait for it....'Made in Chelsea' on Monday night and you will hear one of my bands tracks featured.....sorry I'm embarrassed now.....[/quote] is there anywhere else we can hear it

Cee lo green and Aloe Blacc are the closest chart musics come to soul and funk for a while. Unfortunately because most people who buy singles are girls my-ish age, they dont care for soul and want what they hear in the club last night. That is how pop is going, Lady Gaga's a good example. I think Cee lo greens album is great, Bruno Mars was part of the team that wrote it, and i lso really like aloe blaccs album. Of course i would rather hear something by Tower of Power or Marvin Gaye but i dont see either being in the charts anytime soon

[quote name='JoshL' post='1281572' date='Jun 24 2011, 09:03 PM']Anyone watching on bbc 2 now got any idea's what the u2 bassist is, don't know why but I thought he used warwicks but that doesn't look like any warwick I've seen before.[/quote] [url="http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/produkt.php?submenuID=14667&katID=22947&cl=EN"]http://www.warwick.de/modules/produkte/pro...22947&cl=EN[/url]

I think it was jaco who said it was Mcbride who influenced him to get good when he saw him at youth jazz competitions in the states.

[quote name='molan' post='1278881' date='Jun 22 2011, 05:48 PM']Good point - both of mine are running of flats at the moment & they sound really nice [/quote] surely you need two, one with flats and one with rounds ;-) Other thing is, because they are such simple instruments as long as the feel is right and decent woods are used changing the pickups can make a massive difference.

[quote name='Bankai' post='1278568' date='Jun 22 2011, 01:34 PM']A thousand times yes Tis one of my favourites, presuming we're talking about the 60/64 Custom Shop Gold Jazz? [/quote] sweet, do you do the take away scheme for students as well? Might have to come in and give it a go, i love the brazilian fingerboards they are putting on the custom shops models. i unfortunately missed out on the dakota red on but it remains my favourite bass so far

do you have that lush new gold custom shop jazz bass?

[quote name='Doddy' post='1277047' date='Jun 21 2011, 12:45 PM']What Larry Graham slap book? As far as I'm aware,there isn't one.[/quote] I swear i remember seeing a picture of larry graham wearing all white on the cover of a book with an orange background. If its got his stuff in which i thought it did there would surely be some slap and pop charts in there [quote]Harmonics weren't a new concept-players like Art Davis were doing them on Upright in Jazz years before Jaco did his thing on electric,and there were probably players doing them way before him.[/quote] yes and violinists and cellists were im sure playing harmonics before them...

Im putting my CV together now

[quote name='Davo-London' post='1276551' date='Jun 20 2011, 11:06 PM']Folks a friend has asked me for recommendations for sub £200 basses. I know Yamaha do one, but do any of you guys recommend any? Cheers Davo[/quote] Squire VM or CV. Worth buying second hand. I used to have a jim deacon which was also good and cost me £120 new i think

i cant work out how to do the quote thing you did but: When i did my A levels way back when, it was easier to get higher marks when you write under the sub headings the marker has on his mark sheet and keep within those categories rather than expanding on the subject and analysing into more detail than was necessary, also word counts are a pain in the arse in that sense. Secondly if you did research into a topic as big as funk bass and wrote a detailed description of what happened people would read it. Books on history have been selling for hundreds of years. If i had the time i would probably do one, unfortunately i am soon to write an electric bass book for beginners as part of my dissertation so thats going to take up lots of time Oh and SWOT is Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats... A more alliterate pros and cons apologies to the OP for taking this off topic

I had one of the Mex ones too which were a celebration of Fenders 60th birthday, 2006 i think it was. They were called the diamond series and mine is one of the most beautiful P's iv ever played, with my 2nd favourite being an all origional '67. It has the white pickguard and a rosewood boards and i think its as pretty as a bass can be I did have to change the pickups though

[quote name='JordanRLS' post='1276422' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:47 PM']Just looking for anything regarding the actual [i]history[/i] of funk bass playing really, info seems to be a bit thin![/quote] im afraid i have to disagree. Funk bass playing essentially came from jazz walking lines and african influenced rhythms. If you analyse James Jamersons playing the notes hes playing are often root, third and fifths of the chord with chromatic runs. This is how a lot, not all, walking basslines were played pre 1950. But the other aspect of these young funkateers is they were using a lot of 16ths and syncopated rhythms. Although this was used in melody lines and big bands the bass rarely played like this. After that lots of funk players were using 16ths and syncopation (Bootsy Collins to name just one). Also there were new techniques; slap (larry graham), harmonics (Jaco Pastorius), two hand tapping (Victor Bailey). Also you can talk about how the introduction of the electric bass made it easier to use these techniques and play these lines. There are also different types of funk; Motown, Stax soul, Jazz funk, Acid Jazz, 70's disco that can be researched. To get the information the best way is by analysing tone, and whats being played on the record. Unfortunately its taken me a few years which i suspect you dont have

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1276405' date='Jun 20 2011, 08:30 PM']What is it you hate? Is it that I supervise them? [/quote] haha no if you supervised them i would have offered you some basses to sooth the deal into giving me A*s ;-) I just find it very restrictive on the imagination when you have to write something just to get marks (to the brief) rather than writing something that would be genuinely interesting. Something like How has Bass developed in the funk genre would be very useful and exciting for any young bass player to research. When it becomes you must analyse something of your choice but make sure you do an introduction, SWOT analysis, conclusion, and bibliography, referencing and everything like that people choose what will get them good marks and be quick and easy to do. Maybe something like how does todays pop basslines compare to the pop basslines in the 60's and 70's would be ok but im sure how does green apples compare to red apples would get you more marks.

[quote name='EssentialTension' post='1276379' date='Jun 20 2011, 09:12 PM']Hi Jordan, in my college I'm one of the supervisors of the EDEXCEL dissertation version of these projects - is that the one you will be doing? I'm not familiar with the requirements for the other exam boards. If you are doing the EDEXCEL dissertation, then, as you clarify your topic, you will want to turn it from a topic area or descriptive question into a normative question. For example, the answer to 'How has bass design changed over time?' might be merely descriptive but you'll be expected to argue a position or point of view and not merely be descriptive. So, a question like 'Was the development of the electric bass guitar the most important technological innovation in modern popular music?' enables you to describe but also requires some analysis and development of an argument which concludes whether the electric bass guitar was or was not the most important technological innovation in modern popular music. I hope that makes sense and is helpful.[/quote] No offence meant to you personally, but this is exactly why i hate essays/assignments.