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Thanks for the feedback XILDDX, it's always good to get some of the non audibly painful kind

I know what you mean about the fast part, i was in 2 minds about keeping it in and still am in fact as it is rather pointless other than me just having fun, your right there is always a danger of it looking a bit unneccesarily "flash" and "w**ky", but the song is otherwise rather repetitive and i wanted to add some variety here n there. At least that's the theory. It's still WIP so perhaps i'll try a version without and do a comparison.

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[quote name='jjay69' timestamp='1361793064' post='1990792']
Thanks for the feedback XILDDX, it's always good to get some of the non audibly painful kind

I know what you mean about the fast part, i was in 2 minds about keeping it in and still am in fact as it is rather pointless other than me just having fun, your right there is always a danger of it looking a bit unneccesarily "flash" and "w**ky", but the song is otherwise rather repetitive and i wanted to add some variety here n there. At least that's the theory. It's still WIP so perhaps i'll try a version without and do a comparison.
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I usually leave notes out in the riff or f*** with the rhythm if I want to break up any repetitiveness. It can have huge impact on the feel.

What do you think of some of the others on here? Have you heard Gareth Flatlands' band inFictions? He posted a link in this thread, superb band!

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[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1361814008' post='1991318']
Cant claim all the credit, but I like the electric bass I played on this ( doesnt date well in retrospect, and some of you will hate it no doubt, its circa) 1990
[media]http://youtu.be/4BvHvA5P-B4[/media]
[/quote]Ha! Brill! Did I see you at The Krazy House, or The Tivoli?

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[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1361814008' post='1991318']
Cant claim all the credit, but I like the electric bass I played on this ( doesnt date well in retrospect, and some of you will hate it no doubt, its circa) 1990
[media]http://youtu.be/4BvHvA5P-B4[/media]
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Lovely bass mate! It sounds brilliant, and such a great line! I like the song too, nice MancWorld mash up :)

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[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1361818899' post='1991451']
Ha! Brill! Did I see you at The Krazy House, or The Tivoli?
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Possibly either, most likley the Tivoli
Krazy house was sparse in punters Tivoli not so!! but then not "Jammed"
Thanks SS!!

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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1361818923' post='1991453']
Lovely bass mate! It sounds brilliant, and such a great line! I like the song too, nice MancWorld mash up :)
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Awww thanks Nige, that means a lot cos I've heared you Play on sound clips here and I'll never "get there" you are Gent for being so nice.
Hope all is well with you (and Mrs X)

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[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1361820424' post='1991501']
Awww thanks Nige, that means a lot cos I've heared you Play on sound clips here and I'll never "get there" you are Gent for being so nice.
Hope all is well with you (and Mrs X)
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You are too modest, that's class playing man! And expressive. It's got maturity and great pulse. Hey, we do this to express ourselves right?

Yeah we're cool, she's not far to go now, and she's been so brave. Thanks so much for your thoughts mate :)

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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1361821510' post='1991537']
You are too modest, that's class playing man! And expressive. It's got maturity and great pulse. Hey, we do this to express ourselves right?

Yeah we're cool, she's not far to go now, and she's been so brave. Thanks so much for your thoughts mate :)
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Thanks, Nige.
but more to the point, glad/hope is all looking up.( the more important issue )

yeah, having a "play" is a good thing, and sometimes what we did some (even 20 years ago ) can suprise ourselves today. thanks for being kind!

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Some very interesting stuff in this thread!....

Lovin' the[b] 'Slow Bongo Floyd' groove.[/b].. that really flicks my switch!
Also that [b] InFictions[/b] tune on the 1st page, maps of revenge... nice mood, great voice too...
& that [b]Funny beggers, sheep [/b](can't remember who did that!) nice weirdness & smooth fretless...

I've got so many 'sound clown' pages open... I dunno which is which anymore!....

& there's the one's I've closed... the disco bass[b] B AutoStringer[/b] thing ...& the tasty DB playing several pages back... Anyway safe to say, I've lost about an hour out of my day... & I've been enriched for it... Thanks to all.

Somehow, I ended up on [b]Silddx[/b]'s sound cloud page!..[i] (musta been a link from somewhere!?!)[/i]
Some great stuff there! ;)[b] Shitshoeriotface[/b] dub stylee for one! & [b]Jaggywiddit [/b]thingy to mention a couple from what is still playing in my room here! Great playing... Interesting sounds.


[b]My humble offering:[/b]

Wounded Angel was one of the early tracks we recorded with the band[b] Torn[/b]... a truely co-operative outfit, where we all contributed to the musical pot...

[url="https://soundcloud.com/torn-music-uk/wounded-angel"]https://soundcloud.c...k/wounded-angel[/url]


Also:

[url="https://soundcloud.com/torn-music-uk/pilgrim"]https://soundcloud.c...usic-uk/pilgrim[/url]

I really miss playing this stuff live.... twas a good three piece!


And a bit of jamming around an Indian raga, with the two guys I learnt how to play with,,,, many moons ago!
We hired a shack in the middle of nowhere for a 30 year reunion! & jammed a whole bunch of stuff.... My favourite being:

[b]Raga 108[/b][i] (be warned it goes on a bit!)[/i]

[url="https://soundcloud.com/deepworm/raga108-edit"]https://soundcloud.com/deepworm/raga108-edit[/url]

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[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1361814008' post='1991318']
Cant claim all the credit, but I like the electric bass I played on this ( doesnt date well in retrospect, and some of you will hate it no doubt, its circa) 1990
[media]http://youtu.be/4BvHvA5P-B4[/media]
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This is great ! Fine bass playing and an overall sound that is so 1990 that I feel like I am being transported back to that time by those House beats .

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1361899039' post='1992729']
This is great ! Fine bass playing and an overall sound that is so 1990 that I feel like I am being transported back to that time by those House beats .
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quite suprised by the positive comments thank you gentlemen and lady
( this is the point where someone posts they hate it no doubt :lol: )
Thanks for being so kind Folks
yes it was the 90's after all

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1361979888' post='1993982']
I'm into this at the moment - mixed it yesterday. :)
[url="https://soundcloud.com/hour-of-the-dog/brand-new-hell"]https://soundcloud.c.../brand-new-hell[/url]
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. Some nice ideas in that bassline - I like the way you move through the changes and play some little counterpoints . The singer's voice and delivery reminds me of Ian Astbury from The Cult .

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[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1361989661' post='1994141']
. Some nice ideas in that bassline - I like the way you move through the changes and play some little counterpoints . The singer's voice and delivery reminds me of Ian Astbury from The Cult .
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Yes indeed nice lines, keeps the interest, funny you say Ian Astbury, i thought it had a Doors type feel to it in places

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So then, variously:

[url="https://soundcloud.com/a-kind-of-fury/monday-morning-hangover-studio"]Monday Morning Hangover[/url]. Demo recorded in Denmark Street for the vocalist who had been the vox in a previous version of the band and was to become again in some different versions that followed (and follow). IIRC it was an Aria SB100 (I think) on a straight DI to the desk. We drove up in the morning. He la la'd through the idea of the song to me and the drummer - who has also been in pretty much all the bands I've been in - in the studio, then we recorded it, so the bass line was written to some la la's & sung parts and recorded along with the drums & a guide vocal. The piano & horms were added after :o It was quite a few years ago now, but how that worked beats me now, still work it sort of did.

[url="https://soundcloud.com/aka_walman/big-wheel?in=aka_walman/sets/all-thats-fiction"]Big Wheel[/url] - All That's Fiction. This followed on from the reformation after the above demo & to do a showcase & some personnel changes. I know I have posted it elsewhere but I like it so :P This would have been the Wal in it's original passive mode & probably DI'd into the desk, possibly through a Laney 4x10 combo; and finally (well for now)

[url="https://soundcloud.com/a-kind-of-fury/the-scoundrel"]The Scoundrel[/url] - A Kind Of Fury. Again with the same vocalist, drummer, and also now guitarist from the ATF track above, but in the reincarnation of a band that at the time was sort of Big Country/U2 I suppose. Again the Wal and still passive. Amp wise, not sure. It could be a GK MB150, or more likely either a Laney or Trace 4x10 combo. Recorded live in the r/h studio we went to and wrote in every Monday evening without fail. Recording was most probably a pair of SM58's into a reel to reel machine the vocalist had.

EDIT 2 - Now then I suppose I quite like Thing3 on this old neglected [url="http://www.myspace.com/scatterometer"]MySpace a/c[/url]. Both are cheats bass wise, indeed for all the instruments except the kit & vocal samples on Thing & Soundtrack as they are all Sampletank soft synth/samples played with a keyboard.

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Been working my way though the plethora of other tracks in the thread liking a lot of what I hear.

Nige I don't think I have properly listened to the Kit tracks before. I had sort of listened & thought OK, not sure about the vocal stylings ( :o ) but I really liked the track you posted, the lines you used (staccatto & legato) and the arrangement / song generally. See it only took me a little time :)

Liking Risingsons Everest, Steve's Breathing Underwater, & Obbm's submission.

Owen's tracks. Very restful, I wish I could manage not to play so many notes sometimes! I was learning up some songs for a country dep and had to spend some considerable amount of time dropping unnecessary notes!

Snicks, well I didn't get to the end of those Funny Beggers, but I like that fretless sound & again a soothing sound - well generally, & as far as I got :lol:

FunkShui I really like that track & the light & shade between the verse & chorus. It really lifts into the chorus.

For a lot of tracks the bass is a bit low for me, but then as you can tell from my actual bass tracks (as opposed to the soft synths that is) I can get a bit over enthusiastic and tend to go for the upfront, smack in the face bass sound. I suspect that comes from playing in bands with guitar, bass, drums & a vocalist and going to fill in space in lead breaks etc., for so many years of my playing "carreer".

Sadly all the tracks I have posted date back a while as I have been playing covers for a lot of years now so not coming up with anything of my own

I still have a load of sub windows open to listen to yet!

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