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I was a fledgling bassist when Rockschool was first screened - unmissable tv at the time. This was the age of learning songs by constantly lifting the needle from your vinyl so I found it a revelation. Not sure if it would work now though.....

How strange now looking back to think that mobile phones & the internet was the far fetched stuff of Sci-fi at the time of screening. Puts it into perspective really. I'm going to check it out on Youtube later!!

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I too used to love Rockschool back in the day , and have revisited it more than once on YT . I think it most cetainly would work today . The only problem would be that television has to compete with material on new media such as Youtube , so that might be a sticking point regarding it's commissioning . Another thing to consider is that a lot of kids who would have aspired to play drums , bass , guitar , keyboards or be a singer in our day now want to be a DJ/mixer/ producer , and so you are more likely to get a series showing kids how to do scratching on the turntables and a bit of break dancing than how to play chord inversions or do a bit of thumb slapping . Young people nowadays seem to lack the dedication it takes to learn how to play . That makes me sound old , doesn't it ?

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[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1370980936' post='2108326']
I've just been watching the funk series. Henry Thomas is a great player, and I love his Westone Thunder III slung high up under his chin. His slap bass lesson is classic...thumb, pluck, then professional standard riffs.
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This one as well.
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rGbIoii9A-4#!"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rGbIoii9A-4#![/url]

Yep, it was a fun series.


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I love these vids, they're brilliant.

I love how they explain in a quintessentially polite British way how the music works (almost in the spirit of the voice at the beginning of Stanley Clarkes "We Supply").......then break out in that wicked funk jam, puts a smile on my face every time, all great players.
I stumbled across the episode where they're all dressed up extreme 80's the other day-well funny, check Henry's pants.

1st time I saw the funk vid I told a good friend of mine about this thing I'd seen.......only to discover the drummer was his GF's dad! Ha ha!

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[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1370990763' post='2108497']
Did i see john taylor in one espisode....with a pick?[/quote]

Yup, this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eKTM__dabo

Also features John Entwistle & Wilko Johnson.

Interesting comparisons in that between Ian Paice & Carl Palmer. Paicey uses a paradiddle to lay down two different grooves, whereas Palmer just shows off.

My strongest memory of that series is of the clips featuring Sly & Robbie. Subtitles would have really helped back then :D

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Geoff Nichols ?

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To go back to the OP

Think it'd be great to have something like that again.
I know with youtube it's easy to get instructional vids of hero's and virtuoso's alike. But as a way to get kids actually picking up instruments at a young age instead of being chained to makin musak on laptops and computers (which is totaly valid and has its place), I think it'd be great to have something like Rockschool to get kids thinking about different kinds of music available to them.

Sorry just broke my soapbox, I'll be back in a min..

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I loved Rockschool I got a lot of influences from the guest musician clips,

Musician Channel from about '05 was better and more detailed with in depth lessons on all instruments including vocals (That latino looking girl who never wore a bra!) I leaned a lot from the drumming lessons. Pity it did not last.

[url="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a14452/musicians-tv-channel-launches-soon.html"]http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a14452/musicians-tv-channel-launches-soon.html[/url]

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[quote name='Geddys nose' timestamp='1371036694' post='2108869']
I loved Rockschool I got a lot of influences from the guest musician clips,

Musician Channel from about '05 was better and more detailed with in depth lessons on all instruments including vocals (That latino looking girl who never wore a bra!) I leaned a lot from the drumming lessons. Pity it did not last.

[url="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a14452/musicians-tv-channel-launches-soon.html"]http://www.digitalsp...nches-soon.html[/url]
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I think her name was Samira khan...?

Also featured Jamie Humphries and the late Graham Fox

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Rockschool introduced me to some of my all time favorite bass players. I'd never actually seen someone play bass before watching that show. Larry Graham's explanation on the role of the bass was and still is the best piece of advice I've ever received. For those who haven't seen that episode....... [media]http://youtu.be/s-vPM-MlCLs[/media]

Pay close attention to 21-36 sec on the video. This has gone a long way for me.

So many things that I learned from watching that show have stayed with me, and helped me throughout my 32 years of playing bass in all situations. Very grateful for Rockschool!!

Please by all means..... Bring it back!

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