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[quote name='Lazurus' timestamp='1500978533' post='3341401']...Can anyone help out with some simple scores? [/quote] Would Guitar Pro be of any help there..? It's not expensive (75€...), and there's a huge catalogue of pretty well all styles and periods to choose from. I've a collection of 23,000 files, for instance, weighing 900Mb; most of these files have an excellent bass part (plus the other instruments...) in both tab and dots, correctly annotated and easy to read. I'd send it to you, but you'd need GP to be able to read 'em. I've attached a couple, taken at random, in Pdf format as 'teasers'. Any use to you..? [attachment=249811:Cats, Stray - Rock This Town - Bass.pdf] [attachment=249812:Harper, Ben - Diamonds On The Inside (Intro) - Bass.pdf] [attachment=249813:Presley, Elvis - Fever - Bass.pdf] (Save to disk, then rename to ... Cats, Stray - Rock This Town - Bass.pdf Harper, Ben - Diamonds On The Inside (Intro) - Bass.pdf Presley, Elvis - Fever - Bass.pdf ...respectively.

[quote name='Avi14' timestamp='1500976958' post='3341388']... Anyway, do check it out ... [/quote] No tuning problems there of note, and the laptop mic is doing a fine job picking up the essentials, so well done, there. Well done, too, for choosing a tune to cover that has no bass at all at the start..! I'd never heard it (I don't think I'd recognise a Coldplay tune anyway, as I'm old..! ), but your rendition seemed fine enough. A word, though, if I may, without being too 'picky' or cruel..? The notes that you're playing are correct, and the timing pretty good, but I see that your body is reacting to the syncopated beat of the [i]bass [/i]notes. Could I suggest that you experiment with moving to the underlying beat of the music (the 4/4 flow...), instead of the jagged bass line..? Do you tap your foot, for instance, to the beat; I suspect not. Why do I say this..? Well, music, as a whole, is not just the bass, but an ensemble of all the instruments, and a major part of the 'glue' that binds it all together is the overall rhythm that all are (usually...) playing to. Moving to this rhythm would, I'd say, make more 'sense' of what you're playing, and integrate your notes into the whole. Maybe it's because I'm a drummer, of course, but that's how I feel there could be more improvement yet. Just sayin'; hope this helps. Bravo, then, and well done, again; thanks for sharing.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1500937982' post='3341249']... I get the sense that some think because they play for free they're slightly better than those of us that play for and depend on the money... [/quote] ... and I get a sense of ...

My experience (over decades...) of drummers on the Continent would echo the above ^^; I've very rarely seen any of 'em 'playing for themselves', at pro or semi-pro level, at concerts or festivals. Most (not all, but the vast majority...) are playing to the needs of the music, in whatever style, form trip-hop break-beat through to hard metal and all points west. As a drummer myself, I'd probably be more attentive to this than other instruments, so I wouldn't like to pronounce regarding guitars or keys, and I wouldn't be able to tell whether any musician has received formal tuition or not, so I would leave that out of the equation. I have found, though, that most drummers can read for percussion, at least (for the timing...), and many have at least a smattering of keyboard knowledge, too (for the notions of harmony, and for playing tuned percussion...). From the many US bands I've watched, I've not noticed any major difference in attitude; I wouldn't know of the more local US talent that don't tour Europe, though.

+1 ^^

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1500910553' post='3341015']...it's so easy to do acceptable video these days that it would be a shame not to... [/quote] ...especially with a talented and willing Bluejay not too far away..!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1500655249' post='3339438']... BOOM!! Early for once! [/quote] ... and more bolero than tango, but who's dancing, anyway..? Yes, the very lightly-brushed drums [i]do [/i]add; well done.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1500900761' post='3340922']...take away delivery drivers... [/quote] Isn't there a contradiction here, somewhere..? ...

[quote name='Mcgiver69' timestamp='1500890417' post='3340795'] I used the first one they released and didn't like the fact that even though it was free it would stop working after 30 mins. I hope they had changed this. Will try it as I liked the first one, it sounded great. [/quote] It now come with a serial n°, and so should no longer have the time limitation. I tried it out, but would use it for more than 30 minutes in any case; I far prefer my Amplitube Hiwatt sim (well, they call it HiAmp, but whatever...) for bass. I found the GK to be, in general, excessively muddy, and the tone controls particularly ineffective. I'll try again another day when I have another bass line to create, so all is not lost (but the Hiwatt is very good indeed, so... ).

As per title; surfing the BC forum is very sluggish this evening. Other sites I browse regularly are as normal; only BC is much slower than usual. Anyone else having the same experience..?

For those having this recurrent issue, have you tried flushing your browsers cache..? Each browser has its own method, but it's usually in the 'Tools' section or similar. Certain stuff could be hiding in there, bringing the problem back on your local machine even if it's been fixed elsewhere. Just sayin'; hope this helps.

The yobs of the '50s are all quite wrinkly now, I suspect.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1500847037' post='3340634']... My opinion is, that if you have an amateur attitude to whether or not you get paid for your music, you'll also have an amateur attitude to the music. [/quote] ... and my opinion is that there is no correlation; one's attitude to music has nothing to do with being paid, for very many folks, including very many fine musicians. I'd cite, as only one of many examples, the excellent amateur orchestras that thrive all around the planet, including the UK. There are others (folk bands, Morris men, ethnic groups everywhere; even many rock groups...)...

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1500844277' post='3340601']... Tomorrow night I hope.. [/quote] Yep.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1500821817' post='3340378'] Over here waitresses and hairdressers don't get minimum wage... [/quote] They would if they united.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1500817341' post='3340332'] [media]http://youtu.be/Wpp7oxrBUq0[/media] Bonkers, but a fantastic watch. [/quote] As brilliantly illustrated in the video above ^^, a great deal of the expressivity comes from the interplay between the instruments and the song, the story, the lyrics. Even in classical 'orchestral' music, there is an underlying story, with its ultimate expression in the form of opera. The music, in the majority of modern music, is a support for the text, with much meaning stripped away without that all-important part of the ensemble. Try thinking the words, and their meaning and feel, while playing, not just the notes of your instrument. Sing along, if you can; that, in itself, is good practice. Just my tuppence-worth.

Good afternoon, Marc, and ... [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167528] Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Nice bass; good call. Lessons, even a couple, from a genuine bass teacher, are worth every penny. None near you ..? Maybe have a look in the BC [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/26-tutors-available/"]Tutors Available ...[/url] section..?

Not much scope for 'showrooming' in my corner of the planet, and I can do a set-up as well as most shops, at least. No problem with buying unseen on t'web, either new or s/h; I trust my own judgement and accept the consequences. I've yet to be disappointed. I did, once (no, come to think of it; twice..!) buy from a shop; both were 'impulse' buys, in that the guitars in question were screaming at me 'Buy me..! Buy me..!' and I didn't want to leave 'em like that. My drums, too, came from a shop, but I didn't get to try 'em until I got home, so... To each his/her own, of course.

I'll 'Report' this, and see what explanation comes up. A bit of patience, please..? [Terminator] 'I'll be back...' [/Terminator]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1500715019' post='3339724']... I'd say that fun, enjoyment and satisfaction are very different things and probably shouldn't be mixed up when you're playing in a band. [/quote] ... and I would respectfully say 'Tosh..!' to this rather Puritanical attitude. To me, 'fun, enjoyment and satisfaction ' are the very staff of life itself, to be sought for in every minute of one's existence (provided it's not at other's expense...). S'a funny ol' world.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1500704063' post='3339660']...a dashboard-type camera hidden in the stashing spot... [/quote] Nah, someone would nick it.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1500656166' post='3339447'] Due to rain today and a few moments spare I had a brief fiddle.... [/quote] Very '[i]hispanique en speed[/i]'..! A great improvement (at times, briefly, I even fancy it's almost listenable..!), well done. On another note, I hope the fiddle did you some good, too.

True, my ears are 'shot' (a technical term...), but I can't hear any pitch correction in that clip. True, there's a 'framptonesque' voice box, but that's not the same as vocoding, I'd say, and is certainly not 'cheating'. All in all, the sessions I've listened to seem to be exemplary for the clarity of the take, especially as a 'live', all together one-shot, and special mention must go to the drummers, each able to put to rest the myth that drums have to be [i]loud[/i]. Not many of the artists are wearing ear protection, it seems; the one or two I've seen are rather using iem's. Good Stuff all round, and a Good Find; thanks for posting 'em.