Bilbo

I understand that the way this one works means it cannot be made ipad compatible (something to do with the touchscreen). NB I don't know sh*t.

I started with Sibelius and went to Musescore for a new computer. Found it all but unuseable by comparison!! Sibelius rocks. Worth every penny. I only wish I had more time to spend on it building up my composing 'chops'!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1427840331' post='2735044'] That's what I like about it, I'm having to score my solo bass tracks. [/quote]

Another small point: musicians are obsessed with what their playing is not. Audiences are more concerned with what it is.

I played one of these once. It had a graphite nut and sounded AWESOME as a result.

This is a complex issue. Firstly, we all spend our lives listening to music recorded in clinically perfect circumstances and then play gigs where the environment is less conducive. We rehearse in the same place week after week with the same gear and often 'in the round' and then, the first time we play anywhere, we have to deal with a new room, background noise, poor eye-lines, anxiety, self-talk etc etc. We have periods when we are hitting and othjers when we are not for any one of 1,000 reasons. How much individual practice do we do (I never do nearly enough). What I am saying is that often the cards are stacked against us. For Jazz musicians, add the fact that you are almost always making stuff up as you go along. It ain't going to be perfect every time. Analysis of a recording is useful but it is more useful to analyse a [i]series of gigs[/i] rather than one. Understanding the direction of travel is as important as a sample of one gig. Use the intelligence gained to inform your devellopment but don't beat yourself up, it can become counter productive as your confidence goes and your playing suffers as a result. In truth, we are all able to improve and recognising that fact soes not mean that what we are doing has no value. Being 'tight' is not the only approach and an over rehearsed band can be a turn off as much as a sloppy one.

Well done the squasage and assistant chipolatta. Now where's that picture?

Just give us the new picture!!!

Me too.

No - I played heavy metal for about four or five years as a kid but got into other genres from about 22 onwards. Since then, all the music I have played has been at what are essentially moderate volumes. Live, I saw lots of rock bands in the 1980s, including Maiden, Motorhead etc but only once or twice did I find it painful and then not for long. A recent Uli Jon Roth gig made me wince but I got out of the direct line of fire and it was manageable enough. Now my hearing is pretty normal and I have never had any problems with tinitus.

Yes I did replace the track after it had about 10 listens (that figure is unreliable). The new track has the same id though and the orginal link still works. I am not overly concerned. It was not very 'representative' of the image and, as a result, I wasn't expecting a big vote.

[quote name='Bottle' timestamp='1427739274' post='2733717'] PS noticed that Bilbo's entry had fallen off the bottom of the playlist. Still opens OK from the original link though [/quote] Story of my life. Anyway, we can all see where this is going. Can we have the new picture so I can start on that

Be thankful that you HAVE transcriptions!! When I was learning, there was nothing like this kind of attention paid to bass parts.

I was loaned a £3k double bass for six months by a guy I had never met (jakenewmanbass)! As a consequence, I now not only play the instrument but run a Jazz venue and play weekly gigs with some of the UK's leading players (Christine Tobin, John Etheridge, Alan Barnes, Jim Mullen, Nigel Price, Tim Whitehead, Jason Robello, Gilad Atzmon..... dozens). I 'pay it forward' whenever I can and, this time, it was Skol who benefitted.

Sounds great. Lots of air in it!

Yes but to make it a triplet from D to D, I would play something like D A Eb D

This will do for Basschat what Rude Tube did for Youtube......

Rather that than a new thread!!

Or Moondance.

The pattern described would probably be played using a barre chord whereby the little finger (supported by the third) would bridge both the higher D and A siultaneously whilst the index finger would cover the low D.

A major favourite LP of mine is Nova's 'Vimana' which has PJ on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2BuCBFQnBk

I deleted my votes and reentered them as I had voted for the one that was removed. I voted for two of my original three and a third 'new' one. Hope that's acceptable!!

Try getting the score for Jesus Christ Superstar. Absolute killer read.

The problem is not the song, Gonz. It is no worse than a million other pop songs. It is the assumption that it has something to do with Jazz and the fact that the bass playing on the original is shocking even though it was on a major hit. And finally, being the blunt, I just like making mischief sometimes 😎