Bilbo

648 views and 16 votes....

AM still not back on-line at home (house-move) so can't do anything meaningful until Monday (28th). Looking forward to listening to all the entries.

I have a Finale French Bow as per here: [url="http://www.stringemporium.com/carbon-fiber-upright-bass-bows.htm"]http://www.stringemporium.com/carbon-fiber-upright-bass-bows.htm[/url] I did a lot of research when I bought it and it was considered by many on-line to be fantastic VFM and compared favourably with wooden bows that were far more expensive. I think it came in at around £200 when import duties were included. I use if rarely as bowing is not something I have got into yet (I want to but not had the time) but it certainly does the job and is easier to use than the bow that came with the bass.

I use a K&K Sound Double Big Twin pick up through a Fishman Plat Pro, an AI Clarus and Ten 2Ex cab. The sound works for me and, recording, I try everything; mic, pick-up with pre-amp, with amp. di etc and the one thing I have learned is that all the kit in the world won't make your bass sound like it doesn't!! An Antoni 1/2 size isn't EVER going to sound like John Patitucci's Thomas Martin bass or Charlie Haden's Vuillaume. If you are not cutting through the mix, it may be that the sound you have is not as rich as it needs to be? Try another mic a little further away from the bass to put some 'air' in your sound. With a DI, close mic and ambient mic, you will get what you are playing. If that doesn't work go back to the sound itself.

Saw him at Port Vale 1981. One of the greats. Love his use of harmony. Canadian Rock, err, rocks!

Bump for youtube link. Enjoy!

Best way, my friend

It's personal. The one finger per fret is very common but a relatively new innovation and three fingers were used by many of the greats in the past on some of the most important bass recordings of all time. Double bass players mostly use three fingers (a small number use four). After 33 years of playing, I don't think it matters as much as you think. Most players I know have muchmore technique than they know how to use so the discussion is academic. It is the difference between playing to play great music and playing to impress people at parties. The miniscule differences it makes in the overall delivery of the music is too nuanced for most people to care. Interestingly, I have occasionally tried to play with one finger, as an exercise. YOu woudl be surprised how much you can execute with just one finger on your left hand. Django Reinhardt had only two usable fingers in his left hand and defined a genre of guitar players! Necessity is the mother of invention.

That's what I use Spotify for. Recent old school searches inc Mahogany Rush, Gamma (!), Passport and Soft Machine!

I love it. That is all. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgtx8kBycU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPgtx8kBycU[/url]

Gloria Gaynor - I Never Can Say Goodbye

I just passed the 8,000 listens mark!!

Flea's Dad!

Although I never knew this.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/20/AR2006052001226.html

Bass player Butch Warren, who played on the orignal Herbie Hancock version of 'Watermelon Man' from Hancock's 'Takin' Off' LP, is reported to have passed away last Saturday aged 74. Butch was also the player on the following lps from the 50s and 60s. Not a bad CV. 1959: Vertigo - Jackie McLean 1960: Jazz Contemporary - Kenny Dorham 1961: Leapin' and Lopin' - Sonny Clark 1961: Royal Flush - Donald Byrd 1961: High Hope! - Elmo Hope (Beacon) 1961: Free Form - Donald Byrd 1962: Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock 1962: Go - Dexter Gordon 1962: Preach Brother! - Don Wilkerson 1962: Jubilee Shout!!! - Stanley Turrentine 1962: A Swingin' Affair - Dexter Gordon 1962: Feelin' the Spirit - Grant Green 1963: No Room for Squares - Hank Mobley 1963: Happy Frame of Mind - Horace Parlan 1963: Exultation! - Booker Ervin 1963: A New Perspective - Donald Byrd 1963: Page One - Joe Henderson 1963: The Turnaround - Hank Mobley 1963: Miles & Monk at Newport - Thelonious Monk 1963: Una Mas - Kenny Dorham 1963: Straight No Filter - Hank Mobley 1964: It's Monk's Time - Thelonious Monk 1964: Holiday Soul - Bobby Timmons 1967: Hipnosis - Jackie McLean

No

I had a phone whose ring tone you could programme so I typed in Teen Town

Miles Ahead is my fave MD.

Just listening to it again to see whether it has any merits I previously missed. Sadly, I still don't get any real sense of why. Lot's of stuff but no context. A jam on nothing in particular.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1380718348' post='2229442'] ([i]Note to self: Buy dog[/i]...) [/quote] You'll need at least three.

I don't really do back-beats, guys. I am sure that is why I keep losing out

PS I apologise for my intonation on the last chord. It is rough as a******es but I wasn't going to do it again. PPS I wrote it and recorded it in less than 30 minutes. I am a bad man

I voted for you, Dad (really, I did)

I cope (sniff)