Bilbo

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)

Yeah. But 13 months in, I have never won....

My October effort. A solo bass piece I call Calypso Zoom because it is a solo bass calypso recorded on a Zoon H1 - my kit is coming apart for an imminent house move so low tech solutions this month!! [url="https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/calypso-zoom"]https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/calypso-zoom[/url]

I wrote mine while walking the dogs and typed it into Sibelius. Made a midi file, transported to Cubase and populated with MP vst cello.

My certificate came yesterday I also heard that a copy is available at Liverpool's Central Library. It made me happy and satisfies my Socialist leanings!

Never really worked for me. Iconic and profoundly influential but not on my listening list.

Tony Kofi. Monster.

The secret is in the fermatas!

The language people are using make me think folk think the cello in my piece was 'played'. I repeat that it is a VST and was 'typed' in.

Thanks, guys. My only objective is to give the image a soundtrack. I seem to have achieved that so am happy enough.

Bars 97-103!! Monster. (3.39 - 3.53 on the youtube version).

That Liebman article is gold dust.

13 votes. It's pathetic.

Wow. You can die happy now

Here to stay. They might be Marmite but Marmite is still around

Thanks, Mum.

Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Percy Jones, John Giblin, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Johnson, Marc Johnson, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden... but nowadays it is not bass players but composers.

I remember many years ago a pianist friend referrng to the strained nature of the double bass and the way in which it sounds like a singer reaching for a note just out of reach. This creates a tension that the absolute accuracy of the electric doesn't share. Absolutely accurate intonation is rare and that nearly but not quite adds something to the mix.

[quote name='mtroun' timestamp='1380124058' post='2221199'] 'Trio 2000+1' (though the piano player on that record may get on your nerves!) [/quote] Just a bit..... chuffin' irritatin. Ruins the album for me.

Stop it, the pair of you, or I'll start deleting posts

Reel it in guys. Swallow is a master musician who cannot be easily defined by one track. Try Shoe Dog, Alfie or Away, 3 tracks he has done with John Scofield. The secret is not to be able PLAY the solos but to be able to CONCEIVE them. There are few as musical as Good Citizen Swallow.