Bilbo

Wow! Who are these guys? I'm off a googlin'. Swedish 3 piece. Not sure about the use of 'pop' tunes as the core material but, that aside, these guys are bloody good. And I never realised Gareth Gates was such a great bass player,

Thorry :blush:

Looks bigger than a credit card to me....

Senior Probation Officer contracts require us to work 148 hours every 4 weeks not a set arrival/leave time every day so, added to the generous leave (33 days p.a. + BHs) snf the fact that I manage my own diary, its never a problem.

I had one of these I wish I hadn't got rid of.

Most decent tunes are in several keys but, as has been stated, the key you are in at any moment is defined by the relationships between the chords and not by the chords themselves. In jazz gig parlance, 'what key is it in' is often to establish the first chord as tunes often modulate around various key centres (some more than others).

It is worth remembering that Percy Jones was an electronics genius and made his own effects. I recall one of them was a flanger that increased the flange effect as the frequency of the notes went up. A lot of his sounds are his and his alone and the bass is secondary not only to his fngers/concept but also to his signal chain.

Remember when I said 'learn to read music'? This was why.....

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1324126786' post='1471061'] ignore Jaco! listen to wayne shorter on sax [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F02mBkBoMQw[/media] [/quote] I never realised Jaco was so tall (0.33 - 0.47)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dAforH-Xh4&feature=youtu.be&mid=55688"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dAforH-Xh4&feature=youtu.be&mid=55688[/url]

My brother's freezing cold bike shop in Chepstow [url="http://www.bigboar.co.uk/"]http://www.bigboar.co.uk/[/url]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1324124892' post='1471023'] Is it ok to supplement your list? [/quote] Feel free!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpPlBFGG_Q&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXpPlBFGG_Q&feature=related[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTEo0vKkWro&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTEo0vKkWro&feature=related[/url]

I was actually THERE when this was recorded!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR5mFHpZrE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLR5mFHpZrE[/url]

A Beatles tune....if you don't get this, you have no soul. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IyrETsYM8w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IyrETsYM8w[/url]

None whatsoeveer. Post google: I now know.

Both. There is no 'one way' just a truckload of options. Try Pat martino's minor conversion theory or George Russell's Lydian Chromatic concept. There are others. Its just a voyage of discovery. Enjoy the journey.

It is neither correct nor incorrect. The question is what is the intention. An F#, or more correctly in this case, a Gb, is the third of Eb minor so it is simply an alternative note that is diatonically correct, just creates a different harmonic effect. Its a questiuon of choice, not of right or wrong..

Sitting here freezing my nuts off in my brother's bike shop. I just thought I would post some jazz that may help some of the people who 'don't get' jazz to find a way in. This is a San Francisco based jazz collective featuring some of todays leading new young players. They recently did a double cd of arrangements of Stevie Wonder tunes. So, have a listen to the one we have all played taken in a different direction. Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBZ-2PzSgY[/media]

One aspect I enjoy is that we can put stuff on here for people to listen to and get/give genuine/constructive criticism which earns an adult response!! Its easy to give and receive compliments but, whenever I have given comments that are critical, I have only ever got a positive 'thanks for helping me get better' kind of response. Never any 'what do you know, tosser' remarks. It makes for a better learning environment.

The DVD is available. I woudl caution against the single CD as it is missing three of the best tracks; Black Crow, Free Man in Paris and Don Alias' conga solo. Get the DVD or the DOUBLE CD! THIS IS THE BEST EVER LIVE RECORDING BY ANY BAND EVER.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1323963069' post='1469261'] I remember when the gramophone was invented and we all thought us musicians would be out of a job since there was no need for loads of people to play music anymore [/quote] You can smile all you like mate , that is EXACTLY what happened! Before the invention of the 'gramaphone record', every piece of live music any of us ever heard, even on the radio (which predates recorded music) was played by a bunch of men and women with proper grown up instruments. You would sit in your bedroom in LA and listen to music that was, at that very moment, being played in a studio somewhere in New York. You watch a movie, the music was played by someone in the pit. The world was full of dance bands and musicians that made a living touring 12 months of the year all of the country. The US was chock full of bands and musicians and, for Black folk particularly, it was a prestigious/high status job. The introduction of recording undermined all of that and it was finally killed off by the invention of the microphone which meant that the singer, previously a minor novelty, came to prominence and the bands got smaller and smaller until they all but disappeared (Duke Ellington was the only band leader not to pack in in the late 40s - even Count Basie went down to a 9-piece). Live music was also killed off by the introduction of the 'disco' which, let's face it, is just a bloke playing records. To be a musician - buy an instrument, do 10,000 hours practice and then scrabble for gigs. To run a disco - buy the gear and you're off.

Or maybe he's practising instead of reading this.....