Bilbo

I broke a string in about 1983 (on the last tune in the set) but, since then, I have taken one bass and never had a problem.

Major Minor Melodic Minor Harmonic Minor Diminished Augmented Major Pentatonic (relates to Major Scale) Minor Pentatonic (relates to Minor Scale) Blues Scale. Pretty much everything else comes out of those.

Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Trilogy.... some superb stuff in there.

No. Just as you do not have to be able to read to act in a play. It would help if you could but, as long as you can learn the material/create original lines without the dots, noone will think any less of you for not being able to read. I would, however, recommend that you do because it is brill.....

A nice tango feel in there. I'd love to play Piazolla one day but there's not a lot of tango bands in Suffolk......

Nowadays its about an hour every two or three days. Sometimes more, sometimes less. Everybody thinks everything in the world is more important.

Don't know Aberdare. I hail from Cwmbran origianlly so that's nearly England....

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='996812' date='Oct 22 2010, 10:40 AM']Tuition books are full of 'covers' isn't that how we start to learn?[/quote] Of course it is but we don't practice on stage, do we? We play music and have a choice as to what we play and most of us don't play Frankie and Johnny or Campdown Races Or shall I start a Bert Weedon 'Play In A Day' tribute band?

Where are you based in God's own country, j2112c?

[quote name='Bilbo' post='966156' date='Sep 23 2010, 09:45 PM']I am rehearsing with a Kool and the Gang tribute act this Sunday [/quote] I couldn't do it. I've pulled out (did I fall or was I pushed? Or did I engineer my own demise?) I hope one of you gets the gig and enjoys it. I didn't

[quote name='leschirons' post='995266' date='Oct 20 2010, 08:09 PM']Mustango Sallyana? In that case, we're going to learn Summerio de seextyninos[/quote] I put that in for a joke. Good to see people are actually reading these lists!!

No - its a load of people trying to sell gear before the rest of us lose our jobbs and can't afford to buy it.

[quote name='lojo' post='995058' date='Oct 20 2010, 04:45 PM']Bilbo I've just youtubed some of those, you learn something everyday eh.[/quote] There is some great stuff coming out of Brazil. And some absolute sh** I play with a Brazillian guy who introduces this stuff to me all of the time. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSwHtKCi0Kg"]Gione Antony Band[/url]

[quote name='Paul S' post='994958' date='Oct 20 2010, 03:37 PM']So you do play covers, Bilbo? I thought you didn't.[/quote] I wish. I deeply regret the fact that it is a lot tougher to do things with original material and that this industry relies so much on covers. I try to advocate for original music and focus my personal efforts on that area of work but, as with most musicians, it is an aspiration and inspiration not a reality. The reality is I primarily play covers, the same as everyone else although I am getting increasingly choosy and have a growing list of 'won't plays'.

[quote name='casapete' post='994930' date='Oct 20 2010, 03:20 PM']Depending on how loud you need it, Gallien Krueger MB150 series have been a favourite of DB players for a few years. Great little things, and s/h ones often crop up on eaby etc.[/quote] Try before you buy. I don't think they are very good and that double bass players buy them because they are light not because they sound good. I think they lack any depth at all and do not deliver any real bass response so would avoid. I use my Eden Metro and it sounds great.

'The book' (We don't do them all every gig!) Olho grande To dentro, to fora Ta a fim de sambar Mina de fe Samba rock do molejao Samba diferente/Danca da vassoura Estrela da Paz Hoje vou pagodiar Armadilha Amor e amizade 24 horas de amor Sai da minha aba Minha fantasia Domingo Mineirinho Que se chama amor Meu jeito de ser O que que essa nega quer? Fricote Sai da frente Grades do coracao Coracao radiante Vacilao Nao pedi pra me apaixonar Essencia da paixao Deixa acontecer Shortinho saint-tropez Supra sumo do amor Tendencia Conselho Insensato destino Maravilha te amar Caviar Deixa a vida me levar Faixa amarela Seu balance Nao sou mais disso Samba pras mocas Posso ate me apaixonar Mulheres Devagarinho Madalena do Jucu Eu e voce Sempre Identidade Coisa de pele Ja e… (Convite de Casamento Dormi na praca Trem das onze Morango do Nordeste Sozinho) Rindo a Toa Xote dos Milagres Xote da Alegria 100 Anos Deixa entrar Colo de menina Asas Um anjo Proibida pra mim Esperando na janela Abre as pernas Sequestro do Tonho Morena tropicana Forro no escuro Xote swingado Sapatilha 37 Xote das meninas Eu so quero um xodo Que nem gilo Balanco do buzao Lorota Garagem da vizinha Mexe mexe que e bom Saudade pulou no peito Treme treme Voce virou saudade La bomba Nega Diga que Valeu Arere Cabelo duro Amor perfeito Milla Mal acostumado Araketu bom demais Pipoca Dandalunda Danca do vampiro Danca da manivela Sorte grande Com amor Te amar e preciso Agachadinho Desafio Nossa paradinha Ligeirinho /Dona de Sinha / Long Dong / Aviaozinho / Remador Largadinho Melo da escolinha Se eu pedir voce me da Banho de chuveiro Manteiga Tique-bom Peneira Destrambelhada Tesouro do pirata Danca da maozinha To indo Toma-lhe fica Fissura Agora mexe Brincadeira da tomada Deslizando Vem nenem Boneco Doido Rodopio Sentei na Moto Acelerei Joga o Laco Tira a mao do bolso Fica caladinha Tapa na cara Swing de rua Rala no pezinho Chupeta de trem Carreirinha Juju Aviao Overdose de carinho Pressao Arrocha Aninha na praia Festa do passa a mao Domingo de manha No balance Pancadao Pescaria Quebre quebre quebre Te desejo Sambadinha Nova danca Liberar Geral Pisa no milho Nega do balacobaco Swing sangue bom Xeque-mate Cara de pidona Com mao no juizo Enroscadinho Quebre e sambe Diana quer varrer Mustango Sallyana

I think it depends on which aspect of the process you are focussing on. If you are at the note recognition stage, it may be of limited use as, at this stage, it is more important to get the note right than to readin it 'in time'. If you are at the reading rhythms stage, I would say it may or may not be useful depending on what level you are at and whether you are reading complex rhythms over several bars or just one bar of eighth notes. If you are at the stage where you are trying to bring it all together as a professional skill, I would say that a metronome has value in that it does place a discipline on you to 'keep going at all costs', as you would if you were on a gig.

To me, an 'advanced' teacher should know everything there is to know about harmony, melody and rhythm. In short, if I go to a teacher, it is to find stuff out and if they don't know it, how can they be advanced? Now, having said that, I think it is important to acknowledge that you can use different teachers for different aspects of your playing. If you want to learn about jazz, you may want to seek a bass playing teacher if you want to learn about walking bass lines but, if you want to know advanced harmony, you may be better off looking up a pianist. Do you want to learn groove playing, ear training, improvisation - each area could require a different teacher. There is, of course, the argument that a well rounded teacher may not have the superficial chops that some of us here can throw around at a Bass Bash but may be far more in tune with the fundamentals of playing and can nail those gaps that us self taught players ineveitably have. In his biography, one of Ron Carter's students, some guy called Victor Bailey, tells of his first lesson with Carter and describes being asked to play an F. Not an F arpeggio or an F scale. Just an F; a single note. And the lesson starts from there. Is your lesson one of a weekly series over years or a one off masterclass to nail a specific flaw in your playing? All of these scenarios may mean you want a different teacher. When I had a lesson off Jake, I didn't need him to tell me what scale to play over an F7b9, I needed him to show me how to hold the thing and get a note out of it without busting a blood vessel! If I want lessons in advanced arco playing, I know Jake would recommend another teacher more familiar with that kind of playing. Its horses for courses. What I do fear is that people who can play some VIctor Wooten tricks think that this makes them advanced players (I know when I naield a few Jaco and Jeff Berlin things I thought I was the dogs... 20 years later I STILL can't get through a 12-bar blues in F to my own satisfaction). But the 'advanced' tag on a teachers advertisement is like the 'new and improved' tag on any other product. Its a sales trick to lure you into parting with your moolah. It is more important that you make sure that the teacher can teach you that which you wish to learn.

These learninig tools make me laugh!!! Its got to be easier just to learn them by rote than to remember these formulas!!

Just get a bag of spanners and throw them down the stairs. Save yourself a lot of time OK!!! OK!!! I was joking

Someone oncetold my kid brother; 'play as fast as you can, not as fast as you can't' I go t'other way round, Doddy!! C no flats, up a fourth, (f one flat), up a fourth (Bb two flats), up a fourth (Eb three flats), up a fourth (Ab four flats), up a fourth (Db 5 flats) Or C DOWN a fourth (G one sharp), DOWN a foourth (D two sharps) and so on....

Yuk!!

[quote name='Davo-London' post='992887' date='Oct 18 2010, 10:41 PM']Relayer was the last Yes album that counts in my opinion.[/quote] No fair!! I loved both Going for the One and Tormato and even liked Drama a lot more than I expected to when I heard the 'Buggles' news but, I agree, 90125 was a bit too mainstream for my tastes.

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