Bilbo

I just got hold of one of these (£94 new) and used it for the first time at a gig on Sunday. I didn't have time to look at it properly and, when I switched it on, it sounded 'kin terrible so I ditched it for the night. Last night I got the pedal out at home and tried it as a DI into my audio interface. After a little time spent tweaking it, it sounded 'kin fantastic. The knobs are really sensitive so you don't have to move them very far to make a difference but, after a few minutes of adjusting things, my Wal sounded really rich and even and lost that overly transparent sound you often get when you plug into a audio interface. Think valves instead of transistors Happy bunny.

Piggin' 'ell. I am losing it. I didn't think I had posted that. 😲 To be fair, it was posted yesterday 😣😞😞

Did one with a Brazilian singer guitarist last night. Got my Latin derrière kicked. His syncopated guitar playing was a revelation and, while I know Brazilian grooves, I struggled to keep up. A real buzz in spite of the clinkers!

I have decided that this is not the best way to make these transcriptions available to the world so I am in the process of setting up a dedicated website for them, much like the other people on here have done. I am in discussions with a web designer as we speak as my web based IT skills don't go as far as they should so watch out for The Return of Bilbo's Bass Transcription Archive. I envisage uploading the above 57 transcriptions and then adding to it from there.

Jeff Berlin again: 'Feels Good To Me' from the Bill Bruford album of the same name. Full bass part. Dots but no chords. Feels Good To Me.pdf

Says more about the mindset of those that use tab than anything else.

Gigged with a Brazilian singer guitarist called Mario Bakuna today. I know Brazilian music but he ripped me a new one 😄

It helps if you think of fast passages as just slow passages speeded up. 😎

Make sure you are properly hydrated and drink a lot of water (not alcohol which dehydrate). It's a well known issue amongst double bass players.

Jeff Berlin's bass parts to Bill Bruford's 'Either End Of August' off his 'Feels Good To Me' album. It is in 5:4, 6:4 and 4:4 😎 I was a massive Jeff Berlin fan in those days, right up until his Champions and Pump It albums but he lost me after that as his sound lost it's guts. He always strikes me as the kind of artist that really needs a strong producer to temper his worst excesses. This on is not hard to read or to play and has nothing 'chopsy' about it. Just a beautiful tune with a lovely bass part. I always think it sounds fretless but he always said he never played fretless so I don't know. Either End Of August - Jeff Berlin Bass Part.pdf

Yes, the Nazis had a downer on Jazz because, from their ideological perspective, it was created by an inferior Race. Dumbass wuckfits.

Jon Poole with Lifesigns again. This one is called 'Voice In My Head' from their 'Live In London' dvd'. A couple of inaccurate bars but it's mostly there. I cannot find a video of this one so you will have to look it up elsewhere. Voice In My Head.pdf

https://youtu.be/2rURkkkfv8o

That's always been my intention. I always thought that there was not enough interesting source material for developing readers so decided to post stuff I had already done. Now I am transcribing specifically to post as a means of encouraging people to learn to read.

Three decades in the making. I have been promising myself I would do this since the 1990s. Geddy Lee's part for YYZ. Most of it is mine but I did cross refer to a few other transcriptions for 'those' licks. We were mostly in agreement (Geddy double tracked the parts and dropped in for the solo licks and so there are odd things happening when you slow things down). YYZ - Rush.pdf

Sorry, guys. Only just seen this. I assume you are talking the usual sambas, bossas and Jobim stuff? Brazilian genres are many and varied but, when most people say Brazilian music, that's what they mean. The secret is not to over complicate it. I suggest you listen to a lot of Brazilian stuff and a few versions of each tune. Electric players tend to fill the groove with lots of grace notes whereas a double bass player is going to have to hold back on that otherwise it's going to hurt. When things get manic, straight quarter notes can achieve the swing you need. It's the grooves that will catch you: the details are generally the same as they are for other genres. The trick is to play the one short and emphasise the second and fourth beats. This will explain what I mean.

That's just badly presented.

I play Jazz 99%of the time but would love to specialise in Latin music, Brazilian or Cuban, or play in a decent Prog band. Never really get to do either.

I just noticed that I have posted Wrong Together twice.

I was just reviewing my Soundcloud page and I noticed that I have about 34 tunes on there that I recorded for Basschat Composition Challenges. That's nearly 3 hours worth of music. Some of it is dodgy but some of it is OK but all of it wouldn't exist without the challenge. I haven't done anything with it for a while. I should get back to it.

I saw that band with Gary Grainger in a pub in Cardiff. I learned several of Sco tunes including 'So You Say' those tunes around that time but realised that, whilst I admire the techniques and enjoy the spectacle, the music is less satisfying that a lot of other stuff. It also works better if you have Dennis Chambers with you. Seriously, though, that is another part of the problem. We can all bust are asses getting more and more chops but hwo many if us can find a Joe Zawinul or a Michel Camilo, a Michael Brecker or a John Scofiled to bounce off?

Jesus H..... Hernandez is playing that clave with his FOOT 😃

Some more Latin - this time a transcription of the bass part to Tres Deseos by Ednita Nazario. This is an old transcription I did off a compilation CD I have. The version attached is not the same one so the details are different but it gives you an idea of what the groove should feel like. I love this stuff. Tres Deseos - Ednita Nazario.pdf

Latin in 5:4. 😎 This is the bass part to the Alegre Correa Sextett version of 'Quinta Da Pontal' from his album 'Negra Coracao'. The bass player on the recording is Ronaldo Gringo Saggiorato. The version posted here is not the version I have transcribed which is available on Spotify but not YouTube. This bass player on this version is Eduardo Machato. I posted this so you could hear the main ostinato that the whole tune is built around. Quinta Da Pontal - bass - Full Score.pdf