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[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1376659159' post='2177516'] I play with both fingers and a pick. (90% fingers). [/quote] You've only got 2 fingers that are 9/10ths the length of normal fingers and you play bass using a pick. This is amazing. Photos please....... lol

I'm sh*t but I love what I'm doing. It makes me very happy. I'm told I'm a good player, but compared to some of the people I associate with I'm less than average. I'm a good ish singer but I'm focused in the bass for now.

[quote name='ML94' timestamp='1376203696' post='2170696'] Anyone ever been asked to record a bass line and you sit there not trying to linger away from the root! I'll play the same song in my practice and it'll sound so good but when you hit record its like my fingers just want to stick at the root and the occasional chord tone! [/quote] Sounds about right. There is no answer to such an expansive question. Not all cops are good cops, not all priests are good priests. Being a professional and professionalism are very different things. Some of the best musicians I know are the most unprofessional people in the world, some of the more average players I know in the business compensate by being extremely professional. They are all still professional players however the characteristics that define them as such vary greatly. In terms of basslines etc you've either got it or you haven't. That's art, creativity, knowing when's enough. Less is more etc. that comes with experience. All professional bass players would be expected to have the ability to play any bassline but creating them is a whole other ball game. The guitarist and the vocalist are usually the source of creativity in a lot of bands. They will dictate to the others what they envision for a song etc and the band usually settles somewhere in the middle based on ability and willingness to cooperate and professionalism. That's my experience. Others individuals situations may be very different but that would be normal around here. Good luck mate. Don't think too much about it, it will happen if its meant to.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1376161011' post='2170441'] Amp works, turntable needs repairs, tape deck isn't working, the CD tray isn't ejecting and the speakers are broke, I could fix it but would need the schematics and when I rang and emailed sony they told me that it's so old they don't have any form of support for it. [/quote] Cool, sounds promising. If the amp and speakers work then buy one of these and stream your music. Sorted. http://bit.ly/13rQqFD

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1376155479' post='2170362'] Cheers for the advice there guys, second hand looks to be the best option from what people are saying, I could go higher with my budget but then it'll begin to eat in to my next bass and amp fund Just looked the speakers over and one cone has been perforated, and the other seems to be missing wires, shame the system isn't working as it was a top of the range one when new, but that was a good 20-25 years ago now! [/quote] Is your hifi totally wrecked. If the speakers and amp are still working you could buy a bluetooth adapter and stream music to it from your phone etc. £50 would do the trick.

Both Gabriel and Collins have truly inspirational moments of genius, however they are also quite twattish at times also. I must admit though "so" is one of my all time favourite albums.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1375966007' post='2167986'] Interesting! That's quite a different approach to music, to mine. But very interesting to read. Sounds like you need to catch Frank Dunnery in concert, or something like that, so you get to match the song to the moment to get hooked as you say. Anyway, thanks for a fascinating post! [/quote] This isn't how I get into all bands or music. Normally it's more conventional, I hear, I like etc..... However my earlier post is a trend I have noticed in the past.

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1375961119' post='2167883'] But hey, if you don't like it, you probably have better things to do than write an in-depth analysis of [i]why[/i] you don't like it. [/quote] I don't dislike it. What I found is that I actually knew more genesis material than I thought I did. I found myself saying "oh.....was that them?" And such like. I've also been cramming it into my head in an attempt to fully appreciate their body of work at all its stages. Now that I'm more familiar with it and I can give certain songs a face etc now all I need is a hook. What I mean by this is....... I need to identify a song with a moment or a good movie or something that moved me at some time. Once that happens ill be in and once I'm in that will be it. I will eat sleep and drink that sh*t. It happened with dire straits, I loved them in the 80s,but who didn't. I had some albums and pretty soon I was sick of them and I stopped listening to them. I'm into knopfler but that's different. Anyway roll forward 15 or so years, I was at a singalong in a pub in Ireland and this girl sings Romeo and Juliet with her brother accompanying her on the guitar. It was sublime, I was hooked. The very next day as if by magic I'm driving in my car and this band are on the radio singing Romeo and Juliet and I think wow that's amazing, it was the killers and they had done an excellent version. That was it I was consuming dire straits like a fat kid in a cake shop. It lasted a year or so. I still have big love for dire straits today. Even though I know it's not cool and a lot of the music is crap. I still love it. It's weird. It's happened to me with lots of bands I never expected me to like. Aerosmith, Metallica, Tom waits, van Morrison, the beach boys, Burt fookin Bacharach the list is endless. Anyway, genesis are now smouldering in my subconscious waiting to pounce, thank you Marcus Bell.

Ok so I've been listening to genesis, I like it. I don't love it and I'm not sure I ever will. I can't get a hook on it. There seems to be no point of entry for me. I'm not gonna go all Patrick Bateman and write an obsessive breakdown of my likes and dislikes. Ill give it a few more days and see how I get on.

Too much work for me in this one ( I hate video editing or syncing) which is a shame as I really enjoyed last months competition. There were some really top class entries. Ill be back in September. I might do septembers at home rather than on the phone. We will see how things go. Good luck to the die Harders though. I'm looking forward to all the entries and of course the voting.

Ok, so I didn't get your recommendations before I set off. I will defo check out genesis over the next few days. I had an awesome run though.

About to head out. Can anyone recommend an album quickly.

I have never listened to genesis. I'm off for a run now. I will listen while running. Review later.

I sold John a fretless jazz bitza I had fallen out of love with. It's gone to a good home. Do business with confidence, he is a cool guy.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1375337524' post='2159854'] I am glad I got no votes. T'was s***. [/quote] It was good...... I seriously liked it.

Congrats to a worthy winner. Excellent tune. Thank you to my 2 mystery voters.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1375257004' post='2158802'] It's ok, ive only got any cos i did it with Skol [/quote] Don't be modest now......

A vote, woohoo..........

Only 30 votes so far, is this a poor turnout? Not even one for me though..... Ouch. "The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster." lol. If only life was a simple as a witty quote.

Wow, that's really excellent.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1375169048' post='2157375'] So you're simplifying it, huh..? Good call... [/quote] Initially this seemed impossible, now it simply seems mad so I'm out for now.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1375041990' post='2156117'] thanks man, collected over a period of years but it serves its need [/quote] It looks sexy.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1374861936' post='2154254'] I believe Greggs have now removed them from their product range. [/quote] I set em up, you knock em down. I'm surprised it took you so long.