DaveFry

try playing a street piano .

I am surprised at the reactions . The bag was thrown in when I bought an Axe P-bass from a dealer . I guess it had been knocking around the shop and no-one else wanted it . I have no idea of it's origin or age . I only dug it out this afternoon to use it as the subject for a camera slider test . Here it is : 70 seconds with imaginary audio ...

Bit late to the party .... ( Epiphone Accu Bass , before someone asks )

Blast from the past .

An expanding memory foam type earplug makes a good plug to keep dust from falling into the hole where the truss rod adjuster is on the NS Design electric uprights .

Test to see if the noise persists if you try running the laptop on it's own battery .

If I was looking for a new audio interface today I would check that it was compatible with Linux first in case Msoft/Apple get too big for their boots in the future . https://libremusicproduction.com/articles/understanding-recording-hardware ( Link to List of supported devices down the page )

Play the new note an octave down or up .

Hassan Shakur on proper bass :

There is always the measurement option ( by means of a Vernier caliper ) . When a friend gave me a dilruba that she brought back from India I took it to the motorcycle shop around the corner and they measured the 27 strings for me so that I could source appropriately gauged replacements .

Suppose you are on stage in an unrehearsed situation when the piano player starts off solo and then sticks two fingers up . Do you : A ) accidentally swing your headstock into his nose ? B ) silently agree with the drummer that you'll both sort the piano player out after the gig ? or C ) know that this number is in D major ( or B minor ) ? It is an old method of showing the key : a number of fingers pointing up denote the number of sharps in the key signature , pointing down means flats . If it is in C major then a "C " shape is made with finger and thumb . Here is an example . The Legendary Johnnie Johnson indicates to the the pick-up Australian band that the tune is in C major : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next , a different hand signal : At 1:30 Alan Gorrie points at his head . He's not saying " Yous Yanks are all head cases .Pal ! " , it means the head ( ie the part of the tune at the top / head of the chart ) is coming up next . Please contribute examples of hand signals for educational purposes .

Find the teacher that teaches what you want to learn . Theory instruction doesn;t have to come from a bass teacher .

Tim Bogert .

Sometimes the free asio4all driver works with less latency than the WDM ones , sometimes it doesn't . Worth a try . http://www.asio4all.org/intro.html

Thread Revival just to say that this young lady would be welcome at my campfire .

When the first moving pictures appeared a critic said " Cinema is an invention without a future " . Then they invented editing .

Little bit of fretless here , but his Producer talent impressed me also :- Producers say that the main part of their job is about relaxing everyone to give their best whilst steering them to give what he wants as quickly as possible . Here on live TV he treads lightly with the boxer , stops the audience , and delivers what the show wants , all with slick quick smiles . That is Producah Skillz right there . Amazing .

What about ...... a carrot on a stick ?

Pleasant Stumble whilst researchng versions of the John Martyn song :

I went through a long phase once of thinking that I would never be able to play a fretless in tune until I realised it was the guitarist's inability to play an A major chord followed by a D major with both in tune .