DaveFry

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Be careful where you sing " Happy Birthday To You " before 2016 in Europe ; [url="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/14/happy-birthday-lawsuit-copyright-warner"]http://www.theguardi...opyright-warner[/url]

For black you could use indelible marker felt-tip pen .

Just wanted to add that on re-reading my first post in this thread I became concerned that the sense of humour part may have sounded patronising . What i meant was more like this ; [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9TavIO6PYU[/media] practice is serious , play is PLAY .

I think of the sharp 11 here as a flattened 5th blue note . In the F minor vamp he plays a B natural grace note sometimes , so I think he just follows the same idea with the Db 7 which also reminds the listener of the Fminor tonality .( Gnat as opposed to Gflat ) I think of the tune as basically a 12-bar blues with an extra 4 bars of the tonic added onto the end . The Db feels more like a Bb minor in 1st inversion ( clever ) , and when you'd expect the V chord at bar 9 he goes one step further than the standard ii V substitution and gives us the vi of F major ( genius ) and holds that for the 4 bars when you'd expect a vi ii V maybe . So , to me , the sharp 11 over the Db ( where you'd expect the iv chord in a minor blues ) implies a staying with the sound of the implied Bb minor .( iv chord , bars 5 to 8 in a blues ). -Just an Autistic opinion , in no way claimed as fact ....

These two bottles are nail varnish . I took the body into the shop with me to find the nearest shade . Nail polish is just nitrocellulose . I leveled the pits after with superglue .

The Sunn Mustang plays very nicely . It handles the lowest action of all my basses ,so that ,together with the lightness and simplicity of controls makes it the first one I offer to beginners to try . I guess if you started a new thread about them on here you might get more info .

[quote name='Grreth' timestamp='1388342073' post='2321012'] Dave, Is it ok if I join in and ask about your Sunn Mustang? I've got one but mine has a different logo on and looks more like a traditional Fender Precision. How old is yours? Do you have any info on it? I'm trying to piece the history of these together but information is scarce. Much obliged! [/quote] Sure, but I don't know much about them . Mine says " Made in India " , I guess from late 80's/ early 90's and it is very light in weight . I picked it up locally a couple of years ago for £50 .

I thought Sting's " Nothing 'Bout Me " pointed to the same thing 20 years ago .

Favourite songs with nice use of keyboards ? Here's a couple of old Standards performed by the Spencer Davis Group with a young Steve Winwood on keys/vox . " Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out " was written in 1923 by Jimmy Cox . This is from a 60's film starring the band.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQEZQDKGLh4[/media] " Georgia On My Mind " was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell . [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLzYOBCuUyE[/media] 2:05 thumb pick bass !

My recommendation would be to maybe consider Mindfulness Meditation . It naturally quietens the self-critical part of the brain and encourages the creative part to flow unhindered. This study refers to it as " turning off the Monitor " ( ie the feeling that you are being criticised ) ; [url="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-02/niod-iji022608.php"]http://www.eurekaler...d-iji022608.php[/url] Jeff Berlin says this ; [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/jeff-berlins-basser-instincts-untethered-souls-academics--language-learning/152612"]http://www.bassplaye...learning/152612[/url] The Kenny Werner book " Effortless Mastery " is required reading for any instrumental course at Berklee. Good luck tomorrow , and remember a sense of humour is always welcome in jazz .

Just thought I'd drop this new video in here for anyone now or future seeking info on hide glue [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stpmQfLrQPo[/media]

Hi Robot Pelican Chin ( and ) How to confidently perform a good improvised bassline without it getting too dull, boring or repetitive? Well we all would like to know that ! ( My ) Short answer ; Don't worry about it . Just relax , as Myke says , and just listen to what is going on . Long answer ; When we hit a block we tend to make it worse with our own self-criticism . The trick is to discourage the self-criticising , analytical internal dialogue part of oneself , whilst encouraging the spontaneous , creative part . The best way to discourage is to stop feeding , and ignore . The best way to encourage is to feed , or provide an inviting space for inspiration to visit, and trust your subconscious . This feels like a waste of time to the conscious mind , which makes it harder . It looks impossible at first , but the more you do it the easier it gets . ( Everyone says that , I bet ) These guys can explain better than I can , I'm just an autistic pianist : [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_uAhg6cy5s[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK14GFUpZlY[/media] This is called the Effortless Mastery approach . I hope it helps .

The " 25 Bass Guitars under £500 " review states that the Fender Modern Player Jaguar bass has a scale of 24" ! ( should be 34" ) . Probably a typo . On the same page it gives the scale length of the Freshman FA1BN as 32" . I doubted this and tried to find out online . Even the manufacturer's site doesn't give the scale length ( [url="http://www.freshmanguitars.net/product/fa1bn/"]http://www.freshmang.../product/fa1bn/[/url] ) , so as a last resort I dug mine out and applied the old fashioned tape measure technique ,and..... sure enough it is 32" . I didn't know I had a 32" scale bass , so I learned something thanks to BGM I find the David Etheridge articles to be very helpful .

This Ibanez acoustic has both 1/4 and XLR outs . ( 1:30 in ) [media]http://youtu.be/gebmMcduqSY[/media]

1,5,2 Chord Progression ; " Knocking On Heaven's Door " - See if Google finds that now .....^

Quick answer ; Get an ear for eight-bar blues next , then the 16-bar forms come easy . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-bar_blues

Tierce picardie at 0:44 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCAeDIF2svc[/media] " Europa " is just a cycle round the circle of fifths in a minor key ( same as Autumn Leaves or Still Got The Blues For You ) , but starting on the iv chord . ie iv, VII, III, VI, iidim , V , i but the second time round it changes the i ( minor ) to I (major ) .

The most powerful sound i have ever heard was a group of Tibetan monks overtone chanting . I was just walking past and it made me trip over my own feet .

Black Is Black Time Is Tight

Guess who carried all the gear in that band !

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1380096502' post='2220622'] 'after a certain point' i'd say the roots album when i twas released mid 90s was a departure from their commercial flamenco-pop songs back to their errr roots [media]http://youtu.be/tKbJXmjbWAc[/media] check the bass ... any clues?? [/quote] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrOWZgJbMKc[/media]

Nice one ! I Got my first ply DB 6 months ago and never bother with bass guitar anymore . Somehow the callus from my ring finger has migrated to the side of my thumb

.... the only day of the year when I can play outdoors and not get arrested for not paying the £30 fee for a buskers' licence . Hooray ! - See ; Jersey is on the map : [url="http://www.musicday.org.uk/"]http://www.musicday.org.uk/[/url] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%AAte_de_la_Musique"]http://en.wikipedia....e_de_la_Musique[/url]