DaveFry

Respec' to this guy ! That would be cool at a Grand Daughter's birthday party .

It is a global song . From Timbuktu to Tokyo everyone knows it of all generations . There used to be a Street Piano at Jersey Airport which was decorated as a gorilla's head with the keys as a row of teeth . I started playing the song as I was passing once and by the time I got to the chorus a Polish boy was dancing behind me . With an upright bass and a kazoo this tune can be busked anywhere .

Hold On My Heart - John Martyn Phil Collins - Production , Drums & BVs Alan Thompson - Fretless

Play along to this , peeps ! It is nice and simple , just a different type of groove playing on the four of the bar :

Here is one I defretted and put chicken head knobs on . I don't remember how much I paid for it from a charity shop , but I remember the tapewounds cost more than the bass . Underneath the black dye was an attractive piece of aromatic rosewood .

Is the owner expecting to be able to use a bow on the electric bass ?

https://www.basschat.co.uk/search/?&q=ferrule&type=forums_topic&nodes=14&search_and_or=or&sortby=relevancy A search of this subforum for " ferrule " gives 8 results . hth

Just in case anyone doesn't know who the singing bass player in Poco was , he was the man who , when Carvin wanted to make a signature bass for him , he asked that it should only have the one control knob , a volume control . And , back on topic , give Santana;s Flor De Luna track a listen , particularly the coda (3:47) where the bass does that typically Latin thing of pushing the track along by anticipating the one of the bar by playing on the four and the four and of the previous bar . So simple , but it rolls along .

Some pointers in OP;s thread from two years ago :

You already know the tunes and what horn players want to hear . Now your own voice/style will emerge of itself the more you do it .Experienced players will know and encourage that . Jazz isn't a competition , it is PLAY . Bravo . The bass player is the true person behind the wheel . 55:55 :

Is ukulele and whistling allowed ? 🌷🌷🧦

Don't fear that getting a double bass would be a waste of time . I started with one at 50 , wish I had started at 15 .

Expanding foam type earplugs can seal an exposed truss rod hole at a pinch , and velcro cable ties can be daisychained to contain any errant ... daisies . Gaffa tape for trip hazards .

Just dropping this interview with Derek Trucks ( Tedeschi Trucks Band ) here ...

Value judgements are subjective , but I prefer the second version :

Plus , Janis Joplin's version ^ Also , " I am what I am " Anything from " Grease " Footloose I believe the Blues Brothers was made into a stage musical .

Que sera , sera . Here is Ron Carter talking about replacing Paul Chambers in Miles Davis' band . :

The Sky track triggered some some memories for me . I met Tristan Fry in a music shop in Manchester in the 70s . I played vibes back then and we both wanted to try the same instrument . I couldn't resist telling him my name .

I'm getting Herbie Flowers with Sky playing Toccata !

Give the Nat King Cole Trio a listen ( piano , bass & guitar - no drums ) .

Bill Evans quote that I don't find peculiar at all : "Perhaps it is a peculiarity of mine that despite the fact that I am a professional performer, it is true that I have always preferred playing without an audience."

There is a story about James Dean . He was being filmed in a movie scene where he had to kiss an even greater legendary actress in a stationary car . It was Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe , I'm not sure which , but all of a sudden he called a halt , got out of the car , walked halfway to the camera , urinated by the side of the road and then carried on with the filming . Afterwards , when asked about that he replied that he was so scared of kissing her on camera that he figured that if he could overcome the fear of getting his tool out in front of the camera first then the kissing scene would be easy afterwards .

at 7:35 J. B. Dyas , bassist and Jazz educator , claims that the most important person in Jazz history is Thomas Edison for enabling New Orleans to party all night with electric light .