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[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='1232651' date='May 16 2011, 12:37 PM']And if Fender made sub standard guitars soon people would stop buying them I think it would take decades to take down a reputation like Harvard's. Especially for the general public.[/quote]

assuming the general public has any say in the matter, or an opinion of value.

[quote name='PeteinKent' post='1220519' date='May 5 2011, 01:50 PM']Of course it's the 'none of us' phrase that really gives it all away here. You are not one of our fraternity so therefore how do you have the temerity to criticise us?

Plus its the very fact that I have no chip on my shoulder about any form of music that is the hub of my posts. Each to their own, plus support every musician /band as long as they play with sincerity and passion and are not being dismissive about what they are playing or their audience.

And as for 'avoiding jazz like the plague'..this is simply untrue. Even now when I encounter any form of jazz music I listen with with expectation and hope but often the experience is degraded by the attitude of the musicians and audience if and when I inform them conversationally that I am a pop/rock musician.

There is some jazz music I absolutely love as there is country/punk/reggae/world music I love. But only jazz makes this difficult...you are either in or you are out.

To reiterate the opening line from my original post...'I have nothing against jazz per se'. I just find the attitude of the jazz fraternity often very abrasive if not downright unpleasant.

Is there really any jazz musician on here who wants to claim that jazz is 'inclusive' ?[/quote]

hi Peter

OK I live in Aotearoa/New Zealand so obviously my experience may be considerably different

but yes some of the 'best' musicians I play with are going to identify themselves as Jazzers
and that listening/learning/studying /focusing on Jazz specifically has been so important for them
i do some study too and it has been a positive experience. It is 'harder' to play Jazz well than Blues/Funk/Rock which stylistically are more my go. This don't mean they are worse , just I use a different brain space or vibe to play a funk thing to a jazz gig.

it might be horses for courses

I think once I learned a bit I might also have got over myself and having pre-conceived ideas about players identified with certain genres. Maybe I was insecure or defensive about my own musical short-comings and looked for excuses.


I certainly hope 'player attitudes' do not distract you from learning/appreciating/contributing to Jazz Music. Clearly I wish i was more serious about good study and listening habits in my younger days

how is it possible to have a low opinion of a Steinberger?

Yes.

maybe try
Blues by Five
Miles Davis Quintet "Cookin' With" album

it's a top recording, great players and Paul Chambers on a blues is all good for learning proper bass.
it also has a bass solo so you can hear some ideas

over limahl, yeah.

I buy Mike Stern "Big Neighborhood"
it's quite rocky
lot of chorus pedal
and Esperna Spalding scatting/vocalizing. Not at all sure about that
or Steve Vai

consider a harness
slider strap

also lift up/elevate your music stand
reading "too low" did me harm

that's right I want to make a You-Tube tutorial

I'm getting back into it
I don't know why

1. Yamaha Precision copy. (RBX??)
2. Steinberger L2
3. '76 Precision w/ flats.

great stuff!
well done mate.

yeah but Ashdown are really great amps

anyone know who played the slap bass part on the Style Council 'Money go Round'?
yours,
curious foal

Jerry Jemmott era BB King and Freddie King
40 years on it's still a musical high water mark
'Completely Well' is on MF'er of an album.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1119986' date='Feb 9 2011, 01:35 AM']Not that much, i don't think he's done too many interviews to my knowledge. He seems a bit leftfield in the was he creates music i think, which i like.

He's put up the odd video on youtube (or someone else has for him), there was one linked here a while ago of him jamming with his new drummer. Tbh i watched the drummer more on that one as he was so good![/quote]

potentially generalizing a bit here but he seemed to be philosophically opposed to the idea of even having an interview.
I guess this struck me as quite interesting, also about how he explained why he chooses to not listen to music in his writing 'process'.

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1119818' date='Feb 8 2011, 10:49 PM']Yeah some of his work is inspired, some of it is a bit too much for me though. Great player and very down to earth.

Great taste in basses too![/quote]

have you read any of his 'interviews' in the print media LW? I'm not familiar with his music but the written word is interesting in how he explains his approach.

[quote name='Doddy' post='1117783' date='Feb 7 2011, 04:47 AM']I really dig the Sadowsky outboard preamp with my Jazz.
It's just bass and treble boost,but it adds a lot of balls to the sound of the bass,and makes it more versatile tonally.It's bypassable aswell and is a good DI.[/quote]

this pretty much.
the Sad pre-amp don't do a hell of a lot but it does is made for the Fender Jazz
would not gig without mine
good with fretless Jazz too actually

HAVE A GO

I don't have all her records but the ones i have I very much enjoy
she is just a great musician
I have Peace BP and Bitter
they are two different records but both sound like her which is a great credit to any artist I think.

yes it is a very nice tune
quite a good record actually
not often I say this about a Bass record

it's good music and good playing

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1104794' date='Jan 27 2011, 10:41 PM']Unless the recipe of the phenolic fingerboard resin was wrong and it didn't give the necks enough stiffness.

Rob Greens approach to neck construction been trialled and tested over 20 years to help tune the necks and make them sound better. Graphite necks need VERY selective dampening to sound good.[/quote]

I don't know.
But Ned's L2 sound pretty good to me and that was a hit from the top.

I liked his story about meeting Miles
so I wrote some lyrics about it/around it

the Smiths song about the Moors Murders

some Joy Division

a lot of the Blue Nile

Mile's contribution to Marcus soundtracking some crazy film Siesta
it is a sad trumpet

I'll throw Prince's "sometimes it snows in April"

I'd say the Smiths are not only one of the best bands from England but also one of the most important.
they don't sound anything other than English

great lyrics
interesting guitar player
very good rhythm section
high quality tunes
= the sum is greater

might be cutting it fine
but if the chorus line is these chords

D / C#m / F#m / B7 /

there is nothing out in Rourkes walking line

bar 1 (descending) D C# B A
bar 2 E F# G E
etc

great tune, great band

that's a good place to start, a really great record that one.

I often recco
Mingus - Blues and Roots
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

and some anthology or collection of
Ellington, Armstrong, Coltrane , Parker.

lately I am listening to some Chris Potter, because I quite like the drummer