Jase

[quote name='RhysP' post='581636' date='Aug 26 2009, 05:19 PM']You certainly pack a lot into your split seconds........ [/quote] [quote name='ezbass' post='581639' date='Aug 26 2009, 05:21 PM']Woah, he really does have the look of Jaco, couldn't really see that from the You Tube vids. That's not just weird, it's just plain creepy having the dead spitting image and sound of your dead dad in your band.[/quote] There's a pretty tidy version of Invitation on his site too

[quote name='Alun' post='581699' date='Aug 26 2009, 06:28 PM']Gilbert's lower guitar neck just has 3 E strings IIRC, in 3 different octaves, which he uses to do those ridiculously fast multioctave arpeggios by going across the strings in one position I'm guessing Billy may have something similar ( previously his double neck was an EADG neck and a BEAD one) Cheers Alun[/quote] Cheers Mr Vaughan

[quote name='RhysP' post='581467' date='Aug 26 2009, 03:08 PM']I didn't realise that Julius was the drummer - I just saw the guy that is the spitting image of Jaco on bass & assumed it must be him. To be playing in a band with a guy that is obviously trying very hard to be your late father must be really weird.[/quote] That's the bit that freaked me too, just made me think Julius was playing bass for a split second, in the same split second I thought it was a rare Jaco vid, then at the end of the split second got my head around it

[quote name='ezbass' post='581317' date='Aug 26 2009, 01:08 PM']I wonder if when putting this band together Julius specifically wanted someone who was a Jaco clone?[/quote] S'pose he must've, this is the guy to call if you need a player that can offer that [url="http://www.massimoselvi.com/"] massimo selvi[/url]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='581026' date='Aug 26 2009, 09:43 AM']Hardly - the world is full of second generation musicians and it is not unusual to see the kids out gunning the parents - saxophonist Joshua Redman (son of Dewey Redman who was the nephew of Don Redman), saxophonist Joe Lovano (son of Tony 'Big T' Lovano), drummer/percussionists Joe and Jeff Porcaro, Charlie Haden (a child from a musical family stage act) and son Josh, Ellis and Wynton/Branford/Delfayo/Jason (the last, the least known, is a fantasticdrummer in the mold of Jeff Watts), Jimmy and Matt Garrison, Sammy and Steve Kahn, There are also loads of siblings who all cut it: Michael and Randy Brecker, Mike and Pat Metheny, Greg and Matt Bisonette, Hank/Elvin/Thad Jones, Richard and Karen Carpenter I think its probably something to do with growing up in a musical environment (i.e exposure) and in a culture where being musician is seen as credible and worthy of investment (encouragement, support, learning) (unlike most families where it is seen as a 'cop out'). Its an interesting point, though. Nurture, nature, both or neither.[/quote] Noooo, I'm on about the guy who is obviously Jaco mad and is it strange for Julius to see someone almost being your father as a bass player.

I want my bass to sound like the whole of this track: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-nPUP-dafs"]Geeeeezzzzzeeeeerrrr![/url]

Wonder what it feels like to watch someone clone your dad. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gJBU6y4g_8"]Vid[/url]

[quote name='acidbass' post='579775' date='Aug 25 2009, 02:02 AM']Check out Sheehan's boots, immense! What's the point of having a double neck with two necks exactly the same though? Am I missing something, or is it just for showmanship?[/quote] Weirdly Gilbert has his E and A string missing???

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_3KmT5YDUI"]Billy and Paul[/url]

Sounds like a polished Zep. JPJ is the only one who is entitled to be in a super group.

I liked it because they looked and sounded big.

[quote name='JBassist' post='576181' date='Aug 20 2009, 10:49 PM']maybe a few years away but hey im thinking getting a fretless when im old enough to gig lol and just wondering that would fretless be suitable for what i play ie: tapping and slapping(ill get slap plate), fingerstyle, also simple punk lines cos i know fretless is usually used for like smooth jazzy type stuff, but would it work for rhcp,ledzepie sorta stuff its random i know megalolz[/quote] Fretless can be used for any music

The straight jacket thing....depends what you're doing really doesn't it, jamming and improv is great and I love to do it but there is also material that requires rehearsal and discipline. There is [i]some[/i] room for movement when using a click providing the drummer has it together. Using the tracks last night didn't seem as sterile as I thought it might.

[quote name='silddx' post='575497' date='Aug 20 2009, 01:29 PM']The fact is, the nay-sayers' attitude is "I don't care if you have a forty piece band, backing tracks are out of order" and the yea-sayers use them as an augmentation or a substitute for people for a number of reasons. What makes me laugh though is the bit where some of the nay-sayers recommend getting a keyboard player instead, to simulate the strings and horns and whatnot, and that is better than a backing track. There's some hypocrisy going on here really, in the name of "artistic integrity". When I go to see Jase's band I want to hear the full glory of the songs as they are meant to sound, not an empty version with no BVs , keys and second guitar, just because of misguided "artistic integrity". Go get your BTs sorted Jase. And bollocks to unreliable "musicians".[/quote] Cheers butty!

As much as I would like to have a band of humans, it's not always possible. Far too many musicians are unreliable, end of story and I've not got the time to hang around for pathetic excuses why somebody can't make a gig or can't make a rehearsal or has forgotten or not learned their parts.

[quote name='Norbert' post='574712' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:42 PM']So, Question……………How do the pro bands like Nightwish set up their backing tracks? What equipment do they use?[/quote] I'm not sure what the big guys use but we have just started to use a Toshiba 550 laptop, an Emu 1616 interface, Patch Mix DSP and Sonar 8. It's an absolute mission to set up. There are 3 tracks being used, one is a click which goes to the drummers headphone amp, the two other tracks go to the desk/PA. It all seems stable so far but the big test is using it live, which I'm sure the sweat will be on and the niggling thoughts at the back of our minds...."is this going to be a disaster?"

[quote name='crez5150' post='574307' date='Aug 19 2009, 03:27 PM']Or use them properly to build a fantastic sound and so people will pay you more anyway..... ;o)[/quote] Yes, ideal in an original situation (but not always possible) but a covers situation, I'd take less musicians more money any day.

[quote name='Tradfusion' post='574294' date='Aug 19 2009, 03:20 PM']we are on a set fee for the pub gigs and if we bring someone else on board we have another cut in the already (IMO) paltry fee, we have other gigs like weddings etc where we can afford a keyboard player and its great, makes all the difference... Oh well, back to the drawing board.. [/quote] Cut them out altogether, make extra money on a pub and even more on a wedding

Backing tracks are pretty much the same as loopers really, only the backing tracks were recorded a while ago and the looper guy records it, then uses it straight away. My point is why wait around for unreliable so called musicians when you can do it between the already existing members? If we were to keep hunting a keyboard player and some singers we'd never get out gigging,

[quote name='MythSte' post='574108' date='Aug 19 2009, 01:19 PM']I've been offered endorsements yes, one fell through with my old band (Trace Elliot) and the other more recent one just didnt seem worth it (TC Electronics) - I was offered 30% off the RRP, Which ended up being about a tenner less than the thomann price! heh.[/quote] But it isn't about getting cheap or cheaper gear really, it's nice to have a trade price and maybe some exposure but the bottom line is that you truly believe in the company and the product, being able to build a relationship with them is very important I think.

For us it's about trying to re-create what has been recorded which in this case is keyboard parts, some vocals. Both of these tracks are recorded by the guitar player in the band who also wrote them. In addition to this we have also added a singer (human being) and a 2nd guitar player (human being) We also feel that we'd be short changing anyone who had listened to our recording, come to see it live and thought....."my, my, there's a fair bit missing here" I too would also prefer to have a full band of humans but to be quite honest most of the musicians we've met, tend to be unreliable. Seems simple to me, move on use the technology

We've decided to go with mp3's and a pc, it's working pretty well in rehearsals. At the moment it's all trial and error, none of us know that much about it.The main reason we took this route was unreliable musicians.The recorded tracks will be there when you are, total control

[quote name='dmz' post='573640' date='Aug 18 2009, 11:11 PM']Who was it that knew somewhere in Crosskeys - old rehearsal venue - was that you Jase ? Failing that I know that the Crosskeys Hotel could be a goer - the Islwyn Acoustic guitar club have regular gigs there - could have a word with Rob who organizes the gigs there. The do cater for bassists - I've seen Nick Beggs and Steve Lawson there..... Old G - do you want me to get in touch ?[/quote] Are you talking about Gregs place, just down the road from the college?

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