MiltyG565

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1352567330' post='1864737'] Our guitarist puts them up on youtube. His quality control usually only extends to how good his guitar solo is on that particular song. I don't think the fact that the rest of the video is good or bad even registers in his tiny brain. [/quote] hehehe! yeah, bad quality vids don't do a band any justice. Good quality vids don't either. Youtube has pretty terrible audio quality. I uploaded a couple of covers, and they don't sound as good as i was hearing them.

the second track being the Gotye song? NEIN! I Want to look like i'm actually doing something

i don't know who Scott is... YAY!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW21lGQNLZM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW21lGQNLZM[/url] There's also this. i actually hadn't intended that to be a cover for youtube, i was just testing to see how well my mac picked up the sound. and it turned out not bad, so i uploaded it.

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1352546016' post='1864404'] very well done, takes some front to post a video. PS nice bass colour combo....just needs a mirror pickguard!?! my suggestion, get a bit of funk and disco into ya life....can't beat Le Freak as a taster! this guys does a good lesson. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmp6dxDe660&feature=related[/media] [/quote] thanks, i was actually thinking about a black or black crush pearl pickguard. not mirrored though- eugh I love disco and funk basslines. I find that the songs i like have really clean tight grooves! that's why i like RHCP so much, they have a tight groove with intensity and complexity. Yo guys, you can subscribe to me and see more videos in future. and check out my channel too, there are a couple more embarrasing vids up there including quite an old one of me and my mates jamming, and breaking a door...

i find learning grades REALLY BORING! but, they really do help you develop. i would't get too wound up about it, you'll get there

i hope it isn't an inherent problem.... I'm going to use my ashdown head for recording soon. what age is it?

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1352503108' post='1864092'] Nice looking bass! [/quote] [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1352502664' post='1864083'] Good evening, Milty... 'Dark Star' (Grateful Dead, 'Live Dead' album...). Sorry; entirely tongue in cheek; you're doing much, much better than I was at your age ([i]and pretty much as well as me even now..! [/i]). Keep it up lad, and keep the smile, especially... (...[i]but you might like to at least give the track a listen..? [/i]) [/quote] Thanks guys. I shall give the track a listen

[quote name='RussFM' timestamp='1352504836' post='1864115'] They work on my iPad! The RHCP song is good. The Goyte track suffers from a lot of clicking (the string against the pickup? Neck?) that always annoyed me with my Jazz, and a bit of string buzz. Otherwise some nice playing! [/quote] you actually only hear that because the amp was so quite. I have to use the built in mic in my mac atm, and it can't handle much. thankfully i had the sound sorted a bit better for the RHCP tune.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1352537819' post='1864281'] snow patrol - run [/quote] easy peasy i was actually just taught it on guitar, so maybe i'll do 2 covers and merge them together

although for raindance maggie, i was on some fairly strong painkillers, and still in pain. and angry because iMovie f***ed up all my earlier mad-man ramblings about the importance of a good lead!

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1352499571' post='1864033'] ha ha, don't blame ya, I can't seem to play it on this ipad thing, what songs are they? [/quote] yeah, a mate of mine just pointed out that they can't be viewed on mobile devices > The songs are The Adventures o Rain Dance Maggie by Red Hot Chili Peppers (thanks you shift key, take a break now) and Somebody That I Used To Know, by Gotye.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1352499043' post='1864022'] Feeewill by Rush? Ok i'll get me coat [/quote] *cough*............... *tumbleweed* em... no

IT WORKED!!! A-HA! (as alan partridge would say)

yeah, so i recently started doing a few covers on youtube, to pass the time of day really. Don't be too harsh, i know there is nothing great about them, and they even include a few mistakes here and there (oh noes!) (about to embed media. I have doubts in my ability in this) anyway, check it out! look at my lovely refin LPB jazzer! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggHBTXLtIk&feature=plcp"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PggHBTXLtIk&feature=plcp[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtI77-Ni2zg&feature=plcp"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtI77-Ni2zg&feature=plcp[/url] Thanks for looking. Anybody want to suggest a song for me to cover?

reviving this.listening to Paolo Nutini again this afternoon. That bass he plays live really sounds like something else. Nearly like a musicman/jazz bass hybrid!

[quote name='Cumbo' timestamp='1352172354' post='1859704'] Thanks for those who notice the unfortunate typo. Definitely just 2 kids, despite what the 9 / ( mix-up suggested. Also for the record, Mancunian born, but raised in Wales. No sinsister reasons for leaving the country except for the weather. [/quote] what!? that is the most sinister reason! you horrible man! haha, just extracting the Michael

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1352114999' post='1858792'] You missed the point. He expressed he's Irish, and shifted [i][b]eight[/b][/i] kids. That's why he now has to live in FL. Sorry, Cumbo, and welcome to BC. Yes, indeed you're one amongst many as to the bass pause. Welcome back, then. Enjoy the site, join the banter and spread some wisdom. best, bert [/quote] does he say he is irish? i hope not... because shifted means something else on the emerald isle.

don't worry about GAS. sooner or later there is always a GAS explosion Welcome!

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1351904178' post='1856889'] Personally I would be looking for someone who is predominantly a bass teacher,especially if technique is an issue.However if the guitar player in question was the better musician/teacher who knew how to approach the bass in various style,could read and had good knowledge of music then they'd get the recommendation...unless,of course,there was a bass player who could do all of this. [/quote] there isn't a dedicated bass teacher in the lads area, that's why he doesn't get lessons.

I think musical education in schools is a must. and it should be funded better in my view. if there are kids in first year now who are anything like me at all, they should get into music, because that could be their saving grace come exam time. Don't get me wrong, i am not saying they are stupid by any means, just that school isn't the environment they flourish in. sadly, pre-GCSE's, i had no musical ability at all, so i really just did well in science, and scraped through every other subject. that is not the only reason, If a kid hates school, they are going to try and not go, and that's an issue, because they could be causing trouble or get themselves hurt, if you give the child something that they want to turn up for, then they will, and it could be music for a lot of potential mischief makers.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1351889471' post='1856730'] You'd be surprised (or maybe you wouldn't) of the number of guitar teachers who 'play a bit of bass' that don't understand these things. [/quote] I don't think i would be surprised at all, i did say that loads of guitarists only think they can play bass, but then there are the ones who can play bass. Would you not recommend that teacher on the basis that he gets more guitar students than bass students? because that is what it is in essence.

also i would like to add that the point of Themrperson's post was that he had no dedicated bass teachers in his area, so telling him to find a dedicated bass teacher isn't really advice.

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1351885541' post='1856682'] Sorry but i am gonna disagree with this. It should be a lot different getting lessons from someone who is primarily a bass player than someone who is primarily a guitarist. The role of bass in any ensemble/band/group whatever you want to call it is very different to that of a guitar and in some ways the teacher should convey that whole approach throughout the teaching rather than just a few licks that sound good on bass and guitar. You might be lucky but i would think you would be better off finding a decent bass teacher who is also a bass player. [/quote] you can disagree all you like, because somebody learned guitar first doesn't mean that they aren't also as good on bass, or maybe even better. The point is, and we have already established this, music teachers, especially bass teachers, normally play more than just bass, because teaching bass on it's own does not make enough money. my guitar teacher was a drummer for many years before he was a guitarist, that doesn't say anything about his guitar ability at all. I think i know what you are thinking, - "loads of guitarists only think they can play bass" and i agree, but then, loads of guitarists can actually play the bass.