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    For the record label it’s about knowing the market, and being able to identify which artists will succeed in their market. For the artists it’s an amazing amount of good fortune, being in the right place at the right time, and sometimes knowing the right people. Talent doesn’t necessarily come into it. The artist does need to know what they’re going though, and develop the right image etc.
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    U2 have been around for years and years. They haven't always been the height of boring, when they started they were quite exciting. New years day, the Joshua tree etc. Their music was perfect really for stadiums and huge arenas. I guess their audience has aged and mellowed along with their music.
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    Nooooooo! ? Actually whatever in this case. If it starts on C, where do you play it, 3rd fret A or 8th fret E? It would depend on what notes follow. Just a kind of route map, use whatever means you want for it, I’d just write notes on the score in pencil.
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    I’d personally go E-C. I’ve done a lot of arranging and playing of classical pieces. This would fit the range better I think for most pieces. before you start working on a piece, i.e actually playing it. Sit down with a pencil and paper, and map out the best way to approach the piece, fingering and actually where to fret the notes etc.
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    Jeff Berlin’s line to Joe Frazier whilst at university. I don’t particularly like Jeff Berlin, and hated the tune. None of which helped when I was learning it. Did it make me a better player? No, it just intensified my dislike for Jeff Berlin and the tune :).
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    I think I’d prefer a paper version to be honest. It’s battery won’t run down, and the worst that can happen if it falls of it's stand is losing the page.
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    Does this allow you to make notes and changes?
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    I’d rather hear music played well with emotion and feel by a band with little or no, for want of a better phrase....stage presence, than hear music played badly, with mistakes and no emotion by a band that are more preoccupied by what they’re doing on stage or what they look like.
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    Yeah, yeah that’s me. The fretboard is pretty much flat and the strings follow that. So yes, I can only really play the low B and the F strings. It took ages to a) get my bowing technique right, bearing in mind that I’m bowing at such a strange angle, and b) to find just the right areas on the string for the bow to work in a nice way. I’ve got some custom flat wound strings arriving from America one day this week, they’re currently being held up in customs. When they come it should hopefully make bowing like this easier, I’ll be able to slide along the string.
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    Like this
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    I've done a few at Birmingham Rep. I agree, it is brilliant. A friend of mine did Blood brothers for quite a while, I'd sat in with him a few times, that's what got me wanting to do it. That experience served me well when I finally got asked. I agree with the poster about a volume pedal, it's incredibly useful. Stands and lights were supplied, as were headphones. There were TV monitors scattered around the pit area, so that we could see what was going on.
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    “It means all the extra stuff. You know, give me a frank with all the Hazarai.” At least according to this: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/one-with-everything-the-story-of-the-stereo-memory-man-with-hazarai-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlWl2XfzlgM
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    With my solo bass gigs it’s just me. I toyed with the idea of using film as a back drop. I make my own films to fit my music, but decided a projector was too much else to carry around. There’s no show as such, and very little conversation, just a thank you at the end. People coming along mostly know what to expect. I get people sitting quietly, eyes closed, I’ve had people meditate too, that started at a gig I did in Paris in April. That was great because I realised that people had finally started to understand what I do.
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    The freeze isn’t for sale, sorry.
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    My F
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    Sold
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    Excellent, thanks
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    Bump and some price drops. All of these pedals are in excellent condition, having been bought new back in the Autumn.
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    It's a little annoying that when you reply to a thread, you're automatically following that thread, you have to opt out of it. I'd prefer it if you had to opt in instead.
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    Mocha.......

    ambient replied to Creeper's topic in Bass Guitars

    Hmmm, not the mocha I thought
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    That's nice
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    I think he's a very talented bassist. He was a jazz bassist I believe. That's how come he plays upright and bass guitar. He also sings incredibly well too, at the same time as playing bass.
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    Bump and price drop. This included a PJB gig bag.
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    I love John Williams's playing. I mentioned female composers earlier. It's only very recently that it was considered 'suitable' for women to make a career in composition. Mendelssohn's sister was a very accomplished composer, but she had to publish under her brother's name. Similar to authors of the period.
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    That's an unusual tuning. I have mine B-F.
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