ambient

If you go for the gun case then be careful at train stations 😊.

You see the same on here though. There's a particular bass that's for sale at the moment, if you search through the sales adverts you'll see its been sold a couple of times before, (or one has that looks very, very similar), for a lot, lot less. Probably why it's still for sale.

It works fine on my iphone.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1450966703' post='2937461'] Trad? Never! Just conjures up images of cardigans, Brylcreem and Hush Puppies. Dixieland, with the likes of Kid Ory and King Oliver, every time. [/quote] I kind of thought that Trad was Dixieland, or at least the English take on it ? Either is fine by me. I'll happily play 'When the saints go marching in', over 'Summer of 69' or 'Sex on fire' .

It's certainly an awkward, and potentially an unpleasant situation. Personally, I'm pretty rubbish at this sort of thing, I prefer to just play for bands, rather than joining them. I would absolutely hate to be sax number 1, and find that I'm out of the band. He obviously seems to enjoy it, even though he has other things on. It seems to me at least, that the band isn't really a 'serious' thing, though I may be wrong. So could it not be more of a collective of musicians rather than a band ? So whoever can make it to a rehearsal or gig does, and if they can't, then they can't. The 2 saxes can work things out between them, as to who plays what, and when. It is Christmas too .

[quote name='AinsleyWalker' timestamp='1450987513' post='2937710'] Either I'm looking at the wrong thing but Session 1 includes two files. One is sheet music and one is a track... The whole point is that I can't read yet, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to progress from there... [/quote] Lessons are a good idea. I good teacher should have a few different ways to explain something. It needn't be a bass teacher, I learned loads at uni from guys who were primarily pianists.

I played a few trad jazz gigs a couple of years ago. They were actually quite good fun.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1450817344' post='2936199'] [url="https://www.instagram.com/p/979Ec4kbhH/"]https://www.instagra...m/p/979Ec4kbhH/[/url] [/quote] That's quite a nice one. Some try too hard to be 'different', and fail quite miserably.

There are lots of very ugly ones out there. Some look very, very strange.The only ones I like are the Fodera models.

What has going to grammar school got to do with being working class or otherwise ? I wouldn't personally describe McCartney as having had a middle class upbringing.

I don't write songs, only music. I also don't use real titles any more, but when I did, I used to use titles that the music reminded me of. One piece the melody seemed to be saying 'Such a lonely place', so that was the title. Sometimes I'd name them after what my influence for the track was. I did a piece last year, the idea came to me while sheltering from a storm, I called it 'A moment of peace, after the rain'. Others have been quotes from books that I've been reading, words that I've seen while travelling around.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1450703614' post='2934971'] Like other things some will always achieve their potential much quicker than others. Graham Gouldman was writing hits for other people when he was in his teens. Lennon & McCartney had a bit of an apprenticeship but still can't have been at it for all that long by the time they were knocking out stuff that topped the charts then and is still covered to this day. Sorry I'm derailing the thread a little here. I think I listed my xmas faves around this time last year anyway... [/quote] It's a derailment but an interesting one 😊.

Interesting to see others with similar DIY skills to myself 😊.

Unusually not featuring any bass whatsoever . The three tracks here are mostly synth based, with some treated electric guitar, and the odd bit of violin and cello. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient3"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient3[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient2"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient2[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient1"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/ambient1[/url]

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1450466839' post='2933189'] Sorry, but I agree with BigRedX. It's a skill you can learn, like anything else. How good, really depends on much work you put in. Granted, some are better than others and learn quicker, reach greater heights etc. An awful lot of Film, TV and Media composers learn their art in collages and university. That goes for pop writing and Classical as well. Plenty of top writers over the past, who have not, of course, it was just plain hard work and practise and maybe for some, it is a thing that comes easy to them. But defiantly, it's there to be learned. Hundreds of these places exist around the world, and have done for a couple of hundred years. [url="http://www.rcm.ac.uk/composition/compositionforscreen/"]http://www.rcm.ac.uk...itionforscreen/[/url] [/quote] I totally agree. The university that I studied at for my BMus did a BA in songwriting. Hearing the evolution of the guys on that course is proof to me at least that it can be taught. That's not to say that there aren't individuals blessed with natural ability and talent, because there undoubtably is.

Try experimenting with the gain levels. The 2i2 is already a preamp, so it may just be the fact you're plugging a preamp into a preamp ? There's a very long thread that started a year or so ago here - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230948-ios-for-the-gigging-bassist/page__st__270__p__2911852__hl__ios__fromsearch__1#entry2911852"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230948-ios-for-the-gigging-bassist/page__st__270__p__2911852__hl__ios__fromsearch__1#entry2911852[/url]. Put your feet up and have a read through, it may answer some of your questions.

I was talking to a guy last week, he does a similar thing, using Ableton. You should just be able to use your 2i2. There's a guy on here with the user name Urb. Maybe message him ? I'm friends with him on Facebook, he's friends in real life with Matt Garrison. He was at the gig, and posted photos on Facebook. I'm sure he'll be able to tell you what the set-up was. In fact I'm pretty certain that he does a similar thing himself.

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1450390686' post='2932415'] I wonder how much cash Noddy Holder has made from Merry Xmas?..yeah we all hate it but its still an immense tune... I quite like the Mariah Carey tune with that beautifully played plodding bass... +1 on everything else that's been mentioned. [/quote] My brother was saying yesterday that he read that Roy Wood earns something like £30k every Christmas from 'I wish it could be Christmas'.