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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1481133906' post='3189966'] I heard the horse and cart's making a comeback too [/quote] What about some Fanny by Gaslight?

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1481047042' post='3189320'] Our fee would have been £15 and, we'd hired the van [/quote]

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1481039751' post='3189227'] First time was the first gig ([b]The Mildmay Tavern[/b] in North London, due to us refusing to play "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner" which was apparently the traditional last orders number for the venue. [/quote] I know that place. Late 70's, I used to dep there quite a lot during the week. Backing visiting 'Crooners' and 'Barbra Streisand' wannabes. "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner" and "The Lambeth Walk" were certainly the end of the evening knees ups. Sorry about the money loss. Always a tricky one to deal with.

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1481042312' post='3189263'] "So having obtained the regular and required permissions and permits to use the headline act's bass amplification contraption you did both adjust the settings with disregard and also did place your pint of ale precariously on the upper surface without due care and attention?" [/quote] Whoever said that, must be a Woodwind player. Because it was spoken with circular breathing.

"So, boy, you played a bass solo for a bit of a laugh?"

"Xmas toons....Christmas toons.... Maybe have some soppy ones for a valentines show? Haha??" Sounds like a piss taker to me.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1480949951' post='3188300'] We played a wedding in Richmond park a few years ago. After the first set we went outside for some fresh air. Came back to find a "new" band posing for photos. The had asked the singer and he said it was ok (without tell us) but the rest of us all had different reactions. My guitarist hit the roof and was almost crying that soemone had his guitar, my drummer got the hump because soemone had adjusted his cymbals, and i grabbed my camera and thought it was a great photo opportunity lol. Bride, groom and Best man [url="https://flic.kr/p/cptj6C"][/url] [url="https://flic.kr/p/cptj6C"]Janine rocking out[/url] by [url="https://www.flickr.com/photos/davebass5/"]Dave Pearce[/url], on Flickr On a much more serious note, the worst audiences we have played to are your farmers. These dickheads think they won you and your gear while you are there and dont hesitate to rearrange anything they, and their small minded drunk mates can think off. We had one twat try and walk down the venue carrying one of our PA speakers DURING a gig, because he thought it would be a great laugh putting it on his table. [/quote] The Bride looks like she has a decent left hand technique. Thumb behind the neck, no bunch of bananas there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is665CtmBUc&list=PLB20DFCBC095DFA10&index=8

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1480946871' post='3188270'] No, I think there are people out there who are a lot further.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgmRzvQV6eQ [/quote] He just did that for a bet.

Larry Graham is about as far away from 80's pop as you can get.Thankfully.

[quote name='Kevin Glasgow' timestamp='1477308710' post='3161217'] Hi folks, here's another wee solo video. This time it's Dizzy Gillespie's Woody 'n' You. Hope you enjoy it! [media]http://youtu.be/P66VleSe1v0[/media] Cheers, Kev [/quote] Very nice , Kevin (as usual)

[quote name='Ukrobbiej' timestamp='1480804905' post='3187292'] Thank you everybody. I recorded it using a stereo pair of Rode NT55s, purely acoustically. Recorded into iMovie. I've recorded a couple of other solo pieces, including this arrangement of Star of County Down, a tune I have always loved, and have arranged in a variety of ways. Here it is in my recent solo bass arrangement [media]http://youtu.be/D41AtOL0pnw[/media] I don't know how you embed videos on here. Can anyone help me out? Anyway, high time I introduced myself and my bass, which I shall do so in another thread. Thanks again, Robbie [/quote] Nice arrangement and very well played.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1480797554' post='3187255'] I think that drums are the main idiot magnets. [/quote] [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1480845094' post='3187425'] I'm not sure that I should be excluded from the category, now you come to mention it. [/quote] Indeed. Although, it doesn't really say much about the Musicians who congregate around them on a gig.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1480768481' post='3186987'] bloody hell we'd get f*** all, 95% of our gigs are free entry [/quote] I wouldn't knock it. Some on Basschat would bite yer hand off to work for f*** All.

Do 'Down To The Bone' ever have any regular players ?...

Do you really need to do options 2) and 3) ? I just normally copy the address from the address bar at YouTube. Or copy the Link from the You Tube Video. Go to the reply 'Post', not 'More Reply Options. Paste, delete the 's' and all is done.

Jacob Collier, I know, not to everyones taste. But If you like you Transcriptions tight, accurate and on the money, It don't get any better than this. A Keyboard player named 'June Lee', sure has put some hard work into taking it down. [i][size=4][color=#666666][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]"Time spent transcribing = 75 hours[/font][/color] [color=#666666][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Brain = Fried[/font][/color] [color=#666666][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Still loved every minute of it though. I hope you enjoy my transcription of [/font][/color][url="https://www.facebook.com/JCollierMusic/"]Jacob Collier[/url][color=#666666][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]'s arrangement of a Ge[/font][/color][/size][/i][i][size=4][color=#666666][font=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]rshwin standard "Fascinating Rhythm"! [/font][/color][/size][/i] Scrolling score and track. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vuk1VJLMgo More on his YouTube page, along with a wealth of videos on Theory and Harmony. Very cool stuff. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/war3gate/videos"]https://www.youtube.c...war3gate/videos[/url]

It seems the Brothers could see into the future. "The Louvin Brothers recorded "Wreck On The Highway" way back when. Interestingly, Ira Louvin died in an auto accident near Williamsburg, Missouri on June 20, 1965. Interstate 70 was being built at the time. Ira, his fourth wife Anne Young and another couple were on their way home from a performance in Kansas City when they came to a section of construction on Interstate 70 outside of Williamsburg where traffic had been reduced down to one lane. A drunken driver struck their car head-on. Ira, Anne and the other couple were tragically killed. Ira was aged 41 at the time of his death." http://youtu.be/vTJ-rBjpE4o

I used to like pop music, but all of a sudden, I now like Country & Western Music. That was a Spur of the moment decision as well.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1480590649' post='3185639'] Great idea. Shall have a think about a major Moondance revamp...... [/quote] Should be interesting. Covering a Minor Moondance, with a Major Moondance. Or have I given the game away ?

Voted - Well done all.

Depends which gig(s) and artists one goes to watch. I have been to Ronnie Scott's several times this year, along with the Jazz Cafe etc. Granted, all major name players, but plenty of superb slap chops on display with immense groove. YouTube and Trade Shows/Music shows do tend to bring out the wannabe basket cases. If that is the only context a person sees and hears the technique, sure, some pretty horrible nonsense on show.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1480433438' post='3184361'] Ah yes... the annoying fill that 99% of bass players do an awful job of playing. [/quote] Ah yes...The dep spends the whole number trying to get that phrase right, only to find that there is a different one in the last chorus...

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1480433957' post='3184365'] I'm going to stop commenting before I get myself into "Hot Water"....... I'll get my coat. [/quote] That's embarrassing and the sort of drivel that comes out of the mouth of a teenager. It reminds me very much of my 'School Days'. I will leave you to get your own coat.

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1480426466' post='3184264'] Then I realised that unless you're Marcus Miller it's not much more than a party trick in my opinion. S [/quote] A bit more than a party trick for a working freelance player. If you don't dep, fine. If you do, be prepared to run into the likes of 'Car Wash', 'Somebody Else's Guy'. If you don't slap then you should hide, or be prepared to 'Run for Cover'.