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[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1373030250' post='2132981'] I think it looks f*****g weird watching a band with no amps[/quote] I know what you mean, it kinda reminds me of the Stonehenge scene, when looking at a lonely little POD on the floor. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAXzzHM8zLw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAXzzHM8zLw[/url] Garry

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1373038004' post='2133105'] I like New York. It's big, brash and loud. It's edgy. It's tribal. It's relentless. You can end up somewhere you didn't expect... and like it. I thank you! [/quote] I agree.... Good stuff dude, and great sounds again.....Like it. I might go down the classic 70's Studio 54 New York vibe route, bright lights and all that stuff. Well Nile Rodgers seems to be the man of the moment.... Garry

Any one remember lugging these about with a P or a Jazz? And taking out the passenger front seat to get it all in.... [size=4] [/size] [size=4][URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/826/hqa4.jpg/][IMG]http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1622/hqa4.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/size] [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/9jm4.jpg/][IMG]http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3882/9jm4.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1372859085' post='2130788'] I'm a decent player, I can write, play other instruments to a good standard, and I've got good ears. I don't know much theory and I don't read music well, but I thought my ears and experience compensated for those lackings. I play with some great musicians in amateur and professional bands. I've been playing for 30+ years. I really thought I knew some sh*t about music and playing bass. But having started taking lessons from Jake, I have had my brain fragmented, and we are in the process of putting it back together to create a new improved mass of grey sh*t in my bonce. I've realised that my lack of confidence was compensated for with a certain vanity, and a bunch of excuses. The fact is, I'm feeling like a musical baby now, starting with the very basics of music theory and building towards a proper understanding of my fretboard and harmony. I've imparted a fair bit of 'wisdom' on this forum about playing bass over the last few years, but looking back, most of it is utter bullshit, rubbish, imparted from a position of blind ignorance and sheer laziness, and a lack of ability to perceive the benefits of learning music theory and notation. I think I'm beginning to understand now. I feel like I have wasted decades f***ing and fiddling around, trying to unlock the fretboard through pattern recognition and reading crap out of various books without understanding why. I could have spent a little money on a tutor, and some focused time and energy, and saved years of aimless pissing twattery. I'd be a helluva lot better now if I'd have done that, and I'd have talked a lot less f***ing bollocks on here. [/quote] Good news....That means you won't be spouting any more of that "Hippy Bollox"........... Bad news......Instead it will be "Jazz Bollox"............. But with good news.... hopefully all the bollox will have a Coda and Fine....rather than just a round & round until fade bollox. Good luck with it all.. Garry

If they are as cheap as owt, buy another... You would have a nice pair of Nads then. Garry

Not so important for me. [size=4]Tune,[/size][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4] Harmony and Rhythm seems to hit the spot for me.[/size][/font][/color] However punters are lost with out them..... Can you play "Giant Steps"... you know...that Sting song. Or " Go on now go"...... And the most bizarre one I ever heard asked for [at a wedding].....'cause it took so long to bake it. [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Garry[/size]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1372672342' post='2128261'] Ok, here's the image for July as chosen by Mike (urb)... That should spark a few ideas! Great picture Charic will launch the 'official' July thread later on... [/quote] What's the picture then ? Looks like an opening shot for a 70's Disco theme. Hand bags, flares, stack boots, Durex machines and top floor exclusive clubs.................... [size=4]Break out the Strats !![/size] [size=4]Garry[/size]

Actually I think it should be 'Well done Skoll & Urb'.... [Not forgetting the other two of course] [i]So...[/i] well done you two [or 4?] - great track and nicely put together, It's not easy putting things together over the Internet..... Garry

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1372625783' post='2127912'] I have no idea who the bassist was[/quote] Daryll 'The Munch' Jones. He used to get around a bit.... Sting...with one of his popular beat combos. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfIAhe_rj2U[/media] Miles...with another popular beat combo. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnhhHOzOAeo[/media] [size=4]Garry[/size]

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1372622808' post='2127843'] [size=4]The Stones have been doing the same old things for decades, rehash after rehash after rehash. It's a job. The same old job, doing the same old things. If they've been deveioping musically, it's not as The Stones. Hey ho ...[/size] [/quote] Regarding the Musical side of the Stones.......That's about it in a nutshell really.

Just watched it. Seemed to be monitoring problems - or hearing aid problems. Awful Intonation and tuning going on. DJ was solid, and him and Charlie kept it all together [Just] But I Suppose in true Stones fashion, they gave them what they wanted, the business of show [And they are great at that] The old gits know how to entertain. Garry

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1372518966' post='2126737'] [size=4][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1APFyc_QtQ[/media][/size] [/quote] You can tell he is not well there, very lethargic... I have the CD of that video, and the Bass sounds great all the way through, in fact the whole show does. Garry

Just heard it this morning, on my TV the Bass was pumping through, loads of bottom end, and crisp highs.... He was over playing the up slides and shakes a bit - but hey, it was top live entertainment and fun. Nile Rodgers was terrific..!! Great show all round. Garry

I wish - Stevie. For The Love Of Money - O'Jays

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1372419864' post='2125511'] but boy are there some gems in his catalogue. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM2cdtU2qTg[/media] [/quote] I know there is, erm... the strange side to him, but you are right, some gems. Your video post, being a great example Garry

[quote name='steve' timestamp='1372430369' post='2125698'] [size=4]erm, I [/size][i]do [/i][size=4]get to wear the trousers tho' don't I?? [/size] [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Oh dear,,,,There you have it, we are up sh*t strasse before we have even started..... [size=4] [/size] [size=4]Garry[/size]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1372428728' post='2125673'] the only aspect of the collaboration that was difficult to coordinate within the timeframe we had. [/quote] That's always the problem, different interpretations, but saying that, for the music side of your collaboration, it worked [very well] Good stuff. Garry

A nice bunch of interesting and diverse stuff this month. Some hit the picture theme really well, some are close and a couple off to the left a bit. [IMO of course] None the less, still a good crop of material and I listened to them all a couple of times each. Great work, and well done all round folks. Bilbo's I like, but it could do with some humanising, articulations, to bring it to life. It sounds a bit like it's all written in Notation [and nothing wrong with that - It's a technique that is used a lot] But it is bang on the grid - PRV is your best friend for this, you can pencil in the mod #cc's for the string swells and vib etc, along with PP's & FF'S etc, but like you said above, it's very much a time thing. Like the melodies. Urb/Skol's track, I like very, very much, and a great team input all round [Vocals, Bass, Production are all great] but it don't seem to sit with the picture for me. Steve's track, I thought could do with something towards the end, just to give it a slight lift, maybe some kind of light Ethnic Percussion - but that is just my taste. Lovely melody and harmonic changes, very musical, and eerie in places, a feeling of openness and calmness, a proper ending, a closure [size=4]and hits the picture spot on and sets a great scene.[/size] Steve gets my vote. So Steve will you marry me then ? ....... I kept my side of the bargain. Again - just my take on it all. [size=4]Garry[/size]

For those folks that are not aware, VI Control is a gold mine of great info regarding all stuff related to this thread - Recording at home, Software, MIDI, Composing, back slapping [[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4] [/size][/font][/color]B[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]leeding Ada ][/size][/font][/color] I have found it very useful over the years, and there are some very helpful Musicians hanging out. [url="http://www.vi-control.net/"]http://www.vi-control.net/[/url] Going to have another listen to all the tracks tomorrow, then try and vote then. Garry

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1372167775' post='2122385'] Although I'm a reasonably decent player with a pretty good ear and musical imagination, I'm self taught, and over the past few months I've felt ready to make some commitment to learning theory, some notation, and generally being able to understand music much better so I can develop my musical imagination and translate it to my bass (and guitar for that matter) better and quicker. I had a lesson with Jake over two years ago but didn't feel able to make a suitable level of commitment at that time. He kinda blew me away with his intense level of insight, knowledge, experience, and his general philosophy and attitude to music and learning. He also said something to me at the end which both scared the sh*t out of me and hugely inspired me at the same time - Jake was singing and playing the exact things he was singing, improvising, I thought 'I can do a bit of that!' and so I did. What Jake said next was a revelation for me, he said 'the difference is that I'm playing what I'm singing, what you're doing is singing what you are playing.' And he was dead right. Finally, I have found the confidence and commitment to start learning how play what I'm singing, to start learning to be at one with my instrument. I'm under no illusion about how long this will take. So I had a very reassuring chat with Jake a couple of weeks ago and got a lesson scheduled. I was full of ideas and preconceptions last night, I was vague and unsure what I needed, or wanted, to learn but I had some ideas. We talked, and played, and discussed, and Jake put up with all my yap. Jake has highly penetrating insight into the needs of a student, having taught so many. After an hour of chit chat, he made sense of my rambling unformed thoughts and preconceptions of my own abilities. He assessed my knowledge and technique (thankfully my technique is generally fine), then Jake showed me some things he can do that made me go 'THAT'S WHAT I NEED!!' So after a bit more talk and playing, he gave me my homework and I have taken my first step on the path to understanding. I won't give away what he's set me but it involves all keys, but after half an hour of doing a little bit after he left, it's like a light has turned on and I can't believe I hadn't spotted the pattern before, it's already unlocked a big chunk of fingerboard, and that's just the very beginning, I will be having two hours with Jake every month or so. Anyway, I have a lot of work to do, and there is that mountain to start climbing, but that mountain looks so bright and beautiful now (not that massive, dark, impenetrable mass it was before), and I know that when I reach the summit, another mountain will appear It's all very exciting! Thanks Jake! [/quote] A nice read and a good post that. I think it's a really good long time investment hiring a good tutor [In this case Jake - who always talks accurate and easily digested info down in the BC theory basement] It can also save you loads of Gas dosh in search of the holy grail of sounds, thinking it's going to make you play better when in fact it can be hidden in side you waiting to be unlocked. The approach of playing what you are singing was pointed out to me some time ago [years really] and it did so much for my playing and my ears - I still sing like an Elephant, but i have got the Elephant ears. [And more than likely play like one as well] Good luck with it all. EDIT - One other thing, why is 'Tutors Available' tucked away, right down at Orchestra Pit level........................... with........ 'sell anything'.... Garry

Long shot. What Audio Interface are you using ? Sometimes if the Audio settings have changed, this error can come up. Try hitting 'N' on start up of ProTools, and check your Audio settings. Garry

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1372011218' post='2120643'] I keep losing mine. [/quote] Know the feeling mate - Well it's on-line forever.... Which is great...... until you lose you PC ! Garry

My take on the picture for this month. [url="http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/its-chilly-in-chile"]http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/its-chilly-in-chile[/url] Garry

Useful Interactive Frequency Chart. [url="http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm"]http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm[/url] Garry

Rock With You [Great Bass as well - Great everything really] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k141CtH7JFw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k141CtH7JFw[/url] Garry