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A Daw's a Daw...... But i can't live with out Kontakt 4. Garry

"A morning to kill in London" And the choice of weapon would be ? Garry

[quote name='davey_one_visits' post='1241453' date='May 23 2011, 12:27 PM']Has anyone ever worked on one? Did you have a positive experience? What kind of music did you play? What skills do you require? i.e sight reading How often did you work? Did it pay well?[/quote] Quite a few in the past. Ranging from two weeks to six months. Great experience [for me] Toured the world and met Musicians from all over the world. Every thing from Disco/Pop/Jazz through to working in the Pit for shows & turns. Reading & busking skills [knowing plenty of tunes] Worked nearly every night - getting the odd night off in ports that had over night stays. The P&O cruises at that time payed very well - it was MU contracted, so you were paid extra on top of your wages if you went over hours... IE extra show rehearsals, extra performances etc + plus you got holiday pay. Not every ones cup of tea, i was in my very early 20's and straight out of Music collage, so i was up for it. I also did a couple for American companies out of Miami and just going around the Caribbean - that was fantastic. Hours you work depend on the gig you do - if you are in one of the Bar trio/bands you can be working day times as well as the evening. Different companies all have different schedules for the Musos - and the dosh can go from good to terrible. [board, food and flights included of course] For me it got my chops & ears together - but for some they just drank till they dropped, everything passed them by, Then spent the rest of their lives moaning how crap cruises are. If you get a chance - at least try it once. Garry

[quote name='risingson' post='1213326' date='Apr 27 2011, 11:26 PM']Only slight issue I'm finding (unless I'm being particularly stupid which isn't unlikely) is that I can't find a usable swing setting in the loop groups and I'm wanting to jam over some Charlie Parker chords and playing Parker straight is making me feel a bit dirty. Still it's a really nice resource![/quote] If you have Logic - plenty of decent free Jazz midi files out there on de net. Just drag them straight into Logic and off you go. Assuming you have some decent sounds... here is a start. [url="http://midkar.com/jazz/jazz_01.html"]http://midkar.com/jazz/jazz_01.html[/url] Garry

Best is a matter of opinion But one of the most played & heard - and known by the plumbers, Bus drivers and burger workers has to be..... Garry

[quote name='4 candles' post='1239825' date='May 21 2011, 11:48 PM']Dont waste your time, stop in the warm of greece and enjoy some good food,sunshine and sea[/quote] Perhaps the constant diet of 5/8, 7/8, 9/8, and 11/8 Bouzouki music with a daily routine Of plate smashing thrown in is getting him down. [Assuming he is from the Greek side of course] Otherwise it might be Oud's and strong Turk Kahvesi getting him down. Garry

Touch typing in the dark while sitting on a rubber ball helps your Bass playing. Garry

We meet again Paul....... Both Wal-Less. I can recommend Paul folks..... Garry

[quote name='slobluesine' post='1237925' date='May 20 2011, 11:08 AM']just what i was after, thx all[/quote] 38 posts and you got there. Good luck. Garry

Hey man, just had a listen - great stuff. Garry

Or a trio with no drums....[not essential of course - but a nice bit of fun] Oscar, Ray, Neils. 'You look good to me' Garry

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1235767' date='May 18 2011, 02:35 PM']As for actually uploading the files... if you're a Hotmail user, you already have a Windows Live account that gives access to SkyDrive & 25GB of free online storage. If, however, you detest all things Micro$oft, there's a free service called Dropbox that gives around 2GB free (it's kind of like Imageshack or Photobucket but for any file type). PM me if you want to go for the Dropbox option, as it's mutually beneficial if done via personal recommendation.[/quote] I believe you can just upload the Mp3 as an attachment from your desktop or Hard drive or whatever in your post. Garry

[quote name='Doddy' post='1234251' date='May 17 2011, 01:21 PM']It's on these kind of gigs where I find 3 things to be really important. Firstly,knowing[i] a lot[/i] of tunes,and secondly/thirdly-having a good ear and having a solid grounding in theory. Sure,you can get by with your ear alone but if you can preemp the changes and understand various common progressions(I'm not just talking about just root notes,I mean the full chords or at the least major/minor) then it will be much easier than watching the guitarists hand or that split second in the first verse where you are listening for the chord before you play it.[/quote] +1. Having the usual Bass lines under your belt as well... Like the Stevie Wonder lines, Disco Inferno etc...etc... The rest of it is just all buskable chords. Knowing all the Sinatra/show tunes and likes always comes in handy when the brides dad wants to get up and sing 'That old black magic' or 'Fly me to the moon' ...yer it does happen. If you have [b]good relevant pitch[/b], you should get through any 'Busking' gig. As for people putting in extra solos and drawing out last chorus etc - i can't see the problem with that, unless you have spent hours huddled around your CD player learning it parrot fashion. Who wants to do that? Its all about listening, not just the tunes, but what every one is doing. Some of the biggest train crashes i have heard have been on reading gigs... There are a couple of Functions bands i dep in that seem to have different players & singers every time i turn up. A combination of reading & busking - everybody seems to do the job without any problems. Otherwise they would not have been booked i suppose. Garry

[quote name='Cyprusbass92' post='1234401' date='May 17 2011, 03:07 PM']Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone of you knows which of this colleges/universities is best to study bass to but also have a good and recognizable bachelor. Here are my choices: Brunel University London College of Music London Center of Contemporary Music Institute of Contemporary Music Performance and Goldsmiths University Note that i want a course that is not oriented only to bass practice but also in composition and harmony[/quote] Is it just UK only you are after? A world wide list here possibly worth looking into. [url="http://www2.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/institutes.html#Germany"]http://www2.siba.fi/Kulttuuripalvelut/inst...es.html#Germany[/url] Have you investigated Berklee? Garry

Great site for understanding Arabic scales & Rhythms. So if you want to put something exotic into your compositions give it a go. [url="http://www.maqamworld.com/"]http://www.maqamworld.com/[/url] Garry

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='1232499' date='May 15 2011, 10:01 PM']Pretty cool, IMO. I know I've been stumped a few times and always felt a right noob not knowing what was going on. I know there will be times that this will be invaluable.[/quote] Just been having another look, really in depth stuff going on there. Garry

Some might find this useful, Some might find it complete Tom Tit. On line Music dictionary. [url="http://www.dolmetsch.com/defso.htm"]http://www.dolmetsch.com/defso.htm[/url]

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1230904' date='May 14 2011, 01:06 PM']Absolutely [/quote] I know that in Finale it is a pig to get 6/4 to tie dotted sixteen notes. Perhaps a Cuban version of Finale might do it easily enough.. Garry

[quote name='phil625sxc' post='1230909' date='May 14 2011, 01:15 PM']here's the chart I'm working from - enjoy ! [attachment=79870:Not_Yet___016_Bass.pdf][/quote] Thats the [written] version that i have noticed seems to pop up - Thanks for the chart Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1230890' date='May 14 2011, 12:38 PM']I always hate chipping in because it's so hard not to sound snotty.... BUT the rhythm you have used in the 6 4 bars is not what is on the version I have, and even if it were, as a reader I hate it when people write dotted quavers across a stem line, it's really easy to lose a sense of one when you can't see the the beginning of the beat, so I regard joining quavers with dots rather tan ties the cheapest way to write and the most expensive way to read. I'll post my version in a bit. Otherwise great tho.[/quote] To be fair Jake - sometimes its down to the Score software [and if he is new to that programme] But otherwise i agree with you... Always better on the eyes if you use dotted quavers and tied semi quavers across the beat. No need to make something hard even harder. Thanks Michel for the part. Garry

Here is the long version with the refrain at the start. Written straight out - IE no key signature. Its in the written key F minor [Ab] Watch out for the key change at the chorus. [attachment=79698:STREET_L...Bass_Gtr.pdf] Garry

Prat Bass.... Garry

[quote name='wal4string' post='1154115' date='Mar 8 2011, 06:22 PM']Hi guys the site link is no longer available. I like others are still searching for a good transcription of "Do I Do" so if anyone has it please can you post. Many Thanks Managed to find the moved site, its now [url="http://www.arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/"]http://www.arcellussykesmusic.com/index.php?/transcriptions/[/url] some great transcriptions there. But the transcription is the same as I have seen before, still looking for the Bass Player June 2010 version. Can't even seem to buy a back issue.[/quote] Thanks for the link - some interesting stuff there. Garry

[quote name='chris_b' post='1226054' date='May 10 2011, 12:24 PM']Tell that to Slam Stewart, Ray Brown and Charlie Mingus![/quote] +1 Garry

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='1225974' date='May 10 2011, 11:08 AM']Bass solos are dull[/quote] I usually find its the Bassist soloing that is dull, not the actual solo aspect of it. Bassists by nature seem to be un melodic, and are not lyrical in their approach. [Not all of course] They tend to play everything in scale form , going up and down as fast as they can because it possibly falls under the fingers. Using larger intervals seems to pass them by, of course this might be because cross string playing can be harder to achieve in a fluent way on the Bass. A bass player winging a solo [mainly because they don't know what they are doing, or why they are doing it] is no different to bad guitar solos, Bad horn solos - or even worse the likes of Nigel Kennedy straying from their classical environment and having a go at improvising. So its possibly not the type/what Instrument - but the player who spews out a bad solo. Some people just seem to be more melodic than others when pulling off a solo [any instrument] Not to say you can not learn to be melodic - and a lot of players do learn over time. Garry