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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='584626' date='Aug 29 2009, 05:18 PM']Did someone get upset?[/quote] Yep someone did... 'Fox Mulder and Dana Scully' They thought they was onto something. Until Ed pulled his original post, It was out there man. Garry

[quote name='steve-soar' post='584474' date='Aug 29 2009, 01:46 PM']?[/quote] I will add another one to that. ?? Garry

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='240241' date='Jul 15 2008, 05:42 PM']this of any use as to what it is like, also completely nuts [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzmyTn_PfE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzmyTn_PfE[/url][/quote] Jesus! Those dudes are way out there. Good stuff. Garry

This sounds interesting Lefty. Can you put me on the list. Garry

[b]Publication Date May 2011 [/b] By then there will be Tribute bands doing Tributes to Tribute bands. Garry

[quote name='51m0n' post='581545' date='Aug 26 2009, 04:10 PM']Thought I already said that?? Now you're repeating me. Maybe... Or not?[/quote] Steady, That could be considered a.... D.S. al Coda... Or a bit like these Sight reading topics.... DS and where the F**ks the Coda! Amusing reading, please dont lock the post. Garry

[quote name='iamapirate' post='580370' date='Aug 25 2009, 04:09 PM']Not me - was playing a wedding down in Eastbourne! [/quote] Eastbourne Thats a lot of Zimmer frames in one building! Not guilty. Garry

Playing a MM4 Bass. And it sounds just like... Erm...Marcus Miller. Its all in the Fingers. Yep and sure is in the pocket. Garry

[quote name='bubinga5' post='579322' date='Aug 24 2009, 06:06 PM']ironically im betting that not that many people know that they produced Sister Sledge's We are Family..[/quote] And they played on the track [amongst others] Garry

[quote name='alexclaber' post='579122' date='Aug 24 2009, 02:48 PM']Isn't that because this is about sounds? Great player though. Alex[/quote] Victors sound on this does it for me [ solo takes off after about 00:23] But then we all have our own taste. Garry

Guy Pratt on this - Good Throaty sound. Bit of a Uncle Sam recruitment tune. But none the less, good Solid Bass playing. Oh and anything Marcus and AJ. Garry

[quote name='bluesparky' post='577217' date='Aug 21 2009, 11:42 PM']i also first learnt to read and enjoy music by playing trumpet too, i reached grade 6 before i realised 4 strings were more [b]fun than 3 valves.[/b] I'm crap at advice really![/quote] 3 valves, you were lucky. I had to put up with my mother shouting at me because i kept dropping an oiled up slide all over her cream carpet! Garry

[quote name='JTUK' post='577115' date='Aug 21 2009, 08:57 PM']Not arguing against reading gigs...done plenty of them, thanks. maybe you should read my post again if you think I am advocating reading as not required for a jobbing bassist/musician[/quote] Just putting the other side across.Not having a go. Also i think relevant pitch is just as useful as perfect pitch for busking. Garry

[quote name='jamiejames' post='576726' date='Aug 21 2009, 02:49 PM']is it the last refuge for old musos?[/quote] What like the Rolling Stones doing... Erm..'Take That' Garry

[quote name='JTUK' post='576700' date='Aug 21 2009, 02:31 PM']I know plenty or Pit guys who read VERY well...[b]but you wouldn't have them anywhere near a busking gig[/b]..and I am not joking.. and I know a few guys who haven't a clue what notes they are playing..they just have perefct pitch and really know their way around the guitar.[/quote] Possibly true... But i know of a lot of guys who do both really well... And guess what... They work alot. I dont think it hurts to read... If you do not see yourself going down the road where you are required to read, It can help you in the practise or need to learn quick world. Garry

[quote name='dlloyd' post='574721' date='Aug 19 2009, 08:50 PM']Carl Perkins [/quote] Good call, i loved the Carl Perkins thing. Garry

[quote name='WHUFC BASS' post='575305' date='Aug 20 2009, 11:24 AM']why do all rock-a-billy songs start off with the word..... WEEEEeellllll.... ??[/quote] Not sure why they all did, But i know why one did.. to indicate the start of impromptu foot races. [ or might have been horse races - who knows] WEEEEeellllll...............[echo and Reverb].........[echo and reverb].......[and more]....[and more more more].............. One for the money, Two for the show, Three to get ready And four to go. I read that somewhere Garry

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='575739' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:25 PM']I just think using sequencers tends to make songs a bit stiff.[/quote] Yes they can, But thats down to programming the Midi info and not sticking to the grid. Thats the Art [ if you can call it that ]. Plenty of serious dude's around these days who have got that down. When not done properly, yep does sound awful. Garry

[quote name='teej' post='575712' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:10 PM']That's kind of my point - suggesting ways to get out of playing in venues like that.[/quote] Teej, I keep forgetting to mention.. I love 'The Ukes of Hazzard' You've Got a Friend is tops dude. Garry

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='575716' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:11 PM']That's a recording not a live performance. Isn't this thread about using backing tracks in a live situation?[/quote] Personally I couldn't give a rat's arse. Just joining in the fun! Garry

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='575648' date='Aug 20 2009, 03:17 PM']One of my small group Latin oufits has a percussionist who uses, amongst other things, a Cajon. Its a surprisingly versatile instrument[/quote] Be even more versatile if it had a Midi trigger on it. I am for Augmenting situations when need be. And over the years i have never walked away from a working situation Thinking the 8 bar whatever sample on track in the middle section of whatever pulled down the musical integrity of the situation, Or the rest of us the Band/Orchestra are fakes. I do know in some situations it does not work well or at all, in a swing Jazz situation for example...or i have never heard it work to my ears. The funny thing to me is that there are plenty of Musicians who do not like the idea of tracks But will post MP3's of them selves all over tinternet Jamming or telling us they are being creative, [b]Playing over loops etc[/b], that they put together in Logic, Reaper, Cubase or whatever. Thats using trax aint it. Each to their own and what works in their situation. Pretty much sure 99% of an Audience in a pub would not know or care less What you did - as long as 'Valerie' or 'Who let the dogs out' was in the set list. [And Mustang Sally] Garry

[quote name='Waldo' post='574534' date='Aug 19 2009, 06:11 PM']Well at least I helped start a conversation [/quote] FFS...