SpondonBassed

I've been to a couple of OMs run by a chap who does his own set of Sinatra covers, just him and his acoustic guitar. I have to hand it to him for breaking tradition but he usually only gets up to fill in on quiet nights and, of course, the dreaded TBB takes over with plodding inevitability. Boring. I haven't done an open mic for nearly a year because the local one that I thought might offer some variety just turned out the same.

Okay, Chic right? Not your hard core funk I know but an example that serves; The late Bernard Edwards and the current bassist, Jerry Barnes, play very different lines to each other. There are many polar opinions about this. Me? I like each bassist for what they bring to the song rather than being a stickler for nostalgia. I loved Bernard Edwards' lines. I practice a couple of them regularly. I sometimes flip to Barnes' lines and back, despite learning the original music from a reputable score. I am not an accomplished player but it strikes me that you need to be comfortable with what you are playing in order to be on it consistently. It is therefore your call.

Mmmm crinkly. @Jimothey, I have to agree with Norris, it's my preference too. I love a nicely spalted timber but the one shown is a bit fussy with the other figuring. Six string bass now eh? Geeky. Heeheehee

AKA "Duck Egg Blue"? (Nips off to buy some Bombay Duck eggs for breakfast. They're rare you know, like hen's teeth rare. I might settle for a duck lip sandwich instead.)

It's also very much like a diagram I once saw demonstrating the optical illusion that two parallel lines are convergent (divergent if you like) when it is just due to the oblique lines in between. Sorry, I searched but could not find the same diagram just now and the one I saw was in a fifty year old school book I used to own. You should know that we have more faith in you than that! I like the warmth that your additional tinting has teased from the grain of the wings.

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