bobbass4k

This is by far the most pleasant and "community" feeling forum I have ever used (bar one, but that only has 10 regulars at the moment). There is an odd phenomenon in Off Topic though, where any thread started about a vaguely controversial topic will very quickly by inundated with "well this isn't going to end well" type comments, essentially writing off the thread as a car crash before it's even got going. I would suggest that this is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy, if everyone chimes in with how inevitable a threads descent into petty bickering is then it's a lot more likely to actually descend into petty bickering. And to be perfectly frank, that isn't helped by mixed signals from the mod team. I have seen many mods contribute jokes and other comments that contribute to or propagate the discussion in threads that are ultimately locked by a mod (sometimes the same mod), occasionally with a citation of the "try and avoid religion, politics, and anything sexist please" "rule". I appreciate that the mods are also users and want to participate in threads but it can sometimes appear that they are operating on a double standard, or that the judgement of a thread becoming unacceptable is made on a whim rather than by an established set of rules.

It depends what level you're comparing. There's playing to one man and his dog at a tiny pub, and there's a sold out Wembley stadium. There's terrified teenage fumblings on a pile of old sofa cushions in the garage at a friends house party (for a totally non-personal and in no way true example). And then there's... well let's just say it involves a jar of honey, some industrial grade sandpaper and a liability waiver. I'd say sold out Wembley is better than awkward teenage fumbling, and honey and sandpaper is better than one man and his dog in a crappy pub, but is sold out Wembley better than honey and sandpaper? I'm afraid I don't have sufficient experience, book me a show at Wembley and I'll tell you. I have my own honey.

Uber-pretentious philosophical objections to the title and lyrical content aside, it's surprisingly good. My main problem with it though is that the modern production sounds very odd with the music, it kinda sounds like a modern band covering a Masters of Reality era Sabbath song.I'm now a lot more excited for the album though, Brad Wilk seems to have slotted in very well (assuming it's him on this track).

I'm still hoping to get mine done, I've uploaded a quick snippet to see how Soundcloud transcoding will affect it, as most of my entries have ended up with swirly treble after being put on soundcloud, so I figured I'd try and minimize that this time, it's here if anyone fancies a sneak peek: [url="https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/apr-comp-test2"]https://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k/apr-comp-test2[/url]

Very saddened to hear this, especially as his condition had apparently been improving, albeit slowly. Deftones self titled record is one of my musical touchstones.

Well my 4 note idea has gone out of the window, now I'm doing a weird spacious post-rocky sort of thing, but I can't decide whether to do normal drums or program an electronic thing, the electronic thing will probably be better but the idea of programming it makes my teeth itch.

Neil Mahony from Amplifier (everything up to Echo Street at least) uses a lot of effects, although not really in the same way as Tom Morello, but if you like huge interesting bass sounds he's the guy.

Probably not even remotely anyone's cup of tea, but these guys are insanely tight: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37GOdU-gUAw[/media]

If you're planning on always using pedals for distortion I would go with something super clean so that you have a flat response. For super clean there's no better than the Little Mark, although I've heard good things about TC's class D stuff as well. I think a super clean class D head and a good dirt pedal set up would be better for you, you just can't get super heavy sludge tone out of a Class D amp with a tube-pre, you need an all tube head.

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1365616233' post='2041907'] I love it - I've owned them all and I find the Polytune & the mini the easiest to use and look at. My least favourite is the Pitchblack. [/quote] That's weird, I can't imagine using a tuner that's not the Pitchblack, I tried a Polytune and it was borderline unusable for me, I just love the Pitchblacks simplicity.

Another tasteful use of looping that is completely absent of bass, anyone noticing a pattern here? [url="http://charliebarnes.bandcamp.com/track/final-call-2"]http://charliebarnes.bandcamp.com/track/final-call-2[/url] That's just my favourite track, check out the whole EP if you like it, he's a bit good.

There's always Dollywood.....

I've found it's bands and occasionally solo vocalists that tend to make the best use of loopers, solo bassists not so much.

I think I know a promoter in York if you're interested, big student town, there's a couple of mediumish venues and plenty of big pubs that put on gigs.

I'll definitely be having a crack this month, I know bugger all about mixing, but this seems like a good way to learn, although I'm not sure I'll be able to take a month of repeated country...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFy8WFshscc[/media] That outro is just so beautiful, also one of my favourite basslines to play.

My entry now stands at [i]4 notes[/i], 4 excellent notes they are too. One's a D.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1365423452' post='2039274'] IIRC the copyright issues with tab sites isn't the tunes themselves but the fact that the music publishers have already spent money producing "official" tab and notation books of those works that they would like to sell to people who want to learn the songs. And IMO quite rightly too. Remember anyone can work out the parts by ear if they've got them time and TBH it's a skill that every musician should have. If you want to take short cuts to learning a song (by having someone else do all the hard work of working out the notes and their timings) then I don't see why you shouldn't have to pay for that privilege. [/quote] If the "official" tab books were in any way superior (if they had direct artist input for example), then I might possibly agree with you, but the "official" tab books are essentially no different to the tab sites. They give the album to a professional musician who works it all out by ear, they're often inaccurate and sometimes just plain wrong. What's next, stopping people working songs out themselves by ear? And the idea that people should be financially penalized for an apparent lack of musical ability is one of the most ludicrous things I've ever heard. Everyone has to start somewhere, when I started learning bass I relied on tabs to learn songs, and as my musical ability grew so did my listening ability, now I do usually figure songs out by ear, but If it's a simple song and I need to learn it quickly I will still refer to a decent tab. I see no reason why the record company and a publishing company who had absolutely nothing to do with the album whatsoever should benefit from my hectic schedule.

People tend to assume I'm not a musician, or rather, that I can't write melodies or harmonies or riffs. Some people have been quite surprised when I play them complete songs that I've written, including one (a guitarist) who said: "The bass is pretty good but who wrote the rest?", "I wrote all of it", "Really? But that guitar bit is really complex, aren't you just a bassist?". I think that is one of the only times I have actually done a facepalm.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1365342892' post='2038230'] I really wish I could line up everyone's rig and hear the OC-2 'sounding like a mess down low' . I really don't have that issue at all, feed it a bass heavy, round signal, and it tracks perfectly well down to an A, in my experience, lower if your attack is considered (don't choke the note). The glitching is from buzzy notes not tracking etc Si [/quote] Aye, with the neck pup solo'd I can get it to track a G, occasionally an F#, but I've found it is more prone to glitching the lower you go, no matter how clean the note is. I play in D standard so my low G is open and it still glitches out after a couple of seconds.

Aye, I was thinking the April thread was running a bit late. I'm making slow progress on mine, it's kind of a slow, relaxed affair, nice melody. At least that's the plan, I've only got 3 notes so far, but they're 3 [i]great[/i] notes.

Reading music is an essential skill to have, sure, but I can't help but feel that people who dismiss tab and other forms of notation entirely are just elitists. Proper music notation is extremely cumbersome for jotting down quick ideas. If I just want to jot down a riff so I remember it, I either jot down the tab or the notes, tab is usually quicker. How exactly do I jot down music notation? Assuming you don't carry staff paper around (not an unreasonable assumption), you have to draw a staff and then draw the dots, it's not very quick or convenient. Don't get me wrong, reading and writing music notation is a very important skill to have, but you can use alternatives without being a dunderheaded ignormaus.