Barking Spiders

Had a look a through the vids on the BBC site. Good stuff from Underworld, Chvrches and Roisin Murphy.

# 1 at least one of the others being a knob'ead # 2 not having fun #3 the music being sh*t - not as in badly played but as in dull, bland, tuneless etc

In my 20s - early 30s I tended to last 4-5 gigs. For me it was always more about the social side than trying to make it. I was a better drinking and pool buddy than band member

Haven't a clue tbh , as most non-playing peeps I know think my bass is a big ukulele. I've mostly been doing stuff with a function band when job and kids allow me to. The band don't drive off without me so maybe I'm ok

The bassist is top notch and the drummer is very decent too but the cod-operatic wailings and songs in general are meh to my ears. being like a modern day Rush isn't a good thing in my book

I'm first and not quite foremost a drummer and concur with the OP.

I checked in and out to have a butchers at what Adele, ELO, Coldplay, Muse, Madness, Squeeze, Wolf Alice, PJ Harvey, New Order, Last Shadow Puppets and Tame Impala were up to. Gave each around 5 to 10 minutes and then turned over to see the footie which was way more interesting. I don't get why Adele is so successful other than she's better than the likes of Ellie Goulding and Pixie Lott.

Some of the best bass playing to my ears has been on albums in genres not usually associated with the instrument. Some examples Singing Sands - by acoustic guitar whiz Tony McManus and French fretless master Alain Genty, check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAscrNhKE5A Penthouse and Pavement by Heaven 17. Check out John Wilson's basswork on the first 4 tunes e.g. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33W3kMS2vp0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33W3kMS2vp0[/url] Any other head ups?

I like to use a plastic thumbpick upside down i.e. the pick facing upwards. Gives a nice heavy attacking sound while not requiring much wrist action

few years a I tried using plastic thumbpicks but found I couldn't get the right attack. I prefer using a wooden pick plus index anfour fingers though I'm mostly a trad fingerstyle and slap player

I also have to nom funk maestros like Larry Graham, Louis Johnson, Paul Jackson, Marcus Miller, Bootsy and Rocco Prestia. All major sources of inspiration to me

Hi there Gary Mac. Stuart Morrow was the original bassist for New Model Army and Leigh Gorman was in Bow Wow Wow check out SM on this [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lptWINyPBlk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lptWINyPBlk[/url] and LG on this [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHyOctD72k"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzHyOctD72k[/url]

Could run off about 50 names off the top of me head but I might be biased towards Brit bassists who did a lot of their best stuff in the 80s - early 90s like Mick Karn, Pino Paladino, Leigh Gorman, Mark King, Stuart Morrow, Deon Estus...

100% cop and some. His line in Too Shy was what turned me on to bass. Def among my personal 10 fave players ever

Hi people, well I was on Talk Bass bass for a coupla months but it's too US focused for my tastes. So here I am on a bass forum where some folk might've heard of Stuart Morrow or Leigh Gorman