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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1362432872' post='1999814'] Never played there but a spin off duo from one of my past bands played it a few years back so I went to watch. If they had you setting up down the end in front of the fireplace bit I'm amazed you actually fitted in, I recall it was a tiny playing area! [/quote] yeah it is a tight squeeze, without much ventillation either

Poet and Castle in Codnor Derbyshire, I've just fixed the smoke machine so the Drummer decided to give it a good testing, how we didn't set the smoke alarms off I'll never know.

maybe I'm being thick here, but why do you have to alter your bass to odd tuning just because the guitard does? if you really want to tune down to Bb (can't see it cutting through much that low tbh) why don't you tune all your strings that low i.e. Bb, Eb, Ab, Db?, or I'm I missing something

I'm no theory wizard either, but if you're tuning a tone down, i.e.the E string to D just move everything up 2 frets, that is the G scale starts on the 5th fret instead of the 3rd fret

I haven't had any email notifications for about 18 months. I do get notifications at the top of the page when I log on so it's not too bad

seems to me a lot of these people that duck out of auditions at the last minute have just got cold feet, it's a really nerve racking experience putting yourself up for auditions not knowing the people involved or their level of expertise. On the other hand it's better to find out they're not committed before you spend weeks teaching them the songs

here's a conundrum, I want to put some of my vinyl onto my mp3 player, which means transfering it in real time onto my computer, splitting and naming all the track,a right pain in the arse, so I download the said album to save loads of hassle, illegal yes, but morally wrong when I've already paid for the recording?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1361533709' post='1987032'] Is this right, or is this a simple version? [media]http://www.ifb.co.uk/~matthew/mp3/sgz%20soundclips/01_neck_series_tone10.mp3[/media] I'm probably still a bit slow... McCartney I ain't. [/quote] sounds right, if you want to make it a bit easier stay on the B for 2 notes instead of going back to the E on the 6th note of the riff, which is what Macca may do

[quote name='leadubblebass' timestamp='1361490225' post='1986655'] Rumour has it saw her standing there b line taken from Chuck Berrys Thinkin "bout you. To play that and sing at the same time -no mean feat [/quote] is that the right title? can't find it anywhere Edit: I think it might be I'm Talking About You

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1361311271' post='1984512'] Sgt Peppers [/quote] nooooooooooooooooooooooo, revolver, but ignore Eleanor Rigby and yellow submarine

sorry if this point been made before but I can't be arsed to wade through it all. The record companies have only themselves to blame, they've been ripping us off for years, overpriced CD's when they first came out and the constant repackaging of their back catalogue at full price when there's no recording cost to name but 2, and the artist make their fortunes in the end, if they're popular, from live shows which have jumped up in price now they're not susidised by record sales

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1361303226' post='1984298'] I'd bet there are plenty of "guitar owners" who have written and performed world famous songs that are far more popular than many 'musicians' ever manage. [/quote] I think I know where you're coming from on this one, proficient musicians are sometimes hamstrung by thinking "that's too simple" or "that sounds like something else" and then ruin it by overcomplicating it, Gary Moore once said a great riff is something so simple everybody thinks "why didn't I think of that?"

perhaps he's only got 1 arm and has to use all open strings not Def Leppard is it?

but why was it on theTV, surely more of a Radio prog, I mean, seeing their ugly mugs didn't enrich the experience much and they could have dispensed with the eye candy

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1361284896' post='1983878'] Not really. I just practised until I could play what I had to play. [/quote] fair enough, but I still don't think it's easy

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1361282980' post='1983832'] I'm supposed to be playing 'I Saw Her Standing There' in a set with an unrehearsed band on Saturday and I'm considering taking my recently acquired US P bass with maple fingerboard (nice!). Think I need to do a bit more practice! [/quote] if you're struggling just do the Stereophonics version, nobody will notice

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1361275988' post='1983657'] They are all pretty standard left hand rock and roll piano parts based around Root 3 5 6 8. It's easy. Anchor your miiddle finger on the root then play the other notes with the your index and little fingers. Just flatten your middle finger to play the 4 if there's one in the riff. [/quote] you may indeed find it easy, me? I can't reach the 5th whilst anchoring my middle finger to the root on my big fat P neck and even if I could I might find it gives a muddy sound as the root rings on whilst playing the other notes. You obviously have a far bigger talent for bass playing than me

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1361195175' post='1982506'] I think a more economical version of not returning to the root note part way through the riff makes it much easier without it sounding particularly 'wrong'. I'm not sure if even Macca himself was playing the 'full' version on the e-proms gig that was on the same night on bbc4 as the abbey rd doc. [/quote] following a bit of advice from a fellow Basschater I slowed it down and moved it up an octive using Audacity (the bass being on one channel on the stereo version helped as well) and I think that might be the way Macca plays on the record as well, so maybe we should stop beating ourselves up over it

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1361097133' post='1980891'] Get the pacemaker plugin for winamp. Ive used it to transcribe a few songs. You can slow speed without altering pitch. Its also great for turning slow rock into speed metal [url="http://www.surina.net/pacemaker/"]http://www.surina.net/pacemaker/[/url] [/quote] I use audacity, free and really useful for all sorts of things as well as slowing down and transposing

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1361195175' post='1982506'] I reckon it's a bit easier on those violin basses with their tiny necks, as long as your hands are small enough as well [/quote] lol, that's what I tell myself as well, "I'd like to see that smart arse McCartney play that on a P neck"

was the bass player in the Stereophonics doing an 'economical' bass line to standing there? This is the one I've been unsuccessfully trying to play, at the right speed anyway D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6 A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------ E------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------ D--------6-----9-----7--6--------6-----9-----7--6 A--7--7-----7-----7--------7--7-----7-----7------ E------------------------------------------------ but I can manage the Stereophonics one comfortably .

God is this still going on? being a child of the 60's I love the Beatles and think they were influential but respect other peoples right not to, just the same as I respect other peoples to think Elvis was some sort of God when I think for the most part he was overated (after he went in the army).

just watched the remake of Please Please Me and the bass and drum sound was spot on, just goes to show it can still be done

just watched all of it and I thought Beverly Knight's Twist and Shout was awsome, and I thought the drumming on Standing There was ok too, still wouldn't do for us all to be the same would it?

being just about around at the beginning of the Beatles thing Please Please Me is one of my favourite Beatles LP's, just love stripped down raw rock and roll which is why punk was such a breath of fresh air in 77. They should have got the Backbeat band to do it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFBLqfKLng