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Wow, looks like this topic has deviated a lot from the original question! Poor guy, he only wanted to know what 16th notes were, a couple of the posts seem a tad patronising IMO. In regards to the whole 'American corruption' of semiquaver vs. 16th notes, well actually I fear the Americans might be winning the war on the technical vocab... I know most of the professional musicians and Jazz musicians subscribe to the same lingo nowadays. I actually think it makes more sense.
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Thought it might bring a bit of relief!
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Carol Kaye may have really pissed on some people's bonfires in the past, but that doesn't stop her from being one of the most influential bass players of all time. There was good reason for sound engineers for big film scores wanting Fender electric bass played with a pick on all of their tracks after they heard the likes of 'Mission Impossible'. She has also taught theory to the likes of the Pocarro brothers as well... her musical integrity isn't up for criticism in my book
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[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAiRfPNQdJY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAiRfPNQdJY[/url]
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I love Anthony's playing, but I do not love his blinkered and ultimately short-sighted bitterness. The future of music could be bright if all the 'has-beens' weren't so tied up in believing that some horrific musical apocalypse was just round the corner. [quote]The guy's expressing a personal view and you lot just heap insults!![/quote] It's the sort of view that serves only to damage people's perception of music in the future, and I think direct criticism of his notion of pessimism in that particular article is well-founded. He actually strikes me as incredibly arrogant anyway in interviews.
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[quote name='endorka' post='475611' date='Apr 29 2009, 11:44 PM']Tuning fork? Somehow I can't see it :-) Jennifer[/quote] Yeah, like Keith Richards was ever going to use a tuning fork... I should imagine their rehearsals would go something like this; "Mick, should I tune my Telecaster, or take some more cocaine?" Easy answer really I think it's kind of rock and roll to be out of tune really. Just check out a lot of Bowie stuff. I remember an interview on Radio 2 a while ago with Cliff Richard who was complaining that all the Beatles' stuff was out of tune what a moron...
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1. Fender Precision 2. Jazz 3. Hofner violin bass. So famous 4. Stingray 5. Rickenbacker
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I feel a lot like vomiting uncontrollably! I'm sure it will sound great, but not £2500 great. Also, it looks a lot like it's been hacked into shape by a group of blind monkeys... a bit like Sterling Ball has betrayed the original vision of Musicman really.
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Above post = great, love the YB brass band, Bjork and Mr. Scruff especially. I think a lot of older musicians are used to hearing stuff from back when they were first absorbing music, and are sometimes not always willing to accept the new and unfamiliar... or to put it a better way, are less compelled seek out newer music, and therefore can make generalisations such as 'all new music is crap'. I'm not saying that accounts for every older person, I know my Dad is still really open to new music even now, but I do think that it's a relevant point.
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[quote name='ednaplate' post='468187' date='Apr 21 2009, 10:29 AM']Excuse my ignorance but what does IEM mean?[/quote] I'm assuming 'in-ear monitors'
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I wouldn't drop everything for the POD unless you were particularly enamoured with its sound. In-ear monitoring I reckon would be preferable maybe (I'm about to go down that route). Not cheap though, but I guess you pay for quality most of the time.
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Ever been asked for "that classic Precision sound"?
risingson replied to OutToPlayJazz's topic in Bass Guitars
[quote name='Josh' post='467935' date='Apr 20 2009, 11:08 PM']Noted . Still, I've had no complaints for just favoring the neck pick up, both my Siggery and MTD deliver a precision tone in spades.[/quote] No offense (I'm sure that MTD sounds great), but I'm actually of the belief that nothing sounds like a P-bass other than a P-bass. No point on putting a striped coat on a lion and telling me it's a tiger sort of thing. Interestingly, I reckon the main reason the likes of Sadowsky and Pensa Suhr in NYC started recreating classic jazz and precisions to their own specs is because most of the time, engineers back in the day would rarely entertain the idea of having anything other than a Fender bass on their records. -
Tab / notation wanted for "Call Me Al" by Paul Simon.
risingson replied to fretmeister's topic in General Discussion
Although that middle bass break is claimed to be impossible to recreate, Bakithi does a damn good job doing it anyway. Check Bakithi Kumalo out at bassplayer.tv and prepare to be amazed... -
You need to be able to look past the stuff on the radio... new music is emergent underground nowadays.
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I'm 20 now, but I was 19 the other day... so I feel old in spirit now! [attachment=23738:n5037856..._2584607.jpg]
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Bassist Are VERY Conservative in what they want from a bass
risingson replied to Spoombung's topic in General Discussion
Most of the bass player on this site I'm sure have a good knowledge on 'what's the newest thing' at the moment... Sadowsky, those Genz Benz Shuttle things, whatever. Most other bass players, I'm guessing, don't. The big music stores like GAK get what they can sell in. You can stock the whole entire shop with Laklands, but that doesn't for one second mean they're going to sell as fast as Fenders and Squiers do. Most musicians like the familiar, and why shouldn't they? It's their prerogative if they don't want to explore newer realms. I'd agree with the comment in as much as I know certain bass players can be pretty snobbish about gear, me included at times. If you're coming up with a new idea for a bass, I almost think there isn't any point anymore. The demand for the unusual and extreme is limited currently by trend and demand, i.e. there isn't much. No one should try and hamper the evolution of an instrument, I just think that most avenues of bass building are well catered for. Most people want 4-string, passive basses... put it down to conservatism, but it is reality. -
Fair enough. I've got Ben down more as a roots player, the big vintage sound and the pick-palm muting thing he does so well reminds me of old Carol Kaye stuff. I was just never a fan of Dirk's tone.
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Nah. I think Ben's got a heavier groove than Dirk and appeals a bit more to me.
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Would it be complete sacrilege to say that I prefer Ben Kenney's bass playing??
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[quote name='Oscar South' post='458131' date='Apr 9 2009, 09:46 AM']Thanks, Rich. I'll do some research on that bass, where are you located? '[url="http://www.chester.ac.uk/undergraduate/popular_music.html"]Popular music & performance[/url]' Its actually a pretty good course and moderately well regarded, the lecturers really know their stuff and are great musicians too. Its nothing like a traditional course obviously, its not so much a course to teach you to play as to teach you how to work in the modern music industry. On the musical side of it they focus on session musicianship skills; as far as learning your own instrument its a case of the course showing you what aspects you need to improve, and giving you the resources, expertise and knowledge of how to improve them, the session musicianship stuff is pretty intense though and very good experience. Academically they teach you about the business side of the 'job' and there is also a lot of work on the more 'theoretical' academia of music.. standard analysis, journal reading, essay writing stuff, it is interresting though. I know on internet forums because of this Jeff Berlin stuff and other factors people like to critisise any music course that isn't well established over hundreds of years of standard practice, but I think this one is ahead of the game because it focuses less on individual playing and more on actually making a career out of it and on developing the skills required for that. Who does a music course for the qualification anyway? (unless you're strictly a classical musician). Its about what you get out of it and the contacts you make. As far as the 'under orders' thing, I'm not actually literally under orders, I played a 5 for the first year and a half then switched to 4 for a change a few months ago after I picked up a nice Cort (from here actually) that I wanted to try out. I was much better on 4 than 5 and they recommended I stick with it, and I agree.. I played 4 strings for 4 years before I switched to 5 and I just simply 'play better', I get more productive practice done, I'm technically better and I rarely even use the low notes anyway, I'm more of a middle regester guy.[/quote] I think your music teacher probably needs to stop being so ridiculously close-minded and misinformed! If one of my lecturers told me to downsize to a four I'd tell 'em to kindly 'F' off! Where abouts do you go? Best of luck with the sale. Hope that wasn't hijacking your thread too much. -
Julian Crampton bass lessons in London
risingson replied to juliancrampton's topic in Tutors Available
Sick! Admired your playing for a long time Julian. Not down in London unfortunately... maybe soon though! -
I think I prefer P bass necks, but I'd always favour a Jazz. To be honest, both are good for different things.
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It's really easy for tempos to get out of hand when you've got so much energy flying around, especially with a great crowd who are spurring you on.
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[quote name='wateroftyne' post='451175' date='Apr 1 2009, 08:50 AM']One-in-five Mark King fans, maybe.[/quote] Ha, that sounds more accurate! I have noticed he's a very 'British' bass guy to love (what with being from the Isle of Wight). I could never say I was a massive fan, but some of Level 42's stuff is a lot of fun. Excuse my ignorance but I'm having a hard time thinking about many other Status players around at the moment?
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Anthony Jackson's stuff with Chaka Khan!