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[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='703326' date='Jan 6 2010, 07:33 PM']Is there still room on the sofa ? i've got beers.[/quote] I've got beer too.

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='703296' date='Jan 6 2010, 07:14 PM']*pulls up chair, grabs popcorn, waits for fireworks to start*[/quote] Fireworks? Excellent!

[quote name='bigjohn' post='702991' date='Jan 6 2010, 03:53 PM']That's two sides of the same coin though innit. "Rules" can help formulate new ideas more quickly, [i][b]but they can become dogma[/b][/i].[/quote] It can also become a dogma that theory limits creativity. There's a long thread on this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=72005"]here[/url] - a thread that seems to re-happen every few weeks. [quote name='bigjohn' post='702991' date='Jan 6 2010, 03:53 PM']I argue with my girlfriend (grade 8 theory) that it's possible to play any note with any chord and make it sound harmonious. She argues till she's blue in the face that you can't - despite me repeatedly asking her to pick any note / chord, watch me play a run or melody which includes said incongruous note over that chord, and then tell me it sounds out of key when it doesn't. But then, she don't know the blues [/quote] I don't see what the point is here - other than that your gf is making a mistake.

[quote name='PaulWarning' post='702839' date='Jan 6 2010, 02:05 PM']To much theory gets in the way of creativity, if it sounds good use it[/quote] I've never known theory to get in the way of creativity. In fact I'd say some knowledge of theory improves the chances of creativity occurring.

[quote name='Apex' post='702616' date='Jan 6 2010, 11:21 AM']Unless it's the drummer who listens to every thing about 'trying it slower' then speeds back up by the end of the first line because he prefers it that way![/quote] I've had drummers who say they prefer the faster tempo but I'm suspicous that they only prefer it that way because they can't actually control the tempo at a slower pace.

Lakland Joe Osborn Flats - black

[quote name='retroman' post='702426' date='Jan 6 2010, 08:13 AM']I would never want to play in a dictatorship though.......some people might be cool with it, but I can't stand being barked orders sgt major style. Nor can I play stuff that I am not 100% into. I once quit a band through one of those situations [/quote] I wouldn't be into a sgt major act either - unless the pay was excellent - but a good MD, like any good leader who is respected, doesn't have to 'bark orders'.

Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Rounds - green Pyramid Gold Flats - purple Pyramid Black Nylons - golden orange

Given that, IMHO, a band is not (or at least ought not to be) merely a collection of individuals doing whatever they individually want, I'd expect to be influenced by my band mates in one or other of two ways. Either: (1) The band is a kind of collective working together cooperatively in which case I'd expect input from the others on what I'm playing and similarly I would comment on what they play. What happens in the end is a result of working together cooperatively. Or: (2) The band has a musical director who is in charge and may ask (or even tell) people to play a particular line or in a particular way. There may be some bands where there is some overlap between (1) and (2).

I wouldn't rule out the 4th at all. But how 'good' it's going to sound will depend on when in the bar you play the 4th, what note you are coming from, and what note you are going to.

[quote name='YouMa' post='701336' date='Jan 5 2010, 10:17 AM']Does anyone know if im cheating using a mute ...[/quote] If it sounds how you want it to sound then it ain't cheating.

Suspicious Minds from [i]That's The Way It Is[/i] with wild bass. Notice the costume change at 6.14.

[quote name='Beedster' post='700561' date='Jan 4 2010, 03:45 PM']There's a live version of Suspicious Minds which I reckon has some of the best bass playing ever on it, real tight and the line just builds and builds. Pretty good bass line anyway, but Elvis takes the song out at a hell of a pace which makes the musicianship even more impressive C[/quote] I think you may mean the version on [i]That's The Way It Is[/i].

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='697456' date='Dec 31 2009, 06:48 PM']Or perhaps, Protect and Survive. [/quote] Or (if you don't have a valve amp, only a solid state) Protest and Survive.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='699633' date='Jan 3 2010, 03:52 PM']Thanks! I'll check it out when I get my computer back up and running (gfx card keeled over on NYE - great timing).[/quote] On the same page there's also a sound sample of a Joe Osborn Jazz with the same pickup as the Decade and the Hollow Body in the normal Jazz neck pickup position for a good comparison.

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='699630' date='Jan 3 2010, 03:49 PM']QUOTE (waynepunkdude @ Jan 3 2010, 01:58 PM) It was good, but am I the only one who thinks it would have sounded better on guitar? But the Colin Hodkinson doesn't play Guitar - he plays bass, so it only natural for him to play these songs on a bass. After all a lot of "slap w***ery" would sound better on drums, but we let people play it on bass because that's what they play. Personally I'd rather listen to this Colin Hodkinson stuff than the likes of Michael Manring, which I personally find incredibly boring.[/quote] +1 on all of that.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='699524' date='Jan 3 2010, 01:54 PM']... Pearl Jam ...[/quote] I had a girlfriend who was very keen on Pearl Jam. She ..... er ..... sorry wrong website.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='699529' date='Jan 3 2010, 01:58 PM']It was good, but am I the only one who thinks it would have sounded better on guitar?[/quote] No, there are at least two of us.

Let me have your email address and I can send you a pdf. Pm'd you as well.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='698187' date='Jan 1 2010, 06:00 PM']Here's something else. When I learn a song I don't think about what the chords are. ie, I don't think, 'Right, this is A to G to C etc.' I think in patterns on the fretboard. I look at the fretboard as a grid and remember the changes as almost geometrical patterns. I'm sure other players must do this. Am I right?[/quote] Yes, but the patterns can also be called scales.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='698105' date='Jan 1 2010, 04:55 PM']Whenever someone is giving me chords to play, I always say, 'Just give me the root notes.' When the song is playing, even if I haven't heard it before, I can usually guess what notes to play within the chord by listening.[/quote] Why merely 'guess' when you can have knowledge in advance? And if you are going to guess why not guess the root notes too? And if you know what a root note is then you already know some theory.

I've never used a capo on bass myself but if it's OK to use frets I can't see why it's not OK to use a capo - or anything else.