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4 Question You Would Ask A New Prospective Band
EssentialTension replied to blue's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1450779179' post='2935713'] Based on my limited experience of being in a band the only one I'd add to the many great contributions here is: Thanks for sending the 368 pages of stuff for me to print and learn, but before I learn the bass parts, can I expect to be playing what is recognised as the bass part, or is that already covered by the keyboard player's left hand? Maybe this is more easily covered by the question, "do you have a keys player?" "Yes." "No, thanks then. Bye" [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1450779888' post='2935728'] This is the one question I always ask. I'm sure there must be really good keys players out there, but in forty years I've not had the good fortune ever to meet one of them. [/quote] I play with a pianist who was originally a bassist - so thought is given to how his left hand and myself work together. Sometimes unison lines, sometimes harmonised, sometimes no left hand bass on the piano at all. -
Short scale bass with standard scale length?
EssentialTension replied to BrunoBass's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1450789158' post='2935868'] IME there are very few hollow-body basses with a 34" scale length. Off the top of my head I can only think of the Warwick Star Bass (but not the Rockbass version as that's only 32") and the Epiphone Jack Cassidy Bass. [/quote] You're correct they are usually short-scale but there are some long scale. Gretsch do one, Duesenberg too. -
Short scale bass with standard scale length?
EssentialTension replied to BrunoBass's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1450738568' post='2935454'] Good evening everyone. My question; has anyone ever tried replacing the neck on a short scale bass with a 'normal' standard scale neck? Please excuse me if this is a stupid question but would it work? The reason for asking is that I love the sound and look of the Fender Modern Player Starcaster but I just don't get on with short scale basses. So I thought why not get a Starcaster body (plenty on eBay) and bolt on a P Bass neck? Is there something in the physicality of scale that might make this unfeasible? Thanks in advance. [/quote] The general answer is no as already pointed out; but it's not totally unfeasible as long as the new neck when attached has the second fret where the nut was on the old neck when it was attached. On a 34" scale bass with a capo at the second fret, in effect you have a 30.3" scale bass. That might be close enough if there was plenty of adjustment available at the bridge saddles. -
4 Question You Would Ask A New Prospective Band
EssentialTension replied to blue's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1450778139' post='2935685'] Same here, unless it was The Mission, who I guess should be allowed to have a mission statement. Having said that I very much doubt if The Mission have a mission statement. [/quote] ... and, of course, if The Blues Brothers were putting the band back together and were on a mission from God. ... and talking of The Mission, I did a private party gig last spring and the drummer from The Mission, Mike Kelly, joined us on percussion for the last couple of songs. -
4 Question You Would Ask A New Prospective Band
EssentialTension replied to blue's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='blue' timestamp='1450740592' post='2935482'] Any context that will make your decision easier. I might ask for mire detail on the bands mission statement and if they feel the mission is realistic? Blue [/quote] I would never join a band with a mission statement. -
[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1450699240' post='2934912'] unfortunately though, a lifetime is not long enough for most of us to learn and improve that skill. Most successful songwriters have an innate ability that the majority do not have. [/quote] I wouldn't object at all to the idea that some people have some inborn abilities of one kind or another - call it innate or genetic or from a previous life or whatever - but people can still practice and learn and get better. Some people may not make much progress but some will make lots of progress even if there are others more talented (and/or more practiced) than them. Conversely, some talented people may not make full use of their talents. People's abilities in songwriting, as in most things, are not rigidly fixed at birth and nor do people's latent talents always become actually realised. That some people may be 'gifted' (for want of a better word) doesn't mean that others cannot improve. Although, and of course, many others never will.
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Sid Vicious - undervalued bass innovator?
EssentialTension replied to upside downer's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1450695785' post='2934876'] The vast majority of the music buying / gig going audience are non musicians... They don't care how difficult something is to play, or how cleverly arranged it is, a large percentage aren't even that bothered about what it sounds like... For alot of people (especially the younger generation).The music people like (and just as importantly the music they want others to see them liking) is a fashion / lifestyle choice and the style is definitely more important than the substance. [/quote] Sometimes non-muso people don't care what genre something falls into and they are quite capable of liking The Sex Pistols and The Bee Gees etc. Sometimes that is even true for musos. -
Sid Vicious - undervalued bass innovator?
EssentialTension replied to upside downer's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1450617251' post='2934303'] ... However for me, talking about Zeppelin and the Pistols in the same breath is like doing the same with Chopin and Bobby Crush (sorry Bobby) - an outrage ... [/quote] Jimmy Page liked The Pistols, and The Damned ... [url="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimmy-page-sex-pistols/"]http://ultimateclass...ge-sex-pistols/[/url] -
I've had a few basses with built in tuners but never really used them except at home. At a gig it's always TU2.
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[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1450685574' post='2934767'] It's easy to come up with original song names, but only if they are long and/or unusual/humourous. E.g. I don't think anyone has ever written a song called "You Leave those Galapagos Tortoises Alone", "My Baby Puts Saffron in her Custard", or "Stegasaurus Reggae Stomp". [/quote] They sound like unreleased Zappa tunes, or maybe Beefheart.
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[quote name='ians' timestamp='1450466131' post='2933182'] Good song writings not a skill u can learn it's a gifted ability which some have but most of us don't have, believe me if I had it I probably would'nt be sat here clicking away on a basschat forum. [/quote] Songwriting is most definitely a skill that can be learned and improved upon.
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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1450379102' post='2932271'] Ah...Ok. It's staggering the amount of talent that went through Capitol back then. [/quote] And still available ... [url="http://www.capitolstudios.com/"]http://www.capitolstudios.com/[/url]
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Guitarist obsessed with scooped tone is driving me crazy
EssentialTension replied to Naetharu's topic in General Discussion
Who is the band leader? Even if it's only in a loose sense? -
50-105 Chromes on MIM P! Fear?
EssentialTension replied to taha_never's topic in Accessories and Misc
If I had a bass with a maxed out truss rod then I wouldn't put even higher tension strings on it. I'd would get the trusss rod fixed. -
[quote name='Lo-E' timestamp='1450417673' post='2932546'] I certainly have as well - and still do from time to time, as does most everyone. Even consummate musicians blow a clam every now and then. Perhaps this means bassists can flap as well? Having some reasonable guitar skills, but being a bassist primarily, I tend to admire guitarists who play extremely rhythmic styles. The first person who springs to mind is Nile Rogers. I don't know if I've ever heard him play a sloppy part. Ever. And he's just one example. Musicianship is something posessed by musicians, not instruments, and I don't think any hypothesis that suggests the players of certain instruments have it easier than the players of others can hold much water. To play any instrument extremely well, one has to put in a lot of work even if that instrument is a tambourine. [/quote] Agreed.
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[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1450386036' post='2932364'] I agree with that , but in the spirit of the thread, playing bass is like being a centre back, you don't have to do anything flashy but you have to be solid and consistent, a guitarist can like a forward , blow hot and cold, take risks and still come out on top [/quote] I understood the spirit of the thread to be that guitarists have it easy and aren't really as good as bassists - bass is a more exact science while guitarists can flap. I don't agree with that.
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Mark King Fans. They're a sensitive bunch.
EssentialTension replied to bubinga5's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1450362660' post='2932053'] ... Level 42 are what I'd call a 'bass players' band ... [/quote] Perhaps that's why it hurts me to listen to them. -
Mark King Fans. They're a sensitive bunch.
EssentialTension replied to bubinga5's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1450358985' post='2931997'] ... I just can't listen to slap ... [/quote] That's it. -
McCartney
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[quote name='grumpyguts' timestamp='1450359643' post='2932009'] Guitarists it seems can get away with a bit of slop. Bass players can't, timing and note length are critical to getting a tight sound - if that is what you are after. So that makes Bass a more exact science than flapping around playing chords. Am I wrong? [/quote] I have on more than one occasion got away with a bit of slop on bass in a live situation. Despite that I wouldn't want to play with a guitarist whose chords flapped. I'd say 'learn all your inversions and play them crisply'.
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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1450347929' post='2931819'] Beautiful. I presume that stunning arrangement is Mr Riddle? [/quote] No, not Nelson Riddle but Ralph Carmichael I believe. [size=4]July 6th, 1960 (Session #9532; 14:00-18:00) Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood California [i]Nat Cole (vocal), Ralph Carmichael (arranger / conductor), John Collins (guitar), Lloyd Lunham (bass), Lee Young (drums), Dale L. Anderson (percussion), Ralph S. Hansell (percussion), Milton W. Raskin (piano), Lloyd W. Hildebrand (reeds), Jules Jacob (reeds), Harry G Klee (reeds), Arthur Smith (reeds), James Thomas 'Jim' Henderson (trombone), Thomas M Shepard (trombone), Lloyd Ulyate (trombone), Ray S. Linn (trumpet), Joseph 'Joe' Triscari (trumpet), George Werth (trumpet), Bob Stone (arco bass), Armand Kaproff (cello), Edgar 'Ed' Lustgarten (cello), Emmett Sargeant (cello), Joseph Saxon (cello), Kathryn M. Thompson (harp), Allan Harshman (viola), Louis 'Lou' Kievman (viola), G.R. 'Ray' Menhennick (viola), Milton 'Mill' Thomas (viola), Victor Arno (violin), Israel Baker (violin), Emil F. Briano (violin), James Gelzoff (violin), Nate Kaproff (violin), Joseph 'Joe' Livoti (violin), Emanuel Moss (violin), Alexander 'Alex' Murray (violin), Erna Neufeld (violin), Isadore Roman (violin), Ralph Schaeffer (violin), Joseph Stepansky (violin), Gerald 'Jerry' Vinci (violin), Unidentified (vocal chorus)[/i][/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34133) Joy To The World[/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34134) Deck The Halls[/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34135) Hark The Herald Angels Sing[/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34136-5) Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)[/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34141) Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)[/size] [size=4][color=black][font=Symbol]· [/font][/color](34142) O Tannenbaum[/size]
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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1450368077' post='2932113'] Unless you've knocked your tuner off 440 hertz [/quote] I have known that problem.
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[quote name='borntohang' timestamp='1450367876' post='2932109'] If you're going to insist on saying sensible, measured things like this then I'm afraid I'll have to report you to the admin for conduct unbecoming to a musicians forum. Please try to be less reasonable in the future, thanks. [/quote] Sorry, but sometimes I can't help myself.
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Any note however bad, on any instrument, is never more than one semi-tone away from a good note.