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[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1410089175' post='2545948'] About a year ago I started having classical piano lessons again after a very long hiatus. I wouldn't say I am finding it more interesting than the bass, but I am finding it a hell of a lot more of a challenge. The piano is a fiendishly difficult instrument. I had forgotten how much stuff you have to pay attention to all at the same time. Right now I am struggling with pieces where one hand plays legato and the other plays more 'lifted' (not quite staccato), and then it swaps over after a bar or two, so that the legato line (which carries the melody) constantly shifts between left and right hand. Bloody hell! I'm really enjoying the challenge, but I must admit that when I plug the bass in after a piano practice session it feels like putting on a pair of comfy slippers. Aaahhhhh, that's better .... It's all good! PS To the OP - not sure what you mean by being able to create colours on the piano but not on the bass, but I wonder whether your problem might be solved by investing in a six string bass. More colour than you can shake a stick at there, and you've got about two thirds of a standard piano keyboard under your fingers. [/quote]sorry i should have said multiple colours/chords ,of course you can play clolours/chords on the bass, but you can't mix two chords together with the two hands, like you can on the piano. and yes colours is a snotty word for a bunch of notes and yeah for sure, its not easy, I'm finding the physical aspects fairly easy, as in good finger technique, and proper physical approach. but its the reading that slows me down. its a f***ing pain in the arse to be honest. oh well push on. i carry around a note recogniser test, on my phone and I'm constantly on it, but it not like being at the piano itself. i may also add that once your competent reading piano notation, with treble clef and bass clef at the same time., the bass clef on its own with an instrument you know, seems a little easier to digest. full respect to those who do read bass though.

are you ever born to be anything.? i think your genes are the key… those and your life influences as a child, are your true map of your future.

I will always be a bassist, but for now I'm finding the Piano more interesting. i know why, and its because i can discover more music than i can on the bass. I'm aware it depends on how you look at it, and how you approach the instrument. but i can create colours on the piano, i can't do that on the bass.

don't want to hear just roots notes. unless the the rest of the music doesn't need some sort of bass note discovery, but in some way or the other.surely, even the most basic of bassists might want to try something else.? leading notes.?

My old Modulus VJ4. stunning bass.

ahh ok. i can see why now.

i think nostalgia is alive and well.

you really have to watch it with some Fender Japan, they are good, but not USA Fender like the non export. for the same money second hand you can get a USA for the same cash. i got a fender USA Jazz 5 on top tuners for £490.00. the question is whats your budget.? go USA if you can find one.

i used to love walking into HMV and listening to music on there in house headphones, and discovering new music. but like FlyFisher, i can do that from my computer now. anything is at my fingertips. i still look back to it and enjoyed it though. sitting on my sofa and getting things easy, is not quite the same as flicking through a shelf full of cd's. its just not the same.

why.?is it because its only once a month.? only my opinion, but that can't be healthy musical production. you must be knackered, and so must the guys your playing with. i don't practice that much on piano in a week. surely less is more.

love Faith no More. this was from a favourite album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAUXPkx7gMI

buy a Japanese Fender. you will never look back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx2lza1Rb0U

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1409662050' post='2541936'] I think the funkiest album is probably 100 degrees and rising. Features Randy Hope-Taylor and my personal favourite Julian Crampton. If you want to check out more Julian Crampton funkiness then I strongly recommend Joey Negro and the Sunburst band. [/quote] my 2 favourite bassists. Julian also plays with Down to the Bone. side tracking here but there new album is great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosk2J24V6g&list=RDcosk2J24V6g#t=49

i agree with his comment, travelling can really open your mind as a musician. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwKU-SkL-n4[/media] the full vid of him and other's playing Stevie Wonder's, isn't she lovely. this is just fantastic. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eynnYLXW3Fo[/media]

. thing is Incognito don't do just instrumental albums. there first album is closest to what you might like. 'Jazz Funk'.. but picked out a couple of great instrumentals that might fit your bill. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1LPyi0lAo8[/media] this is EPIC.! the bass playing is out there. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbjxS6X0A_4"]http://www.youtube....h?v=sbjxS6X0A_4[/url]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1409527613' post='2540646'] You're picking some corkers today! Another great band . . . and another great player (Duane Allman) lost far too early. [/quote]yes that was a huge shame. that guy was a talent.

does anyone find that a P bass can lack definition. i guess it depends on your amplification. i find a jazz can do it a little better. also i reckon the jazz tone has more character. only mine.

sorry to mega post but this is sooooooooo good. live at Fiilmore East is fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRS4DRmf_w

I'm always gonna look up to people on BassChat. i really appreciate the thoughts. thanks Dad3353. well no its not my thing. but i would like to have a go. the drummer knows my funk reputation.

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1409513072' post='2540408'] Yes. This! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93S_l0qZrXA[/media] [/quote]his voice is flawless.!!

[quote name='John Schoen' timestamp='1409501547' post='2540240'] Another Creedence track that you don't hear very often; I love this one. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb3ppp_RoT0[/media] [/quote] that is so good.!!

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1409484410' post='2540045'] Why should we not get you started on Steely Dan? [/quote]because i will bore you to death. imo they are the cleverest band to ever write music.

i love America, had an affair with the Allman Brother's. don't get me started on Steely Dan. but i love this band. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f775c_KgXE0[/media]