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im on a roll.. this Grover tune is frickin awsome...oh his bass is just like mine, tone and look.. i do love my Grover Washington.... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduisPnDU-I"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduisPnDU-I[/url] excuse the endless tune posting.. check out the awsome, and i mean awsome slap bass...the start is bass playing i love soo much

couldnt watch it pass the guitarist..too much... is JK loosin it...bring back the old days with the Z!!!! the music was much more organic and innocently funky..the first album will always be the best...

[quote name='Bassassin' post='972269' date='Sep 30 2010, 12:56 AM']I'll watch & cringe on Friday. Always found Jamiroquai, once you get past the good musicianship, to be purveyors of thoroughly loathsome & insubstantial lift music. I don't expect much has changed. Jon.[/quote]oh i do hate that term 'lift music'!!...its not open minded and a little sad, and lacking in a knowledge of music.....ive heard Led Zep in a lift aswell as Chicago to Steely Dan to Shakin Stevens and many others...i understand the stigma attached to it...and what your refering to but its such a blanket term for music like this....if you dont like it cool, but dont palm it off as insubstantial.. you dont like it im sure but some of the "lift music" you refer too are some of the best musicians in the world..

Ive been really getting into this woman lately..i think shes an amazing musician arranger. her new album is great, very soulful . i like her old stuff too.. fantastic voice....the band are good too....oh and she pretty hot!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5HQR28VDE&ob=av2e"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL5HQR28VDE&ob=av2e[/url] anyone dig?

HA!

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='972241' date='Sep 29 2010, 11:55 PM']Too true - just incase anyone has not seen the infamous headbutt by the photographer click below and prepare to piss yourself laughing!! Enjoy. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRKc_AgAniI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRKc_AgAniI[/url][/quote] what a knob head...that was quite satisfying...

way too much guitar in Deeper, overtook the whole song...GO AWAY!!!! oh i really dont like guitarist's sometimes...

this is a great example of a musical slap groove from ole MM...wonderful playing... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otM6Lm6rEAE&p=3A72C640BF873F12&playnext=1&index=4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otM6Lm6rEAE...t=1&index=4[/url]

anyone dig these guys..this first tune is killer [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xbQXEW72w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4xbQXEW72w[/url] you know you love your central heating..ive got to be honest why are they talking about household heating [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgeVAsYmbfU&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgeVAsYmbfU&feature=fvst[/url]

[quote name='markstuk' post='971398' date='Sep 29 2010, 08:58 AM']HI, I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of Jam sessions reasonably close to where I live.. This would cover an area bounded by coventry, south birmingham, evesham, banbury and daventry.. CHeers Mark[/quote]Hi Mark..i live in tewkesbury..its a bit further but they do open mic nights in cheltenham..

[quote name='urb' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:30 PM' post='971054'] I disagree - learn the masters note for note and then use what you've learned to feed into your own style of playing - it's how they did it - ask any top pro and they list the players they listened to and copied - if it's good enogh for them it's good enough for you and I [/quote Mike, who are the masters? thee are so many in every different genre.. although im very into a certain genre of music, i always thought it was good to seek out as many different styles of fingerstyle, slap, etc as you can.. This way of thinking doesnt just stop at slap imvho....i used to spend hours listening to Anita Baker and playing the bass to the way she would sing..or learn passages from John Coltrane and incorporate them... even slapping them... bass playing doesnt stop at electric bass

i wiil be watching that one..

[quote name='risingson' post='971036' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:15 PM']Why did you not think you'd ever say it? Flea's a very funky player, it's stands to reason. He's been listening and playing funk all his life.[/quote] its not the funk bit, its the Joshua Redman bit...hes not funk really, but can be very funky.....the more i hear from Flea the more i like...

Never thought i would write that, but here it is...man what a funkateer... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCGMsNROSU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrCGMsNROSU...feature=related[/url]

[quote name='phil.i.stein' post='970964' date='Sep 28 2010, 06:12 PM']there is a lot of snobbery directed at different styles of slap-playing. stick to learning those players you like, and incorporate that into your own syle/sound/fx/whatever. different strokes etc..[/quote]i dont think sticking to just players you like, is the right way to go...or maybe it is in this instance...depends what you want to achieve..to get an original well rounded slap technique i think its important to look at all styles...imo

[quote name='JTUK' post='970893' date='Sep 28 2010, 05:10 PM']B5 I have ripped so many players than all my hackneyed riffs run into one big mess and it would be hard to find where I started..so of course, I try to pass it all off as my own style. But, for sure, for the puropse of this exercise and to sub-dived guys down even further.. LJ...all thumb..ditto Popwell. MK... LH pats and machine triplets..tbh, probably the least enduring style in terms of staying the course. No one uses it now but MK wannabees in pubs. I like what Caron is doing.. but Laboriel was all the RH flamenco approach for years before Wotten got hold of it...they have just been taking it on...IMV But if you had to ask me for a couple of guys that have been there from the start ( pretty much ) and are still first call now and have timeless styles in a groove sense, it would be Miller and Washington. Done well, I can listen to anyone...done way OTT and I am the first to turn off. If you play the style in songs. my rule is kind of 2 bars max... that way, nobody gets too pissed off with it taking over the track.[/quote]Im sure everyone in the history of bass playing has borrowed/learned from someone else..the real pioneers were the old double bass players and Larry etc, who learned from them... there is a way of EQ,ing, playing slap without overtaking a song and playing slap all the way through...depending on the song of course... i will usually back the tone way off on the jazz.. check out this track that Randy "Hope" Taylor plays on...to me this is very musical..he uses fingerstyle, double stop slides at the start, but the slap is so in touch with the music..... fairly simple, gives the bass line an aggressive bass line with just slap, pop and great rythm... masterful playing for me this.. would like to know your thoughts on this.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytQLBqIHak"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytQLBqIHak[/url]

what do you play bro?

QUOTE>>>Pick a player you like and nick his riffs...move on to the next one and after a few times of this, you could have a balanced non-cliqued attempt at the whole art, IMV.. i think your spot on JT...never a good idea to focus too much on a certain players techniques...giving yourself a broader outlook on the technique is great imo... once you got the basics down and incorporate what you know, you can make up stuff on your own.. i think its very easy to turn slap and pop into an exercise everytime you play it....keep it musical...this is not gospel, but when i first started the technique i only used my thumb and played parts that i would usually play fingerstyle..then build on that with pop... IMHO, unless you want to solo, the best slap is very understated...

love it...would love one of these...

Hi Lorry There is no reason you cant upgrade your MIM P bass to be as good tone wise as an MIA P bass..prob better with the right pickups......if your attached to it i would go down that route

yeah for sure.... also...listen, listen, listen, listen...

To get a good slap sound.. you can use either active or passive Round Wound strings I dont use any effects and you shouldnt need to...ok maybe a bit of comp Any fairly good amp There is no magic recipe, a good technique with the basics, touch, practice...its all in your hands...if you havent got this down, no gear in the world will make you sound better... ive seen awsome sounding slap coming out of an old Encore bass....fresh strings help though.. my point is you dont need to touch on all of your details to get a good slap sound... just to add it sounds like you already have the right gear for the job...even the Stingray, but with RW's

cheers..