thunderbird13

The belt hook looks like its designed to dissect your stomach

[quote name='Bilbo' post='783364' date='Mar 23 2010, 01:06 PM']It makes you play things you would never have thought of by yourself and gets you out of ruts in a minute. It is not a perfect tool: it doesn't communicate many of the idiosyncracies of genre or groove, for instance, but it does give you a massively useful tool that can be used in all sorts of ways to make you a better musician.[/quote] Sorry I just dont get. I learnt to read dots and , given enough time , could struggle through a very basic piece just by reading but I've never felt that it was anything more than another way to learn a song. Surely if you want to understand music , see the relationship between notes, learn your fretboad , understand chords and break out of a rut then scales are the thing to go for and reading music is just a way of communicating Am I missing something

I hate to say it and I'm not being deliberatley provocative But sometimes I think there's a it of snobbery comes into this argument as well.I mean if someone says play a C of someone says play the A string 3rd Fret your still being told what to play., I know the ryhthm thing is different ( which is tabs biggest drawback ) but once you have the notes you can fit then in by ear cant you ?

that sounds way too complicated - can you not just buy a new footspedal and plug it into the aux foot socket ?

The one which I never understood in the tab vs reading debate is that it doesnt take into account the availability of sheet music - for classic rock stuff there just doesnt seem to be much of a market for sheet music ( for bass that is ) and so I have rely upon tab if I cant work it out by ear

I love my zoom pedal but they can be a bit moody - I have no idea why ! As a safeguard I normally program in a neutral sound into one of the patches so that if something goes wrong I just click in the 2 knobs on the front to get to a clean patch - does that make sense ?

I have a problem working things out by ear and either I get frustrated and spend weeks trying to learn a song or I use the tab to give me a guideline. One thing which I have found very useful in the last few months is Guitar Pro and as its in tab and notation I can get the rhythm as well although not all the tab is accurate

would it be an idea to all play along to a CD, do that a couple of times and then play all play without it . I remember doing that with a few bands

[quote name='jamieariss' post='781374' date='Mar 21 2010, 09:00 AM']Hi [b]im[/b] a student studying music and its now the time to make a desision on [b]whether[/b] [b]i [/b]will take it to a degree level or see [b]sence [/b]and look for a different career path and just enjoy the wonders of music as a hobby Is it actually realistic to earn a [b]sucure[/b] income from playing gigs and touring , (im not including teaching, setting up guitars [b]ect.[/b]) [b]im [/b]aware of the standards and effort required to be a succsesful musician too Any bass player with experience in the music industry, advice would be much appreciated. peace[/quote] If music doesnt work out there is always proof reading

One day someone will do research and discover what is it that makes the majority of people in bands behave like t**ts. Still at least they didnt criticise your playing .There's always the blues retirement plan ( if you can stand the boredom)

Nice to see someone else big up New Model Army - all 3 of their bass players seeem to be ignored From a different era Jethro Tull seem to pick up good, interesting melodic bassplayers particularly Glen Cormick and Jeffrey Hammond

Its interesting that no one has mentioned doing any formal ear training to help work out basslines I tried for a year and didnt really get anything out of it . To the OP the other bit of advice that I have is to play everything up an octive it makes it easier to hear when you play along to the original

[quote name='silddx' post='769022' date='Mar 9 2010, 11:31 AM']Killed by a PM I'm afraid guys Look elsewhere, like the Bulger thread. Oh, that got killed too. Paul doesn't want any help or sage advice. He's happy being bored with bass I believe. We had a nice chat about it and I understand his position now.[/quote] Booo - thats just too mature an approach for a public forum

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='767502' date='Mar 8 2010, 02:08 AM']We [i]will[/i] have our Hitlercaster sub-sub-forum. You may depend upon it. Oh, yes.[/quote] What we need is action and action now - lets form a committee ( who in turn can form a sub committee , who can form a quango, who can form a clique who can form ....................... )

yeah great show - great to hear the Kiss classics played by a (a)live band who know how to play them ! and Mrs Thunderbird was very impressed with the fire breathing too

[quote name='4-string-thing' post='765011' date='Mar 5 2010, 12:23 PM']Hope it went ok for you, but I have my doubts about this... A couple of weeks ago I received an unsolicited email from a band in Nottingham thanking me for my interest in their band and inviting me to audition (I hadn't answered any adverts from any band in Nottingham, as far as I can remember) I then received another one telling me the auditions had moved time and place, and yesterday received another one from some poor guy who had actually traveled to audition for them. I've cut and pasted the contents of said emails: [color="#4169E1"]Hey, again sorry about last week's disasterous venue hire situation. We are definitley on for this week however, and will be meeting at Magnet in Sneinton Thursday at 8pm. Please let me know if you are able to attend. Thank you Vicky 0*********5 On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Vicky Barnett <[email protected]> wrote: Hi guys, Thanks for your interest in the band. We are looking to get together a great set of party tunes and songs that will make people want to get up and dance or enjoy listening to. Our aims are to get gigs at weddings, Firday /Saturday night pub nights, private parties and corporate events. We would like to invite you to come down for an audition on Thursday 25th Feb, the songs we are going to be running through are: 20th Century Boy Lets Stick Together Sweet Child Of Mine Walking on Sunshine Mercy All songs will be in thier original keys, and we will be in touch nearer the date with a venue. If you have any queries or problems, feel free to email, text or ring. Looking forward to seeing you there! Vicky 0*********5 [color="#000000"]Here is the email from Will.[/color] [color="#4169E1"]Vicky and colleagues, After loading two cabinets into a car, driving 15 miles into Nottingham, unloading at Magnet, waiting an hour, talking to the guy who runs Magnet about what a bunch of utter w***ers you are, loading up again, driving home and unloading again, I would respectively suggest that you can shove your f***ing band up your collective arses.[/color] Thanks a bunch for wasting a whole load of my time. Will [/color] As you can see, Will was not impressed, and I can't say I would have been either! I hope your experience with them was better. Mark.[/quote] Bloody hell - why would they do that is it just to wind people up ?

addicted to love - Robert Palmer for an audition which has been propsoned twice now !!

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='764364' date='Mar 4 2010, 07:39 PM']thought I understood how to do this, but went to do it and now I'm not so sure. Could someone please explain this to me in noddy language i.e. you do this, then that as I'm a dinosuar trying to get a grip on this !! sorry to have to ask folks cheers T[/quote] try this [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10414"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10414[/url]

Just managed to talk Mrs Thunderbird into coming with me to Walthamstow - do you know what time you'll be on until ? I have to leave to get the train earlyish

just goes to show no one else really listens to bass

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='760300' date='Feb 28 2010, 11:24 PM']+1. It's important to get stuff done (otherwise why bother) but I think if you're in a band for the long haul it's got to be fun hanging out with those people.[/quote] couldnt agree more - nothing worse than being in a rehearsal room for 3 or hours with people you dont like and paying for it !!

I have a real problem with working things out as well so your not alone. I've tried ear training and software which slows it done but nothing seems to help basically if it aint on tab I'm not playing it ! Unfortunately I cant find the tab for this one

I've got a Cort CQ4 and its the nicest bass I've played - just a really nice feel to it I should also add that they seem to be seriously undervalued in the market

I bet if you had a Gus G3 you could have danced and not hit any bum notes