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[quote name='AndyTravis' post='974647' date='Oct 1 2010, 09:59 PM']He's garbage. Jaco was too, never got it...just noodling. Mer mer mer mer mer mer.[/quote] I like Garbage, the singer's really nice :blush:

[quote name='leschirons' post='974578' date='Oct 1 2010, 08:27 PM']Read 90% of the posts on this and have to say the only thing that made me sit up and take notice is[b] silddx's 4lb 1oz Crucian Carp. [/b] Ergo, I play in a covers band (and enjoy it)[/quote] Size isn't everything.

I own an Ibanez, but I wouldn't turn down a Yamaha.

[quote name='SteveK' post='974420' date='Oct 1 2010, 06:34 PM']I know loads of great and prolific songwriters in bands, who, if they chose to, could fill arenas and make a fortune. But, instead, they'd rather do Robbie Williams, U2 covers, and play The Dog & Duck once a fortnight for £50 Yeah, right! [/quote] What a small world! You know my mate Bill then?

My playing is always challenging. It challenges others to figure out what the hell I'm up to, both in terms of rhythm and melody.

I only 'play' bass and for me it's a hobby. I have no pretence of being an artist or in anyway creative, I simply like to play. I don't write any material of my own, never have never will so anything I play will be someone else's composition. Next week I've got a first practice with a potential new covers band. Why covers? Because it'll be fun. See what Rich posted. I'll vouch for what Dave Vader has said about Devon. The venues that used to book originals simply aren't there anymore, my old favourite was demolished some time ago (FWIW The Anchor in Westward Ho! - good times). The venues booking covers bands, I can't ever remember booking originals when I used to go to gigs to see for example these guys [url="http://www.myspace.com/cultmaniax"]Cult Maniax[/url], especially The Black Horse in Great Torrington

Thanks for the tip on the You Tube clip Jennifer, it's a lot clearer. And thanks to the you all, it's going to thumping out root notes with maybe some embellishments in the chorus. Cheers EDIT: I've just been watching/listening to a few live clips and damn they were good.

REM - And I Feel Fine - The Best of the IRS years. Probably the first band I [b]really[/b] got into and have coloured my musical tastes ever since. I'm currently reminiscing .

[quote name='paul h' post='972146' date='Sep 29 2010, 10:13 PM']It appears to be open to the public now. Think I will have a nose around. [/quote] Well, as long as you're over 18 and not of a nervous disposition.

A member of a potential new band wishes to play New Sensation by INXS. Good I thought, BUT, I've listened to it at least a dozens times and the bass is so hidden in the mix it's barely audible. I've checked the usual TAB websites, but I'm not sure how useful some of the TABs are. I haven't actually tried playing it yet. I know it's going to be hideously simple and shame on me for asking but does anyone know what the hell he's playing? Ta.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='971023' date='Sep 28 2010, 07:04 PM']That's the ticket. Musical compatability is [i]so [/i]over-rated on BC. A nice blazer and cravat combination goes a long way in this business. Either way, have fun, mon petit choufleur.[/quote] Thank you kind sir. (I'm just hoping you didn't just call me a cauliflower ) The good news is that they were suitably attired. We all looked like middle aged men that have not come to terms with the fact we are not in our late teens anymore. And hence in striving to look cool we looked anything but. Absolutely perfect and we all got on famously. Myself, I even wore my very bright white running shoes (and for the record I have never run in them) to give me a little more chav cred. Unfortunately the blazer and cravat are at the dry cleaners.

[quote name='daz' post='972002' date='Sep 29 2010, 07:13 PM']lookin very nice. But whats [i]Finbass [/i]?[/quote] 'Tis a place that you're not supposed to mention around these parts. [url="http://finnbass.com/index.php"]Finnbass[/url]

[quote name='benh' post='971854' date='Sep 29 2010, 04:54 PM']So I wonder, what IS a bad bass player?[/quote] I'll send you a recording of me playing then you'll know.

As a slight aside, I'm off tonight to meet up with a guitarist and vox/guitarist (I'm taking my pet drummer with me, he needs to get out). Now I'm a 37 yr old having a mid-life who wears clothes that don't fit properly and show no signs of taste or style. If the other two don't look at all similar the whole thing's off. This despite not even having played a note together.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='970832' date='Sep 28 2010, 04:20 PM']And he magically manages it without any "floating thumb"-style over-engineering of his technique. But on the negative side he is looking more like my auntie Pam every day.[/quote] Well, he looks nothing like my auntie Pam

[quote name='maxrossell' post='970756' date='Sep 28 2010, 03:07 PM']Henry Kissinger.[/quote] I'm afraid you're wrong. No one in their right mind would hire a man who wore such dreadful suits, ridiculous glasses AND sounded like a cartoon character every time he opens his mouth.

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='969823' date='Sep 27 2010, 06:18 PM']........ because thankfully we are not all the same.[/quote] I'm the same!

A big piece of 12mm ply that has yet to be made into a Jack10 cab. Well, it did only turn up at 10am. Last piece of actual gear, a Zoom B2.1u. I go from loving it to thinking I wasted money buying it. At the moment I'm ambivalent about it.

Wincey Willis. That's got to be right, I'm always right, I've got a brain the size of a planet.! :wacko:

[quote name='JamieCooper91' post='966085' date='Sep 23 2010, 08:55 PM']Anyway I[b] need to cut through[/b] two loud guitars and a pretty loud drummer.[/quote] Chainsaw?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='964503' date='Sep 22 2010, 02:20 PM']I'm never sure what to make of the "A gig's a gig" credo. I've played plenty of gigs where I would've rather been somewhere else; gigs that we thought might be sh*t when we agreed to play them and didn't disappoint. I suppose if you're only doing it for the money then it's a different story. To me a gig's a live music event not a job.[/quote] Last gig I went to see I wished I'd been somewhere else, it was awful. The headline act was good but the support was beyond words to describe how bad. The singer was like a drunk at a karaoke night, it was like X Factor for middle aged portly 'time has passed me by' almost wannabes. So perhaps a gig is not gig, thing.

[quote name='Bilbo' post='965031' date='Sep 22 2010, 09:48 PM']Its the sequence that defines it, as skej21 says. If you work on the principle that you have to have a CDEFGAB in every scale F goes FGABbCDEF, whereas G goes GABCDEF#G as opposed to GABCDEGbG. If, say, the key of Db had sharps in, it would read DbEb[b]FF#[/b]G#A#CDb. It matters a lot more if you are reading to key signatures as having say a B and a Bb in a scale would mean every B woudl have an accidental which would make it harder to notate. Most rock music is written in E, A or D so its sharps whilst most sax orientated music is in Bb or Eb (generalisations I know) so its flats all around.[/quote] You purposely set out to confuse us thickies with that, didn't you!?

As someone who has spent an inordinate amount of time on Bill Fitzmaurice's web site researching a Jack10, his advice is absolutely sound (lovely pun). So I'd go with what he says.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='963203' date='Sep 21 2010, 12:28 PM']I live round your way, trust me, they are.[/quote] Bl00dy bumpkins!

[quote name='JTUK' post='963745' date='Sep 21 2010, 08:21 PM']Who is in charge of this gathering? If it were me, I'd ask for common ground from all or most concerned and arrange a get-together just to see how thing would sound. The material would, at this stage be secondary to seeing what you have in common musically. Once you have decided which members are useful, then I'd have a song storming session where everyone who is committed tables a few songs and everyone votes on them. You make that your first mixtape CD and a template for your set. By this time, you should have in mind how you are going to approach this..with a view to what gigs you do and how to colour the songs....but you need a line-up first. What songs you throw around in rehearsal for this first gathering would not likely be anywhere near what you end up with gigging, IMO.[/quote] Thanks , that sounds solid advice. I mainly want a few covers for 'the back pocket' as it were, for a first meeting. Like Jezzaboy said it would be handy to have a few standards just so I don't turn up completely blank. If all goes well, then I'll suggest what you've posted. Thanks again.