Mikey D

[quote name='guitarnbass' post='49005' date='Aug 22 2007, 03:14 PM']I know one thing, it's terrificly expensive...[/quote] That's why I'm looking at the scholarships.

That's the b*stard.

Has anybody on here studied there or known anyone who studied there? What's it like?

D'oh that is tonight. Otherwise I would have popped down to see my mate Lewis and go see Laurence in the flesh. I still haven't seen him!!

[quote name='woolleydick' post='44033' date='Aug 10 2007, 11:01 PM']I have a 1994 Ltd edition Encore p-bass 068 of 300 sounds similar[/quote] Ah, from what i remember it looks a bit like one of sting's basses. Honestly, I wouldn't mind having it back to play on, one of the best fours I have ever tried and it's a bloody encore!

I'll do it for half that and cook for the skinny ones to beef em up a bit!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='46979' date='Aug 17 2007, 09:04 PM']Julian Crampton is one of my favourite players right now - he's just taken up the bass chair with Incognito. I was lined up for some lessons with him but he had a nasty habit of going off on tour and could never commit to a date...[/quote] Absolutely excellent player, he played with Incognito years ago, his playing on 'Jacobs Ladder' is one of my favourite bass parts. Me? Playing since 14th birthday (27 now). The first year and a bit was intense, 10 hours a day style, before school, at school, after school, when I should have been sleeping. For the next 10 years there was no real serious practice going on, just playing a bit here and there and wasting my time learning a great slap technique, oh the other things i could have been learning. Until last year when I auditioned to study jazz, since then the serious practice has been going on again, although probably only 4 hours a day or so. It makes me wonder why i ever stopped taking it so seriously as I absolutely love playing and get a lot of happiness out of the fact that i am improving. The practice is in addition to practicing double bass and 8 string guitar. I listen to jazz, study jazz, play jazz, go to jazz gigs...You CAN have too much of a good thing! Sometimes i swear I am going to go into a jazz trance and never return to sanity! I do appreciate technical playing, widdly stuff, complex harmony and a millions notes a minute, but i am fully aware of what my job is and happy to sit grooving on one note for and hour if it is what is required. Favourite bassists: Originally Jaco, then Patitucci and the past few years has been Dominique Dipiazza (who i was lucky enough to have a week of lessons with, keep an eye out for a bit of his teachings in the next issue of the lowdown) and NHOP. Gear: Blue Yamaha TRB6 (Normally EADGCF), Black Ibanez Gary Willis (EADGC), Wes Lambe 8 String Hybrid(EADadgbe), a century old german upright into a Phil Jones Suitcase and 4b extension. Effects: EH Bass microsynth, Hao Rust Booster, Pigtronix Envelope Phaser, H&K Rotosphere and NI Guitar Rig 2 into Apple powerbook.

Yeah I use alot of those sheets and etudes, some are very good, some not so.

I have had this page for a while now and have been recommending it to people for walking bass. I have a few more pages from the book and from what i can tell, it seems like a university 'white paper' document for their jazz course, not just bass or possibly from Bert Ligon's books that they recommend.

'The' Arabic scale is 1,b2,3,4,5,b6,7 so in C it is C Db E F G Ab B. When you say chords, do you mean chords you can use this scale over or the particular chords that an arabic musician might use? Check out this site when you can see the positioning for a lot of scales including the arabic scale: [url="http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-scale-note-printer/"]Scale and chord creater[/url] Also worth a look for chord progressions: [url="http://www.arabicguitar.com/"]Arabic guitar tabs/chords[/url] I just got back from the Sligo Jazz Project yesterday and was exposed to many a great scale by Dominique Dipiazza, I will put a few up on this site with a few licks and exercises when I get a chance.

I agree with alun, although, if you want a bit more (lots more) flash CHOPS by Joe Pass and NHOP is a close 2nd.

Funds cleared...it's mine! Woo...sorry guys.

[quote name='paul, the' post='41039' date='Aug 3 2007, 07:55 PM']You can play that? The main two part riff is simple enough. Then you listen to what Khumalo plays [/quote] Of course.

My first bass was number 184 (from what i remember) of 185, 1994-1995 limited edition, it was an ash p bass with a red tort pickguard. Lovely playing bass, actually far too good for the money. I donated it to my niece to learn on a few months ago.

Herbie hancock's future2future has a mutli angle function that is quite good, so you can cop a few of matt garrisons licks a bit easier.

as Paul, The said...but he slaps, very tastefully though: Juan Nelson:

Making mistakes happens all the time, even by the best professionals out there, it is how you recover from them that matters.

Just like you said, I play anything and everything on the fretless. But one of my favourite fretless parts every is Bakithi Khumalo's line on 'You can call me al' by Paul Simon.

Have seen this on there myself, was interested, but wouldn't be able to play it before purchase so it is a no go for me. It seems ok and if it goes for less than £500 or around that then it should be a reasonable purchase.

Oooh, you finally got one. Welcome to the club. It seriously is one of the best value for money fretless basses you can get...I have now decided i can't live without a ramp on my other basses.

Cheers very much...not sure Charlie Hunter has anything to worry about...yet! I have been challenged by someone to learn the Coltrane solo and play that and bass at the same time!? Another few years maybe...

I spent alot of time practicing this in my 'youth' and getting things like classical thump down and to be honest at the time I really enjoyed it, but overall the time dedicated to it was a bit of a waste. I should have just spent the time transcribing or something. But it is nice to pull it out occasionally as it does impress the lay people out there. I went to a jam session once and there were some pretty good solos played that night, but almost everyone was more impressed with the 'slap' bass solo! (In fact, this man could not slap in time and was making some horrible sounds trying to do so, but the people liked it.)

Yes it is on every year and yes it is Sligo in Ireland. 1 week and counting!

I know bassplayer2016-something-something of Talkbass is going and KJB on here (unless they are the same person). Just wondering who else on here is going to study at the Sligo Jazz Project? It seems there are going to be 17 bassists in total from all over-with the standard on all instruments being phenomenal! eek.

[quote name='guitarnbass' post='38216' date='Jul 28 2007, 06:30 PM']I reckon it's true though, crap prices, crap customer service, crap website, and now more and more people are buying their strings and other accessories online cause it's so much cheaper...[/quote] I agree with this comment and the one before, I have only met one member of staff in about 4 sound controls who has been a nice, decent person and very knowledgable. I could have just been unlucky I suppose. Then again, every music chain seems to hire the wrong people, maybe musicians shouldn't actually work in the shops as they tend on the whole to think they are better than the customers.