Mykesbass

Love it!

An engineer is there to use his/her technical expertise. Sure a producer would need to like what you are doing but that's a whole other kettle of fish. (sorry, probably opened the door to a whole bunch of Basschat fish puns)

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1427925838' post='2736066'] Not really my kind of thing, but it can't be as embarrassing as the time I was bouncing around the room playing guitar along to Shania Twain and my wife and best mate walked in... [/quote] Ha, worse than that, I showed no shame, there were people in the room already!!!

Thanks for that, love the live Constant Sorrow, will have a closer listen to the albums.

I needed keyhole surgery for my stones a couple of years back! Saw them at Wembley when one of the big football tournaments were on (Italy? 1990?). Half the audience were in the bar, half of those remaining had one ear plugged in to a transistor radio. Big cheers, followed by big groans as England lost once again. Loved the gig, love the band, including some of their later stuff.

Working Man has a nice little riff, can't post link from my phone, but top result on youtube is nice Live version. Swinging Doors needs you on the I V all the way, with the odd little run between chord changes. Get yourself into the right mindset for it, concentrate on getting a great tone and getting your notes in exactly the right place, and then enjoy how great you've just made the song, not how elaborate your bass line has been.

Might change my name to Tchaikovsky and give this one a go.....

Just made a right idiot of myself when Lauren Laverne played this on 6 Music just now. Hope some of you enjoy this just a fraction of the amount I did! Sola, Tabu-Tabu [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GriJwXNyolg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GriJwXNyolg[/url]

[quote name='anaxcrosswords' timestamp='1427813579' post='2734546'] Items for sale in this part of the forum are often headlined with just the make/model, and for non-techies like me it’s very difficult to know exactly what’s being sold. I was wondering – very, very pretty please – if it might be possible to split the category into amps, cabs, combos and rigs? [/quote] [quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1427815157' post='2734574'] There is always "Google". That's what I use if I'm not familiar with a certain brand or model. You can also get reviews. [/quote] Not one for marketing then Coilte? It is a very good point from the OP - way too much jargon and reliance on model numbers and abbreviations that expect everyone else to also be in the know, so a simple name, model and what it is wouldn't harm the chance of a sale, and would improve the experience of users like anaxcrosswords.

Great song, but I'm intrigued by your right hand technique in the first video - flamenco guitarist in a former life?

Even wrong on most album sleeves!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1427419268' post='2730284'] And that's the perception, which is too bad. My point or question is, how can you get younger people to listen to blues/rock? I think they would need to want to listen to live music first, I think that's the big hurdle. We are are a blues / rock band all older guys my age with a young female lead guitarist so it's a little easier for us. Blue [/quote]Interesting point Blue, I'll have to see if there's any research on audience ages - I'd hazard a guess they've got older.

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1427390762' post='2729851'] Tommy Bolin anyone? 'ducks' [/quote] From the wonderfully titled "On The Wings of a Russian Foxbat" [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDzyVOYBlh0[/url]

Really in the eye (or ear) of the beholder, but for aching beauty I'd venture John Martyn Solid Air album or Jeff Buckley Hallelujah, the latter to my ear being so tender and broken, I can't believe it was so badly abused by X Factor! On the classical side, oddly, for an ardent atheist, I adore Mozart's Grand Mass.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1427312871' post='2728818'] Off Topic I know but I have to make mention of your avatar Mykesbass, I remember A1 stores well, just on the corner of East Street. [/quote]yep, that's the one, worked there from the age of 13 - 1977!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1427316092' post='2728905'] My conclusion is that the blues will continue to be performed and consumed but it is moving into the same closed box as Jazz. If that's the case, we should stop worrying and simply enjoy it as a curio. [color=#ffffff]*[/color] [/quote] Some nice points Skank. The one I've quoted is probably the crux of the matter, and the one that I hope can be addressed by a younger generation, much like the folk examples I gave (point taken about country though).

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1427306212' post='2728665'] I think there are some cool young blues artists playing the blues and being influenced by the modern world. Jarekus Singleton and Gary Clarke jnr both are modern I their own way. [/quote] Thanks - I'll check them out.

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427311761' post='2728802'] Another outfit a couple of mates of mine have introduced me to is the Tedeschi / Trucks Band: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok"]https://www.youtube....h?v=R9I6lQNK6Ok[/url] Really like this band :-) [/quote] Love them (although poor old Derek could do with some stage presence lessons)!!

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427310531' post='2728774'] I take your point, and I assume what you're describing in your article is probably what needed to happen to Jazz when it broke away from the "Standards" and went from being an acoustic art form to being electric, thus spawning off Jazz Rock / Fusion etc.? There was (maybe still is) a lot of opposition to that change - maybe it was a good thing to happen (I like both sides of it by the way) and it's probably kept Jazz alive, but maybe that's another discussion for another time. Guys like Robben Ford and Robert Cray, have moved the Blues from what it was back in the past era so it's not the standard 12 or 8 bar format (in most cases) - I just can't help feeling that anything too far outside that would be a bit like putting too many flavours in a really nice dish? [/quote] Good point with the jazz reference that shows that the new can come along and doesn't have to kill off the old. Robben Ford and Robert Cray are both great, and Cray certainly moved things on, but, wait for it, that was 1986!! Scary to think where those 29 years went!

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1427286558' post='2728239'] I had a read of the article on the link, and I think the Blues would be diluted far too much if elements of trip hop and dubstep and any of the other modern stuff came into it. It doesn't need it - I'd rather see a band knocking out a raw, gritty, traditional Chicago Blues than something that has moved it on into the 21st Century and (IMO) doesn't fit the genre. It comes across that I'm being too much of a traditionalist, but I was born about the time of the British Blues Boom of the early 1960's, and didn't get into it until about the late 1980's, so I think it is possible for a younger generation to get into people like Muddy Waters, the Kings, Paul Butterfield, Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, John Mayall, etc... The main problem is that there isn't any programming on TV and radio (apart from Paul Jones show on R2 on Monday nights) that promotes the Blues in this country. [/quote] [quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1427288583' post='2728294'] So you missed Bernard Doherty's 'Ladies Night' on PlanetRock last week. He does have a weekly blues-power show. Last week's show was female blues artists. If anyone caught this show, do you know who sang Can't Find My Way Home, the last but one track? It was playing as I drove home, Doherty Pi**ed off at 7:48 ("See ya") and the last three tracks played unannounced. [/quote] First up, I think there is a lack of mainstream exposure - pfretrock, the show on Planet rock is only going to preach to the converted, or grab a tiny number of younger rock fans who haven't changed station when it comes on. Louisthebass - nothing wrong with you or I liking the traditional stuff, I just genuinely worry that the new generation of players are seeing us as an audience so are playing to us, not their peers, therefore the Blues isn't going to continue to develop and will never reach the level of popularity it enjoyed when the likes of John Mayall brought it into Rock & Roll for the first time.

Never played one but would love one - they look great and sound great (and distinctive). I'd also love one of their 12 strings. AIn't gonna happen though

That really is a great headstock design.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1427058564' post='2725308'] Thanks for that - I'm tweeting your blog to Basschat's followers as we speak [/quote] Thanks Bluejay