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Nigel, just been listening to some of Kit's music - it is great stuff. I'm sure you get enough buzz from one gig were the audience really gets it and has a great time to make up for all the knocks along the way. I love playing - was most recently playing rock & roll standards with some C&W thrown in - I was getting a buzz from getting the root/fifth basslines to sit just right (not much else you can do with them)! But to be involved in something a bit special and with the level of artistic merit that Kit has must be very rewarding. Keep at it and I have my fingers crossed that some Umm and Err rep stumbles upon you one night!

Would it not be more what the bands want to get back from the site - if it is bookings a function bands then optimisation would be a key issue, pub bands would probably just want something nice they could refer people to, and if it was for building a fanbase for an originals band then surely there would be other criteria such as social networking? IMO, I do think it is nicer to have a website with it's own unique domain name rather than (or in addition to) Reverbnation/Myspace etc.

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[quote name='Marky L' post='957966' date='Sep 16 2010, 08:02 AM']Actually, just jumping on the guitar store banned list subject. As you note, classics like Smoke One The Water or THE classic Stairway To Heaven are songs that must NOT be played on guitar, are there lists of classic bass licks that should never be played? I reckon Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick is on the banned list. Any others?[/quote] Peaches and any RHCP! On the banned/band songs, this is a dangerous area - why are the songs mentioned so hated? The audiences want stuff they know and they still think Mustang Sally is cool even if we all grimace when it is suggested/requested. As, I'm afraid are most of Bilbo's most hated jazz classics! Comes down to whether you are a crown pleasing commercial tart (like me) or an artiste!

Not sure if they are the right things to compare as the two players are trying to (edit, are) achieving different things. I don't think in the Tamas clip he is trying to groove as such.

Lovely clip - Jamerson - man, how good would he have been if he used more than one finger

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='955715' date='Sep 14 2010, 08:58 AM']I've played some chinese knockoff guitars and I was pretty impressed. A customer at our shop owned two Gibson Black Beauty guitars, then bought a LP 50th anniversary copy, he said the copy (which cost him something like £250) was better than the originals. I think the laws regarding this kind of stuff is that it's legal to sell so long as the shop's not passing it off as the original product, but the manufacturer is in the wrong for copying (though as has been said, they're not so concerned about a few laws in China). I'm quite possibly wrong though.[/quote] Copyright infringement is both a civil and criminal offence. If the copyright owner wants to protect their copyright they can issue a cease and desist to stores selling the item - this happened when MCA took Charly Records to the cleaners over ownership of the Chess label. MCA issued injunctions against all record shops that didn't remove all the Charly material from their stock. IIRCC the stores had to take the financial loss as well. Also, customs would impound these if they spotted them.

[quote name='jhk' post='951447' date='Sep 10 2010, 08:39 AM']sorry to elbow in here but does any one have a list/suggestions for jam nights in sussex (brighton preferably!)[/quote] PM'd so as not to continue the hijack!

Sorry, honest opinion and pretty much mild banter I would have thought. And my comments are all entirely about his music, not him as a person.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='951086' date='Sep 9 2010, 08:56 PM']Johnny Cash's version of Hurt actually IMPROVES your mood? Man, you must be permantly unhappy like Sauron or Mum'Ra. Truckstop[/quote] No, it's great, along with most of the American Recordings. Just so deep and dark and yet they somehow lift me as well. Funnily enough, I was playing one of them in the car taking my mum home and thought it may be too morbid for her (she has a terminal illness) - she actually asked me to buy her a copy!!

As per your other posts - Mods, please delete Sorry Neil, but this guy sums up to me all that is bad about overblown blues/rock - he even makes Gary Moore sound subtle!!

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[quote name='Stingray5' post='949520' date='Sep 8 2010, 03:33 PM']+1 for the Gino Vannelli and Go West tracks. On a different slant, another tune that never fails to lift my spirit is one of my fave TV theme tunes ever...ever... Man, I just love that walkin' bass and strings! Theme from "Route 66" (1962) [/quote] Nice (and not in a sarcastic, jazz club way)! Reminds me, the whole of Frank Sinatra's Songs for Swinging Lovers always makes me very happy.

[quote name='silddx' post='948904' date='Sep 7 2010, 10:20 PM']We have a proper job to do, us bassists. We are like bus drivers, and I do not want to get on a bus with a bus driver who likes to improvise.[/quote] Could use that analogy another way - a bus driver is constantly improvising - he has to drive the same route every day but along the way there are many small but essential changes to his drive. Sure, we don't want him to go off route, but he has to take other traffic in to account and if he didn't improvise and drove on Tuesday in the rush hour the same way he drove on a Sunday evening we'd all be in big trouble! Likewise, we bass players should make subtle changes along the way to keep the music alive.

[quote name='silddx' post='948890' date='Sep 7 2010, 10:05 PM']I've been remiss in not making it clear in my OP that I mean in a live setting. So if you play in a "popular music" type band, when is a good time to improvise on stage? And what is the reason for your improvisation?[/quote] When the band AND the audience are really getting into a groove and solos need extending and the song kept going, being built up and then brought back down. Sure a bass player could stick to the same notes and phrases while everyone else goes off tangent, but in that type of situation, and I stress once again, when the audience is with you and wants it, then is a good time to improvise.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='948863' date='Sep 7 2010, 09:48 PM'] what members do you have so far? Is being hot a requirement?[/quote] As in "Some Like it Hot"?

Whoah, Bub, you need to listen to some of this music - I can sense a bad mood coming on [quote name='bubinga5' post='945834' date='Sep 5 2010, 04:07 AM']this is some of the music that (ok its cheesy) makes me feel good, and gets me out of a bad mood.., and when im pissed off i can listen to makes me feel better....maybe an excuse to play some music i love.. This woman is my go to music for most of my lifes soundtrack...never mind being pissed off... Anita Baker..Same ole Love...Check the understated Nathan East Slap bass...wonderfull stuff....Im sur Pete and Molan will love this one.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dytLAEPYE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9dytLAEPYE[/url] A bit of Floyd....i cant put into words how good this track is...they always blow me away.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDpc04r_QM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDpc04r_QM[/url] .i used to sit on Bournemouth beach late at night and listen to this song... George Benson... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pitnJlcv4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14pitnJlcv4[/url] This is just incredible...mesmerising song by Prince..i can never get over how talented this guy is.. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRC6LNnlxVA&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRC6LNnlxVA...feature=related[/url] The bass in this Diana Ross track is slick...love the ghost notes comin up to the chorus....[/quote]

I always felt that this had a certain something (depite not being a Macca fan):

I don't really have bad moods but Richard Harris' "MacArthur Park" always makes me smile, and you can't beat Willie Nelson "Bring Me Sunshine" go on, try humming a few bars with a straight face!

Modern Aria's are such a hard sell - my 5 string Korean made 304 finally went on Ebay for about £130, would have been a £550/600 bass new (before they switched to making them in China) couldn't get any interest on here at all.

Just mailed him - will let you know what he says. Thanks gents. I take it Repairs and Technical is not a popular hang-out?

I posted at the beginning of August in the repairs and technical section but was surprised, knowing what a resourceful lot you are that I got no replies. My Yamaha BB 500H died on me mid gig. Just makes the quietest popping on/off sound now when trying the switch but nothing else. Took it to a reputable amp repairer who admitted he didn't have a clue with class d amps. Anyone knwo of a suitable repair man (or should I just buy a monster valve amp)?