Mykesbass

IBTL

Saw 81 year old Tom Jones last year in a 300 capacity club in Brighton. He was incredible. Great voice and totally part of the band. Reason for the gig was so he could play some new material in amongst the classics, a promotion with his label and the local record shop.

OP said Legends 😏

I'm closer to the drummer than the singer on this. You are there to please the audience, if that doesn't please you you are in the wrong job. As a compromise, I've always used the occasional segue to maximise number of songs, but allow a little bit of chat.

Sadly also seems to be the case for CD releases these days.

Well every day really is a school day. I never knew there was bass guitar on I Feel Love, thought it was all synth.

Having heard John Martyn, Solid Air on the radio this afternoon, I think Danny Thompson might be vying for a place on my earlier list.

Tommy Cogbill Joe Osborn Bob Babbitt Robbie Shakespeare Donald Duck Dunn

Two already mentioned - Aja and What's Going On. Another for me is where I first heard Inner City Blues, which was on Working Week's Working Nights, my all time most played album. Then there's the two Joe Jackson albums Night & Day and Body & Soul which I can happily listen to all the way through, back to back.

Great genre, Shed Dub 😎

I do hope you are not nominating yourself for the thread title!

Anything longer than 4 bars.

I used to be able to slowly form some basic chords and pluck a few simple lines on l/h guitar but there is something very different about the two sets of motor skills required for the two hands on guitar/bass. I think it might be @uk_leftywho had some good knowledge on the subject (sorry for tagging if I got the wrong person).

So many players out there don't use their little finger. At least you have a genuine excuse! Go right handed - it will feel much more natural than trying left handed.

Which is why streaming needs to be treated as third party income, treated differently from the royalty rate. Any music lawyers not negotiating this are way behind the times.

We were doing this 20 years ago when, admittedly, streaming was In its infancy. The record company I worked for treated this as third party income, and as such was a 50/50 split. Amazing that the industry's top lawyers and managers have been settling for a royalty instead for so long.

Think I'm in the same boat when it comes to points 3 & 4. Glad to see that even the big fans of the style seem to feel it is much more something to experience rather than listen to. Makes me feel better about not really liking what I hear on the radio. Really appreciate everyone's input. Thanks

Compiled from the early days of @ReggaebassReggae thread. A bit of everything in this list! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59RhYT5dLPwboS9u3njL4S?si=WHG8qho2Q2GrssAELJYnRQ&utm_source=copy-link

Thanks. Got to catch up with all this tonight.

Thanks Frank, will give Photek a listen. As for 'getting' d&b, I'm just curious to hear some of it working musically. At the moment, all I hear is the same rhythmic effect bulldozing its way through everything it encounters. There has to be more to it than that! Oh, and I don't want to be one of those prejudiced old boys sitting in the corner saying 'that's not music'!

See, I can get my head around that track. It's when the drum pattern suddenly comes in at three times that speed that I don't get it.

Although I wouldn't go as far as saying I like that, I can see how it fits together. The D&B that's giving me grief is what I keep hearing on 6Music, which seems to be that drum pattern, and very little else as like a breakdown within a track. Just all a little gratuitous. Looking forward to @Fishfacefour's examples.

We were talking about Scottish Widows the other day - my daughter remembers the ads from when she was little. First and on Twitter when I next looked...

I make a real point of not disliking any musical genre, but I have never been able to get what d&b is supposed to be doing. Anyone got any suggestions of what to listen to with the hope of understanding, and then possibly liking some of the stuff? Thanks, Mike.

Mods, quick, it looks like Inti has hacked his way back into the site via @Dad3353's account 🤨