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I recall the 5th or 10th birthday,of BP..and AJ got to write..and he pulled no punches......on the 20th he did the same thing again.... Foal30,when Johnston took over...after 18 months..maybe a year,not one 'Heavy' musician of a Bass nature got a feature,nada,nowt,zip...the man even had a dig at 'Extreme' music in one of his editorials,lotta cheesy in the charts punky stuff,but theres only so much Late teeny with a P or J into an SVT that I can give a sh*t about,the mag went very very weak,the writing got gushy and didnt cut it,the reviews,have always been good,but even they started to get sweet......So I stopped buying for a time,the gospel content went upward,and things ..just felt wrong.Like a friend had drifted away. Wictor ,fubar'd many a time on the 'Unsung' side column...It almost became comical. And yeah I agree,the interviews in GP and GW in the last decade have thinned out...I remember when players really got grilled on their motivation and history. ONE THING AS A TREND I AM BEGINNING TO HATE IS...... Asking the roadie for the equipment list..yeah ok,the tech knows best,but shouldn't the player learn the tools and know the job? Ive even seen blatant contradictions,in what the player 'thinks' he has and uses,vs what the tech says he has and uses.

Do it,education is never wasted...ever. If you wanna push things a bit further down the line,get into the tuning of the kit too..makes a f***load of difference when the kicks in with the key of the song.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='454481' date='Apr 5 2009, 05:50 AM']Coryat was removed very quickly as he behaved like Jerry Reed in smokey and the bandit III, i.e. scream incessantly " I get to be the bandit! I get to be the bandit! I get to be the bandit!". Too excited about the job and completely unprepared.[/quote] Well,after Jim..who was of a senior generation...Karl was probably abit young (remember his columns on gadgets and gizmos) But he did freshen up the place. Another guy I dont see much of in writing now is/was Dale Titus,where did he go?

I liked Bill Leighs editorship.... I found the mag had become a little sweet under his guide,nicer,better,less preachy... Ive read Bassplayer under all its editors,I have to say ,imho,Richard Johnson stank.....the articles were boring,the layout was bad,and I feel his christian viewpoints coloured the magazine during his tenure (not ONE 'Heavy' Bassist was featured...nor anything beyond AOR). I wished sometimes Karl Coryat still had the reins after the great Jim Roberts left...The mag was a breath of fresh air under Carl.... He is still longest serving member on the Bassplayer roll of honour. Im happy for Bassplayer.tv to exist,it gives a good selection and interactivity to the magazine. This issue brought back to the fore the mind of Scott Thunes,I hardly find that guy 'boring'..I didnt care for Stinson,but still read it,and it was nice to see the first inclusion of Pete Trewavas in probably 12 years. The reviews are better than BGM,the layouts Better than BGM,and the information,still feels more accurate than BGM.... I await judgement on Herrera,but cutbacks may drop the quality,I remember him coming onto the staff register....I hope he does well. And I still miss the Berlin and Bailey columns. I remember buying my 1st edition in sept 92,'Masters of funk' adorned the cover....missed the next issue (think it was Steve Harris)and didnt miss an issue for maybe 6 years,until moving house and Johnson came on as editor....

I think his mrs dresses him....

Just read the first 3rd of the thread.... Basically..I feel...If anyone actually has a 'musical' problem with the way Jeff teaches,or explains...his ideas... They themselves have the problem.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='452972' date='Apr 3 2009, 09:11 AM']Rubbish - I could have Janek Hammer any day of the week! And he know's it.[/quote] I was talking about Jeff......

Jeff..has always though tthat 'Rock' playing is theft...buy the cds....copy and change,you cant really teach it...

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='452864' date='Apr 2 2009, 11:47 PM']Are we really sure Jeff Berlin isn't German...?[/quote] Jewish...from Queens..NYC.... Parents went through the holocaust,big gangly ..kid...full of aggrassion,took up boxing and Bass,good fighter,good player.

MAN...I always forget that fella....I need new cables too!

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='451792' date='Apr 1 2009, 05:56 PM']The trouble with these "stars" is that they're a bit highly strung.[/quote] Do you think Im gonna bother with the likes of you when I,eventually,hit the big time....? Yeah....right

In a nutshell...Janick said we were not good enough to comment upon Jacos playing,and Steve was called a smug self marketing c***.... In a nutshell

[quote name='BigRedX' post='451734' date='Apr 1 2009, 05:21 PM']I think in this day and age it may be far more useful to run a series of articles about how to try and make a living playing original music without having to deal with a record company.[/quote] Hense my point about an interview about a proper WMC,wedding,Camp working stiff.... Hell an article on self employed Tax form fillout,accountants and such would be a good idea! Insurance......is it what its cracked up to be?...same with the MU..Im not looking for the mag to be bloody 'Which',but its a BIG thing,both commitmentwise and financially speaking..I reckon theres a TON of horror/love stories. Gigging in other countries,ship gigs.....you rarely hear from those guys!

[quote name='OldGit' post='451450' date='Apr 1 2009, 01:20 PM']What's an lp?[/quote] Like what you put on your grammaphone and boogie too! Failing that,come watch us...we melt grannys,its a bitch of a H&S paperwork mountain...but I feel we are doing our bit against society and its junta against the norm* (* its not Norms fault,he was in the wrong place at the wrong time)

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='450942' date='Mar 31 2009, 10:33 PM']Ahh yes, the Kerslake method... man that guy knew his stuff. Stu[/quote] Still does,the Piano was always off key after the 2nd term,he had thrashed it.... Went to work on the North sea liners..I recall you tried that,cruiseship gigs..was not fun iirc.

[quote name='AM1' post='450925' date='Mar 31 2009, 10:15 PM']I have done, multiple times!! The same soul destroying bullsh1t kicks in, again and again.[/quote] I know how you feel.....

NEVER join a band....find a formed one,and TAKE them over!!!

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' post='450903' date='Mar 31 2009, 09:52 PM']That's a pretty interesting comment! Who are you? A purple Maison bass... weirdly that's a bass I really regret selling. Stu[/quote] Yeah..I didnt do it,it was either Paul..or Turner....Bastards tried blaming me..It was not me..I promise,I knew better... You dont piss about with another mans instrument. There has been quite a high ratio of Talent that vomited forth from NDC,and the Kerslake method....Im a lower league..But from the fountain.

[quote name='silddx' post='450807' date='Mar 31 2009, 07:28 PM']Sorry, fair comment. My sincere apologies, Stuart.[/quote] Dont worry,you didnt get the blame for marking his metallic purple Maison Bass 17 years ago. (I was not me either..)

[quote name='urb' post='450889' date='Mar 31 2009, 09:37 PM']+1 All I can say is, watch this space... M[/quote] I also think it would be nice if you had a 'Bassnotes' style final thought page...

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='450867' date='Mar 31 2009, 08:59 PM']And Vauxhall did refuse to allow their cars to be tested by Jezza for a number of years.[/quote] I have on good authority that inside the BBC TG office,theres a sticky wall,that has car company logo's and its divided into "WHO LIKES US,WHO DOES NOT LIKE US" I just find it fun that the guy that owns/is Bristol cars has publicly banned James May from the forecourt because he knows Clarkson.

[quote name='silddx' post='450764' date='Mar 31 2009, 06:39 PM']Stuart Clayton said earlier in this thread he doesn't really have much of an opinion or anything to say, and that some like the mag, some don't and little will change. I think that's a really apathetic way of running a business, and they need to pull their socks up or lose it.[/quote] f***ing knockout punch....

NO UK BASS HEROS....?? Gimme 12 months... (Buy our lp you c**ts)

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='450731' date='Mar 31 2009, 06:15 PM']Old gear could be quite an interesting option. I remember Guitarist magazine doing a run where they would look at classic guitars and decribe the evolution, quirks of manufacture and valuation depending upon it's year. It certainly makes for more interesting reading than lifting the contents of the Fender catalogue.[/quote] Pomeroys doing that in Bassplayer...Starfires,EB0's etc etc. John Slog did the classic Basses for years a decade ago...I recall the 4005.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='450724' date='Mar 31 2009, 06:10 PM']Yeap - they really have got the right people feeding into the magazine. Are all those people journos? Nah. The mag is just on the ball with regards getting the text right. They really are a force in the bass world - could BGM run a bass even like BP and attract the names that they do? No. BGM is too small a player at the moment. They aren't even international so most of the name bass players out there don't even know that it exists. OK - London gigs. What name bass players have we got touring at the moment? It's all pop sh1te that is happening around here. Would those people make for any more entertaining reading? I don't know. Maybe. Just because they are touring, does that give you access to them? Some people don't want to know. Was anybody interested in the interviews with Richard Jones (he of the Feeling if anybody is lost) or Charlotte Cooper of the Subways? It's a tricky task. There are no UK bass heros at the moment. The last one was Stuart Zender in Jamiroquai days. I wouldn't thank anybody being tasked with going out to find a name bass player to interview. In some ways it's better that you don't do an interview rather than do a cop out one... but then again, interviews can help shift magazines. Catch 22.[/quote] Have they ever done an issue on workers,the Joe Bloggs on the backing circuit? Not just the Big guys doing Wembley and NEC back Madonna or whoever,but the stiffs that have done the WMCs and camps for the last 3-4 decades,they exist,Ive worked with them,theres a veritable goldmine of stories and tips these guys/girls can pass on,and it would be a killer read,plus they'd have a ton more going on between their ears about being a worker than any fly by night coming out of studio after 'its' 1st lp...