devinebass Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Hi guys, just been doing some rehearsals with platinum selling Polish artist Tatiana Okupnik for a BBC showcase over here in the UK. I recorded the rehearsals... and a lot of messing around to make a video diary type thing and thought you guys might wanna check it out. Here's the link to the video diary... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uaoyPNfcW0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uaoyPNfcW0[/url] There's also some decent footage of the showcase here, the sound quality is a bit rubbish but you get the idea... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcopVco1GY&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcopVco1GY...feature=related[/url] We also did a little warm up gig in Leeds. One of the tunes we were messing around with was 'Lets Dance' by David Bowie. We ended up putting a crazy latin bit in the middle of it just to break it up a little (3.40mins)... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVU9WYzhmFo&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVU9WYzhmFo...feature=related[/url] Here's Tatiana doing a wicked version of big spender... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegRmYG__7k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jegRmYG__7k[/url] Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Edited April 5, 2011 by devinebass Quote
Son of the Wear Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Thanks Scott - really interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes. Shame you didn't get more rehearsal footage (the bits you did get sounded great) but I suppose you were meant to be playing rather than videoing! 'Lets dance' cover was spot on - never heard of Tatiana before but will check her website out. Neil Quote
devinebass Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='Son of the Wear' post='1188799' date='Apr 5 2011, 11:39 AM']Thanks Scott - really interesting to see what goes on behind the scenes. Shame you didn't get more rehearsal footage (the bits you did get sounded great) but I suppose you were meant to be playing rather than videoing! 'Lets dance' cover was spot on - never heard of Tatiana before but will check her website out. Neil[/quote] Hey Neil, your bang on! Rehearsals ended up being so intense that there just wasn't anytime to get anything recorded. Thanks for checking it out! Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Quote
Roland Rock Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 (edited) Nice one Scott - I loved the video diary, and the latin bit in Let's Dance is great. Not been to The Wardrobe for years - great place. Edited April 5, 2011 by Roland Rock Quote
devinebass Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='Roland Rock' post='1188896' date='Apr 5 2011, 12:38 PM']Nice one Scott - I loved the video diary, and the latin bit in Let's Dance is great. Not been to The Wardrobe for years - great place.[/quote] Cheers man. Yeah... The Wardrobe is a great place, I always love playing down there. Easy man, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted April 5, 2011 Posted April 5, 2011 Nice to see some utter daftness intermingled with some serious hard work. Excellent. Gives me a further insight beyond the demo you did at the Bass Bash in Harrogate. Quote
devinebass Posted April 5, 2011 Author Posted April 5, 2011 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='1189480' date='Apr 5 2011, 07:01 PM']Nice to see some utter daftness intermingled with some serious hard work. Excellent. Gives me a further insight beyond the demo you did at the Bass Bash in Harrogate.[/quote] I've got to be be utterly daft sometimes to keep me from going insane lol! A lot of the time things can get quite stressful due to various factors so I've just got keep relaxed and make sure I'm doing a great job and having a great time. Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Quote
2wheeler Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Thanks of posting that Scott. I enjoyed the video diary. And the Harrogate Bass Bash workshop. Possibly cheeky question about trade secrets: why do you flatten the sixth in the Let's Dance bass line? Quote
Faithless Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 Hey, Scott, how's MD'ing going, man? Nice to see it happening, I'm sure it's a great experience for ya... Cheers Laimis Quote
devinebass Posted April 6, 2011 Author Posted April 6, 2011 [quote name='Faithless' post='1190269' date='Apr 6 2011, 11:05 AM']Hey, Scott, how's MD'ing going, man? Nice to see it happening, I'm sure it's a great experience for ya... Cheers Laimis[/quote] MD'ing... Stressful lol! Before i was involved in MD'ing I always thought that it'd all be about the music/arranging etc... it's about SOOOO much more! Negotiating fee's/contracts/studio booking and negotiation/arranging rehearsals (trying to get 7 people in a rehearsal room for 4 days straight is tough when your using the best guys around... coz they're all really busy). I also did all the programming/sequences for this gig which i had to do in an insane amount of time... two weeks worth of work in 3 days basically = NO SLEEP lol! But... don't get me wrong, I absolutely, totally I love it!!! And.. feel so lucky to be involved in music and be able to make a living out of it. I wouldn't change it for the world. 2wheeler... Do you mean the sixth on the Am? Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Quote
2wheeler Posted April 7, 2011 Posted April 7, 2011 (edited) [quote name='devinebass' post='1190609' date='Apr 6 2011, 03:46 PM']... 2wheeler... Do you mean the sixth on the Am? Easy, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url][/quote] Yes, spot on. (I could be wrong but I think) the original line there descends the Dorian (i.e. major 6th), while you had the minor 6th from the Aeolian scale. Listening to the original again, I couldn't swear that they don't mix them up. I really liked your version. I thought the minor 6th was darker and somehow suited the whole thing better (maybe because of Tatiana's voice, maybe just something to do with the whole band sound). But I'm pretty suyre it's not the same as the original. Regards, Nick (Tall thin guy asking lots of questions at the Harrogate bass bash ) Edited April 7, 2011 by 2wheeler Quote
devinebass Posted April 11, 2011 Author Posted April 11, 2011 [quote name='2wheeler' post='1191702' date='Apr 7 2011, 01:35 PM']Yes, spot on. (I could be wrong but I think) the original line there descends the Dorian (i.e. major 6th), while you had the minor 6th from the Aeolian scale. Listening to the original again, I couldn't swear that they don't mix them up. I really liked your version. I thought the minor 6th was darker and somehow suited the whole thing better (maybe because of Tatiana's voice, maybe just something to do with the whole band sound). But I'm pretty suyre it's not the same as the original. Regards, Nick (Tall thin guy asking lots of questions at the Harrogate bass bash )[/quote] Hey Nick, sorry for taking aaaaages to get back to you. Anyhow, yeah your bang on. I just thought it sounded darker so thats why i put it in... no trade secrets lol! Hope your well, Scott. [url="http://www.scottsbasslessons.com"]http://www.scottsbasslessons.com[/url] [url="http://www.scottdevinemusic.com"]http://www.scottdevinemusic.com[/url] Quote
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