SpondonBassed Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 [quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1492188053' post='3278602'] Thank you for going to the effort, very kind of you [/quote] Appreciated but it was little effort and in fact it was about time I revisited this myself. I started on a couple of inventions two years back and then we had a series of family crises which made me tread water with my practice for a bit. My rep is stale though so this topic is all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 [quote name='owen' timestamp='1492029233' post='3277380'] I am playing the St Matthew Passion on Friday. I have not done this kind of stuff for a VERY long time. I will be very tired on Saturday. Cracking bass lines though. He was The Don. [/quote] Got in an hour ago. 2.5 hours of playing after a 3.5 hour rehearsal this afternoon. That was HARD work. I remember why I stopped doing it now. It was interesting to go back to it after a long break and realise that his basslines are a huge part of my creative DNA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 [quote name='owen' timestamp='1492211394' post='3278775'] Got in an hour ago. 2.5 hours of playing after a 3.5 hour rehearsal this afternoon. That was HARD work. I remember why I stopped doing it now. It was interesting to go back to it after a long break and realise that his basslines are a huge part of my creative DNA. [/quote] I believe that trumps Blue's four hour bookings if you add it up. Controversial. How was it apart from the hard work? I'm thinking you had a church venue or at least a venue that allowed the sound to breathe freely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I have always considered Bach and Scarlatti to be the true masters against their outrageously talented contemporaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 [quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1492242602' post='3278855'] I believe that trumps Blue's four hour bookings if you add it up. Controversial. How was it apart from the hard work? I'm thinking you had a church venue or at least a venue that allowed the sound to breathe freely. [/quote] Yep, in a church so the work was being done in the space it was written for. Lots of good stuff, but some of the recitative passages where not hanging together well. I did have to discipline myself to not start swinging some of the basslines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 [quote name='owen' timestamp='1492248193' post='3278923'] Yep, in a church so the work was being done in the space it was written for. Lots of good stuff, but some of the recitative passages where not hanging together well. I did have to discipline myself to not start swinging some of the basslines. [/quote] I'd love to have heard that performance. Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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