dmccombe7 Posted March 14, 2022 Posted March 14, 2022 Not sure if this was deliberate Rob but Geddy has a different bass in the pics for the last 4 Rush songs you've posted Yes i'm a saddo that notices these things Dave 😂 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 14, 2022 Author Posted March 14, 2022 20 hours ago, itu said: 5 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Not sure if this was deliberate Rob but Geddy has a different bass in the pics for the last 4 Rush songs you've posted Yes i'm a saddo that notices these things Dave 😂 Complete accident, Dave. Just try not to use the same image too often. 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 15, 2022 Author Posted March 15, 2022 Nearly there. Geddy Lee's bass part for the tune 'Digital Man' from the 1982 'Signals' album. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/digital-man-rush/ 1 Quote
Guest Posted March 15, 2022 Posted March 15, 2022 A lot of people don’t like Signals because of all the synths and because Alex Lifeson’s guitar takes a bit of a back seat but there are some excellent songs and personally I loved the album from the first time I heard it. It’s aged well. Subdivisions is the standout track but Digital Man is definitely the most fun to play. And that (Rickenbacker?) bass tone! Thanks Rob Quote
Bilbo Posted March 15, 2022 Author Posted March 15, 2022 Have finished New World Man. Will post tomorrow. That's the whole album done. 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Posted March 16, 2022 Last one. Geddy's bass part for 'New World Man'. Complete album set to follow. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/new-world-man-rush/ Quote
dmccombe7 Posted March 16, 2022 Posted March 16, 2022 I've always been under the impression it was his finger nail but you never know. Dave Quote
Bilbo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Posted March 16, 2022 Complete set of pdfs for 'Signals'. Enjoy. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/signals-full-album-rush/ 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 16, 2022 Author Posted March 16, 2022 Just reviewed to stats and the website has had 16000 hits since it passed the 100,000 mark. That's an average of 2,000 hits a week. How cool is that? People want to read! 1 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 18, 2022 Author Posted March 18, 2022 (edited) A head chart for the tune 'Chasin' Jason', from the 1997 Jeff Berlin album, 'Taking Notes'. It stops three or four bars into the solos but the bass part gets too knotty from that point and would take to long to put together what would, ultimately, be an unreadable chart. It's a really challenging chart but great fun to play once you get a handle on the detail. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/chasin-jason-jeff-berlin/ Edited March 18, 2022 by Bilbo Quote
Dad3353 Posted March 18, 2022 Posted March 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Bilbo said: A head chart for the tune 'Chasin' Jason', from the 1997 Jeff Berlin album, 'Taking Notes'. It stops three or four bars into the solos but the bass part gets too knotty from that point and would take to long to put together what would, ultimately, be an unreadable chart. It's a really challenging chart but great fun to play once you get a handle on the detail. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/chasin-jason-jeff-berlin/ I recently tried to listen to this, but couldn't finish it. 'Great fun to play' it may be, but I'll not be giving it another go. Well done on writing it out, though. 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 18, 2022 Author Posted March 18, 2022 I blow hot and cold with Jeff Berlin stuff, Dad. I think his Low and High Standards albums are icky and there are certain tracks on his recordings that do nothing for me but every now and then he does something that I can get excited by. Whatever else you can say about it, you can always hear the bass parts! 1 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 24, 2022 Author Posted March 24, 2022 Dave Holland's arco bass part for the Steve Nelson tune 'Candlelight Vigil' from the 1999 Dave Holland Quintet album, 'Prime DIrective'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/candlelight-vigil-dave-holland-quintet/ Quote
Bilbo Posted March 24, 2022 Author Posted March 24, 2022 Another quick Dave Holland part, the bass line that underpins the head of the tune 'Four Winds' which appears on both the 1973 Holland album, 'Conference of the Birds' and the later trio record 'Triplicate'. Tricky little sucker that takes liberties with the bar lines throughout! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/four-winds-bass-for-head-dave-holland/ Quote
Bilbo Posted March 28, 2022 Author Posted March 28, 2022 From the 1976 Rush album, '2112', this is the Geddy Lee bass part for the ballad 'Tears'. A simple part that requires minimal reading experience and expertise. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/tears-rush/ 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 28, 2022 Author Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) From the same album, the bass part for 'Lessons'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/lessons-rush/ Edited March 28, 2022 by Bilbo 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 28, 2022 Author Posted March 28, 2022 And another. The bass part to 'The Twlight Zone'. For the record, I did all three last night. Took me about two hours in total. I can read all of these cold (relatively slow tempos and repetitive lines helps). I remember when I first started listening to Rush and thought that Geddy Lee was the man! I love the fact that I can now play pretty much all of his lines from the dots without having to 'learn' them (I didn't really learn these properly at the time I was listening to them in earnest as doing so was that much more difficult in those days before computers and Transcribe software). It is easy to think you aren't improving when you are looking at your playing on a day to day basis but, looking back on these tunes, I am playing things cold that the 17 year old me thought were absolutely exceptional at the time. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-twilight-zone-rush/ 3 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 28, 2022 Author Posted March 28, 2022 The website now has over 400 transcriptions on it. 5 Quote
Simon. Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 14 hours ago, Bilbo said: The website now has over 400 transcriptions on it. Brilliant achievement Rob! I did have a look previously, but can't remember the outcome, but did you even do a transcription for Al Di Meloa's - Race With the Devil? Quote
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 A request from the Talkbass website, this is Alphonso Johnson's bass part for the tune 'Cucumber Slumber' from the 1974 Weather Report album, 'Mysterious Traveller'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cucumber-slumber-weather-report/ 1 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Simon. said: Al Di Meloa's - Race With the Devil? Not so far, Simon. I don't think it would be difficult as it repeats a lot. Can have a look, if you want. Edited March 29, 2022 by Bilbo Quote
Simon. Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Hi Rob, if you could, that would be awesome! One of the first tunes I learned with my first tutor, at the tender age of 15. Did have the sheets for it, but they have long since vanished in a house move somewhere along the line. Thanks. Quote
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2022 Author Posted March 30, 2022 'A Passage To Bangkok' from the 2112 album. Some great playing on this one and watch the rhythms behind the guitar solo..... https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/a-passage-to-bangkok-rush/ 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2022 Author Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) And, finally, 'Something For Nothing' from the same album. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/something-for-nothing-rush/ Edited March 30, 2022 by Bilbo Quote
Bilbo Posted March 30, 2022 Author Posted March 30, 2022 The complete pdf for '2112' https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/2112-full-album-rush/ 1 Quote
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