Davemarks Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 (edited) Hey guys - just posting a quick note about a masterclass that I'll be doing over in Colchester. Thursday 15th April, in association with MusicManUK, I'll be hitting the Bass Merchant, Colchester to deliver a masterclass. (Time TBC) The Bass Merchant, Unit D1 Colchester Seedbed Centre, Wyncolls Road, Severalls Ind.Est, Colchester, Essex, UK, CO4 9HT Tel: 01206 751173 [url="http://www.bassmerchant.com"]http://www.bassmerchant.com[/url] My masterclass will focus primarily on time, rhythm and feel, but I'm gonna leave it open to lots of Q & A, so if people want advice on something specific, they need just pipe up and steer things to the topic of their choice. :-) I'll be asking people to jump and play things for / with me, so don't be totally suprised if you find yourself grooving on my Stingray..... d [url="http://www.davemarks.com"]http://www.davemarks.com[/url] Edited April 1, 2010 by Davemarks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Noted. I've been trying to get up to the BM for a while so I'll try and kill two birds and make the 15th if I'm free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golchen Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Sounds great. Unfortunately too far for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellothere Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 [quote]Sounds great. Unfortunately too far for me.[/quote] Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemarks Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 It will start at 7pm and go on until 9pm. There will be a large selection of Musicman basses there for you to have a play on. Entry is free, but spaces are limited, so you need to call the Bass Merchant to reserve a seat! Tel: 01206 751173 Here's the press for the event: Musicman UK presents an exclusive Masterclass with Irish Bass extrordinaire Dave Marks. Dave's playing credits include guitar Gods Larry Carlton, Albert Lee & Matthais Eklund, ex-Squeeze vocalists Paul Carrack and Chris Diffford, D:Ream, Gareth Gates, prog rock drum legend Carl Palmer (ELP), Saintsaviour (Groove Armada vocalist) and many more.... Dave is one of the UK's foremost players and educators, writing a very popular column in Bass Guitar Magazine and having taught at the London ICMP for the last 9 years. He keeps a solid web presence with music and educational material on his own website and his Youtube channel has had nearly 2 1/2 million views! His masterclass will focus on time, groove and note choice, but he'll be taking questions throughout, so feel free to come along and steer him into topics you want covered! Also, don't be suprised if you find yourself onstage with him, playing some grooves on a delicious Musicman bass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Any chance of doing a webcast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithless Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 Hey, Dave, I doubt, that I'll make masterclass, obviously.. but, I'm just curious - does it mean, that you're now 'oficially' playing MusicMan's, not Sei's anymore (as your main basses)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemarks Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 [quote name='Faithless' post='794654' date='Apr 2 2010, 09:26 PM']Hey, Dave, I doubt, that I'll make masterclass, obviously.. but, I'm just curious - does it mean, that you're now 'oficially' playing MusicMan's, not Sei's anymore (as your main basses)?[/quote] It depends on the gig... if the musicman is a good choice, i'll play it. If the gig is like a heavy jazz or fusion gig, the Seis come out. I still use my Marcus Fender Jazz and my P bass... I let the music decide for me. It doesn't benefit anyone if I play at a gig or in a session with a bass that has the wrong sound for what I need to deliver :-) d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 I'd like to get to this but would prove pricey to get down. I'm ordering a new Ray soon...either 5 H or 5 HS or Classic Series 4. Would have been good to test them. Can you help with advice on the models as I'm ordering through BM anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemarks Posted April 2, 2010 Author Share Posted April 2, 2010 I'll get around the country with Musicman in the rest of 2010. Just got details finalised for a masterclass in Poole, so dates up north should hopefully follow. Re: Getting new basses.... it's hard to say - it depends what you already have, and what sort of stuff you want to play..... I'll take a look at those models when I do the masterclass and might be able to give you a better idea.... d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassJase Posted April 3, 2010 Share Posted April 3, 2010 I'm gonna be there to say Hi to Darren, Chris and dave, and then mutter expletives under my breath as Dave plays, as I have several times before... Looking forward to it though, bit of a drive from North London but well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Looking forward to this! Just down the A12 for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmpires Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 How was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray5 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Extremely miffed as I was unable to make it after all. Hopefully next time!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Great. Dave fantastic as always (well, I've seen him twice, so 100% so far) - he gave me some really interesting things to think about and work on. I got shedding as soon as I got home. Had loads of questions but mainly relatively obscure jazz/improv stuff and didn't want to alienate everyone else who was there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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