Hopefully not like this...





(don't ask) :ninja:

Just like the guy in my avatar :)

I don't know how to make pictures happen in my posts so here's a pic off my bands website.
http://home.comcast.net/~stillcounting/images/looneysjune04/l11.jpg

http://gypsypacific.com/Photos/Photo.asp?Photo=Photo9

This is my old Meisel ply that I sold when I got the LaScala. I played it a bit last night; it was newly set up and was wearing Obligatos. I had a tinge of seller's remorse, but you can't keep all of them. Great f***in' bass, though.

Whoops, that might be a bad link, try this:

www.gypsypacific.com

Sorry for pushing the limits of Spammishness, but we did a show last night that was videotaped by Bravo Network, for a production called "Djangomania", which will apparently air in December. If you insist on seeing what I look like during battle, here's your chance. Judging by the cameraman's techiques, you should be able to count my nose hairs.

This one was taken 20-something years ago…

Here's me, pretty good for a one handed picture wile holding a bass eh :cool:

Couple of years ago... i was much younger then.

Wil...I've been trying to get my wife to let me part with the last vestiges of hair on my head, and go with your current route, but she doesn't seem to like the idea. My kids, on the other hand, say "Yeah Dad....shave it!". I just am attracted to the low-maintenance approach.

I used to have a buzz cut and an honest-to-god Fu Manchu moustache back in th early 80-s. I got a lot of work in punk bands....

Wil...I've been trying to get my wife to let me part with the last vestiges of hair on my head, and go with your current route, but she doesn't seem to like the idea. My kids, on the other hand, say "Yeah Dad....shave it!". I just am attracted to the low-maintenance approach.

Sorry but you sound like my dad [who is one killer drummer].

Also I would just like to add that my picture was taken 5 minutes before I posted it. :hiding:

This is me about 3 and half years ago.

http://www.wegs.net/theroad/1_east/theroad026.jpg

Shreddin the south with my bud, Warren from Texas. Iput abput 5000 miles on that Duc in two weeks , from Michigan to Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, to Oklahoma where we met up. Then east back through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, to Georgia then a lil shreddin near Deals Gap.

Anyways....

Aaron...thanks for the compliment. My dad is a killer drummer, too. The more I sound or act like him, the better off I am.

Rumzini...you could make a nice dent in your G.A.S. list if you didn't spend all your money on topshelf motorcycles :smug:
Ahhh... I'm just jealous.

This is me about 3 and half years ago.

http://www.wegs.net/theroad/1_east/theroad026.jpg

Shreddin the south with my bud, Warren from Texas. Iput abput 5000 miles on that Duc in two weeks , from Michigan to Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, to Oklahoma where we met up. Then east back through Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, to Georgia then a lil shreddin near Deals Gap.

Anyways....


BTW...I'm the guy in the green.

So Rumzini, how do you fit a DB on that thing?!? :D

So Rumzini, how do you fit a DB on that thing?!? :D


HA HA HA HA!!! I didn't even realize this was the DB forum!!! I can however strap my backpack to the gas tank and I went to Lansing, MI to Elderly to pick up my old Hartke 4000 bass head. They thought I was nuts. I've also brought home a case of beer, burgers and fries...you name it. People love it when you go through the drive thru with it.

Marcus:

If this guy isn't pianist David Benoit's brother, I'll eat my G-string.

http://www.gypsypacific.com/Photos/Images/Photo8.jpg

Yup, he's Dave's younger bro, Phil. Dave, by the way, makes a killer martini. That's important.

Yup, he's Dave's younger bro, Phil. Dave, by the way, makes a killer martini. That's important.

Speaking of Benoit...you guys remember Kim Stone? He was over here yesterday picking up my bass trunk...renting it for some gigs with Benoit and some of those other...whatever you call that **** they play. Sorry.
Anyway Kim played a little on this wonderful Morelli i'm selling and just wanted to say that he's sounding pretty damn good and will be joining us here at TBDB soon.

A couple o' months ago.

Let me see if I have this straight: you can work his mouth and facial expressions using the standard controls, but you have to give him a Dutch beer first?

Do the MacArthur people know about this?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_081.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_065.jpg

Let me see if I have this straight: you can work his mouth and facial expressions using the standard controls, but you have to give him a Dutch beer first?

Do the MacArthur people know about this?


THe beer was the easy part !

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_081.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_065.jpg
Good lookin' double basses!!!!

No doubt the bass is the better looking of this pair...

http://www.eastwindbluegrass.com/img19.gif

I got my pinshot. I keep it with my letter.

http://oldweb.uwp.edu/academic/music/gudbaur.jpg

Here I am, although I got a recent haircut.
http://members.cox.net/jzzbassman/Bass_side.JPG

Man, that big ass Bass of yours looks even bigger from that angle...it´s HUGE.

:hyper:

R2

Hey Monte, what happened to your little finger?

This is a cool thread! Makes me think we should have a group meeting someday. Nice to put a face with the voice.

No doubt the bass is the better looking of this pair...

http://www.eastwindbluegrass.com/img19.gif


I had no idea G.Gordon Liddy was a bassist... ;-)

This is a cool thread! Makes me think we should have a group meeting someday. Nice to put a face with the voice.

What's that you say, Marcus? You're gonna set up free plane tickets to Hawaii for everyone and let us all stay at your place? How nice!

Recent promo photo

Hey Monte, what happened to your little finger?

I don't know; maybe it is scratching an itchy palm
:eek:

Monte

Man, that big ass Bass of yours looks even bigger from that angle...it´s HUGE.

:hyper:

R2

Yeah, it makes me look skinnier than I am.
:D

Here I am, although I got a recent haircut.
http://members.cox.net/jzzbassman/Bass_side.JPG
damn, those ribs are deep! rumano made mine a lot shallower than yours, it seems.

http://members.cox.net/jzzbassman/Bass_side.JPG

That is one huge bass, what do you drive it around in, a bread van? Are you sure that doesn't violate some international arms treaty? :) In any event, it looks pretty dangerous but I bet it sounds great.

That is one huge bass, what do you drive it around in, a bread van? Are you sure that doesn't violate some international arms treaty? :) In any event, it looks pretty dangerous but I bet it sounds great.

Actually, I fit it in my 98 Volvo V70 quite nicely. I even have room for two Schertler Pub speakers, 2 wheeler, Mackie Mixer, 2 speaker stands, mic stand, and music stand when I'm providing the PA system. Oh, and another player can fit in the front seat if he doesn't bring much gear.

Sucker is heavy as hell though. It destroys bass wheels. Sax player friend is an airline mechanic, and he has welded my Ideal wheel back together a few times.

If you are serious about hearing it, it is the one used on 3 cuts on the
Sampler Page (http://www.talkingblues.net/talkinbass.html#Monte%20Butts) . It is used on the Bob Norris Trio cuts:
Take The "A" Train
Stella By Starlight
Bob's Blues.

Monte

damn, those ribs are deep! rumano made mine a lot shallower than yours, it seems.

Rib Depth: 8.5" (upper bout) 9.5" (lower bout) is the measurements on mine if I remember. What are yours?

Really, I'm only 5'7" and I have no trouble getting around on it, although I don't spend a lot of time in thumb position. Working on that though.

Monte

Thanks for the link, I'll listen from work tomorrow (where I have a T-1 line instead of dial-up speed).

In a strange coincidence I am an ex-airline mechanic. Never fixed any bass wheels though. Actually, that gives me an idea, ever thought about a main landing gear from a 727. It's about the right size for that bass and might even stand up to the weight. :)

any new frontal pics of your bass?

Here are some more (1972 & 1981):

Rib Depth: 8.5" (upper bout) 9.5" (lower bout) is the measurements on mine if I remember. What are yours?

Really, I'm only 5'7" and I have no trouble getting around on it, although I don't spend a lot of time in thumb position. Working on that though.

Monte

8.0" and 7.5". It's all the way down to 7.5 by the top of the lower bout.

Here are some more (1972 & 1981):
Wil.......We've had enough!!!!HA,joke! :crying:
Are you slowly working your way up to 2004?

Wil.......We've had enough!!!!HA,joke! :crying:
Are you slowly working your way up to 2004?

Hey Paul - my old Granny used to say that you can't have too much of a good thing…"

…I have pics of me going back to Lizzie's Coronation (1953) :eek:

…so look out! ;)

- Wil

Yay! I'm the first girl to post in this thread!

I have two to share with you: one's with a EUB (I thought I might as well, seeing as it is the DB forum :D), and one's just me.

Me with Geoff's EUB (it's a carruther's BTW) (http://www.geocities.com/stephdawe04/StephSUB-1.JPG)

That bass belongs to my music teacher/drummer/good friend's bassist from his jazz band, and my first go on a DB. I had really short hair then, about two years ago.

Cut to now-ish:

Me with my TalkBass shirt on! (http://www.geocities.com/stephdawe04/BassClefShirt.JPG)

We should get a DB smilie, I feel a bit odd using this one for this forum :bassist:

[QUOTE=stephdawe04]Yay! I'm the first girl to post in this thread!
one's with a EUB (I thought I might as well, seeing as it is the DB forum :D),


My Dear, yer end-pin's too high!

hehe... that's as low as it would go :D

Geoff's about nine feet tall, BTW. :eek:

Here are some more (1972 & 1981):


Hey man, weren't you in Lord of the Rings?

hehe... that's as low as it would go :D

Geoff's about nine feet tall, BTW. :eek:

Judging from the photo - he must be 2-3 feet taller than you anyway!! ;)

Doing my best Charlie Haden impression.........

Hah! Those quick naps can work wonders.

Hah! Those quick naps can work wonders.

WOO-HOO LOL - nice one!

I was just reminded of something - I have the complete session reel audio from "kind of blue" , and after the master take of "blue in green" is finished, Miles says, "Wake up, Paul!" LOL [Paul Chambers, of course for all you newbies]

Judging from the photo - he must be 2-3 feet taller than you anyway!!

Oh yeah, I'm about 5'1", so he'd be at least 6'12" or something like that. :D

Doing my best Charlie Haden impression.........

Fingus, I didn't know you played a fiver....What the hell kinda bass is that?

Oh yeah, I'm about 5'1", so he'd be at least 6'12" or something like that. :D


Not 7' then? ;)

Maybe, but I didn't have my ruler on me so I wasn't sure. :p :D

Fingus, I didn't know you played a fiver....What the hell kinda bass is that?
a 2001 Christopher DB304F5 Hybrid Busetto with Low B. Remember all of those posts of the Chrissy in huge needs ofsetup with no luthier in this country? That's me!!! I'll be back in the states in a few months though.....

I love the feel of a fiver.....I am also curious about trying one with a high C.

Here's another photo of it from the front, before I put on the MPM tailpiece and guts.....bass looks small, but it's quite big, I'm just ginormous myself.

So how's the jazz scene in Cyprus?

Roger

So how's the jazz scene in Cyprus?

Roger

Non-existent. I tried to create one (gasp!) with the few players around here. Most don't care much to do anything beyond wedding gigs and playing the same 10 tunes, and others laugh at my concepts (fusing Greek rhythms and standards to Jazz etc.)

Time to return to NYC, I've had enough. Not even a luthier here, my bass needs a lot of work. i have tendinitis or something like that, I can't play well anymore, I need a doctor. I shall return to Brooklyn by next year.

Non-existent. I tried to create one (gasp!) with the few players around here. Most don't care much to do anything beyond wedding gigs and playing the same 10 tunes, and others laugh at my concepts (fusing Greek rhythms and standards to Jazz etc.)

Time to return to NYC, I've had enough. Not even a luthier here, my bass needs a lot of work. i have tendinitis or something like that, I can't play well anymore, I need a doctor. I shall return to Brooklyn by next year.

Man, that that bass has some serious shine!
You sound really bummed out....HANG IN! You probably think you can't play well any more because there's nobody to play with. I've been there! :D

ok ok ok it's a slab... toy bass... but dang it, I want to be pictured playing an URB! (I missed out on the one I was gonna get from Andy McKee (Hey Andy, How goes it)... but I'm about to close a deal for a playable ply from basscellar.com)

anyway, get use to the mug... I hope to be around this side of life picking your brains soon!
http://www.hartsafire.com/wake/liveshots/DSC00162.JPG

Man, that that bass has some serious shine!
You sound really bummed out....HANG IN! You probably think you can't play well any more because there's nobody to play with. I've been there! :D

I am very depressed lately actually, yes. But you just cheered me up.......I feel like I'm not alone, that you've been there (and others of course). I have so much to learn......thanks again!!

:hyper:

WOO-HOO LOL - nice one!

I was just reminded of something - I have the complete session reel audio from "kind of blue" , and after the master take of "blue in green" is finished, Miles says, "Wake up, Paul!" LOL [Paul Chambers, of course for all you newbies]

I was reading the book about the making of that album. PC was shutting his eyes to get into the new tunes but kept getting lost in the process. If you'd be into selling me a copy of that tape, PM me Mingus.

Click on links!

Me playing in a school concert 2 years ago (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0ZwDxApUeiyyVY9uLR9jxGtqJ4tlrINFnpQUBEbYNiRZNgNi96 ucrFZGPPNcSDtXk0SVGzYtN0ffaPCegNn63woKWuBkOowsyn3u JeUx1nwf5z2UiTfhXd0RGOU3fV1rKR!VrRCkthCwTi1DAGrjaX w/St%20Eds%20summer%20concert%202003%2017.jpg?dc=467 5429723881708834)

I'm on the right... (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0ZwDxApIe0CuVY9uLR9jxGtqJ4tlrINFnpQUBEbYNiRZNgNi96 ucrFT0Vk9brY081Ykxc49cD3h7lfKEfoM97PZCPpm*zD3XYw0v 6NRitXuSDE97YNIBHCXiHb4pxAfmkQajbPR3Uury2T5RW!cPLf Q/St%20Eds%20summer%20concert%202003%2032.jpg?dc=467 5429723905051186)

Me (scary pic-LOL) (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQDxAjwWGT1HakUhYERQg5l0o2MKxM9*RB3CCqZwdbx9z4duY RYSjV*BaulM0j1qOEo0vRcnncJIpbtBf89Mdeq89NhYCI8xYNj flqJHZFewRIM6wsW52Q/122-2241_IMG.JPG?dc=4675478513124723305)

Me and Ginger, my horsey! (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQDdAkMWBz9HKnt7eZa6r5tCY8WCBzVPMz1OEzdPT1ExyVFPv sSrDf*Rk0jpJl6MwUzRSD0CzhJNSEaw*Lbs3ccFbQW0T4MY!S5 !24Cppcf8jagmKqtQzw/124-2480_IMG.JPG?dc=4675482569850819687)

Me in decrating mode! I've just recently deocrated that room (my room) as we had aloft conversion and I laid the floor by myself too! I also put my new bed together! I'm a DIY chick! (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQDdAkMWBz8TizgHdDGR4NPsEINXdDI!Jida7hwLz0Ziuk9CX qBwPSz3jYTZjyjuSn9k4WKDVwT!SZp55oAUEh6mJHzqee*gBVb DrQw5sjlXX*43KXQFWA/125-2515_IMG.JPG?dc=4675483156680420635)

My bass guitar, Mia (the name from my username) (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQDpAksWO0FGSYtIbIMUJHAEuAMfuB8dN9DtdPkN577wJ9M01 h2L0RHN0fZ1aMYqpS8TArxuMCBNhWy8AhWP2xfT1z8ttWA7ZEN 9sT3H!jQJT91u6zxs*g/127-2773_IMG.JPG?dc=4675486635097585565)

Mia again (note: no frets) (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQAAAEkWs0BGSYtIbIMUJNzvyx3r2Nq7mml!q6W4Kj8CP4FST qA3HKIcYsv!!W4hqXvie*pksv5uhyFJg18w*nCjnRbwC9!319N pMPJjloG1DL91PMEJ1w/127-2771_IMG.JPG?dc=4675486635090750204)

Last picture! Mia again! (http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0TQD9Ak0Ww0FGSYtIbIMUJGOXagmKm0cDPMLd!PctxeE*MwGhB 5i0sGM8sLJiZ22Ns8ok8EKoxWRr2uUJvuL80OaeCHBr*lX4JkZ ij2x8hssaebgAY6WEAw/127-2775_IMG.JPG?dc=4675486635102903371)

I don't have any pictures of my new UB but will get some soon.

... Punk Rawker?

Nice. :D

I have a fretless too!

And I'm a girl too!

Dude, we have so much in common. :smug:

Ooooooo! All my other bass playing friends are to scared to try my fretless!

Yeah, they're all like "dude, that hasn't got any frets. How do you play it? Is it hard?"

And I'm all like, "Pfft."

:D

That was very slab of me...

That was very slab of me...

Hmph... don't do it again or else we'll have you take a 'time-out'. :)

Haha sorry.... I'm going over to BG forums to get it outta my system. :D

The standard press shot.

Ooo, I wanna play.


Posed shot for jazz casual/club date trio I work with. They made me smile.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/bassbird/EdDanJerry_02_edited.jpg

You can find some nice studio shots here (http://www.jeffsilverbush.com/photographs.html)

Ooo, I wanna play.


Posed shot for jazz casual/club date trio I work with. They made me smile.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/bassbird/EdDanJerry_02_edited.jpg

You can find some nice studio shots here (http://www.jeffsilverbush.com/photographs.html)


Did it pain you terribly ? speaking of terrible pain I broke my collar bone this morning.

Dear sweet wife unit :) .

Did it pain you terribly ? speaking of terrible pain I broke my collar bone this morning.

It was quite unnatural. I usually only smile when I'm playing.

Really, about the collarbone I mean? How does that affect plans for the upcoming TBDBNYCSummit? Shall we cancel the security plans in place?

Still on for me...Maybe I can talk Smith into driving tho...

Just remember, no matter WHAT I say later, DO NOT let me bargain beer for pain medication.

ok, here i am dreaming about playing double bass... i don't have one yet, but i'm saving money for one. I also have to end my CTS problems in both arms and then i'm gonna start my DB studies.

edit: that's my university's double bass by the way

If I may be so bold, I am currently being treated for with accupuncture and have experienced a great improvement in my wrist and forearm. I would recommend it heartily to anyone experiencing CTS.

P.S. It is virtually painless and very relaxing.

i have already gone throught accupuncture, i just can say that i got very relaxed from that.... i have also experimented with reiki, medications, homeopatics, weird poisonous plants, and so on.... huge list

thanks anyway

Anybody dying to see pictures of me.....go to the talkbasses under Basses. I can't handle posting more!

Z....how the hell did you break your collar bone??? :crying:

i have already gone throught accupuncture, i just can say that i got very relaxed from that.... i have also experimented with reiki, medications, homeopatics, weird poisonous plants, and so on.... huge list


I forgot the most important part. My accupuncturist was a pro-bassist while he was in school. We actually talked about technique-related factors with regard to bass playing and he knew both sides of the issue, medical & musical.

uhm...that's cool, my accupuncturist was an old lady and she wasn't that good!... i might try it someday in the future, but alternative medicine it's too damn expensive down here.

and by the way i have injuried myself doing things that are not related with playing the instrument itself, at least that's what i think, cause i have good e-bass technique according to my teacher.... and i'm also supposed to have good piano technique..... the problem happened when i started travelling with my amp, and i must say, that i did some stupid things..... and back on topic, i'm studying the possibility of the surgery alternative.

I'm the one with the bass.

Here's a pic of me playing with Dizzy Gillespie ;)

I'm hopin' that tip jar filled up a bit as the night progressed...all I see there is the "seed money" ;)

Actually, that might have been towards the end of the night! This gig was at a DEAN and DELUCA Wine Room...the type of place where the requests were along the lines of "Do you guys do any Fourplay or Boney James?". You know, real jazz. We call the seed money "bait".

When you end up with less "bait" than you started out with, that's the definition of a bad night.

As far as the Fourplay or Boney James issue even that could be worse. I once took a friend and an acquaintence to hear Paul Warburton & Dale Bruning play and the acquaintence called the very cool jazz that was being played that night "dinner music". I was ready to scream.

I guess that the forces of musical darkness have succeeded in convincing many among the unwashed masses that funk, fusion and smooth-jazz are "real" jazz. I don't hate any of these kinds of music (except smooth-jazz which I hate with a passion) but I mind it when it is represented as being jazz. I mind it a lot more when these genres are said to be "real jazz" displacing the standards and jazz tunes we all love from their rightful place.

The worst insult I ever got was from a smooth-jazz loving friend. A fellow that thinks Yanni is the greatest composer since Mozart (no kidding). He said that I was ahead of my time because the music I played over 30 years ago was (in his opinion) smooth-jazz. My retort was that in fact it was real jazz but that it sounded like smooth jazz becuse I wasn't playing it very well. The strangest thing about it all is that he never understood that he had insulted me.

smooth jazz

Define smooth jazz.

Preferably with some examples. :D

Here's some discourse on smooth jazz;
http://www.smooth-jazz.de/what_is_smoothjazz.html

But for me, it's a form of music that compels me to find a rusty icepick, coat it with the anthrax virus, and shove it really deeply into my eardrum, twirling it around until my eyeballs bug out.

But that's just me.

But for me, it's a form of music that compels me to find a rusty icepick, coat it with the anthrax virus, and shove it really deeply into my eardrum, twirling it around until my eyeballs bug out.

But that's just me.

:eek:

I don't know what's worse, listening to it or reading about it. Luckily, I don't have to do either.

Making certain that your digestive tract is empty beforehand I would suggest going to Amazon.com and playing some Kenny G. samples. This is also useful if you ever need to induce vomiting.

Define smooth jazz.

Preferably with some examples. :D

Define smooth jazz.



Saying smooth jazz to these guys is like saying George Bush to an average group of Hollywood stars.

I don't know what's worse, listening to it or reading about it. Luckily, I don't have to do either.

Amen! I didn't read it either, just found it on Google.

To me, a lot of it sounds unfinished, like "Adult Contemporary" music that need to go back to the studio for a vocal track. Some of it also sounds really dated to me. It just sounds really overprocessed.

I just tuned into a "jazz" fest broadcast on BET yesterday...the first artist featured was Freddie Jackson, a good contemporary R&B singer. So I thought, all right, I'll see what comes up after the commercial. Up next was Bebe Winans, an excellent gospel singer. I don't really care what the music is called, but I felt like listening to some jazz. I ended up turning on Cirrus radio.

On a positive note; Arturo Sandoval is coming to Maui this weekend :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/bassbird/EdDanJerry_02_edited.jpg




Awww....you're so CUTE! This is much better than the ponytail look.

Are my aging eyes playing tricks on me, or are you standing in front of an accordionist? If so, you could have done a better job of blocking the infernal thing from the camera, no?

You can look....but you better not touch.....

Here I am, participating in my favorite pastime..daydreaming and taking my eyes off the music... :help:

http://www.evatis.com/rhakeem_db.jpg

Here I am, participating in my favorite pastime..daydreaming and taking my eyes off the music...

My drummer and I pull faces at each other. :eek: :D

Awww....you're so CUTE! This is much better than the ponytail look.

Are my aging eyes playing tricks on me, or are you standing in front of an accordionist? If so, you could have done a better job of blocking the infernal thing from the camera, no?

No, not an accordian. It's one a them ee lektrick keyboards. Which gets used even when there's an actual piano in the same room.

I would have blocked the keyboard, but I was too busy hiding my giant hammy hands from the camera...

I was too busy hiding my giant hammy hands from the camera...

Last time we shook hands someone had to call the EMS :eek:

I thought for a moment that Ed had been photographed at "Ryles" in Cambridge…

- Wil

Y'know, as for the accordion thing -- I saw a documentary the other day on the tube about Musette music. You know: French accordion stuff. There was a player on there who was talking about that music, about Django, about swing -- I think his last name was Galliano. Anyway, this guy was completely amazing on his accordion -- fast, smooth, fresh and interesting. He performed a very interesting piece of new music with a bass clarinetist....

Mostly I agree about the accordion, but never forget that amazing music can come from anywhere! I'd be proud to play with those guys. They bad.

There's a tango guy, Richard Galliano.

Speaking of tango, anybody heard this bassist Pablo Aslan?

That's the guy. My french is only so-so, but I managed to get that he was talking quite a bit about tango in conjunction with all this other stuff.

Django's son was on there too.

Talking about the tango - what about the father of the tango Astor Piazzolla (it's a bandoneón, by the way…)

- Wil

it's a bandoneón, by the way…

Do you mean the accordion thingie, Wil? The one I saw Galliano play was all buttons, no keys at all. It was large.

I think accordions are spoken of in terms of the number of reeds per voice, aren't they? Plus, aren't they usually tuned a bit out of whack to get chorus effects?

…that's right, buttons on both sides - Astor Piazzolla is worth a listen if you're into tango music (a very fine player, and he's the original… (there, that should stir it up a bit… ;) ))

- Wil

…that's right, buttons on both sides - Astor Piazzolla is worth a listen if you're into tango music (a very fine player, and he's the original… (there, that should stir it up a bit… ;) ))

- Wil
I love Astor....When he was alive, I rented the band some basses over the years. Those bass parts are killers! Bass unisons w/ the piano and alot of percussive slaps on the bass shoulders. ( Makes me a little nervous)

OK, it's neither accordian or tango related, but here's a photo from a wedding we did on Saturday. The piano player is Jill McCarron, check out her website.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/bassbird/BandContempBW-001.jpg

http://www.jillmccarron.com/

OK, it's neither accordian or tango related, but here's a photo from a wedding we did on Saturday. The piano player is Jill McCarron, check out her website.

http://www.jillmccarron.com/

Checked out the website; some very nice sounding stuff. I would consider myself very lucky to get gigs like that!!

Monte

was the wedding in Pleasantville Ed?

was the wedding in Pleasantville Ed?


..........and did Don Knotts request "stranger in paradise"?...... :D

She sounds great...having her play at your wedding, how hip is that....

Gives me hope for the future.

here's subbing with the Moonlighters in NYC.

sorry. files too large

Y'know, as for the accordion thing -- I saw a documentary the other day on the tube about Musette music. You know: French accordion stuff. There was a player on there who was talking about that music, about Django, about swing -- I think his last name was Galliano. Anyway, this guy was completely amazing on his accordion -- fast, smooth, fresh and interesting. He performed a very interesting piece of new music with a bass clarinetist....

Mostly I agree about the accordion, but never forget that amazing music can come from anywhere! I'd be proud to play with those guys. They bad.

prolly bass clarinetist is Michel Portal (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=MICHEL|PORTAL&uid=CADMR0409090510&sql=11:z95h8qftbtv4~T1)

key name in Musette is Gus Viseur (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=GUS|VISEUR&uid=MIDMR0409090508&sql=11:8o620r3ar48b~T1) (a compil is to be found amoung the albums with a cover by R. Crumb (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2QHN2Q69FQFEB/ref=cm_lm_dp_l_1/002-5668494-9952858)), composer of Flambée Montalbanaise, notably. Here is a good Musette CD (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:oi7zefek8gf3~T1).

Saw Galliano do a concert of Piazzolla's music with what was effectively a string quartet plus piano and bass. All acoustic - yes the bass too. It was fantastic - brought the (full) house down (RNCM Manchester). The guy is definate must see.

was the wedding in Pleasantville Ed?
Yeah, Dan and Jill kept wondering when I was gonna start seeing things in color, too.

Don Knotts was NOT in attendance.

he was in the truck.

Don Knotts was NOT in attendance.

he was in the truck.
Probably hangin' with the Ghost and/or Mr. Chicken, eh?

What do we all look like?

Eeeek! :hiding:

Obviously taken during the years that Paul had the same physician as Elvis.

You got it Marcus.......

Paul that's a winner! You even out did the famous Daddy Warbuttons Nostril Shot.

http://www.samuelshen.com/tb/images/lower.jpg

Sigh. That's one purty bass....

Sigh. That's one purty bass....
Those are two purty nostrils! You know what they say about big nostrils doncha? Men with big nostrils have..........

Thanks alot John!

Men with big nostrils have..........

big sinus cavities???

A hard time walking into a headwind?

You cats is cruel!

Men with big nostrils have..........

... more boogers?

:p

This thread needed a bigger slab influence. :D

... more boogers?

:p

This thread needed a bigger slab influence. :D
Actually steph, your sense of humor is showing a bigger DB influence....welcome to the club.

Really?

*feels honoured to be accepted*

:p

pssshhhaw. you don't even play DB :p

i'm never accepted anywhere :(

Before & After....

I've been told that I look a lot like the cat on my avatar.

I've been told that I look a lot like the cat on my avatar.

I get the same thing all the time with my avatar.

The piano player is Jill McCarron, check out her websiteGaads... from that angle, Jill looks just like Eliane Elias. Come to think of it, from that angle, she bears a striking resemblance to munjibungawanga (slab-bass forums).

Before & After....

What kind of bass is in pict 1, cool effs.

That was my 80 year old Russion three stringer. I got rid of it just recently due to numerous repairs it was in dire need of.

It was definately one of a kind.

Kevinlee

I get the same thing all the time with my avatar.
LOL

Playing at Pops for Champagne in Chicago last June

Steve

http://kaybass.home.att.net

here I am with my Strunal 5/20....

here I am with my Strunal 5/20....

when....in 1963???

LOL......no it was before bassist used the slab bass....1955 :D

Cover the children's eyes and don't let the dogs' howling bother you.

My avatar is the most recent. I lost my URB pics in a computer crash.

I'll be sure to get a new one when my new Ergo gets here. :hyper:

I finally got someone to take a few pictures of me playing - so now I'm able to join in the fun :p


http://www.mindspring.com/~funkyfusion/doublebass/DB2.jpg http://www.mindspring.com/~funkyfusion/doublebass/DB3.jpg

Hi, I'm new here. I don't have a picture on the computer of me with my DB yet.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/bonniejm/coloravatar04.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/bonniejm/bonniewithbikenl.jpg

And here's my brother last year. 3 of my 7 siblings and I unicycle, although mine is broken at the moment :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/bonniejm/vincentbanjouni.jpg

Bonnie

Hi Bonnie, welcome to TBDB!

Thank-you!

I'm going to try to get a picture of me with my DB to have as an avatar :D

Bonnie

http://www.mindspring.com/~funkyfusion/doublebass/DB3.jpg

"***...is that tab?!"

"***...is that tab?!" Hehe....that's just a picture of part of the band for that day stumbling through a few real-book standards that none of us knew (apparently :( :D ).

Luckily the audience took their responsibilities seriously and drank enough so that we sounded good. I always prefer playing to a crowd that drinks responsibly. :p

Remember - "Friends don't let friends do tab." :)

"***...is that tab?!"

No. If that was TaB, then it would be a picture of you instead of a picture of a couple of musicians reading music. :eyebrow:

TAB...just 1 calorie!

Alright, Ill take a dive in to the DB side of Off Topic with a couple pictures of myself.

Here I am on stage doing my punk rock thing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/thorluvsurbass/11-4-04%20Odlaw%20Suicide%20Bombs%20and%20POS/Pissing%20on%20Susie/ab95f950.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/thorluvsurbass/11-4-04%20Odlaw%20Suicide%20Bombs%20and%20POS/Pissing%20on%20Susie/10ed6853.jpg
Please note the beer soaked spots on my shirt, pants, and bass. Apparently thats the crowds way of saying thanks.

And here I am in lumberjack form:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/thorluvsurbass/Random/Nick_fonz.jpg

Im way cooler than the Fonz.

Alright, Ill take a dive in to the DB side of Off Topic with a couple pictures of myself. Im way cooler than the Fonz.

Sorry, I'd rather see bonniej play DB arco or pizz while unicycling :smug:

Let's see if I'm really starting to get the hang of this attachment thing. If so, this should be proof that it is possible to have very little hair and still be happy...

This is me in grade nine:
http://don.dream-in-color.net/music/bass.jpg

For something more recent (playing Irish music in a Bulgarian restaurant):
http://don.dream-in-color.net/music/pics/P1010018.jpg

Hahaha...I really ought to try that. Only it's raining outside right now and my pedal is broken. I'm going to try though, I'll post it when I get it done and have successfully ridden the bass it.

Next summer I hope to have put a tightrope in my backyard. I don't suppose there's a way to play a bass up there though. You could put the end pin in a bracket that let it slide freely on the rope. But then, I would have trouble holding both it and the stick at the same time. I'll stick to the unicycle for now :D


Bonnie

Hehe....that's just a picture of part of the band for that day stumbling through a few real-book standards that none of us knew (apparently :( :D ).

Luckily the audience took their responsibilities seriously and drank enough so that we sounded good. I always prefer playing to a crowd that drinks responsibly. :p

Remember - "Friends don't let friends do tab." :)


haha...it's all good.

No. If that was TaB, then it would be a picture of you instead of a picture of a couple of musicians reading music Dude...I was kidding.Why do you always seem to be so rude to me?

P.S - I can read music...

You may like this one then Bonnie:
http://www.trapezeartist.com/

Let's see if I'm really starting to get the hang of this attachment thing. If so, this should be proof that it is possible to have very little hair and still be happy...
Nice pic. Amazing that you can smile, while, directly behind you are written the words that strike fear into the bravest of musicians;

"OPEN MIC"

Speaking of open mic (and sorry for the sidetrack), Bay Area jazz singer Kitty Margolis is staying in the hotel where I gig regularly, and has promised to sit in with us over the week to come. Better still, alto god John Handy is also on the island, and he brought his pal, bassist Harley White, along. They are all friends, so I'm looking at a good week coming up. Sometimes it works out well; much better than last Xmas, when Kid Rock sat in and attempted some Ray Charles songs. :rollno:

Nice pic. Amazing that you can smile, while, directly behind you are written the words that strike fear into the bravest of musicians;

"OPEN MIC"

I think I was smiling because it wasn't really an "open mic" night. :)

Speaking of open mic (and sorry for the sidetrack), Bay Area jazz singer Kitty Margolis is staying in the hotel where I gig regularly, and has promised to sit in with us over the week to come. Better still, alto god John Handy is also on the island, and he brought his pal, bassist Harley White, along. They are all friends, so I'm looking at a good week coming up. Sometimes it works out well; much better than last Xmas, when Kid Rock sat in and attempted some Ray Charles songs. :rollno:


Ooo, sorry I missed that. Not. :rolleyes: Have fun this weekend, though!

It helped that Pamela, the Incredible Three Headed Ex-Baywatch Babe, was Kid's girlfriend at the time. She plopped her bionic blonde self down next to me on the area where I sit, and encouraged her man with things like "Bob, you should go get your guitar". He responded with "F*** that, I wanna play piano".

Kid Rock does not play piano, as it turns out.

How's that for derailing a thread? :hmm:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/scarstar/georgiasportfoliopictures007.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v38/scarstar/georgiasportfoliopictures007.jpg


How can you play one of those lying down? :D

How can you play one of those lying down? :D

Everything's possible in roseability........

A shot from last Friday's gig.

http://home.comcast.net/~stillcountingrocks/images/alehousedec2004/ah25.jpg

JetJazz here!
Happy Holidays fellow bassists!

snazzy! :D

How can you play one of those lying down? :D

do you know how hard it is to rotate pictures in photoshop?! :p

do you know how hard it is to rotate pictures in photoshop?! :p

No, I don't! Make it easy...

Hit ALT+I, then "e", then "9". Save. That's it!

9 for 90 degrees clockwise,
0 for 90 degrees CCW
1 for 180 degrees.

Or, for you keyboard shortcut-haters, click Image --> Rotate Canvas --> Choose your degree & direction of rotation.

thanks hon!

Here's one o' the back of me head. ;-p

http://mbarber.stolenflowersmedia.com/images/mike-rocket_01.jpg

Somewhere around here I have on of me with the bass, just can't find any at the moment...

well, here's one:
http://www.comomusic.com/autoimages/Gallery-451080040712-24_popup.jpg

It appears that there are many people who must think double bass is referring to their drummer...

It appears that there are many people who must think double bass is referring to their drummer...

I don't have any photos of me with my double bass... yet.

I don't have any photos of me with my double bass... yet.

I'm not worried about that, but wanted to let you know that I'm digging the haircut already. Good choice. :)

That's better...

Good mornin' little schoolgirl...

Good mornin' little schoolgirl...

the fingering says Buon Giorno ;)

once again, me on a bad hair day gig:

There's a Rage in the Cage..... hehe.....:rolleyes:

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/imagesBands/146326_5.jpg

Jeff
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Good mornin' little schoolgirl...

careful now... ;)

once again, me on a bad hair day gig:

You play left-handed?

There's a Rage in the Cage..... hehe.....:rolleyes:

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/imagesBands/146326_5.jpg

Jeff
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Where r ya playin', Guantanamo Bay, Rikers? whas with the "rig"? :cool:

This thread even more fun than the "My Pops is Hard" thread

You play left-handed?
i do. i have limited rotation in my left hand/arm/wrist which makes
fretting/fingering with my left have impossible.

:)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_081.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/Nino-Brown/Gunky_Munky_7-24-4_065.jpg

Wow, that has to be the most beautiful jazz-bass in the world! You look happy to play it too. :crying:

I'm proud of the mature patience shown by my DB colleagues Down Here in refraining from comment. But really, all these slab pix are starting to feel like deliberate provocation. You want us to start taking active prevention measures? When it comes to sarcasm, we've got Weapons Of Mass Destruction down here. You've been warned.

I'm proud of the mature patience shown by my DB colleagues Down Here in refraining from comment. But really, all these slab pix are starting to feel like deliberate provocation. You want us to start taking active prevention measures? When it comes to sarcasm, we've got Weapons Of Mass Destruction down here. You've been warned.

And I bet they'd be a whole lot easier to find than the ones folks are looking so hard for overseas...however, that shouldn't be necessary - I fixed the thread title. :)

what about EUB'ers?
:D ;)

My wife took this last weekend. I love that harp. It looks like a lamp post in Heaven.

[/QUOTE] formerly known as Mingusfingus, Where r ya playin', Guantanamo Bay, Rikers? whas with the "rig"? :cool: [QUOTE]

Actually bro, this was a show we did last Jan. at the AVN Awards in Vegas...
My ryth. guit. player is in the biz, thats how we landed that gig. That 1st pic was cropped enclosed is the whole pic. To answer ur ?..... It's a big strip club and the rig is a railing to keep the drunks back... lol Notice stage right and left. Wow, if that
wasnt a distraction I dont know what is...... hehe......:D

http://www.soundclick.com/pro/imagesBands/146326_9.jpg

Jeff
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http://www.atuworld.com/

Interesting that it's your rhythm guitarist that works in the biz.

This was the only picture I could find of myself with my bass. Unfortunantly, it is quite fuzzy.

http://staff.esuhsd.org/~ih-govt/gallery/2004-2005/Marching_band/images/Marching%20Band%20(86).jpg

I'm the one playing bass :)

Cover the children's eyes and don't let the dogs' howling bother you.

My avatar is the most recent. I lost my URB pics in a computer crash.

I'll be sure to get a new one when my new Ergo gets here. :hyper:

I have an Ergo, too... :cool:

This was the only picture I could find of myself with my bass. Unfortunantly, it is quite fuzzy.

I'm the one playing bass :)

You play bass in a marching band?


Which wheel do you use?

You play bass in a marching band?


Which wheel do you use? I'd love to see that timpani player herding those kettle drums around the field :D:D

You play bass in a marching band?


Which wheel do you use?


When I was in HS, we actually had a guy in the marching band that played slab. A freshman pulled an appropriately painted wagon behind him with a big ole Acoustic 370 rig on it - one of those with the ridiculous folded horn that you couldn't even hear 6 feet from it, but would scramble an egg at 100'.

Anyway, they'd march in and the frosh would plug the amp into an extension running from one of the light poles. It was pretty funny.

Don't seem to have a picture of myself with a bass... so here I am with a bassist (playing a benifit gig last month):

http://mind.dreamhost.com/albums/album10/IMG_0027.sized.jpg

You play bass in a marching band?


Which wheel do you use?

I have an Onyx foam rubber wheel I got from Lemur, but unfortunantly, they won't let me march with it. I do get a lot of ego boosting praise with it when I'm wheeling it on to the field.

This is one of the outest pages in TBDB history!!!!! :crying: :bawl:

Remember Woody Allen's "Take The Money And Run"? His character plated cello in a marching band...sit down, play a few notes, stand up, walk a few steps, sit down , play, etc. Funny s**t.

I don't really have a double chin...

http://www.talkbass.com/photopost/data/504/1621studio_bass.jpg

I grew up in Philadelphia, home of the Mummers Parade on New Year's Day. I have seen marchers playing and carrying double bass several times in Mummers string bands. They hang the bass over one shoulder by a strap and lean slightly backward to stay balanced while they march and play. And, for all you warm-weather residents, please appreciate that they and all other musicians accomplish this marching/playing feat on New Years Day, often in sub-freezing weather and sometimes while it is snowing.

Check this link: http://philadelphia.about.com/library/weekly/aa010301a.htm

At the bottom there are links to other photos showing the elaborate costumes. More photos here:
http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/mummers/a/2004_mummersa.htm

I don't really have a double chin...

http://www.talkbass.com/photopost/data/504/1621studio_bass.jpg

Don't think of it as a double chin. Think of it as a Busetto corner. :)

Don't think of it as a double chin. Think of it as a Busetto corner. :)
no, it's a double chin! :D ;) i've seen him in person! just kidding...

hey, Jon, as long as your chin isn't is big as mine, you'll be OK! They call me Pete Ojeda's Mini-Me because our chins are about the size of Rhode Island! :D :D

I grew up in Philadelphia, home of the Mummers Parade on New Year's Day. I have seen marchers playing and carrying double bass several times in Mummers string bands. They hang the bass over one shoulder by a strap and lean slightly backward to stay balanced while they march and play. And, for all you warm-weather residents, please appreciate that they and all other musicians accomplish this marching/playing feat on New Years Day, often in sub-freezing weather and sometimes while it is snowing.

Check this link: http://philadelphia.about.com/library/weekly/aa010301a.htm

At the bottom there are links to other photos showing the elaborate costumes. More photos here:
http://philadelphia.about.com/cs/mummers/a/2004_mummersa.htm

That was my first gig on a DB. I played with Greater Overbrook string band. One of the rules is that string bands are not allowed to use wheels (or weren't at that time), so double bassists came up with several methods of strapping the bass. I was 14yo and 98lbs. Between the the costumes, and carrying a double bass on a strap it all looked pretty ridiculous.

http://www.overbrookstringband.com/1992.jpg

We marched down Broad Street from Vet Stadium to City Hall, performing several times along the way. Judging takes place at City Hall. On the first note of our theme, my G string broke and I spent the rest of the show trying to play the bass lines on the remaining strings. :rollno: Not that the bass lines were all that complex, but I could practically fit my forearm between the strings and the fingerboard.

Here's a good pic of the bass straps:
http://www.overbrookstringband.com/band2.jpg

Remember Woody Allen's "Take The Money And Run"? His character plated cello in a marching band...sit down, play a few notes, stand up, walk a few steps, sit down , play, etc. Funny s**t.
;) yep

Yo Pho, That's PhoBuckin' wild. There's alway some way my usual high respect for bassists climbs higher.

EE

my old man is photographer, so occasionally he gets these creative urges to do stuff like this.

Such a serious young man i am!

The photography style looks familiar, Robin. Did your Dad also shoot some shots of Bob Ross' basses? He's been the topic of discussion round here from time to time...

The photography style looks familiar, Robin. Did your Dad also shoot some shots of Bob Ross' basses? He's been the topic of discussion round here from time to time...

No, but he should have. He's specializes in inanimate objects (like bass players).

Nice pic, Robin. The bass is really nicely displayed...you know how we sometimes get gigs because people like the look of the double bass. When the check arrives...don't bother me a bit!

Unidentified indeed...

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13130&stc=1

Tzadik,

Are gigs with Santa one of the benefits of living so so close to the north pole?

LOL Yep. Totally. He is the coolest looking guy. His wife is an artist and she sits there drawing him (and all of us, actually) at our gigs. It's kinda cute.

Don't laugh too hard though - apparently this guy opened for Miles (http://bechler-arts.com/charlie/charlie-bio.html) back in the day. :eek: I'm glad I didn't know that before I started playing with hm. That would be my cue to freak. Luckily, he's super-cool though.

Here's a picture of me with the Kay that I'm borrowing over break, while my carved bass that I'm renting from school gets fixed.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bassnsax_fiend/detail?.dir=968c&.dnm=840f.jpg

All I get is a floating cow :eek: :confused:

All I get is a floating cow :eek: :confused:

Are you saying I'm fat? and have a bit of magic to me?


:p Problem is now fixed.

her I am, watch the slick col legno bow hold.

Nice pic, O! Trying to imagine what the acoustics must be like with all those cement walls, though...are you playing in an auto shop? ;)

Nice pic, O! Trying to imagine what the acoustics must be like with all those cement walls, though...are you playing in an auto shop? ;)

Very impressing Marcus ! that's exactly what it is ! a former auto control center not yet turned into a loft, studio, what not: Bad acoustics and cold. Just the right place to play free jazz and bang your bass col legno.

...are you playing in an auto shop? ;)

It looks like it, and I do believe that's a hacksaw he's using on the strings... :D

how about...........what we USED to look like? :D

1979

Finally -- some pictures taken this century. These were taken recording on a project I did last summer http://www.EmileWestergaard.com I don't sit when I play, but did so for the recording so as to be a little more consistent on the mic.

I really do have the double chin...

http://paperthecity.com/RayParker/RayParker1.jpg

http://paperthecity.com/RayParker/RayParker2.jpg

I really do have the double chin...

http://paperthecity.com/RayParker/RayParker1.jpg



Looks like Frank Zappa in the background....or the drummer from Faith No More

That IS the drummer :) Also the MD/Producer for the session.

Very impressing Marcus ! that's exactly what it is ! a former auto control center not yet turned into a loft, studio, what not: Bad acoustics and cold. Just the right place to play free jazz and bang your bass col legno.
I was hoping that wasn't you leaking fluids all over the floor :eek:

Whose studio? It don't look like PK's or Brorby's...

Ray, those Emile tracks sound great. Nice vibe.

Look mom, no strings!

R2

I was hoping that wasn't you leaking fluids all over the floor :eek:

:D WRONG, you can't win all the time :spit:

Ray, those Emile tracks sound great. Nice vibe.

Thanks! I think they did a pretty good job of it. I just played bass and didn't have much of a hand in the production end of it. Although the cello line on 'Don't Make Yourself...' was originally my bass solo, I couldn't get a good take of it so they redid it -- the ol' arco chops just weren't there to pull off a long sweeping line like that. I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard that they re-recorded it. I was cringing at the thought that what I did was going to get out :)

I did the same thing last year; when the producers wanted me to play an arco line on a CD, I think they were really hearing a cello line in their heads. Of course, it just didn't sound right on the bass. So I suggested a friend of mine, a lovely local girl who plays beautifully and happens to look fantastic while doing so. She came in and just enthralled everyone in the studio, and I ended up looking like a genius for recommending her. It was the best track I never played.

Look mom, no strings!
R2

R2: your bandmates seem to be scared of missing a change while you watch'em... but we know you're not like that ;)

Right. There weren´t too many of ´em changes, though.
Notice the banjo AND the beer bucket holder?

R2

Notice the banjo AND the beer bucket holder?
R2

So it's not a bow can à la Ray Brown ?

Bow? What dat?
:D
R2

Bow? What dat?
:D
R2
It's what you do at the end of the song.

It's what you do at the end of the song.


.........when the cymbals cover the bad intonation..............

hello! here's me :)

.........when the cymbals cover the bad intonation..............
No, not that. That's arco. I mean when the people are clapping....

hello! here's me...

You definitely have that ECM look together :)

Thats a compliment if i ever heard it :p

So it's not a bow can à la Ray Brown ?
Oli's talking about that thread on the bow quivers where I brought up that bow stand that Ray Brown use to sell that looked like a can attached to a piece of wood.
By the way Oli, you look a hell of alot better than I thought you would....

...and I look a hell of a lot worse than I ever thought I would...

R2

...
By the way Oli, you look a hell of alot better than I thought you would....

Thank you dear. Maybe 'cause it's a B&W pic. :D

Prairie's Edge Bluegrass Festival July 2004

A friend, My Chris, and yers truly

nice shades man! a long time ago a teacher at my school told me that to be a true bass player you need shades, and lots of diseases. do you think he's right? :hmm:

n

Hey Neils...

There's probably not that many big bluegrass festivals in Scotland....I needed them to keep from bleeding to death...

As for the rest of the diseases (besides the killer hangover), when I got the Chris a year ago or so, it pretty well cured my GAS for the time being.......

Finally have one of my on (a) double bass... but it's not mine.

http://mbarber.stolenflowersmedia.com/images/mike-bass-jrl.jpg

I don't look nearly as blurry in person. :cool:

No, not that. That's arco. I mean when the people are clapping....

Thanks Ed. Now I know what to do in case that ever happens!!! :D