Living Colour VIVID bass recorded version book

[paul_wolfe]

Hey everyone,

Not sure which forum this should go in...please feel free to move!

I'm looking for the Living Colour VIVID bass recorded versions book. If anyone's got a copy they want to sell please PM me.

IF anyone's got a copy and THEY don't want to sell, any chance you could post the ISBN number and publication details and I can try and get a copy through my local library search.

Thanks



Paul

[paul_wolfe]

A PS to the last post - if you've got VIVID and wanted to swap for the TIME'S UP bass recorded versions book I'd be good to go on that.




Paul

[paul_wolfe]

BUMP

[JimK]

I don't see an ISBN.

Here's some info on pg. 1-
Book Copyright 1990 CPP/Belwin, Inc.
15800 N.W. 48th Ave.
Miami, FL 33014

EDITOR: Carol Cuellar
DESIGN: Ken Rehm
TRANSCRIBED BY: Larry G. Goldman

On Pg. 3, A Note from the Transcriber-
Larry G. Goldman- Bass Transcriptions
c/o CPP Belwin, Inc.
15800 N.W. 48th Ave.
Miami, FL 33014

On the spine, there is this-
"P0833BGX"

[JimK]

Once upon a time, I loaned a friend an AWB song book (Soul Searching)...well, he moved away & I never got the book back. A few years ago, I found it at a place called Red Sky Books.
http://www.redskybooks.net/cgi-bin/rsb455/index.html

They do have Stain by Living Colour (I didn't know this existed until now)-


Maybe drop them a line to be on the lookout for Vivid?
Nothing on E-Bay?

[paul_wolfe]

Hey Jim

Thanks for the answers!

Very helpful. Been searching Fleabay for a while, no joy. I've got Stain - and Time's Up - and wanted Vivid to complete the collection. I think I may have had it in the early 90s but was going through my 'fusion' phase and didn't really appreciate it, look at it, hang on to it.

I've got a couple of searches out for it - plus I'm going to a place called Ross On Wye here in the UK in a couple of weeks which is apparently the second hand book capital of the world.

[JimK]

Paul-
Your Bass Player magazine index is a nice tool...and light years ahead of what they have available on their own site! Now get busy on the years you have not indexed yet!



Something I recall doing with the Vivid bass book...and I will say this book + Slutsky's SITSOM/Jamerson book pressed me to read 'better'-
I used my drum machine to 'play' the rhythms...especially helped on some of Muss Skillings' slap/pop phrases.
So, if a slapped note was on the "E"-string...I used the drum machine's KICK drum
Slapped note on the "A" got a LOW conga sound
Popped notes on the "D" got a MID conga sound
Popped notes on the "G" got a HI conga sound
Muted/ghosted/X-notes (Fretting Hand slap) received a Cross-Stick sound

If the tempo was too fast (120?)...slowing it down to 80-90 allowed me to really internalize the 'sound'. This aided in coordinating my hands to do what was required.
Then it was just a matter of playing at tempo.

[deecher99]

Dude, I totally have this book. And you're in luck because I doubt I'll ever use it again. I enjoyed it, but I can be sure my friends will NEVER want to play a cover from Vivid. Let me know if you want it.

[paul_wolfe]

DUDE

I"M TOTALLY THERE - THAT ROCKS!!!

I"VE PM'd you!

Thanks