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12-24-2007, 09:33 PM
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can anyone post some links (preferably downloadable) to blues or jazz songs that don't have basslines so i can practice my walking? I seriously need help so i anyone has anything for me i'd really appreciate it.
P.S. - please don't give me some song that goes at like 20,000bpm ; ; i need to practice walking not setting my bass on fire.
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12-24-2007, 09:34 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | Google Band in a Box, from PG music. It's the ultimate practice tool. |
12-24-2007, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Google Band in a Box, from PG music. It's the ultimate practice tool. | +1
that's what I use.
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12-25-2007, 07:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: San Diego, California | | | Are there any free alternatives? I don't have much money at all to spend right after X-mas time :/ |
12-25-2007, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Chicago area | | | I just got a copy of Band in a Box and I'm very impressed. It's pretty intuitive to use as I had a chord progression and a style laid out within 10 minutes of when I first opened it. |
12-25-2007, 11:33 PM
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12-26-2007, 05:47 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | i have all the fake book songs with melody for band in a box, if someoine want them just PM me with you E-mail and I will send it.
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12-26-2007, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Park City, Utah | | +100 Band in a Box
Aebersold recordings (Bass is in left channel, just pan to right).
I use band in a box a lot, but I like the aebersold recordings since the musicians are real.
Here are some Band in a Box files: http://www.wesleydick.com/zips/RealBook.zip http://www.wesleydick.com/Songlist.html http://www.midistudio.com/BIAB/List.htm http://www.xs4all.nl/~garritsa/
Finally, play along with your favorite mp3s and record yourself, mix yourself in with them to see how you sound  I use Audacity for this (free).
1) Import the mp3
2) EQ the track to cut the bass down
3) play along / record.
4) play it back with both your bass track and the mp3 (or just your bass track - great for checking your timing / phrasing).
This is the only free solution that I can think of right now.
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12-26-2007, 09:02 AM
|  | passionate hack | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NE US/CAN line | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pacman Google Band in a Box, from PG music. It's the ultimate practice tool. |
+10 It's pricey, but allows you to enter the chords and then specify the style, pace and even other instruments. The only downside is that it IS and sounds like "computer" music.
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12-28-2007, 07:43 PM
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Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, California | | | Wow. Just downloaded the Band in a Box demo.
Incredibly cool tool. Makes it much more interesting and solid to walk over changes (fired it up for Real Book tunes).
This is a great find.
Thanks!
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12-28-2007, 07:52 PM
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