The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club part 21

[slappa_dat_bass]

Originally Posted by khutch

You get in on it by hanging out here so welcome aboard! If you want an actual membership number I believe all you have to do is ask. Or do we still require prospective members to recite Psalm 119 from memory ... backwards ... in Hebrew?

Ken

Thanx for the welcome ill be hanging out here regularly lol. And Psalm 119 backwards from memory........ in hebrew............. let me consult my friend Mr. Google lol

[SoCalBassman]

I have a Prayer request for my brothers here.

The leader of our worship band, who is also an assistant pastor, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Please pray for him however the Holy Spirit leads you to pray.
His name is Dave.

Thank you, brothers
and God bless.

[praisebass]

Originally Posted by SoCalBassman

I have a Prayer request for my brothers here.

The leader of our worship band, who is also an assistant pastor, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Please pray for him however the Holy Spirit leads you to pray.
His name is Dave.

Thank you, brothers
and God bless.

Of course.

[mtb777]

Very light day today other that some personal woodshedding on 3 of my basses. I'm on overload from church and the conference this weekend which was basically 5 services with different teams and speakers with a hour and 15 to an hour and 45 of Worship ( I did not play but would have loved to) at about 2 1/2 hours of each total for each session from Friday to this morning and then no band practice for Earthen Vessels because of folks out of town and then I skipped Worship at Sojourn Church because I didn't get a set list until 2 in the afternoon after I already made planes, headed out and didn't have my gear with me. We have spoken about prep time and all that so he was not really expecting me after all. I am heading down to Miami later in the week to pick up a new cabinet! It's a used but really nicely built 2x10 BFM Omni (jack) cabinet with nice Eminence speakers and a nice horn array setup. I'm just not crazy about my Hartke 15 cab so this should spice things up some. Looking forward to a different sound to tweak.

[mtb777]

Originally Posted by SoCalBassman

I have a Prayer request for my brothers here.

The leader of our worship band, who is also an assistant pastor, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Please pray for him however the Holy Spirit leads you to pray.
His name is Dave.

Thank you, brothers
and God bless.

Will do!

[praisebass]

Playing for God's people is cool - we had a great time in worship today.

We're not pro's but we make a joyous noise!

http://youtu.be/5dCPh9Qp2t8

[praisebass]

noise

[JebDude]

@oldcatfish - No I'm not better than you, just still too new to know better. And notice I said it didn't LOOK too difficult. We'll find out when I actually start playing it. Then I shall be humbled.

JB

[invalidprotocol]

Originally Posted by oldcatfish

Quote "Music director wants to start learning 'Salvation Is Here'. I'll be learning the bass part in case our regular player isn't up to it. Although, the tabs I've seen aren't really hard. Just have to keep that drive going."

If you don't find Salvation Is Here" challenging, then you are a better player than I am. I can play it, but it took a lot of work--probably as much as any song that I've ever learned.

Sounds pretty challenging to me. If you watch video footage those fingers are busy. He's definitely striking using more than 2 fingers.

I predominately use 2 for striking and the rest for muting. Occasionally breaking out a third for certain strikes but mostly only when shifting back towards my body or when playing octaves. This actually made me think about what I'm doing with my hands. Thinking hurts!

Thanks for the post. I wasn't familiar with this song. This will be another one that helps me push the personal envelope. The last one was Furious. It was too fast for my finger style capabilities so I started learning with a pick.

[slappa_dat_bass]

Originally Posted by SoCalBassman

I have a Prayer request for my brothers here.

The leader of our worship band, who is also an assistant pastor, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Please pray for him however the Holy Spirit leads you to pray.
His name is Dave.

Thank you, brothers
and God bless.

Praying!

[LSquared]

Originally Posted by oldcatfish

Quote "Music director wants to start learning 'Salvation Is Here'. I'll be learning the bass part in case our regular player isn't up to it. Although, the tabs I've seen aren't really hard. Just have to keep that drive going."

If you don't find Salvation Is Here" challenging, then you are a better player than I am. I can play it, but it took a lot of work--probably as much as any song that I've ever learned.

We played "Salvation Is Here" just yesterday. I guess I should probabably say we played a VERSION of "Salvation Is Here"... A little slower, a lot less instrumentation, a little simpler bass.....

We hadn't had a decent rendition in 3 practices, but our leader decided to push ahead. Frankly, I expected a train wreck. But it seems to have pulled together OK. I hope we keep working on it, and get it down better. I do like the song.

[Jhengsman]

Originally Posted by LSquared

We hadn't had a decent rendition in 3 practices, but our leader decided to push ahead. Frankly, I expected a train wreck. But it seems to have pulled together OK. I hope we keep working on it, and get it down better. I do like the song.

My church's version of Salvation Is Here is trying to do Fred Hammond's arangement of This Is The Day.

[rstaggs01]

Hey, all.. been a busy busy summer, haven't been around in something approaching forever. Lots happening over the holidays.

Originally Posted by LSquared

We played "Salvation Is Here" just yesterday. I guess I should probabably say we played a VERSION of "Salvation Is Here"... A little slower, a lot less instrumentation, a little simpler bass.....

We hadn't had a decent rendition in 3 practices, but our leader decided to push ahead. Frankly, I expected a train wreck. But it seems to have pulled together OK. I hope we keep working on it, and get it down better. I do like the song.

LS - this happens a lot with our team - rehearsal sometimes is a train wreck, but when we're really doing for our Lord and Savior, he gives us a little helping hand (or kick in the hindquarters.. ) and it almost always seems to come together.

SoCalBassman - Praying.

Update:
In Indy, aka the Circle City, we have a big event, downtown on the Monument Circle, the Friday evening after Christmas. It's known as the Circle of Lights - where they string Christmas lights down from the monument, and light them, designating it as the "world's largest Christmas tree". The event regularly pulls around 100,000 people on the Circle, plus televised live (locally, of course), and has about a 2 hour show full of Christmas-themed entertainment. Our Worship team has been asked to serve as the "house band" for this, the 50th anniversary of the Circle of Lights (no, I didn't attend the first, but yes, I was around then... ). It's gonna be an incredibly cool event, and we are all very honored that our God has led us here. Set List:
This Christmas (Christina Aguilera
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Jingle Bells (cool swing version)
Holly Jolly Christmas Medley
Joy to the World
Angels We Have Heard on High
All I Want for Christmas is You (Mariah Carey)
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee)
The Holiday Season

[mkandolf]

C'mon slappa_dat_bass, I'm waiting for Palm 119 in Hebrew. I'll help you out, here's the first six verses:

אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי-דָרֶךְ-- הַהֹלְכִים, בְּתוֹרַת יְהוָה.
אַשְׁרֵי, נֹצְרֵי עֵדֹתָיו; בְּכָל-לֵב יִדְרְשׁוּהוּ.
אַף, לֹא-פָעֲלוּ עַוְלָה; בִּדְרָכָיו הָלָכוּ.
אַתָּה, צִוִּיתָה פִקֻּדֶיךָ-- לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד.
אַחֲלַי, יִכֹּנוּ דְרָכָי-- לִשְׁמֹר חֻקֶּיךָ.
אָז לֹא-אֵבוֹשׁ-- בְּהַבִּיטִי, אֶל-כָּל-מִצְו*ֹתֶיךָ.

[Jhengsman]

Originally Posted by mkandolf

C'mon slappa_dat_bass, I'm waiting for Palm 119 in Hebrew. I'll help you out, here's the first six verses:

אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי-דָרֶךְ-- הַהֹלְכִים, בְּתוֹרַת יְהוָה.
אַשְׁרֵי, נֹצְרֵי עֵדֹתָיו; בְּכָל-לֵב יִדְרְשׁוּהוּ.
אַף, לֹא-פָעֲלוּ עַוְלָה; בִּדְרָכָיו הָלָכוּ.
אַתָּה, צִוִּיתָה פִקֻּדֶיךָ-- לִשְׁמֹר מְאֹד.
אַחֲלַי, יִכֹּנוּ דְרָכָי-- לִשְׁמֹר חֻקֶּיךָ.
אָז לֹא-אֵבוֹשׁ-- בְּהַבִּיטִי, אֶל-כָּל-מִצְו*ֹתֶיךָ.

Then post clips of you playing Salvation Is Here, or This Is The Day since you are a slapper

Or you can just tell us who you play for

[mkandolf]

Actually slappa_dat_bass, here's you number, we really don't do that around here although I'm tempted to! Your number is: 1171!

Last ten numbers added to the list:

1162 5minutes
1163 rotis
1164 FellowBass
1165 Shep_Ramsey
1166 trbostic
1167 Beersurgeon
1168 tigerfire
1169 GAPendragon
1170 marcomatic
1171 slappa_dat_bass

[Versatek6]

Originally Posted by Versatek6

Got a text from the MD last night that our new drum kit is in!

Goodbye 16-year-old decrepit TKO, Hello Roland TD-11KV!

We'll be setting it up and dialing it in Saturday morning. I don't play drums, but am still excited!

(Is there a rule you shouldn't quote yourself? Since this drum topic has come up a couple times, I thought I should document our initial experience.)

After our service, our drummer du jour (who is also one of our bassists) said, "These make me sound so good! I'm less self-conscious and can just play and not worry so much about being too loud or too soft." She was really excited, and I thought she really did play better than I have heard from her in some time.

We did a rough set-up on Saturday, and picked a stock kit that sounded generally good in the room. Once we can spend some time fine tuning, and getting a good monitor mix on the kit, things will sound even better.

Before committing the funds, we went back and forth several times over acoustic vs. electronic; electronic eventually won out because of the controllability factor, and the physical size. I hope that we will hear some congregational comments via the MD at rehearsal tonight.

[english4bw]

Originally Posted by oldcatfish

Quote "Music director wants to start learning 'Salvation Is Here'. I'll be learning the bass part in case our regular player isn't up to it. Although, the tabs I've seen aren't really hard. Just have to keep that drive going."

If you don't find Salvation Is Here" challenging, then you are a better player than I am. I can play it, but it took a lot of work--probably as much as any song that I've ever learned.

I posted this tab sheet for the Salvation Is Here bass solo before, but the link is dead, so here it is again. Just for anyone who finds it helpful...

[SteveC]

Got my IEM's ready to go...almost. Need to decide on a DI and then I can make a little "IEM/DI" board for gigs where I don't use/need a stage amp.

[SoVeryTired]

Interesting Sunday after our retreat. My sister (worship leader) and her husband (electric guitar) were both coming down with bad colds while we were away. While my brother-in-law just about survived, and we swapped lead and rhythm parts, my sister tried one song in soundcheck and realised it wasn't going to work. It was a good example of teamwork though and the other two singers shared the leading. It was helpful almost that everyone on stage is or has been a WL!

Back on bass this week:

Evermore
Our God Is Love
From The Inside Out
Our God (for baptisms)
In Your Freedom

I miss my 5er!