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07-11-2007, 05:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs | | | Ray Brown BBC Master Class? on YouTube
Looks like from the mid-70's...its in 9 parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8QazNAZjhM
Check Mr. Brown's "rock" playing in one of the later chapters!
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07-11-2007, 08:06 AM
| | | | What a gem he was. |
07-11-2007, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Nashville TN | | | Thanks so much for pointing this out! Made my day. Love to see excellent teaching and playing together like this. Had to go through them all. Ray was a one-of-a-kind.
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07-11-2007, 01:11 PM
| | | | Goldmine.
Man...that sound. It's just amazing, that it's exactly his sound that he always had.
No one has ever come close to his sound. It's just the way it is. |
07-11-2007, 02:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | | Thanks man!
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07-11-2007, 02:50 PM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | nice! |
07-11-2007, 04:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | That was fun to watch. |
07-16-2007, 06:47 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | Sheerly amazing. Does anyone know if this would be available on DVD from BBC?
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07-27-2007, 04:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York | | | Thanks for posting this! It's awesome just to watch/hear how Ray thinks of changes. Gotta feel bad for Erica Howard though! She sure learned a lesson! |
07-27-2007, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by CamMcIntyre  Sheerly amazing. Does anyone know if this would be available on DVD from BBC? | If you have a Youtube account, you can save the entire thing in your favorites. Nine parts, I think.
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07-27-2007, 07:19 PM
| | inarticulate bassist | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: lakeland, florida | | | until it gets pulled. |
07-30-2007, 02:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | | In watching these videos (as well as observing others) I have noticed that in thumb position, it seems as if only the top two strings (D & G)are actually played. If the need to do something across the neck is needed (E & A), then a position shift happens. Is this a normal thing, or am I missing something. I would ask my teacher, but I have none. Thanks for your help.
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07-31-2007, 07:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Wow. I just got through these. Beautiful in all respects. |
07-31-2007, 08:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga Tennessee | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassist1962 In watching these videos (as well as observing others) I have noticed that in thumb position, it seems as if only the top two strings (D & G)are actually played. If the need to do something across the neck is needed (E & A), then a position shift happens. Is this a normal thing, or am I missing something. I would ask my teacher, but I have none. Thanks for your help. | It all depends on what you are playing and the sound you want. Usualy the higher string you play on the louder and brighter things get. It is all about what you want to sound.
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Originally Posted by Snakewood Hell man, we're bass players, I wouldn't trade this for anything. | |
07-31-2007, 09:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Denton | | Man, watching those videos inspired me to not only go back into the woodshed and learn the tunes I know in all 12 keys, but also to start recording myself and see how I actually sound and compare to Ray Brown. Man, I didn't sound anything like I thought I did...or Ray Brown for that matter.
But did you guys notice the huge difference in tone and groove between each student and Ray Brown after he (for lack of a better term) pwned them?  For me, I used to take that tone for granted, now I realize how hard it is to get that tone and swing. |
08-04-2007, 12:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Boston/San Diego | | | Check out the part where he sings the melody while walking on Cherokee and then he does the same thing with body and soul. Even while singing the melody his time is still amazing! Ray is king. |
08-04-2007, 05:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | | I love what he says about bass players needing to have their own time, not relying on the drummer. I know several drummers who need to practice this one, instead of stressing me out for their time!
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08-04-2007, 09:15 AM
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Ok, learn every tune...in any key...any tempo...while singing the melody...lead the band with confidence...and most importantly, sound like you know what you're doing!
But hey, that's why Ray Brown was the Master!
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08-21-2007, 03:43 AM
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Not a commercial business but represent a free instructional website | | | | | Does anyone know what became of Erica Howard and the other guys on that master class ?
Just curious ! |
09-27-2007, 06:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, FL (Orlando area) | | | I've been transcribing that solo of his on The Very Thought of You. Nice little workout, since I rarely use triple stops. It's really fun to play, too. Got about half of it transcribed.
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