Recent content by coolmoniker

About how long should it take to work through the first Hal Leonard bass method book by Ed Friedland? Background: I want to teach my girlfriend bass and read good things about the Friedland book. The first book is 48 pages and the first ~10 pages are about positioning, musical concepts, etc...

Tom Petty probably makes 80% of the 15% though.

I didn't read the whole thread - But I get really tired of this kind of thing on Youtube. Literally every song I visit on YT, probably 85% of the comments are like this.

Pink Floyd, to me, is the truly the definition of 'overrated.' They are revered as music icons, and I have never understood why. They are responsible for some of the most bland, forgettable, lifeless music to receive consistent radio airplay. Just my opinion, of course!

'Modern rock,' but most of these guys became famous 20+ years ago, and many haven't been relevant since.

ASCII tabs are usually awful. The tabs for programs like Powertab and Guitar pro are much higher quality. Maybe because people listen back to what they've transcribed and realize their mistakes? No lie, using those programs to transcribe made me much, much better at reading music.

I saw this a couple days back:

I can't relate. It's just a song. Even if you don't like it...I mean...it's still only a song.

That was pretty good. I watched your 'Don't Let Me Down' video also. That's one of my favorite Beatles bass lines. Here's a request/suggestion -- How about 'Living In The Past' by Jethro Tull? I think you have the right kind of big, fat tone for it.

Be sure to pluck the notes up by the neck (or on the neck and fretboard,) not down by the bridge. That's a big part of his sound.

Boy, I'm bumping an oooold thread. I hope that's okay. Paz is probably the best female bass player I have heard -- She plays with a big, fat J-Bass sound, similar to John Paul Jones, Geezer Butler from Black Sabbath or Don Brewer from Grand Funk. I saw her last night at a show for the...

In the last band I was in, the singer always had to do the 'introducing the band' thing. To me, this was extremely cheesy and lame. We're just guys in a cover band, not rock stars. It made me want to hide behind an amplifier whenever he did it -- And I did a couple of times, to great comic...

I didn't read the whole thread, just the first post. However... I find it really hard to communicate musical terms and directions verbally. I have a hard time explaining it, and also understanding what other people say. I suggest you use some musical transcription software (Freeware or...

The links didn't work for me. But I was going to post about how he played a V sometimes. I've also seen some clips where he plays an SG. Those aren't really the guitars he was famous for though.

Would it have really been so much work to just have them make a recording of each of the songs? It's only 12, right? The recording doesn't have to be good or anything. Even just a casette tape recording placed outside the garage or whatever would have been passable for learning purposes...