Recent content by Dubalator

I am currently in a situation playing with a forgetful drummer and a band that likes to pull things off on the fly. My favorite saying is that if you keep your ears and eyes open on stage, everything will be all right. I think the most important cues come from the music, so I agree with the...

This isn't the greatest story, but it was fun for those of us who witnessed it. I've got a good friend, lets call him "Mike." "Mike" is sober now, but back in the college days he used to imbibe pretty heavily in the alcohol. One of our friends has a great ska/reggae/rocksteady band from...

I am so awesame that I will take #∞. Because that is just how awesome I am.

There is no reason not to play straight ahead jazz on the bass guitar. Before Jimmy Smith the organ was not considered to be a "jazz instrument." In the very early days of jazz you had no saxaphones, but there were banjos. Now sax has become one of the definitive jazz instruments and not many...

Count me in. Although I don't play much reggae these days I have played my share and still love to play it when I can. I currently play some reggae in a Brazilian group. We have some originals that we do, as well as a Bob Marley medley that we call SambaMarley. In the past I played a few...

Since the OP doesn't mind that the topic drifted towards a palm muting debate, I will add my $.02. I have played a lot of Reggae and seen a whole lot of live shows, and the only people I have seen use palm muting on Reggae are younger/non-jamaican guys. I am aware of Robbie using some palm...