Recent content by Harry D'Agostino

In my head, it would be to try and mimic like a James Jamerson electric bass tone

Hi, I just got off a tour where I brought along a practice mute to try not to disturb others while I practice when staying with hosts on the road. I noticed it gave a nice muted percussive sound to my pizzicato, like when you stuff a sock near the bridge on an electric bass. For the kind of...

I first put the Evahs on in May of 2015 and they were dead as doornails by January of this year. It's not so much that I didn't like the tone, but it was both volume and clarity of pitch. They're not super loud strings to begin with and especially the low strings lose a lot of volume after a few...

I was gonna make a separate post, but I figure I'll just tack on here because I have a similar predicament. I've been playing the Evah Pirazzis and I love them a lot, but they have a short lifespan and they're too expensive to keep buying. I've heard the Zyex and the Obligatos both last longer...

SUB-DIVISIONS AT SLOW TEMPOS: Along with a metronome at 40 bpm, I play 1 note per click, 2 per click, 3 per click, 4 per click, 5 per click, 6 per click up to 7 per click. I'll practice shifting between 2 and 3, 3 and 4, 4 and 5, 4 and 7 etc... The goal is to reduce the "settling in" time it...

This piqued my interest, if it sounds good I can see a lot of uses for it. Review - Expanding Hands Finger Bow - Bass Musician Mag

Thanks everybody for the wonderful suggestions! I'm gonna follow up with some research. Man I'm really glad talkbass exists

For one thing, I think an important aspect of the standard repertoire is that the tunes have IMMENSE staying power and recognition. The melodies and lyrics are so well crafted it's like they were more "discovered" then they were invented. On top of that tackling a lineage of material visited by...

Anyone have experience with the Phil Jones Amps?

Just returned to this thread. I didn't mean to imply that proper vocal technique was arbitrary or not worth investing time in, especially when pitch accuracy is concerned. I only meant to emphasize that the singing in this scenario is much more about expanding your aural imagination and that you...

Yea I was thinking about trying the full circle as a pickup, I just dig having the realist on there for my less loud jazz gigs. I have a kay bass that currently has no pickup on it so I thought I'd test run another pickup with that and possibly switch it over to my other bass if I really like...

I have a realist pickup if that matters

Hi all, I'm looking into purchasing a new amp and I'd love some input. I'm mostly a jazz player for restaurants and swing dances etc... around the Hudson Valley and the Acoustic Image Contra I have has always done the trick (in a small enough room I always elect to play acoustic.) But my band...

That's been my experience these past couple years as well Tom! Glad to see it's not unique to me. Movable solfege was very helpful for me as well, but I've faded on using it as much as I used to. I do a lot of arranging and part writing for 3 female singers and that's been a big help for...

Sorry for the length of this post but I feel this may all be of use to the original poster: Singing what you play is an AURAL exercise not an ORAL exercise. If you ever hear Barry Harris or another master like that scat, it's certainly devoid of proper vocal technique and it isn't much to...