Recent content by ianw

Hey guys, Thanks again for all your help. I spent the afternoon transcribing Mike Mills' bass part from REM's The One I Love and then compared it with a bass tab I found online. Didn't get all the nuances he played, but will add nuances of my own when I practise it in future. And I'll be using...

OK, that's good advice - thanks, guys!

OK, thanks guys.

Greetings all, As I may have mentioned before, I have been playing guitar for 35 years, took up bass about 10 years ago, but never really learned to play or think like a bassist rather than as a guitarist. Having invested quite a lot of time and effort in learning musical theory and...

OK, guys, I've found exactly what I was looking for: SightReadingFactory.com. You select your instrument (it has both 4-string and 5-string bass) and your level and the program generates suitable sight reading exercises. As well as a metronome and tuner, there is a synth bass playback feature...

Thanks, Tyler, but that looks like the app I am already using (Music Tutor). Or at least I can't find any mention of an audio element where I can check what I play against how it should be.

Thanks guys! The tip about writing notation to help with reading was a great one: EarMaster has a feature for transcribing rhythm notation as well so I'm adding that to my practice routine. Ideally what I'm looking for is something with an audio element where I can check what I play against how...

Wow, quite a treasure trove there! Thanks for going to the trouble of putting all that together and for pointing me to it :-)

Greetings all! At the ripe old age of 44, I have decided to learn to read music – or at least bass clef - so that, among other things, I can make full use of the exercises in Joel die Bartolo’s excellent Series Electric Bass book. (Incidentally, why are there two six-string and one five-string...

That's even weirder ... what on earth possessed him to buy it without having heard the music? Are his parents called John and Julie? Or perhaps the CD was sending off subliminal signals in its attempt to get back home to Dublin? :wideyed:

Wow, what are the odds?! :jawdrop:

Greetings all! My name is Ian and I am a 44-year-old Dublin native who has been based in Cologne, Germany, for the last 22 years. My main musical project is an acoustic pop duo called John Loves Julie, an outlet for my songs and regular gigging (see link below). I have been playing acoustic...