Recent content by James Mobius

interesting idea. nice Alembic, I used to have one like that.

sorry I've been away from this site awhile, been terribly busy, and as you may have heard, things here in Boston are never boring... well things have progressed a bit. I spent all day in the studio with Dana Colley and co, he’s working on a new disc of music with the Ever expanding elastic...

that's untidy? looks like a hospital compared to my workshop!

maybe there's a reason so many people recommend Ibanez, soundgear V, thin neck, not super heavy, hey a bass is a bass though. get a well padded strap and grin and bear it. or maybe if you can find one, a used Hohner Steinberger copy, I had one, very light weight V. might have to put higher...

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I see the virgin Mary in your fretboard. and I'm not even Christian!

I spent $200 on materials for my last build, a 2 string bass with one pickup, split into 2 actually, there was a savings! but I already have a workshop since I'm a carpenter. I have hundreds of dollars worth of gear in my shop, and over a decade of woodworking experience. if you have a buddy...

Science!

I had a tuner that had 2 buttons on it to tune it up and down out of "true" tuning, for some reason. I accidentally bumped them and found myself tuning out of tune essentially, to prevent this happening I physically cut the rubber buttons way down with an exacto knife so they couldn't get bumped...

I loaned about $650.00 worth of gear to a girl I was in a band with, and thought might have been dating. it's complicated. she had feelings for me, and I for her, but she was very bipolar, moved away taking my gear with her, when I ran into her and tried to talk about getting it back, to make a...

definitely get a contract everyone is happy with if you think some actual money may be made. in my band, I write songs, my guitarist writes songs, generally we give each other leeway to come up with parts, but if I write the bassline and chord progression, I retain song authorship. songs...

I am almost 3 decades older than you probably, I've always been way too nice and generous with my time. I also have no money. this can be your future too! charge for lessons, even if it's only $10 an hour. limit them to an hour. set some goals. be clear you're not interested in being in a band...

a lot of good advice here. this stuff takes me back, I don't audition for people anymore, I have my own band, if people want to work with me, I'm auditioning them. but I recall some interesting learning experiences from auditions, once I auditioned for a prog band, they were also trying out...

they're holding a gun to your head?

my old band Purple Planet, I'm the bearded one. actually I'm not embarrassed by this pic, except on behalf of our drummer at the time. I still have the same guitarist. I don't look much different now, nor dress different! slightly less big hair, (not by choice d: ) somewhere I have some pics of...

jazz club, funny. tho the laugh track was too loud and forced. the first band wasn't half bad! I had a teacher who talked like that jazz cat. he actually said in class (Berklee) "the blues, is the ****. and if you don't your **** you don't know nothin'!" a Japanese student next to me looked...