Recent content by jsamuel

I think I'd like to apologise for my ignorant comments on the previous page of this thread - I was quick to comment after a cursory look at the video, and was rightly 'shot down'! I'll try to keep quiet next time I don't know what I'm talking about...

Just stumbled across this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-9IpCbE8Z4 Red totally nailing all of those double stops in the head... the short solo from 1:08 doesn't make much sense, but what can you do with solo bass on a ballad...

I had luxury of seeing Palle play with John Taylor and Martin France about a year ago - he specifically requested a Gallien-Krueger MB150S/112 (as seen [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]), which I happen to own, so Palle used my amp for the gig! Had a little chat with him afterwards, but he...

Does that make her a Dadaist bass player...? ;)

nice :D this made my morning

Really interesting stuff Sam, thanks for taking the time to explain.

Interesting philosophy Sam. could you expand on this a bit? :)

i have a pdf of lead sheets of ornettes tunes (most of them are just the melody, for obvious reasons). PM me if you're interested

This is actually quite a common progression in Jazz, it's often referred to as a 'backdoor' II-V and is usually used as a way to modulate from the subdominant to the tonic e.g... Gmaj7 / / / Gmin7 / C7 / D / / / which would be distilled to Gmaj7 / / / C7 / / / D / / / (as in your...

Sounding like yourself is easy. Sounding like someone else is almost impossible.

'nuther couple of questions... in bassius' first post he reached the end of the process having fully memorized the solo. what would the next step be? would you go straight onto your next project or work on integrating the phrases you've learned into your own playing? and if the latter, how...

thanks! ...phil?

Really interesting stuff! What is the best way to find the 'sweet spot'? Or practice playing there? Apologies if i'm hijacking the thread a little, my inquisitive mind can't help it!

yeah, i get that, but what causes the sound to get choked up?

That makes enough sense I suppose. I have memorized things in the past, but generally find that it is more work then it's worth :) What are people working on at the moment? and how do you pick what you're gonna transcribe?