Recent content by Liberty Citizen

In case it helps... http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=563380 Check adamneely.com, Adam is a terrific player and composer who has written about this subject and many others here in TB and in his website.

There is a specific thread devoted to ramps here in TB, started by Brian R. Tyler. Lots of information. In addition to Willis, a lot of other "technical" players are using ramps: Richard Bona, Hadrien Feraud, Matt Garrison, Janek Gwizdala (Willis created the concept and the name)... I have...

Dr. Carr, yours is the best post of the day. Congrats :)

Gary Willis on rest strokes. Check out the whole video: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Walking and running are different tasks, not only in speed. But you can't run as slowly as your slowest walk, and you can't walk as fast as your fastest run. Perhaps it's the same with rest strokes and...

Thnx for your fast answer. I hope I can see you play in Spain soon Best wishes, LC

Hi, Janek, first and foremost thanks for sharing so much knowledge and time with us. I admire you, enjoy your music and wish you the best. I've been using the Hanon method following your advice and I find it quite helpful. There are exercises (for instance, ex. 3) that involve playing a lot of...

I'd suggest the Hanon piano book. Look for it in the Janek Gwizdala forum. It is very "un-bassistic" at times and will force you to use fingerings and learn patterns that will question your understanding of fingerboard geometry. If you have problems muting unused strings, barring or crossing...

I've had a similar problem a few times with my 1820M (almost all lights turned on; i had to switch off the PC and restart). Now it seems to be fine. Perhaps something to do with the PC power supply: I have to have it changed and now the problem is less frequent. Here you have the link for E-Mu's...

Hi everyone. I've just started to study Donna Lee seriously as well. I've decided to stick to the original (Bird) and not listening to any other bass players' versions (Jaco, Wooten, Caron...) for a while, until i have everything figured out. First, i try to learn each section just by ear and...

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