Recent content by Rev J

I remember hearing a couple of tracks he did on the soundtrack to "Natural Born Killers". I also saw the documentary "Voice From Heaven" which was fantastic. C/S, Rev J

I started a thread on him a few weeks ago. Check out the album "Black Focus" by Yussef Kamal. C/S, Rev J

The thing is about Thundercat, or Oteil, or Jaco, or Janek Gwizdala, or any of those cats that you have to remember is that they are Musicians First, Bassists second. What I mean by that is that they approach the bass as a complete instrument in and of itself not as "Just a Bass" or strictly...

If you understand the concept of chord substitutions and triad pairs the you will understand pentatonic substitutions. Here's how I view Pentatonic scales. They are essentially dressed up triads. If you take a Major Triad and add a Major Second and a Sixth you get a Major Pentatonic. From there...

Oteil Burbridge: C/S, Rev J

When I first started to play a 6 in around 2002 I pretty much made a decision. This is what I play now. I gave up the 5 completely. Granted I slowly weened myself off the 5 but I made my decision and stuck with it. C/S, Rev J

Thank you. C/S, Rev J

The only one I remember him calling off the top of my head was "Black Narcississ" and it was pretty epic. C/S, Rev J

A lot get says about his dad but Rocco is a bad mother too: C/S, Rev J

There are a lot of closet fusion fans in Metal too. Looking at Megadeth's lineups through the years any one of them could've become Jazz Fusion groups if Mustaine left. For example: Chris Poland (guitar) and Nick Menza (drums) both played in Megadeth at different times. I can appreciate the...

Even though my metal years are behind me I've still been working my way through "Extreme Metal Bass" by Alex Webster because I believe that there is a lot to be gained technically from learning the music. C/S, Rev J

The show was great. He had a 6 piece band Bass, Drums, 2 keyboardists, Tabla, and Violin. He started out with just tablas and electric bass. Since I was in the second row I got a real good look at his technique. I was surprised at how light his standard right hand technique is when he isn't...

He's playing a one nighter in a small venue in Berkeley. Usually he does a one week residence at Yoshi's in Oakland. Kinda stoked. C/S, Rev J

It's kinda like the guys who say "If it has more than 4 strings it's a guitar". To me that statement screams insecurity and mediocrity. If this is said to me in a guitar shop I hand them a ukulele saying, "This has 4 strings is it a bass?" C/S, Rev J

Here's what gets me about the "You're just jealous because they made it and you didn't" argument. I keep voicing the opinion that Gene Simmons, Nikki Sixx, and Kurt Cobain are/were hacks (yes I blaspheme St. Cobain) and hear "You're just jealous because they make more money than you." Well by...