Recent content by silddx

Thank you very much, Justin!

My rig is the PA :) I have never owned a bass amp.

Oops, sorry, just seen that my question's been answered a while ago in another thread. My apologies. Schoolboy error.

Dear Justin, I have a POD X3 LIVE and my favourite bass patch is your SUB DUB, I use it as the basis for many of my own patches. It's sounds amazing live, and looking at the settings it seems very clever, a lot of acquired knowledge seems to have gone into its design. The use of the Drive...

Your comment about emotion over technique is bang on. I've always wanted to know WHY players play like they do, not really HOW they do it, although that can unlock a lot of stuff in one's head too and it can be quite interesting. Most players I know are after technique, perfectly natural, but...

No, thank YOU! Can't wait to hear the GG cover, I thought yours was lovely too.

What an incredible thread! Someone on basschat.co.uk pointed me to it. It is quite astounding :) I read In Cold Sweat a few years ago, I have re-read it a few times, I found it extraordinary, leagues ahead of current interviewing. Tom, you are one of the very best, you get to what's important...

Having a crack at Tempus Fugit by Yes

I enjoyed that. Looking forward to the full feature!

I just bought the new album. It's erm, ok. Not really fiery enough for my tastes, and I find the harmony aspects uninteresting. For what it is, it's nice, I found it relaxing but not particularly stimulating. But it's Janek's vision, and a lot of other people will really dig it. However, from...

That's the nail on the head for me. When I stopped being infatuated with an instrument, and became infatuated with music (which was always there, just subverted by competitive ********) THAT is when I considered myself to have become a MUSICIAN. Whatever it is that I make music with now doesn't...

And very interesting answers! Thanks Janek. I think a lot of musicians with amazing technical skills feel they have to use them. Sometimes it feels like they don't have the confidence to simply use taste and judgement and restrain themselves, and some of their performances come across almost as...

Hello Janek, Given the process under which you recorded your album was almost purely improvisational, may I ask you what you believe to be the communicative value of improvisation as opposed to thoughtful composition? And what process and controls you used to discard 90% of the result in...

Since Janek would like to go down the communication route on this thread, what does any music communicate? Is it more about the reception than the communication? Any deliberate communication of the musician or composer ceases to exist as soon as it is received by the listener, as it is then...