Recent content by simmering_flow

thanks for the advice guys. We had a meeting recently (without the singer) and we decided that we were gonna stick with him and let things be for now. I also think us 3 were taking it too seriously, because we soon discovered that our guitarist will most probably be leaving at the end of the...

Oh BTW, in addition to our singer not learning any of the songs planned, he brought some lyrics to a song he thought we could cover to the practice...one we had never even learned.

So here's the situation: About halfway through last year my friend (a drummer) and I started jamming with a guitarist I had met at uni. We were all keen to start a band so all we needed was a singer. The drummer met someone about 4 months ago and we took him onboard as a singer since he seemed...

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I wouldn't say don't learn tabs. It's important to know when they are wrong and when they are correct, which is another way of training your ear. Tabs are a good way of improving your technique and speed to learn those faster songs quicker when you don't have the time to learn a song by ear. The...

my first 'gig' was a drum n bass duet at a school music evening. Had only been playing bass for about 6 months and i was so excited about it. We played amidst many clarists, pianists, violinists etc so we were really there to put some life into the night. No one knew what we were gonna be like...

I haven't changed the strings at all, but I'm pretty sure it's sounded the same since I first got it. Yea, I recently bought a Warwick Sweet 25.1 amp, and have experimented (and learnt) about the different tone settings, but it doesn't change it a lot. I'm not quite sure what gauge strings I...

Listening to new music should help quite a bit, even if you're not really into the genre. Ask your friends for some of the music they're into, even hip hop or blues etc because each genre has different rhythm and expressions which you can learn from. You can also ask your tutor for help if...

If I did have a decent envelope filter I'd use it to play mainly funk. I'm really into chilis so I'd like a filter which would make sounds similar to flea's. I'd probably be looking towards a 'quackier' filter which is wet? I'm not quite sure what wet means, but saying it sounds like something...

reasoable price...anything under $300 NZD, which is about $180 USD. What type of filter sounds are there? I'm not very knowledgable on the subject.

Hey, what's a good envelope filter I can get for a reasonable price?

Hey, I've been playing bass for about 2 years and I have an Ibanez SR200. I really enjoy popping and slapping on the bass, but whenever I slap on my bass, it never has the same sound as other I've played...that full sound, it's hard to explain, but when I slap it, it just sounds like im playing...

I agree with DWBass on this one. Though i'm a very young bassist and musician compared to a lot of you, I really enjoy the bass lines which hold the song create a base for it. Overplaying is never a good thing because the word itself indicates too much of something. Of course the hardout licks...