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Hey y'all Had a quick question.. I'm getting ready for an audition next week for a teaching position at the School of Rock, and am having some trouble picking out the piece I want to play for them. I've got it narrowed down to these 4 but need to decide on one so I can really hone in on it...

I have a 210 markbass combo amp that my folks brought to the states when they moved back here, and I was wondering what I can do to convert the voltage to US standard. I know that they're factory preset according to the regoin in which they're sold, but does anyone know what I can do to mod it...

Welp, i got paid over the weekend. You know what that means :p hahaha Long story short I have an old Traben bass that I converted to fretless myself, and I would really like to overhaul the electronics and possibly pickups. Ive gotten pretty good at soldering, but it's all been pedal kits and...

I bought an old 2x15 Hartke cab a few years back (old meaning from the mid 90's lol) and accidentally blew the speakers a few weeks ago. I'm looking for some replacements for them (ye olde gc was absolutely no help with recommendations / advice) I was also looking to bring up the power rating...

Not really sure if this is the most effective place to post this but... I was wondering if anyone out there who is in a touring band could recommend some lines of work to look into as far as part time jobs go that will allow me to take the necessary time off to hit the road? Or is that just a...

Hey everybody I'm finding myself on the road for the second time in a month, and, amidst the slight weight gained and much sleep lost, I find myself growing restless in the van. I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks as far as stretching / exercising in the van / on the road goes, or...

Hey folks Long story short, I'm getting ready to graduate from college and would like to start auditioning for some larger (possibly touring) bands that need a bass player. I guess my most pressing question is: how important is it to look the part? Clothing aside (I obviously don't plan on...

Hey guys So, I mentioned in another thread (here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f30/nyc-venues-973497/) that my band is planning a short tour for the summer. We've managed to compile a good list of venues for most of the towns we'll be passing though, but given the higher entropy of places in...

Hey everybody My band is organizing a 2 week tour during the month of June, and we're looking for some recommendations for venues in NYC. We've been on the website indie on the move, but being that NYC is so big there are a lot of venues to choose from. We're a R&B / Soul Funk band with...

... for the most part. I've had some training in school (scales, melodies, the occasional jazz piece) but want to keep going. I was wondering if anyone could recommend some good pieces to learn? Dark, ominous, emotive... The kind of tunes you would sit at home playing late at night with a...

Dear TB, I need help settling a bet. Long story short, I've been writing up horn charts for my senior recital at school, and have run into a dead end. Here is the track in question: Invalid Link Removed I'm convinced that the way to write out the horn line for this is exhibit A, but...

In between multiple glasses of rum I've managed to build myself a brand spankin new reverb pedal, as well as replace the faulty electronics in one of my basses. All of this with the soldering iron I got in the mail today. Just thought I'd share. :)

Tried the search on this, didn't turn anything up... Basically, I just downloaded Logic Pro. After the initial (required) 2 GB download, it gave me the option to download about 20 GB of 'optional' content. I was just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on which packages are worth the space...

So... I just finished (almost, still have to double check everything) a transcription that I've been itching to do for some time, and now comes the time to learn it on bass. There is a slight problem though. The original piece was performed on a Harp-Arch Guitar (a harp guitar with like 10...

Hey So, I've been working through a few standards in the past weeks, but wanted to get some input as to how to choose which one's to work on first... Basically, I was wondering which standards are regarded as the 'basic' or 'most-played' (I've already got a few down, like How High the Moon...

This question has been bugging me lately... I'm by no means well endowed with math-fu, but the theoretical side of this stuff is really cool to me. Basically, given the background radiation that we can observe in the sky, we think that the universe is roughly 14.6 billion years old. Now...

Hey So, I've got a few songs I've been working on, and was thinking it would be cool to publish them (maybe even sell them) someday. I was wondering though... How would I go about doing this? I know I'd have to copyright them, I know I'd probably have to do something with the ASCAP (not...

(Pun intended...) :hiding: I'm looking for some help with understanding where and how to use the melodic minor scale in a Jazz setting. As far as I can figure out (and please feel free to correct me on this) the root of the Melodic Minor is the b3 of a half diminished (IIm7b5) chord (so on...

Any kind (instrument or speaker or speakon or adapters...) If so, any tips / suggestions for a newbie? I'm relatively uneducated when it comes to this, but really wanna learn... I figured I'd start with cables, move on to effects pedals, then maybe on to a bass or guitbox if one of mine...

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, so if its not feel free to move it... I'm looking for a band to play with over the summer, and was planning on putting up a craigslist ad sometime soon to 'advertise'. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on crafting a good post, like what...

Hey My band is organizing a tour for the end of may. We have dates figured out, and when we would like to be where in the country. (Approximately). Basically what I was wondering is how you go about finding venues to play at in the cities / areas. Is it as simple as a google search? Or is...

Hey I've recently developed an interest in alternate tunings on guitar (ever since I got my weissenborn style guitar), and took it up to my 12 string acoustic as well. Some really cool stuff available. But, bass is my main instrument, and I found myself wondering about alternate tunings on...

So, at the beginning of summer my band and I are going to be heading down to our drummer's place to record and album. He's got a friend who can lend me a cab, but I'm gonna have to bring my own head. I'm taking the train on the way over there, but will eventually have to fly with it. I've got a...

The Police? So, I'm working on a lead sheet for Every Little Thing She Does is Magic for one of my classes. I'm doing pretty good on it so far, but got really stuck on the second half of the song (when the lyrics become ad libbed...). I was wondering if anyone knows about (or could upload) a...

Hey So, I don't really play bluegrass all that much. That being said, I love to listen to it, and take special pleasure from hearing someone rip it up on a fiddle. I was wondering how its done? Is it all about articulation of notes, are there certain scales or harmonies that are favored, or is...

Hey Excuse me if this is already a thread somewhere else, but alas, I couldn't find it... I mean, I found another one that was similar, and answered a few of my questions, but didn't want to hijack the thread. I was wondering if you could give me some advice when it comes to tone hunting...

Hey So, long story short, I'm gonna be away for a while over the summer without an amp, and wanna keep up on my practicing but unplugged sucks. haha I was just wondering if anyone had any recommendations for a DI box to use that I could plug headphones into. If worst comes to worst I'd just...

Hey So, first off, let me say that I'm not all too familiar with amps (yes, I've read the FAQs...). But I've recently come into some cash, and am looking for a good, reliable, and (most importantly) good sounding amp (preferably a head and a cab separately) to play Funk, R&B, Blues, and maybe...

Hi Right now I'm in the process of planning out a practice schedule for my fall semester of school (music college). I was wondering how to go about doing this? I've already written out a few pages of what to practice (scales, chords, reading, etc. with notes to myself), but am not really sure...

Hellooooo I had a quick question: I'm working on putting a practice routine together, and was wondering where a good place to find free reading material online is? Specifically I'm looking for stuff that works with time signatures other than 4/4. Free would be best, but a book would be nice...