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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

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steubig said:
don’t like the alb title, but i really like the music.

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Ok, I’m only two songs in and my head just exploded.
WOW. Thank you for sharing. This is insane.

If you like duos, check out Phase Space. Steve Coleman on alto sax and Dave Holland on double bass.
Also Triplicate, same dudes but add DeJohnette on drums......(BOOOOMMMM)

Not as experimental but still freakin awesome
 
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that dave holland guy is pretty good! (his 70s era is huge for me)

i saw peter evans live here in l.a. he was playing solo. a friend of mine, who's a great trumpet player in his own right (both improv and does things like star wars soundtracks) was in back of the club freaking out because evans is so good.

at one point there was a barry guy live solo gig in portugal set up on vimeo that was just mind-blowing. unfortunately, it was taken down.
 
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steubig said:
that dave holland guy is pretty good! (his 70s era is huge for me)

i saw peter evans live here in l.a. he was playing solo. a friend of mine, who's a great trumpet player in his own right (both improv and does things like star wars soundtracks) was in back of the club freaking out because evans is so good.

at one point there was a barry guy live solo gig in portugal set up on vimeo that was just mind-blowing. unfortunately, it was taken down.
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Agreed.
Evans on trumpet and Guy on bass are freakin aliens.

Jeez that trumpet is insane......im still listening to the album. He gets sounds out that thing.....im speechless.....
 
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monsterthompson said:
Working on non-ambient stuff, today. Somewhere along the way my brain compartmentalized something:
1. Ambient music is for wandering knob turning and sound design.
2. Non-ambient stuff is about producing a song.

I realized my timbre quests were good for some things, but finishing a production is not that thing. I like exploring textures and sound, but I also want to produce a few things for a specific project. For that, I've been repeating three ideas over and over.
1. A cool beat without a completed song is pointless. Stop “perfecting” a section and complete an arrangement.

2. I am not a drummer, and using drum loops is not cheating. If I was jamming with a human drummer, I’d be asking them to create a beat, so there’s no shame in using a loop someone else designed.

3. I’m not a sound designer, and using presets is okay. I’m not going to create some groundbreaking sound, so stop wasting time. Use a preset and tweak it to get close enough for this hobby project.

On that last one, I’m telling myself to save the knob turning for dedicated ambient exploration. Not every walk on the beach is a workout, and I don’t do cardio training so I can set record times on my beach stroll. Different things are allowed to be different things. It also helps to define what “thing” you are actually trying to do.
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So much truth and good in this post. Also congrats on the DC7. I LOVE mine.
 
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steubig said:
ware is someone whose work i don't know enough. i know the name, of course. i haven't gone down the w parker rabbit hole yet.

interesting that you brought up barry guy and evan parker, cause i thought folks here might be interested in the parker electro-acoustic band. post-jazz with a lot of interesting live processing (max/mps, i'm pretty sure) of the acoustic players. and some jaw-dropping playing, imo.



the first two-three ecm recordings are really cool.
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What a wild ride.
 
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I use reaper but only to straight record or do an insert midi item and program it that way via soft synths. I find it easy to use and my band has recorded and mixed whole songs in reaper... I know that it has a whole lot of effects and mixing / mastering inserts but I have never touched them so can’t report on that sorry. Allegedly the synth insert it comes with it basic and decent but it’s not visual... I can’t program values etc / you need to know what you want out of that. Hence my relying on my other vst
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Was still thinking about what DAW to try out after so many years on ableton.

Any opinions or feedback on Reaper?
How are the fx in there?
Any good fx for sound manipulation?
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Reaper is awesome, it's the first one I actually bought, and it was worth every penny. The effects aren't bad, but I have a lot of other ones I use.
 
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