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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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0:06, looks a lot like John's black Rick.
I used to play in a band that focused on Top 40, Light Rock, and Jazz. No matter which song we played, the drummer - who was very good - tried to play everything in Steve Gadd jazz style.
Every once in a while, he would drive me crazy. Ever play “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” with zero snare hits on 2 & 4 but with plenty of drag rolls?
Drummers, just like bass players need to play a style that is appropriate for the song being played.
NBD...
Just picked up a new Fender Jaco fretless - not relic’d one. Looking forward to playing it. With the arthritis in my hands, the lower action should help.
I’ll post some pics later.
As promised
Hey, hey! There he is! Statue, beany? Looking, and sounding go-oood!
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Just a cameo.......they sound good! Quality recording in a basement.
My Ric is a mapleglo.
The band sounds very musical, not all do. I’m sure that they are all experienced musicians. They’re based in Atlanta. There are some stones and Bowie on the youtube channel.
Lee Flier
PS: If you want to find some of the best hard to find gear, look on the Atlanta craigslist.
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Congratulations! Nothing like the smell of a new bass. Looks very nice.
Just got done playing it for about 1/2 hour. The lower action indeed makes it easier to play with the arthritis. Fender did an outstanding job of designing/building the Jaco basses. The last time I played a fretless for a while was back in '76 or '77. Even with that much time going by, I felt right at home playing it. Only a couple of clams that I will need to work on.
Can I get a "Amen"?
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The prog rock polka drummers local #47 wants a word with management.
As my new Mac is arriving on Monday this weekend seems to be dragging it’s feet!!! 
I've posted this story here before, but it's relevant so here it comes again. We have jams at our house periodically. Big parties, really, and we invite anyone who wants to play to play music in our studio.
One of our friends is well known around town as one of the best jazz drummers in the area. He plays routinely with our best and most elite local jazz players. Super nice guy. He showed up at my birthday party and gamely stepped in when the other drummers were ready to get on with socializing. He really tried hard, but clearly rock is just not his thing. I don't have very many other friends who are really hot for jazz, so we all soldiered on. Just because someone is stellar in one genre, there's no reason to expect they'll be very good outside of that.
The thing I learned from that experience is that the role of these instruments (both drums and bass) is very different in jazz than in rock. Someone here once suggested that the key to playing any genre is to learn jazz first. Nothing could be more wrong.
Saturday Reprise
The Clavioline is a remarkable instrument. It was an all tube analog synth designed in 1947 by Constant Martin in France. It was first produced in 1952 by Selmer in the UK, Gibson in the US, and Jörgensen Electronics in Germany. The instrument has different classical instrument voicings that were selected with switches, it had a knee controlled volume lever, vibrato, and tremolo.
The Story Of The Clavioline
You may have heard it on Telstar.
Or on Del Shannon's Runaway, solo at 1:10
The Beatles recorded Baby, You're A Rich Man and All You Need is Love in a session at Olympic Studios. As it happened, the studio had a Selmer Clavioline there from a previous session. John Lennon apparently was fooling around with it and rolled an orange over the keys to produce an Indian-style drone sound on the track. It turned out pretty good.
Bart of The Analogues is featured playing a Clavioline here.
The Clavioline is a remarkable instrument. It was an all tube analog synth designed in 1947 by Constant Martin in France. It was first produced in 1952 by Selmer in the UK, Gibson in the US, and Jörgensen Electronics in Germany. The instrument has different classical instrument voicings that were selected with switches, it had a knee controlled volume lever, vibrato, and tremolo.
The Story Of The Clavioline
You may have heard it on Telstar.
Or on Del Shannon's Runaway, solo at 1:10
The Beatles recorded Baby, You're A Rich Man and All You Need is Love in a session at Olympic Studios. As it happened, the studio had a Selmer Clavioline there from a previous session. John Lennon apparently was fooling around with it and rolled an orange over the keys to produce an Indian-style drone sound on the track. It turned out pretty good.
Bart of The Analogues is featured playing a Clavioline here.
Sounds very expensive! Oh, wait, you're not in the US.
hey, that's my old buddy, Kenny!
Let us know when you've finally reached "Terminator" status.
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Spoken for truth. My older sister is classically trained in double bass (piano + voice is part of the deal, as always). And there is no way she can play Ike and Tina Turner on a bet. In all fairness my ability to play Mahler is correspondingly low. Really different worlds. Same notes, different orders.
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