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zontar said:
Salvation Army Bands were actually created by Don Kirshner.
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Yes...at the time Kirshner thought that Sally Ann bands would catch on big because they were so "street". A small brass 'n' drum ensemble could be set up quite easily anywhere and ready to play.

But players like Herb Alpert and Hugh Masakela were far more adept at studio recording and could reach greater audiences, gradually overtaking the market with their "hip" modern trumpet sound.

Plus a scandal broke out when it was discovered that Kirshner was also secretly trying to start a Goodwill band.
 
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Researchers announced today that there are in fact 46 undiscovered notes in a major western scale, 82 if you include sharps and flats.

They have also discovered "dulls'...notes that aren't sharp or flat but just dull. These "dulls" can't be readily discerned by the human ear but are often responsible for those with stringed instruments
changing their strings every two weeks.

Talk of a musical revolution is now at hand....many claiming that the ultimate rock song has still yet to be written.

It was also discovered that drummers do play scales, although many are unaware that they are doing it.
 
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The human brain is only capable of 8-note polyphony...which is why it's often hard to play bass, listen to the guitarist, keyboard, vocalist and lock with the drummer.

Even when we listen to a recorded song we miss half of it because our minds just can't process it all....

To get around this psychiatrists have said we need to "compartmentalize" songs.....that is, listen to a song and memorize one or two instrument tracks.....then go back, listen again, and memorize another two etc....until we have the whole song.

However because of our limitations, this means you can never listen to the whole song at once...only combinations of tracks that do not exceed the 8-note range.
 
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Many bass players find they can't remember lyrics to a song if their life depended on it.

The solution is to buy an African parrot. Parrots love music and have no trouble remembering lyrics once they've heard them.

The African Parrot can recall words, lines or phrases from any song they've heard on cue.

But to get the parrot to memorize songs, only let it listen to finished recorded works such as c.d.'s, MP3's etc etc.

Do not let it listen to you screwing up words while you are practising....because it will remember that too. Parrots can also remember and imitate screwed-up bass lines.....so don't ever let it sit in
on a practise.
 
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ZenG said:
Many bass players find they can't remember lyrics to a song if their life depended on it.

The solution is to buy an African parrot. Parrots love music and have no trouble remembering lyrics once they've heard them.

The African Parrot can recall words, lines or phrases from any song they've heard on cue.

But to get the parrot to memorize songs, only let it listen to finished recorded works such as c.d.'s, MP3's etc etc.

Do not let it listen to you screwing up words while you are practising....because it will remember that too. Parrots can also remember and imitate screwed-up bass lines.....so don't ever let it sit in
on a practise.
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Lemmy used a pocket parrot.
 
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ZenG said:
The human brain is only capable of 8-note polyphony...which is why it's often hard to play bass, listen to the guitarist, keyboard, vocalist and lock with the drummer.

Even when we listen to a recorded song we miss half of it because our minds just can't process it all....

To get around this psychiatrists have said we need to "compartmentalize" songs.....that is, listen to a song and memorize one or two instrument tracks.....then go back, listen again, and memorize another two etc....until we have the whole song.

However because of our limitations, this means you can never listen to the whole song at once...only combinations of tracks that do not exceed the 8-note range.
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YES! And that's why we got 8-track tape players back in the day. More would have been an overload. Oh, wait, what...?

ZenG said:
Many bass players find they can't remember lyrics to a song if their life depended on it.

The solution is to buy an African parrot. Parrots love music and have no trouble remembering lyrics once they've heard them.

The African Parrot can recall words, lines or phrases from any song they've heard on cue.

But to get the parrot to memorize songs, only let it listen to finished recorded works such as c.d.'s, MP3's etc etc.

Do not let it listen to you screwing up words while you are practising....because it will remember that too. Parrots can also remember and imitate screwed-up bass lines.....so don't ever let it sit in
on a practise.
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Which only goes to prove that parrots are superior musicians. :roflmao: :hyper:

:bassist::bassist:
 
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