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Double Bass Messiest Office/Studio/Practice Room Contest

#61
rickwolff said:
I see you are in Porto, Portugal. I'd love to visit Portugal (maybe even stay for a while). How is the Jazz scene there?

It's been very hot and humid here. I would love to have an extended visit to someplace cooler and drier. I found it interesting comparing the climate where you are and where I am.

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Uau, that's hot! The weather here is milder, the city is by the ocean.

The Jazz scene is very active, surprisingly. The city has 200.000 people, but with the metropolitan area it makes half a million. This is the second biggest city of the country, which has 10 million people, give or take.

We have jazz concerts every week. There is a very active local jazz scene and very often we have international players coming to town. I just saw the Shai Maestro trio 2 days ago. And in the end of the month I'm gonna see the Pérez, Potter, Cohen Trio, with Grenadier on double bass. And next week, Avishai Cohen with the Porto's symphonic orquestra. In November I already have tickets to Charles Lloyd, Joe Lovano, Geof Bradfield, António Sanchez, Oliva-Boisseau-Rainey Trio and Vijay Iyer.

This year I already saw Chris Potter, Danilo Pérez with John Patittuci, Avishai Cohen Trio, Carlos Bica and many others.

I saw Shorter, Toots, Hancock, Corea, Metheny, Chris Cheek, Scofield, Dave Holland, etc., etc.. Dozens and dozens of international jazz players have come to Porto over the years. October is time to see Brad Meldhau trio, in Lisbon. And then there are the dozens of local artists that I like to see, including my very talented teacher. So, we're not so bad, Jazz speaking!

If you ever come to Porto, let me know, it will be a pleasure to show our city to you.



Edit: Mingus Big Band, Wooten, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Aldo Romano, etc., etc..
 
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J_Bass said:
Uau, that's hot! The weather here is milder, the city is by the ocean.

The Jazz scene is very active, surprisingly. The city has 200.000 people, but with the metropolitan area it makes half a million. This is the second biggest city of the country, which has 10 million people, give or take.

We have jazz concerts every week. There is a very active local jazz scene and very often we have international players coming to town. I just saw the Shai Maestro trio 2 days ago. And in the end of the month I'm gonna see the Pérez, Potter, Cohen Trio, with Grenadier on double bass. And next week, Avishai Cohen with the Porto's symphonic orquestra. In November I already have tickets to Charles Lloyd, Joe Lovano, Geof Bradfield, António Sanchez, Oliva-Boisseau-Rainey Trio and Vijay Iyer.

This year I already saw Chris Potter, Danilo Pérez with John Patittuci, Avishai Cohen Trio, Carlos Bica and many others.

I saw Shorter, Toots, Hancock, Corea, Metheny, Chris Cheek, Scofield, etc., etc.. Dozens and dozens of international jazz players have come to Porto over the years. October is time to see Brad Meldhau trio, in Lisbon. And then there are the dozens of local artists that I like to see, including my very talented teacher. So, we're not so bad, Jazz speaking!

If you ever come to Porto, let me know, it will be a pleasure to show our city to you.



Edit: Mingus Big Band, Wooten, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke, Aldo Romano, etc., etc..
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Thank you for the offer. Visiting Portugal is near the top of my 'Bucket List', along with Sweden.
 
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This thread is hilarious! Reminds me of this...

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I need to get over to the doghouse side more often.
(I'd put doghouse in quotation marks if I were on the electric side...probably no need for that over here:D)
 
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rickwolff said:
And here I am listening to the fabulous Diane Reeves (who, unlike Don, actually believes I DID clean my desk).

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So, Chris Fitzgerald,

I'm curious if you noticed the little painting of the bird on the right side of the picture.

Does that push your OCD into overdrive?

It was painted by our daughter who never much liked to stay within the lines.
 
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rickwolff said:
So, Chris Fitzgerald,

I'm curious if you noticed the little painting of the bird on the right side of the picture.

Does that push your OCD into overdrive?

It was painted by our daughter who never much liked to stay within the lines.
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No, the bird is fine. For one, it's in your room, not mine. :) Also, it is what I would call "artfully angled", like it was put that way on purpose...which is fine. When I was single in between marriages I used to have a big apartment and very little furniture. For years I angled the bed in the bedroom to cross a corner at the headboard end because it looked cool, because it made the room look less empty, and because it made it easier for anyone else occupying the other side of the bed to get in and out in the middle of the night.

And truthfully, while I can't speak for OCD across the spectrum, mine is pretty personal and doesn't extend to what other people do with their own space. Kind of like each person's idea of physical fitness; I try to stay within certain parameters, but seeing people who are way outside of those parameters in either direction doesn't phase me - that's their thing! We should each be comfortable in our own skin, and in our own space. While I would never have lived like he did, I was always kind of fascinated by the disorder in my grandfather's study, as though because of the clutter it might contain all sorts of hidden treasures....which in many ways it did. VERY hidden. :D
 
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I dont have a photo but I try to visualize it literally. I`m the house-keeping man in a collective that rents a basement in industrial area of east Helsinki. The area has grown from car-selling and small business making area to a blend of home of " creative class ", art- and music making workrooms, studios, messy urban basements of vivid culture action, low-ish rents and the forementioned car and -maintenance shops. All this is going down as Helsinki is growing like crazy, with rents going along, all of this is going to go down as the need for apartments is increasing. The house will fall down in 15-ish years for sure.

It`s a very gentleman-ish organisation. No bottles and cans but where they`re meant to be, to be recycled. Finland has a system of recycling glass, plastic and aluminium containers, as should every country these days. No smell of weed, but from the Harley-club next door. No porn pictures on any wall, like old school rock caves used to wear. It has been a place of rehearsal for many succesful rock bands for many years, with three rooms and one with DIY acoustics arrangements designed by a acoustic engineer that plays in one member band. With that said, mold, birds, rats, dirt, gasoline smell from the car shop and Harley club. The Another room full of gear. I have two drumsets, a vibraphone, a double bass and the rest of it, and this is only me.

It`s all organized in a way that one can work there daily, but the mess is created by finnish weather, and the rest of surroundings. It`s summer here now and streets are pure tarmac, for the rest of the year it`s some form of snow and grit that`s used for friction on the streets. All the bird and rat s**t, small stones and sand, the mold that poorly build building creates when goin from extremely cold to hot yearly, and the stages with streets beeing a mess of snow, water and grit builds up in a very f****n unpleasant form of a platform to work on. The official vacuum cleaner has been dead since late 2018 and the toilet seat died two months back, male pissing in the sink and for female we have this very complicated procedure of washing the system with water. The system collapses if one has the big need of evacuation, you have to go to the recreational area nearby.

So, what I`m describing doesn`t really open up in a set of photos, you have to experience it. This is where art and expertice is born. It`s all about very gutsy effort of making all this happen while coffing out the gasoline smell and mold, while listening the greats working in the studio upstairs with no soundproofing.

However, as it is a collective, things propably will get better after the vacation season ends and the action starts again, as it goes yearly. Too much health and worry to waste before all this beautiful collapses when the time comes.
 
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Chris Fitzgerald said:
Stopped by the office to water the plants today, and couldn't resist taking a few pics that are sure to make @Don Kasper squirm.

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Hey Rick, how's the desk these days?
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My 'studio' is remaining fairly clean thanks to the labeled storage bins I now have for all my 'junk'. The desk itself is still a little messy from installing new strings on my 'new' El Capitan ABG.

PS I think you electronic keyboard looks out of place, and what is with the bottle on the bass stool? I was expecting better from you, Chris.
 
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rickwolff said:
My 'studio' is remaining fairly clean thanks to the labeled storage bins I now have for all my 'junk'. The desk itself is still a little messy from installing new strings on my 'new' El Capitan ABG.

PS I think you electronic keyboard looks out of place, and what is with the bottle on the bass stool? I was expecting better from you, Chris.
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Perhaps that is why you were only ranked 'Second Most Metrosexual Professor'.
 
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rickwolff said:
HELP, MR. WIZARD !!!


I don't know what happened to my beautiful, clean 'studio'. I wonder if it would be easier to clean it up or if I should just move. (And if I move, what should I tell my wife???)

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I didn't realize Hurricane Dorian made it to central N. Carolina.
(I guess I was looking at outdated weather maps?)
 
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