supertouchox2: Got Into My First Choice

supertouchox2 03.25.10	Spector Legend 5 on the way!
AnotherBrick1 03.25.10	5 is pretty fucking awesome
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Yes bruvva! Nice oneee. I heard back from Bath! Got an audition on April 15, gotta play an original piece, so i need to write a bass solo asap haha.
supertouchox2 03.25.10	Ah sweet man, i was told at the audition that i was in but ive just had the official letter in the post so its actually gone through all good. All the best man, if you get in that would be awesome, i wouldn't stand a chance at getting in bath aha. What kind of piece you thinking?
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Ahhh goodgood! It took a while for the UCAS to be updated, in case you're wondering. I'm sure that's not true! Do you write much original stuff? If so, then i bet you'd easily get in there - you're talented enough to play YYZ and write your own part over it! I was thinking maybe quite a jazzy piece, never written anything jazzy before though...!
supertouchox2 03.25.10	Oh right i see. Um yeah i do, although most of the time il learn little things of youtube videos, find what scale/key it is and make up something around that. And ive never written anything jazzy either, although i always through lydian and mixolydian sounded really nice for jazz, you allowed a backing track?
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Hahhah yesss, i do the same just putting my mp3 player on random and just playing over everything! Oooh good shout, i'm not too confident with modes actually but i'll definitely try and use them. Yeah you're allowed a backing track; gonna be living in the college studio next week i bet haha
supertouchox2 03.25.10	ah fair enough man, im recording my college band in a couple of weeks so il living in my college studio to aha. You any good with Cubase or anything along those lines? I was thinking you could programme something into that maybe and use it is a backing track?
sniper 03.25.10	Music majors ftmfw!! I'm a jazz major right now and loving life. Congrats broski.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Hahah, well good, the studio is always (well usually) very good times haha! Yeah, we've got Logic Express 8 at college, pretty easy to use, so yeah i'll probably wack something together on that! You using Cubase for your recordings then? Sniper, jazz major? That sounds awesome!
supertouchox2 03.25.10	Ah right i see, na we use logic for recording and cubase for our compositions, i use cubase at home for writing jam tracks and stuff like that. Sniper you should speak to skimaskcheck if your a jazz major!
sniper 03.25.10	Yeah I'm a freshman right now so I'm still studying a whole shit load of classical music, but I'm in the Afro-Latin combo at school and it's great. Being around people that are way better than me helps so much. So much to absorb haha. Are you a jaz major skimask?
Baphomet 03.25.10	don't like any of these albums, but Steven Gerrard is God.
porch 03.25.10	congrats, 3 is good
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	That sounds really cool man! Hahah, nah, not at all! Wish i was though! It's just i'm probably going to write a jazz piece to go underneath a bass solo, any tips or hints?
PigDestroyer89 03.25.10	I was going to major in music but I was too pussy and did Criminal Justice instead :(
supertouchox2 03.25.10	Thanks everyone. Absolutely nothing wrong with criminal justice my friend, maybe you could put right a few of the flaws in the system aha.
sniper 03.25.10	Idk dude how's your theory? I would suggest sticking to a simple ii-V-I progression unless you have a good sense modal soloing and such. If you just wanna show off your soloing abilities you can just pick an old standard to play over. But if you need to have an original compostion keep it simple.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	My theory's alright, i'll try mess about with ii-V-I, might occasionally dip into some modal stuff. Any chance you could suggest a typical jazz rhythm that i could work over? Thanks a lot!
sniper 03.25.10	I've always liked 3:4 waltzy stuff, it offers tons of room for cool rhythmic stuff (2 against three always sounds awesome) and if you want to hear some really fucking awesome rhythmic and melodic ideas on three, listen to John Coltrane's version My Favorite Things. Especially listen to the piano lines for the rhythmic stuff. Mediafire that album, it's a classic.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	I'll get on that, i know i'm severely lacking in Coltrane, thank you!
PigDestroyer89 03.25.10	Thanks man!!! Nothing wrong with criminal justice but it's not really my passion...I envy you but a good envy haha
SlightlyEpic 03.25.10	@Ski - you're going to Bath? I live there and my dad actually works at the University. So that's cool. Yep. It's a pretty nice place.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	No way?! Hahah, that's so cool man! Yeah, i'm hoping to go there, it's my first choice, audition is soon. Are you going to/at university Slightly?
SlightlyEpic 03.25.10	I'm hoping to go to Cambridge, but I'm pretty sure I won't get in there. If I do manage to it'll look super good on my CV though. I'm going to study Natural Sciences, since it's a pretty broad subject and yeah, if I don't get in I have my eye on Warwick since it's pretty close to where I live currently and it means if I manage to fuck everything up I can just run off home with my tail between my legs.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Haha, sounds rad! Best of luck though man, fingers crossed for Cambridge for you! Shame you're not actually going to Bath though, that would've been cool and awkward for us both ;)
SlightlyEpic 03.25.10	Haha, thanks man! And yeah that would've been pretty weird. I'd rather get away from home though, otherwise I feel like I'd miss out on the whole independence and 'growing up' aspect of it.
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Oh yeah totally, uni should be an absolute blast, can't wait!
SlightlyEpic 03.25.10	I'm pretty fucking terrified at the moment, I won't know anybody :(
Skimaskcheck 03.25.10	Loads of people will be in the same boat remember, you'll meet people in no time i guarantee!
SlightlyEpic 03.25.10	Aha this is true, I'm pretty sure it'll be okay. I'm hoping I can find somebody with similar music tastes; I reaaaaally want someone to talk music with in person.
supertouchox2 03.25.10	Its pretty scary, you guys going into halls or getting your own place?
AnotherBrick1 03.25.10	i'm jealous of that slightly. i decided to be cool and go to the college twenty minutes from home where all my friends went to. i totally wish i would of went to a school where i'd know no one
Fugue 03.25.10	Congrats.
Skimaskcheck 03.26.10	I'm not sure about halls/own place, both have their advantages but i haven't really thought about it in honesty! Howabout you man?
supertouchox2 03.26.10	I want to go into halls so i meet alot more people, but i have friends who already on the course a year above me, and they want to get a place so i dont really know :/ I was under the impression halls is cheaper, but aparantly thats not the case aha. Gonna be so poor for 2 years :/