[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff]:lol:
Maiden makes me laugh... because they're not good.[/QUOTE]

Death over thou! :mad:

Honestly, they were all amazing.

Phil, no offense man, was a lot better than I thought he would be. Not that I thought he would be bad, but he's so **** good IMO. He can lay down a niiice groove.

Quatre was amazing. Nothing he's posted on here is like him in person, both personality and playingwise.

Bassguin was as good as I had thought, because I'd hear him on YIM a lot.

Toolbox was good.

Jorge was amazing, and such a cool guy too.

Gav was Gav, he seemed exactly like I thought he would. **** good player too.

Tryxx was a good player as well, and a good guy all around.

And then there was me...

I learned almost as much just being around these guys as I did in the classes, especially from Phil and Josh.

[QUOTE=Kibuddy]Love that shop. :thumb:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, at this one, there was a Fretless American Fender Jazz bass...in short, it was absolute sex.

There was also a Line 6 Variax bass, but they didn't have batteries for it. :upset:

:thumb:

-Gav

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]^ I'm not a big metal fan...it just never did it for me.

Maiden's still pretty sweet, though. :)

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]
see spaceman - he can be nice even if i take the piss out of his music
and yes - maiden are teh secks

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon]Gav was Gav, he seemed exactly like I thought he would. **** good player too.[/QUOTE]

/blushes :o

Thanks. :)

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon]I learned almost as much just being around these guys as I did in the classes, especially from Phil and Josh.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, ditto...they were so cool to learn from. :D

:thumb:

-Gav

[QUOTE=Eddie-the-Trooper]Death over thou! :mad:[/QUOTE]
:upset:

I still like you. :)

^ :lol:

Spaceman, you always seemed like you'd be a Maiden fan...:amaze:

:thumb:

-Gav

there is no such thing as bad music!

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]Yeah, at this one, there was a Fretless American Fender Jazz bass...in short, it was absolute sex.

There was also a Line 6 Variax bass, but they didn't have batteries for it. :upset:

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]
they had a line 6 variax without a power supply? those things come with power suplies, well theyre meant to - when i was in mansons the other day hugh manson himself (the great custom builder) set up the variax for me to try, absolutely stunning bass to play - i had an audience just listening to the tones, or maybe to me playing but i doubt that - love thing by stu hamm sure drew a crowd though :thumb:

[QUOTE=Spaceman Spiff]:upset:

I still like you. :)[/QUOTE]
i second eddie the troopers comment
although you never liked me so it doesnt matter :lol:

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon]Phil, on that left hand slap technique you showed me, do you sound the note, then left hand slap etc.?[/QUOTE]
thats just for quick percussive fills, theres no real actual note in there, but if you wanted a note on the begginingg of it , hammer a note with your middle finger on your fretting hand then thumb and pop on your right hand

Okay, I will admit they are talented.


I just don't like them.

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]I've been working on my double pop, too, Phil...thanks for finally showing me. :D

:thumb:

-Gav[/QUOTE]
thank josh, he showed me and he does it better than i do :p

[QUOTE=Eddie-the-Trooper]there is no such thing as bad music![/QUOTE]
exactly - every kind of music has some people who like it - or it would be so non mainstream that you would never hear about it, so there is no kind of music that everyone in the world considers bad, music preference is personal opinion, nothing more
although maiden are the best band on the planet - although rush come a close second
martin get online :thumb:

thansk for the compliments guys.
my ego is much bigger now =D
*will be the indie/emo/ska jaco*

Sorry, gotta run to a "Battle of the bands" Thingy(i call it thingy, becouse its kinda a battle of the bands, but not quite...)

^ :lol:

/will be the hardcore/screamo/emo Jaco :p

:thumb:

-Gav

Sorry, gotta run to a "Battle of the bands" Thingy(i call it thingy, becouse its kinda a battle of the bands, but not quite...)

[QUOTE=Eddie-the-Trooper]Sorry, gotta run to a "Battle of the bands" Thingy(i call it thingy, becouse its kinda a battle of the bands, but not quite...)[/QUOTE]
ive already said it but good luck :thumb:

Gav, seems a bit too concentrated on slap, but we all were for some reason,decent player though

Quatre awesome awesome player. though having throngs of people come ask him to DT donna lee got kinda old when we were practicing our ensemble piece, but hey thats no his fault.

Phil kicked more *** than i coudlve ever imagined coming from an indie kid...heh....heh...

Matt had a very solid sense of what sounded good, there was definitley more funk in his version of MAMBG than mine, i played it for technicality and chops, he took his time and played it down tempo......but **** wooten woudlve been envious of the amount of funk radiating from him when he played that

Andrew definitley had some shining moments, but he became sort of shy when the right time to shine was, so he just needs to get out and jam with some people

Jorge made me almost drop a trb 6 john pattituci sig when he nailed the final chord of PoT it was awesome.

Ed had some serious musical thoughts going on, excellent tapper

Tryxx and andrew were the tech team to be had, they knew exactly how to do things on everyones basses. Tryxx andrew and quatre together was the medic team for our basses, tryxx also had some serious speed going on when he played, some good musical ideas as well.

^ :lol: The medic team...

Whenever I get bored I just start slapping...I don't know why. :amaze:

:thumb:

-Gav

[QUOTE=Eddie-the-Trooper]Sorry, gotta run to a "Battle of the bands" Thingy(i call it thingy, becouse its kinda a battle of the bands, but not quite...)[/QUOTE]

Good luck! :wave:

:thumb:

-Gav

I'm glad Phil thinks I'm decent...:)

:thumb:

-Gav

im really starting to begrudge my lack of speed at the moment, dont ask me to play 16ths past 180bpm bassically, im not being funny, but besides going at my bass full speed 24/7 i dont know what to do to improve - any ideas?
its my right hand that is the problem - i use three fingers effectively, and its no use asking me to use my pinky, its physically too small, even when i rotate my hand enough for it to pluck the string with the other fingers the index finger is too far rotated to hit the string, so three is my maximum - grr this is irritating me - especially when i want to be progressing onto the things like donna lee - well - maybe not donna lee at first, but being a metal head speed is important to me - please help - apologies for the rant guys :thumb:
dan

Speed comes from practice man.

[QUOTE=jaco jr]im really starting to begrudge my lack of speed at the moment, dont ask me to play 16ths past 180bpm bassically, im not being funny, but besides going at my bass full speed 24/7 i dont know what to do to improve - any ideas?
its my right hand that is the problem - i use three fingers effectively, and its no use asking me to use my pinky, its physically too small, even when i rotate my hand enough for it to pluck the string with the other fingers the index finger is too far rotated to hit the string, so three is my maximum - grr this is irritating me - especially when i want to be progressing onto the things like donna lee - well - maybe not donna lee at first, but being a metal head speed is important to me - please help - apologies for the rant guys :thumb:
dan[/QUOTE]
16th notes at 180.....sounds like you are trying to play astral traveller.

let it go, i played it down tempo along side me and my bass guitar (my ace in the hole for auditions). i woint be able to get that solo up to speed for a very very long time, and i practiced approx 40 hours on that solo before i played it for berklee, and i was still down 40 bpm (cleanly though)

[QUOTE=PaulSimonon]Speed comes from practice man.[/QUOTE]
practice among other things, stop cracking your knuckles asap, stop dirnking caffeine asap.

you can shred on what youve been practicing for a long time, like i can shred one octave scales and full positions without problem because i run those daily.

though i did practice astral traveler a bunch and coudlnt get that up to speed, i was down 30-40 bpm.

[QUOTE=Left Shoe]16th notes at 180.....sounds like you are trying to play astral traveller.

let it go, i played it down tempo along side me and my bass guitar (my ace in the hole for auditions). i woint be able to get that solo up to speed for a very very long time, and i practiced approx 40 hours on that solo before i played it for berklee, and i was still down 40 bpm (cleanly though)[/QUOTE]
heh heh - well - the intro to warheart by children of bodom involves sixteenths and eigths at 190 bpm - that i cant quite do - although i am pretty clean with my speed, unlike some people i know, and believe me i practice, but im not naturally that strong, in the arms especially, so im not that lucky in that sense - what speed is donna lee? i believe its mainly 32nd notes

Lucky me, I don't drink anything with caffiene, and I don't crack my knuckles...

[QUOTE=Left Shoe]practice among other things, stop cracking your knuckles asap, stop dirnking caffeine asap.

you can shred on what youve been practicing for a long time, like i can shred one octave scales and full positions without problem because i run those daily.

though i did practice astral traveler a bunch and coudlnt get that up to speed, i was down 30-40 bpm.[/QUOTE]
what is wrong with cracking knuckles and caffeine?
i dont crack my knuckles - although i occasionally pull my fingers away from my hand until they click for the cool sound heh