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Just good music John! Puff puff pass.

I never could get into UB40. Their music always sounded too stiff like they were all playing to a click track. It just feels like everything is all quantitized to the Nth degree.

Almost like a techno meets reggae kinda deal. To me, there's no push and pull, no air, and no breathing in their groove. And those things when present are what makes reggae great!

Peg Lautny wrote:I never could get into UB40. Their music always sounded too stiff like they were all playing to a click track. It just feels like everything is all quantitized to the Nth degree.

Almost like a techno meets reggae kinda deal. To me, there's no push and pull, no air, and no breathing in their groove. And those things when present are what makes reggae great!

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I love musicians with impeccable timing. Great timing screams of professionalism to me while timing that wanders all over the place sounds amateurish. I would love to have the timing of a clock. You can loosen up more when using a metronome since you have the added advantage of going way out knowing that the clicky thingy is going to be there when you arrive.

In my experience, when playing live sometimes only the really good musicians show up on time unless you keep it very restrained and basic.

Generally speaking I consider the really good musicians as the guys that listen to what's going on around them as opposed to themselves for the most part. That also includes when they are taking the ride.

Slacker G wrote:I love musicians with impeccable timing. Great timing screams of professionalism to me while timing that wanders all over the place sounds amateurish. I would love to have the timing of a clock. You can loosen up more when using a metronome since you have the added advantage of going way out knowing that the clicky thingy is going to be there when you arrive.

In my experience, when playing live sometimes only the really good musicians show up on time unless you keep it very restrained and basic.

Generally speaking I consider the really good musicians as the guys that listen to what's going on around them as opposed to themselves for the most part. That also includes when they are taking the ride.

My biggest challenge right now, is everything...
I rehearse and if we set the volumes up for a club, I cant hear myself or anybody else...It all turns to mud.
As for timing, I feel like I'm one of Jerry's kids, though I have been told its okay...(my timing)

With all the electronic gadgets, I sometimes feel very disconnected.

Just attempt to feel what is going on and go with it.

Keep time, however you like via your foot or head bob or whatever.

The rest is a natural progression, the harder you obsess over it, the harder it is. If you let go, feel what is being played and don't lose your mind, you'll be fine.

Just don't drop the basics, like keeping time.
If you don't count it, you don't know where you are and are likely to deviate from the plan.

PaperDog wrote:

Slacker G wrote:I love musicians with impeccable timing. Great timing screams of professionalism to me while timing that wanders all over the place sounds amateurish. I would love to have the timing of a clock. You can loosen up more when using a metronome since you have the added advantage of going way out knowing that the clicky thingy is going to be there when you arrive.

In my experience, when playing live sometimes only the really good musicians show up on time unless you keep it very restrained and basic.

Generally speaking I consider the really good musicians as the guys that listen to what's going on around them as opposed to themselves for the most part. That also includes when they are taking the ride.

My biggest challenge right now, is everything...
I rehearse and if we set the volumes up for a club, I cant hear myself or anybody else...It all turns to mud.
As for timing, I feel like I'm one of Jerry's kids, though I have been told its okay...(my timing)

With all the electronic gadgets, I sometimes feel very disconnected.

Everybody plays everything too damn loud. MUd isn't music. It's mud. Worthless. Too many gadgets is stupid. I know people that think the more gadgets, the better. I've played with guitairists that have an army of foot switches and guitarists whose only switch is the on/off button on their amp. Guess which guitarists are usually better?

PaperDog wrote:
My biggest challenge right now, is everything...
I rehearse and if we set the volumes up for a club, I cant hear myself or anybody else...It all turns to mud.
As for timing, I feel like I'm one of Jerry's kids, though I have been told its okay...(my timing)

"everything"? grant, surely there are things you must recognize and acknowledge that you DO well in the trenches. i would never presume that a lack of confidence in getting something done and getting it done right do be anything you're under the yoke of.

confidence.....it's not only very sexy as dan patrick likes to point out.....it's also hugely important (prolly as close to a necessity as anything gets) to succeeding in anything and everything.

there are any number of things we knuckleheads can disagree and argue about but i feel reasonably certain we're all on the same page when it comes to agreeing that confidence in your skills is usually a strong determining factor in how well things work. or don't.

With all the electronic gadgets, I sometimes feel very disconnected.

what are you referring to exactly?

I don't use any effects, but am considering using my Digital Delay/Reverb pedal. Not sure if I need it though. When you plug through too many boxes you get a shortage of power. I prefer the simplicity of just using the three channels on my amp....clean, crunch, and lead. It works for me. Some do well with effects, but I enjoy simple recognizable clarity.

Plug in, and go!

everyone says how bad they are yet everyone uses layers of them

I'm finally going into the studio next month and to my horror - someone else is playing bass! When I switched to lead guitar it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be playing bass and would have to rely on someone else!

I know I could dub it - but one side of me is eager to hear someone else play bass to my music. I can't wait to see what effect that has on the songs.

Am I good enough? I don't know. Is anyone ever good enough to satisfy themselves? Hopefully not.

Talbot

I'll be playing bass on recordings for a while, since its been about a year and no dice. Man Talbot, if you only were closer! I love a bass player that actually IS a bass player. Those are so hard to find. Posted for more tonight, but I'm taking a week off after this...its just burning me out.

Best thing I can do is just get out of my player's block I seem to be in. Plus, I got a million tapes full of riffs that seem impossible to play now...haha! I need the practice all by my lonesome.

Planetguy wrote:

PaperDog wrote:
My biggest challenge right now, is everything...
I rehearse and if we set the volumes up for a club, I cant hear myself or anybody else...It all turns to mud.
As for timing, I feel like I'm one of Jerry's kids, though I have been told its okay...(my timing)

"everything"? grant, surely there are things you must recognize and acknowledge that you DO well in the trenches. i would never presume that a lack of confidence in getting something done and getting it done right do be anything you're under the yoke of.

confidence.....it's not only very sexy as dan patrick likes to point out.....it's also hugely important (prolly as close to a necessity as anything gets) to succeeding in anything and everything.

there are any number of things we knuckleheads can disagree and argue about but i feel reasonably certain we're all on the same page when it comes to agreeing that confidence in your skills is usually a strong determining factor in how well things work. or don't.

With all the electronic gadgets, I sometimes feel very disconnected.

what are you referring to exactly?

Well I was exaggerating when I said 'everything'... (I did that to drive home my point, I suppose...) I do have confidence... sometimes I'm downright cocky (and that's when I get my ass kicked the most) But the stuff about the volume is true... My ears are extremely sensitive...probably because i'm not used to a full-blast stage environment. In any case , it throws me all over the map, and the nuances of my song or verse get trampled... (Thats where i feel disconnected)

It's commercial/professional grade , which I'm not used to (yet).