Rediscovered an old friend..
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Rediscovered an old friend..
At Sat's gig, I gave my Jazzbass a rest and took my dear old Precision out for a gig. I've had my P for 33 years and we've seen some great times together.
Dammit - I'm trying to treat it well and let it have a well-deserved rest from gigging, but it sounds so damn fine, I'll have to take it out more more often... that original P tone is damn hard to beat.
Refinding old friends is great fun - take that old gat out of your wardrobe and give it an airing - you might rediscover why you bought it...
I used to think if I could only ever keep one bass, it'd be my J. Now I'm thinking my dear old P would be the one.... we've seen a few thousand gigs together afterall! I've had many basses, but for some reason I never sold that P. I'm glad I didn't.
Dammit - I'm trying to treat it well and let it have a well-deserved rest from gigging, but it sounds so damn fine, I'll have to take it out more more often... that original P tone is damn hard to beat.
Refinding old friends is great fun - take that old gat out of your wardrobe and give it an airing - you might rediscover why you bought it...
I used to think if I could only ever keep one bass, it'd be my J. Now I'm thinking my dear old P would be the one.... we've seen a few thousand gigs together afterall! I've had many basses, but for some reason I never sold that P. I'm glad I didn't.
He hit a chord that rocked the spinet and disappeared into the infinite ...
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Thanks for reminding me of Level 42. I haven't listened to them since fek'n ages ago, so I dug out the hits and I've had "Lessons in Love" stuck in my head all day and "Running in the Family" stuck in my head all yesterday.1964 wrote:I actually like Level 42. Mark King is a great bass player, and there can be no insult in being likened to him.
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Everyone has influences to greater or lesser extents!foal30 wrote:Why listen to Mark King when Stanley Clarke is around?
The only other "style borrowing" I can think of to such an extant would be the chap from the Cure thinking he's Peter Hook and Flea's homage to Louis Johnson.
Mark is an excellent player in his own right, and maybe some simply prefer his music to Stanley's.
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Yeah, no-one lives in a vacuum,but I do think there is a difference between influence and wholesale taking. Still each to his own.
The other thing thats bugging me on this thread is the immeadiate linkage of thumping to Funk Music.
Ones a technique and the others a Genre, right?
Jamerson and Dunn never thumped an open E yet they most certainly played some serious Funk Music.
The other thing thats bugging me on this thread is the immeadiate linkage of thumping to Funk Music.
Ones a technique and the others a Genre, right?
Jamerson and Dunn never thumped an open E yet they most certainly played some serious Funk Music.