Comments

• MatthewKay

  February 17

  Smooooth! That is some very nice playing there!
• McD

  February 17 edited February 17

  It's great to hear another member sit in with @pbelgium. You make a good addition to the group...

  Blue in Green was written by Bill Evans after Miles Davis proposed he conside the first 2 chords of what became a complete tune. Since it was Mile's session and he knew how the composer gets paid for a good selling album Miles took co-composer credit. I think that was the last album Bill played on with Miles and Herbie Hancock might have been next in line to play piano in that amazing quintet that included Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Tony Williams. Miles was the man to put your name on the map right over the benn diagram labeled 'legends'.

  Imagine getting paid to write a tune... A lost era but the record companies are no longer the only path to being heard. We have that... But making a large audience is still almost beyond reach for us. So many artists making music with just home studios like Billie and Fineas or 'your logo here'.
• Paulieworld

  February 17

  Damn, this is sweet. Your intonation and timing are perfect. I like how you showed restraint and came in and out at just the right times, with the right notes. Clearly, you spent some time with this to get everything… just right. I played fretless bass years ago. I thought I was pretty good until I heard Teen Town and Portrait of Tracy. I pulled my frets out and started relearning the instrument. I’m glad you heard the calling. Nice!
• AndyHoneybone

  February 20

  @MatthewKay said:
  Smooooth! That is some very nice playing there!

  Thanks for the compliment Matthew. Paul’s pacing and drama was inspiring.
• AndyHoneybone

  February 21

  @McD said:
  It's great to hear another member sit in with @pbelgium. You make a good addition to the group...

  Thanks for listening @McD. Paul did say I was hired …

  Imagine getting paid to write a tune... A lost era but the record companies are no longer the only path to being heard. We have that... But making a large audience is still almost beyond reach for us. So many artists making music with just home studios like Billie and Fineas or 'your logo here'.

  Yes, times have changed although musicians being undervalued / ripped off has always been. There might still be some limited patronage / grants or maybe an advance for a lucky few but as you know, any hope of income from music today will likely come from ‘plays’ and it’s a saturated market. In my younger days I got paid for writing articles for music technology magazines. Now I post on YouTube for a warm feeling. But making ‘art’ is what differentiates us from the animals. We are compelled to do it. It certainly brings me joy. And if a latter day Miles wants to pluck me from obscurity then I’m ready 😊
• AndyHoneybone

  February 23

  @Paulieworld said:
  Damn, this is sweet. Your intonation and timing are perfect. I like how you showed restraint and came in and out at just the right times, with the right notes. Clearly, you spent some time with this to get everything… just right. I played fretless bass years ago. I thought I was pretty good until I heard Teen Town and Portrait of Tracy. I pulled my frets out and started relearning the instrument. I’m glad you heard the calling. Nice!

  Hey @Paulieworld. Pleased you approve my additions - as you’ll know from your own reworking, @pbelgium’s track is free tempo so the only way I could follow it was by watching the waveform scroll and then some judicious nudging of my sliced bass parts afterwards. Intonation was unassisted though.

  I’m mindful of the saying that a gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes but doesn’t. Some (non-bass players) might say that about fretless bass! It’s certainly possible to overdo the ‘inner Jaco’ and for many genres it’s just not right. For Blue in Green I tried to limit myself to the odd slide and a bit of string buzz to hint at acoustic bass. It was a great opportunity to contribute on such a classic tune.

  Hope all’s good with you and you’re getting out to the movies.
• GeoTony

  February 23

  Such subtle and complementary additions to @pbelgium ’s original track… great work Andy 👌
• Paulieworld

  February 23

  @AndyHoneybone

  “A gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes… but doesn’t”

  That one is now in my permanent stash of one-liners! I told it to my wife and she laughed. I’m meeting with my tax guy this weekend. If we have any money left, we’re going to see that new Elvis movie. It looks great. We’re hoping to meet up with a couple we haven’t seen for a long time. It may be the last time we see them. Somehow, I will work that little gem into the conversation!

  We’re doing well. Hope you are, too.
• pbelgium

  February 26

  Lovely playing and tone, Andy. Your timing is perfect and allows the track to breathe - knowing when not to play is a difficult skill to acquire. Really love the visuals too. Cheers.
  (Do you know anyone who wants to buy some bagpipes?😂)
• AndyHoneybone

  February 28

  @GeoTony said:
  Such subtle and complementary additions to @pbelgium ’s original track… great work Andy 👌

  Thank you @GeoTony. It was great to tickle some real cymbals for @pbelgium’s track. Hoping to feature them some more.
• AndyHoneybone

  March 2

  @pbelgium said:
  Lovely playing and tone, Andy. Your timing is perfect and allows the track to breathe - knowing when not to play is a difficult skill to acquire. Really love the visuals too. Cheers.

  Thank you Paul. I’m pleased it was a pleasant surprise. You’ve been very generous with your starter ideas so thanks again for sharing your excellent original post.

  (Do you know anyone who wants to buy some bagpipes?😂)

  Not looking to get any more pipes thanks. I inherited some Northumbian small pipes but they scuttled under the bed and won’t come out.
• ecou

  March 2

  Great work to the both of you. That’s the type of jazz I like.
• AndyHoneybone

  March 4

  Thanks for listening @ecou. Really appreciate the comment.