| Author | Message | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2473 Registered: 6-2002 |
I have my next bass playing gig coming up next month at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. They have a jazz club there on a Friday evening so we are booked to do that. The set list will be made up of, Stanley Clarke, Return to Forever, Jeff Lorber, Marcus Miller, Victor Bailey, Billy Cobham, Lenny White. It's also free so if you are local and wanna pop along that would be great. Alembic Weapons of choice for the gig. Europa 5 and SC Deluxe. F1-X, SF-1  Jazzyvee | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2954 Registered: 10-2002 |
hope it's a great gig Jazzy. Graeme | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2475 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks for the good wishes Jacko. set list Soldier ( Stanley Clarke) Stratos ( Billy Cobham) Gogo (Yellow Jackets) Sailing ( Lenny White) Sourceress (RTF) Enchanted Way (Jeff Lorber) Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy ( RtF ) wish me luck hehehe Blast ( Marcus Miller) Bruce Lee (Marcus Miller) What is Hip? ( Marcus Miller version ) Sweet Tooth (Victor Bailey/Lenny White) Samba (Jeff Lorber Fusion) Burn Brightly (Jeff Lorber) Your Amazing Grace (Marcus Miller) Jazzyvee | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1530 Registered: 7-2007 |
Sweet set list! I'd like to see this. Have a great gig Jazzyvee! Best, Art | ||
| rustyg61
Advanced Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 260 Registered: 2-2011 |
That's an impressive set list Jazzyvee! Wish I could be there to hear you perform it! | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 1716 Registered: 9-2002 |
What a handsome man, with impeccable taste in basses. . . . . now, who the hell is this mysterious Delano Mills ? ? ? ? I must admit he has a fabulous website. Knock 'em dead, JV ! J o e y | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2957 Registered: 10-2002 |
great setlist Jazzy. Wish I could get down for the gig but it's wedding season :-( graeme | ||
| malthumb
Senior Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 495 Registered: 5-2002 |
Jazzyvee, NICE playlist! Wish I was in the area to witness this one. Maybe steal a few licks. I didn't say that out loud did I? | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2478 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm just stealing... ahem absorbing the influence of the bassists in the set list..... hahah :-0) Jazzyvee | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10237 Registered: 5-2002 |
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy!! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2479 Registered: 6-2002 |
Yep Dave, we went through that at rehearsal last night and still a lot of work needed on that particular track. It's a very challenging track to play. The demand on technique, timing, pace and the delivery of the dynamics is quite intense. Then you remember that these guys were probably still in their 20's when they recorded it originally. But we will pursue it. Jazzyvee | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2515 Registered: 6-2002 |
Unfortunately we had to cut the length of the gig due to constraints at the venue which we were miffed about. We had to drop a few tracks so Soldier, Hymn of the seventh galaxy and Burn Brightly got the chop as those were ones we had relearsed least so it made sense. Anyway the gig went fantastically well. We had the place heaving with people. Initially we thought the audience would be lost with the music we had in the set. But thankfully they loved every track which is a great thing to happen at a gig. We've already been offered a gig the Yardbird Jazz club. I found out in the interval that there were lots of musicians in the audience and quite a number of bass players who were very impressed with the sound I was getting from my basses and my rig. One guy told me that he thought the bass sound was fantastic and was very surprised at the clarity that the basses had especially the higher notes had which he said reminded him of the sound Chris Squire has when using a pick. Jazzyvee | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10287 Registered: 5-2002 |
Congrats Jazzyvee! Any pics, video? | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1967 Registered: 10-2003 |
Video! video! video! *bangs beer bottle on bar* ;) | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 2967 Registered: 10-2002 |
Sounds like a great night Jazzy. Pics and videos please. graeme | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2516 Registered: 6-2002 |
I know the guitarist set up his video camera to film the gig but I haven't heard any feedback from him. From where it was placed though it would have got a healthy blast from my bass rig so i don't expect much from a sound point of view. A few people have taken some photo's but I haven't got many of them yet. Just these   Just found a video that the keyboard players wife put up on you tube. The sound isn't that great but It may have been done on a mobile phone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7fcWUYSTI jazzyvee (Message edited by jazzyvee on July 18, 2011) | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 10289 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice pics! And the bass looks great! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2517 Registered: 6-2002 |
I still don't do enough bass gigs really to create a consistent sound that I can recognise so I'm always unsure about how the bass sounds out front. This was a back line setup and a very small vocal pa for sax and keyboards. The location in the building is primarily glass, steel, granite/marble with a carpeted area where we were playing. I know I was standing too close to the cab to hear the sound properly but from there the bass was fine in the first half. Then after chatting to a couple of bass player mates they told me the sound was very boomy on the bottom end which is common in that venue. So I removed the some of the bottom end with the F1-x which I was told sounded much better out front but far too thin from my position. Jazzyvee | ||
| rustyg61
Advanced Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 282 Registered: 2-2011 |
Great stuff Jazzyvee! Your bass is gorgeous! I couldn't get your link to open, but I found the clip here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as7fcWUYSTI | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2520 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks. Aren't sound and acoustics interesting. This video clip has the bass sounding very boomy. Yesterday evening I got hold of another video taken in front of the stage area and the sound is very light and bass shy. Jazzyvee | ||
| 811952
Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1969 Registered: 10-2003 |
Looks great! I played a gig in a room like that with a steel drum band a few years back. So much reflected sound that it sounded like four people banging out chords on pianos instead of a couple of steel drums. Fun gig, regardless. If you can get some distance between you and your cabinet, you'll better be able to judge how it sounds in the room. In a big room like that, though, it's always going to be mushy and inarticulate unless you're staring into the speaker cabinet at close range. John | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 2535 Registered: 6-2002 |
Some photo's transferred to a slideshow on you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37rvv8vdef0 The backing track is Buenos Aires by Stanley Clarke from the "Live at the Greek" album We love doing this track. Jazzyvee |
