easy bass patterns

i'm an awful bass player, and musician generally it has to be said, but seeing as we only have one word for the doing of music in english, fortunately it has play embedded at its centre. so, with the bass in particular, when i'm playing my instrument, possibly more than any other, i'm at play. which is a roundabout way of saying i love these bass lines! 

adolfo kaminsky

 clearly, 60 minutes didn't want to engage with what kaninsky did post war with various liberation movements but there's slightly more detail in this criminal podcast. not a dull life! 

barigozzi group

 

rabih abou-khalil

 

drawing the head

another one of these. i'm not a figurative drawist by any means but there's a lot to be said for sitting down of an afternoon with a bit of paper and a pencil and drilling some technique  

making a mini exhibition

 ari makes a mini exhibition. so much more satisfying than a session on photoshop! the expense of photo paper these days make it a less frequent pleasure tho! but you could do this sort of thing with any endeavour

claire eleanor fergusson

 another one of these, like a breath of fresh air. i feel the lack of anyone left in my life like this! 

malik abdul-rahmaan & chris hound

 

bill mclintock

 every so often i realise i haven't listened to something by bill mclintock for a while. so here's this 

and here he is getting interviewed about it all 

filters

 an back to fiddling with filters. it's complicated-ish. here's a guide. 

my favourite april fool from this year

 it's a while since april 1st but this is brilliant

korg monologue

 i've finally dragged some of my old electronica out and my, but i'm rusty. the korg monologue is a great starter synth and here's a couple of vids that show how it work 

learning from mistakes

 useful 

the slow lane

 

mëstiza

 

hiroko yamamura

 not your usual behind the decks demographic! lol sounds are great. crowd is dismal 

hermanos gutierrez

 

paris roubaix

 there's a ton of gear channels that'll go on and on and on and on about tyre pressures,  gearing and the like re paris roubaix but really, none of it has much to do with most cyclists. here's what happens when regular people do the cobbles, arno representing my body type, rob my heart rate! lol i laughed a lot, not least at their go to advice guy