Jellyknees

SEEKING

Vocalist, Other.

ABOUT

Mature bass player looking for exciting originals projects to get involved with in North West. This could be any situation, traditional band, recording project, individual musicians looking to collaborate etc. I enjoy writing and recording my own stuff, and would definitely be looking to have some kind of creative input into whatever I get involved with.

My sound page is https://soundcloud/jellyknees - this will give you an idea of the kind of things I like to do and how I play. Everything on here is written and played by myself.

I have loads of experience, great kit and an open mind. I mainly play 5 string these days but also have a fantastic 4 sting fretless which I like to wield from time to time.

Genre-wise, I'm into pretty much anything and everything, especially within the broad sphere of funk, world, reggae etc. There are a few things I don't really do; Metal, thrash, punk, pedestrian rock/indie, lightweight pop.

Screen name:: Jellyknees
Member since:: Nov 20 2006; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Committed
Years together:: 4
Age:: 52 years

Influences

Way too many to mention and probably not that important...have a listen to my tunes to get an idea.

Members Of Band

Just me...

EQUIPMENT

Dingwall 5 string bass
Lakland 5 string bass
KGB 4 string bass
Tune Maniac 4 string fretless bass
Yamaha SG 1000 guitar
Loads of other bits and pieces....

MUSIC

Joyride
Joyride
In Our Days
In Our Days
Go
Go
Space Hopper
Space HopperAnother band composition
Seven Cats
Seven CatsNew tune for the band... bandcamp page with some live recordings coming shortly.
Resurgance 11
Resurgance 11
Wibble
Wibble
Jiggy Plaid Cigar
Jiggy Plaid Cigar
5 Minutes To Midnight
5 Minutes To Midnight
Mr Rusty 2018
Mr Rusty 2018
Down
Down
Return Of The Lost Bongo
Return Of The Lost Bongo
Uplift Sunrise
Uplift Sunrise
Chicken Fat
Chicken Fat
The Slug
The Slug
Aka Ak
Aka Ak
Hot Bingo
Hot Bingo
Estrange
Estrange
Mowdown
Mowdown
IB50
IB50
Disco Me
Disco Me
Boldly Going
Boldly Going
Funk Shake
Funk Shake
Fantz
Fantz
Sand
Sand
Black Rain Falling
Black Rain Falling
Buy This Space
Buy This Space
Strange Moon
Strange Moon
Juggernaught
Juggernaught
Wood Migrations
Wood MigrationsMy entry for Basschat's November composition competition. I got a sense of tiredness, anger and a desire to uproot from the image, and this morphed with my own feeling of exhaustion and dislike of the winter darkness that had just been foist upon us, what with the clocks having just gone back... Little did I know when I wrote this tune that I was about to spend the following week in the grip of the most miserable flu bug that I've ever had (definitely NOT man flu), which completely wiped me out for about 4 days... no wonder I felt tired and slightly pessimistic! The tune was mostly recorded in one session, with a few very minor bits and pieces added about a week later (when I was better). It's notable for having vocals (of sorts) on it - I don't normally (i.e. practically NEVER) attempt to sing, but I thought I'd have a try and see what came out... I'm not too unhappy with the results...
Becoming A City
Becoming A CityThis piece was written for the Basschat website's October 2015 composition competition, whereby the attached image forms the inspiration for the music, which must be written and recorded within a fixed time period (around 3 weeks). As such there are a few rough edges to this, but I’m pretty happy with it overall. The initial idea/concept I had for the composition goes roughly like this; Imagine if you were able to paint a picture of your ideal city; somewhere beautiful, safe, exciting and welcoming, a place where you would really love to live. Then imagine if that city were to become a reality and you were able to physically travel to it, to actually go there and live in it. This could perhaps be a metaphor for achieving a state of happiness, whereby the city represents an ideal way of living, or possibly some kind of ‘nirvana’ like state of existence. The painting process would represent the imagining and realisation in one’s own mind of what that ideal state/way of life would be like. The journey to the city would represent the path that one would have to take in order to get there. Arriving at and entering into the city would represent the final steps, the achievement of contentment. The piece is divided roughly into 5 sections, representing each of the stages; The Spark of an Ideal Brushwork The Journey Arrival Becoming
Qberted
Qberted
The Stik
The StikA bass/drums/guitar idea I had from several years ago, which was never fully realised at the time... added some extra guitar, piano chords, live percussion and melodica type synth and tweaked the arrangement a bit and voila!
India
India
Chill
Chill
Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce
Sunday Groove
Sunday Groove
Trouble
Trouble
Spangles
Spangles
Soft Shoe Elevator Boy
Soft Shoe Elevator Boy
The Crackling
The Crackling
Drip
Drip
Hotcha
Hotcha
Carter
Carter
Deep Sea Diver
Deep Sea Diver
Shiver
Shiver
The Thing
The Thing
Did You Ever...
Did You Ever...
Distotek
Distotek
Happy Panda
Happy Panda