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:
- 54 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
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17 Nights
17 Nights
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The Jungle Room
The Jungle Room
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Cauliflower Day
Cauliflower Day
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How On Earth...?
How On Earth...?
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Bus Boys
Bus Boys
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Rest Of The Century
Rest Of The Century
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Twelve Times (you Were Wrong)
Twelve Times (you Were Wrong)
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Switch
Switch
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Muthablast
Muthablast
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Discomfiture
Discomfiture
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Joyride
Joyride
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Go
Go
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Space Hopper
Space HopperAnother band composition
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Resurgance 11
Resurgance 11
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Wibble
Wibble
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Jiggy Plaid Cigar
Jiggy Plaid Cigar
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5 Minutes To Midnight
5 Minutes To Midnight
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Mr Rusty 2018
Mr Rusty 2018
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Down
Down
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Return Of The Lost Bongo
Return Of The Lost Bongo
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Uplift Sunrise
Uplift Sunrise
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Chicken Fat
Chicken Fat
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The Slug
The Slug
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Aka Ak
Aka Ak
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Hot Bingo
Hot Bingo
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Estrange
Estrange
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Mowdown
Mowdown
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Disco Me
Disco Me
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Boldly Going
Boldly Going
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Funk Shake
Funk Shake
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Fantz
Fantz
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Sand
Sand
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Black Rain Falling
Black Rain Falling
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Buy This Space
Buy This Space
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Strange Moon
Strange Moon
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Juggernaught
Juggernaught
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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...
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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
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Qberted
Qberted
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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!
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India
India
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Chill
Chill
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Hot Sauce
Hot Sauce
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Sunday Groove
Sunday Groove
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Trouble
Trouble
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Soft Shoe Elevator Boy
Soft Shoe Elevator Boy
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The Crackling
The Crackling
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Drip
Drip
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Hotcha
Hotcha
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Carter
Carter
