Sometimes I just like to watch David Bruce, a composer who really can explain things so that they can be understood. Take this for instance as an example:
[youtube]fGYWebr_6cg[/youtube]
Interesting without question. But you might ask what that has to do with modern music, or why it should be important today. Or you might even say that you don't read music, and therefore aren't interested. Well - one of today's really great bass players can't read as well as he says - and still knows it when he plays Stravinsky in a number 1 hit:
[youtube]TRjiMN2qJHI[/youtube]
I wish I had Youtube or other learning methods like this when I was younger... so enjoy :)
Cheers,
Wolfgang
[youtube]fGYWebr_6cg[/youtube]
Interesting without question. But you might ask what that has to do with modern music, or why it should be important today. Or you might even say that you don't read music, and therefore aren't interested. Well - one of today's really great bass players can't read as well as he says - and still knows it when he plays Stravinsky in a number 1 hit:
[youtube]TRjiMN2qJHI[/youtube]
I wish I had Youtube or other learning methods like this when I was younger... so enjoy :)
Cheers,
Wolfgang