thank you @mediaklan ! that’s very nice 
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You’re welcome to try @terb ^^ (I’ve edited the link, don’t know how I could got it wrong, this should work now)
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That’s fine for me, as I have my own website for my covers, but it’s very nice to bring this help, especially for newcomers. So, yeah, thank you
(by the way, is it a PHP script ?)
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FIRST! LOL
A couple of weeks, ok, 4, ago my brother said, Let’s learn She Talks To Angels by The Black Crows!
I said, OK! So here is my attempt to throw that together. My brother has yet to even start!
I did learn it, mostly, after about 2 weeks but only just now getting around to recording. Its a fun song, not too difficult so anyone having done the B2B course should have no problem.
Only challenge was getting a good take! Took me 5 tries to get this one, and it may have 1 or 2 mistakes, as they say, “Just keep playing! Nobody will notice!”
I bet some of you will.
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Yeah, baby! Give it the works!
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It’s about damn time to kick off 2023 with one funky groove.
There is slap & pop in the original but I just can’t slap, so…I improvised with some agressive playing, active bass EQ, DAW EQ and a $hit ton of practice.
This song is really, really fun to play (which is good cause it took me a long time to get it about damn close to the original).
I was targeting this song for my 3-year bassaversary in 2-weeks, but, it came together today so here it is.
@kristine and others know my love for Lizzo runs deep, now even more so…
Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass (I really love this bass!)
Active Bass & Treble boosted on bass
EQ in DAW boosted at 50Hz and 1.78KHz
Bass double tracked in DAW for more presence and fullness
CLA-76 & CLA-3A compressors
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Smooth and funky AF @John_E! Your alternative to slapping worked for me (I’m not ready for slapping yet). It sounds like a fun track to play to!
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Great way to start off the New Year @John_E… Don’t know the song, but you had my “toes-a-tappin” to the bass line beat!! Some Top Shelf shit happenin’ there with that bass tone!
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Thanks @stevesilver925
Thanks @Lanny - the preamp/pickups in this bass are fantastic. This is only the second Fender bass I have left stock, that tone is why.
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Wow, that’s a huge one to start the '23 season 
Huge tone really, maybe even a bit too much compressed for my ears. But the tone is great from A to Z, also an excellent mix.
Excellent one @John_E !
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Funkay! @John_E love the crispness of the octave and the slide is just delicious. Great first cover of the year.
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Noted @terb
I did inch the compressors up a bit more than normal here. Good to know I found an “edge”. This is helpful. Thank you.
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Exceptional cover @John_E
Obviously you don’t find that the pickup cover restricts your playing? I had to remove mine.
Slightly off topic but what do I need to listen to to judge the compression fine tuning @terb and @John_E ? I’m afraid to say I still just pick up my bass and play without fully understanding stuff like this
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Oh you’re very welcome the compressor setting is something hard to set. too low it’s not enouth, too much it’s … too much 
but yeah it’s hard really to find the sweet spot. The trap is that if you set it too hard, it will make you sound huge … but not in a natural way.
So I’d say that if you don’t know, it’s better to set it a bit lower.
Just my 2 cents. Just trying to help.
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hard to say really, maybe @howard would have better words than mines but, for me, “too much compression” is when I feel that something is pushing too hard into my ears. Might sound really strange but that’s my trigger.
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Great cover John! Never heard the song before but I enjoyed that funky groove even without the slapping. Very nicely done!
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This might have been also from double tracking?
When you take the bass out of some songs the “oomph” is gone and a single bass track just isn’t good enough to replace it. Many times it doesn’t matter but in this “bass forward” tune I felt I needed a beefier low end so doubled it.
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I had it off then put it on thinking “if Marcus Miller wanted it there there must be a reason”. The reason is playing further back on the pickups helps for a certain tone. But, this isn’t always what you want. Plucking in front of the cover is way too muddy, however, I’m doing some slap courses and this bass is awesome for slap up and the pickup cover acts as a great guide for your hand/palm to rest or find a “home position”. I think if I feel the need to play at the neck pickup I’ll grab a different bass. This one is meant to have it in for sure.
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I think that the pickup cover is a perfect thumb rest for @John_E I was watching him floating the hand up and down and when he got back to the top it rested perfectly.
I like compressor for a few things I’m not sure I’d necessarily want it on my cover all the time. I know you can fine tune the dynamics but going raw audio is easier for me lol.
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