Sadly, very few of those songs appeal to me… plus there are so many songs I would like a tilt at…and so little time!! 
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Yeah, this is why I never even considered it. I have to like the songs I am playing.
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I cant wait to finish the list so I can play songs I like, so I understand. 
But for me I feel that the list is the last part of B2B
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Damn! Quiet all day long, I go watch a movie, then there’s suddenly 3 more covers and 13 new posts… 
Good tune, nicely done 
Class! Lol, tone’s pretty bang on for that too
Good job! And another good tone for it!
Same tbh, there’s one or two I’ll probably do, like garbage, basically anything from that first album is 
remember it well, cos I was on work experience in a local record shop when it released, blasted it on the (ridiculously overkill for the size of the place) PA speakers
And maybe a couple of others, just don’t feel some of em though unfortunately
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Oh yeah a few gems in there for sure, but not enough to entice me to do all 50
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Down Home Blues - ZZ HIll
It a bit heavy in the mix…but hey it’s all about the bass…The feel is simple but It’s all about note duration and adding a bit of space between each attack. Rather than walking or playing a box pattern, I “bump” the root note and add a few chromatic transitions to move from chord to chord in the progression.
“Down Home Blues” is regarded as a blues standard. The song is said to be the best selling blues single of the 20th century.
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Hey man, you’re hitting the notes and playing the song, which is great! But… and I hope this comes across right. Take your phone and your best headphones and put that Audioslave song on and close your eyes and listen to the bass and try feel what it’s doing. Are the notes long or short? How do you think the bassist was playing while recording? Was he digging in to the strings or was he laid back chillin feeling the flow?
Then go back to your bass and try to recreate what you felt earlier. I have experienced a lot of stress and frustration recording covers. But play like you’re having the most fun you’ve had all week and it will come through.
Now, I’m not saying you played poorly or anything like that, I’m just trying to help you get the feeling of the song to come through. I think we said something similar to cheeze_pizza: stand up, move around a bit, and have fun with it.
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Well done on both of these @DeadPixels !!
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- Great job, nice groove
- I am so jealous of your long thin fingers.
- Dammit
Lol
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Fantastic @sunDOG !!
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Good grief that tone!!!
Best tone of the year prize!!
Wowsa!
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Move all the tracks over a bit and give yourself some time to get in position then zoom way into the waveforms and use it as a visual cue as to when to start.
I also bought a midi footswitch and set it to the record button in Abelton so you’re ready to go once you hit it.
Really really nice job on this !!! Woot woot.
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Great job and super killer tone @TheMadBassist
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Thanks @John_E ! I’ll take it 
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I record myself clapping to the beat of the song then I cut it down to a 4 count and put that right before the bass starts. On a separate track of course. Then mute it or delete it when you’re done with it.
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Why not just turn it on in the DAW? Not sure about Ableton but all other DAW I know have a recording count in, usually attached to the metronome.
Of course this requires setting the project BPM correctly but thats literally the first thing you should do anyway. Anything else is madness and the measure grid markers will not line up with the actual measures.
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Thank you buddy I appreciate that!!
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I like to give myself about 20 seconds from when I hit record to when the song starts. Gives me time to get in place and give a sound cue to line up audio and video later.
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Oh yeah, I remember that foot switch from your video. I should definitely get that…
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I will look into it this weekend. Got a few projects I’d like to try out.
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