JamesPrestonUK's Workshop

[JamesPrestonUK]

Rescue Me by Fontella Bass is done. A v1.1 is required later this weekend as the fingering in the end section isn't right. This was a pain in the *** to do, but I think it's worth it. It's one of my favourite bass lines. I'm waiting to see if it sets the world on fire - after I charted Nowhere To Run, I thought everyone would go crazy for it, but no - add lyrics to Life on Mars (thanks Mr R!) though and everybody wants it! I've never been very good at judging my public though  :D

[JamesPrestonUK]

Spurred on by @ 's Police/Sting page, I've dusted off some Police WIP. Next To You is now up and running. Peanuts is in the workshop (although it needs a bit off attention in Audacity. It's not in A440 and I hate detuning). Regatta de Blanc and Deathwish are also on the cards.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Regatta de Blanc and Deathwish done. I've found a new tab for Maybe I'm Amazed by Macca so I might have a quick go at this.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Anyone want to try Maybe I'm Amazed? I've not tested it, as I'm a few miles away from a bass, so hopefully it's ok. Any comments welcome.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Right, that's No Time This Time and It's Alright For You done, which completes Reggatta de Blanc. Maybe I'm Amazed has gone live too. More Police to come this weekend as I'd like to get closer to getting Outlandos d'Amour and Zenyatta Mondatta completed.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Right my fellow four (or five) stringed chums, I'm Policed out now. I'll carry on with the outstanding Outlandos d'Amour tracks and Bombs Away this coming week. 

[JamesPrestonUK]

Would anyone like to take I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying by Sting for a test drive? @?

 

The above is a case study in producing CDLC without having a bass to hand. OMG that was appalling. Back to the drawing board....

[JamesPrestonUK]

YES, YES, YES! I think I've worked out why I'm having this problem with Sections not coming through from Guitar Pro. Try setting the BPM in your Guitar Pro score and see if EoF asks you if you want to import the Section/Phrase data. It's just worked on something which I was putting together yesterday so hopefully that's cracked that one.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Just in case anyone was wondering, I'm still here - the project I'm working on is taking way longer than I'd planned, but fingers crossed another couple of weeks should do it....

[JamesPrestonUK]

Ok my four stringed chums, I uploaded Hot Water by Level 42 at the weekend. The chart is quite busy so I'm looking for feedback on whether I can improve things by changing the scroll rate, adding more sections etc. I have some other Level 42 stuff in the pipeline and because of the way he's up and down the neck (into uncharted territory for me in some cases) I get the feeling that the more sections there are, the better in order to make the note highway as big as possible.

[JamesPrestonUK]

I'm feeling brave - Stanley Clarke's School Days is almost complete...

[Aludog]

I'm feeling brave - Stanley Clarke's School Days is almost complete...

That's indeed brave. I never started working on that because I'll never be able to manage a proper playthrough. :D

[JamesPrestonUK]

 

That's indeed brave. I never started working on that because I'll never be able to manage a proper playthrough. :D

 

 

Yes it does look like a beast. I got some messages from EoF about RS not being able to handle 24 frets and then realised "oh, he plays an Alembic, doesn't he" or words to that effect. If it crashes, I'll try taking that note/notes out. There's also a bit where he's scooshing down the G string with harmonics and I can't work out how to get that into Guitar Pro! Anyway, it looks good so far, just need to see what it plays like.......

[firekorn]

IF you have the RS1 file during save it will warn you about the 23 and 24th fret not working with the game but RS2014 handle everything up to the 24th fret but can't display anything further than that.

[JamesPrestonUK]

IF you have the RS1 file during save it will warn you about the 23 and 24th fret not working with the game but RS2014 handle everything up to the 24th fret but can't display anything further than that.

 

Excellent - that's great news, many thanks!

[JamesPrestonUK]

I hope it works out - it's certainly the toughest one I've attempted yet. It'll probably take a couple of versions to settle down as I don't know if I'm good enough to play some of it!

[JamesPrestonUK]

Right, School Days is up. It's definitely going to need some fettling as the syncing doesn't appear right in some places and there are a few notes I want to check are correct. 

[Aludog]

I forgot to say that I have a Stanley Clarke song book which means I have tabs for this song that you could use to check against the GP file you used. You interested?

[JamesPrestonUK]

I forgot to say that I have a Stanley Clarke song book which means I have tabs for this song that you could use to check against the GP file you used. You interested?

 

If it's the Hal Leonard book, that's the tab I've used  :) . I didn't find it particularly easy to read - no bar numbers, fret numbers with lines through them etc. Poor workmen always blame their tools, but I have seen better tab books.

[Aludog]

 

I forgot to say that I have a Stanley Clarke song book which means I have tabs for this song that you could use to check against the GP file you used. You interested?

 

 

If it's the Hal Leonard book, that's the tab I've used  :) . I didn't find it particularly easy to read - no bar numbers, fret numbers with lines through them etc. Poor workmen always blame their tools, but I have seen better tab books.

Oh, I see and yeah, I agree: I've seen better tab books as well but it's a good place to start.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Ok it's back to "normal" stuff now. I put up "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" by Queen earlier today and have Boney M's "Rasputin" ready to go. Unfortunately Dropbox is undergoing maintenance at the moment so I can't upload it. It'll be with you as soon as possible, as someone did request it...  :)

[JamesPrestonUK]

I'm feeling festive at the moment, and as someone put in a request for Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas, I thought I'd oblige. Now if only a) I could create a tab for "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses or b ) some kind soul here would do it - I have requested it, honest, then I'd be a happy bunny.

[JamesPrestonUK]

Freedom by Wham! is now up and running. Time for some more Police I think....

[Aludog]

I'm feeling festive at the moment, and as someone put in a request for Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas, I thought I'd oblige. Now if only a) I could create a tab for "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses or b ) some kind soul here would do it - I have requested it, honest, then I'd be a happy bunny.

After you wrote this, I looked up the song (because I didn't know it) and as was to be expected, it has an awesome bass line. Later that day I heard the song in the background of the christmas episode of "Quantico" and I thought "That can't be coincidence." So, I kind of wanted to transcribe the bass part but I just can't find the time because I have something else planned for christmas that takes priority but I put it on my list for next christmas. :D

[JamesPrestonUK]

In that case Lord Aludog, may 2016 fly by very quickly indeed!