venerdì 17 aprile 2026

A Night in Tunisia.

 


Wow! What a cold morning. I'm certainly not in Tunisia! 

I started reworking A Night in Tunisia yesterday. It's a tune I've played for quite a while, but I want to take it to the next level. There are some tricky little bits that will certainly add to it. Unfortunately, I have a sore left arm elbow (I've had it for a while) and some of my left hand fingers are a little stiff. I'll have to be careful, but practice must go on. 

Bass practice has been going well. Surprisingly the big bass is a bit gentler on my left hand elbow.

I hope you're all using our LINKS to read the blogs available there. 

That's it for this morning.

Ciao tutti.

| Em7b5 |       | Eb7#11 |      | Dm7 |      | G7#11 |      |     

| G-maj7 | G-7 | Gb7#9 |      | Fmaj7...

giovedì 16 aprile 2026

mercoledì 15 aprile 2026

Bass practice.

 





Practice doesn't make perfect, but it makes better.

I did an hour on each instrument today. 'Not Too Bad'.



Four strong winds!

 The four men who, under the guidance of Richard (of RBB), will take you into the blogging future.








Akish The Philistine - Angry Jesus (hosting RBB2) - Evil Doctor Richard (hosting RBB3) - The Curmudgeon

Read on in our LINKS!

martedì 14 aprile 2026

New hosts for RBB2 & RBB3.

 Use our LINKS to check them out!



Richard's Bass Bag 2!


Richard's Bass Bag 3!


Things are stepping up around here!!!

lunedì 13 aprile 2026

The new age of blogging is upon us!

 


Search the LINKS and see what's new!

Five bloggers have come on board so far:
  • Akish The Philistine
  • Richard's Bass Bag 
  • Richard's Bass Bag 2
  • Richard's Bass Bag 3
  • The Curmudgeon
All you have to do is search through our LINKS and see what's new!

Go and have fun!

domenica 12 aprile 2026

It's very early in the morning but I'm drinking a coffee!

 WHY?


[Hey, Richard (of RBB), you know where you'll be taking a trip to soon!]

Yes, yes, I know. Let me explain.

Yesterday morning I was fooling around with the LINKS on my blog. I can't remember quite what I was trying to do but somehow, I managed to delete all my links except for one.

Look...

Only one link left! TC's.

I can probably reestablish some, like Richard's Bass Bag 2 & 3, but others will be gone for good.
[Oops, bathroom time is getting close.]
Bob's discombobulate Bobadilish is certainly gone for good (I'd kept a link). Ah well, it didn't look like he was ever coming back. So, at present I just have the one link.

Isolation.

Ah well, life goes on.




On the upside I did 2 1/2 hours of practice yesterday - 2 hours of violin and 1/2 an hour of double bass. Not too bad! I chose to do more violin because I have 12 tunes to cover there, as opposed to 5 on the bass. I've been working on that thing I showed you in yesterday's post. It's an extension on another idea but it has taken a bit of sorting out. I'm also working on the chord progression for Anthropology.
[Bathroom time.]
[Done.]

As you all in the North Island know, we're expecting a storm a bit later today. Cyclone Vaianu. Hopefully our area will get the least of it. Thorndon should be okay too. Peter should be safe on his third floor. He might even be able to ring for a cup of tea. 

Well, I think I've covered all my topics for this morning. I was pleased to see the Hurricanes have a good win yesterday. 

42 - 19 over the blues. Yes!

Go, the Hurricanes!

Ciao tutti.