What album are you listening tonight?

[Damon]

One of my favourite quotes is from Mark Hollis:

“Before you play two notes learn how to play one note - and don’t play one note unless you’ve got a reason to play it.”

Love it!. So often I find that I love the space between notes; the subtle changes in tone, or tempo or volume. Makes the music breathe. Not so much with Metallica, perhaps, but knowing when not to play is a skill that seems to come later in one's musical journey. 

Great quote from Mark Hollis. His solo albums, like the Talk Talk material, have such creativity and careful crafting of their songs. And the bass bits have always been captivating. Another one you might get a giggle from: on some bass forum or other, a NY-based bass player, Chris Tarry, quoted a Vancouver player (apparently) who said, " A good bass player needs to have an uncanny grasp of the completely obvious...".