[dba-Tech] Chip terminology

Art (better than Arthur - Arthur's a drunk; Art Garfunkel was one of the
great folk artists of my generation;  of course, there's Art Linkletter - a
notorious anti-Semite...but I digress)

Arthur:

I came late to the bass - I always wanted to play bass but never listened to
any really except very casually - but when listening to rock, I usually
listened to the bass. So I got an electric about 8 years ago and fooled with
it for a couple of years. Taught Max some bass - then he got in a band and I
wasn't - so that seemed not right.  SO I found a band and started playing
classics and covers.

But my real love was for jazz standards, so eventually I found a piano
player and drummer who needed a bass and I learned the repertoire.  About 2
years ago I lost my head and got into the upright - which is really the
right instrument for the genre.  I'm still pretty much of a hack string
bassist - but I'm getting some paid gigs and nobody's throwing tomatoes.  

Had a great Dixieland gig Saturday at the Coronado Ferry Landing - outdoor
gig - long - 3 sets.  But we played really well.  We've been together now
for three years with some personnel changes but pretty stable now with 8 -
and sounding more smooth, practiced, etc.  But that's a hard band to book -
8 pieces and not many people want an 8 piece Dixieland band.

So I guess it's all good. With retirement here, maybe I'll have the
discipline to practice and improve my chops.

But to answer the first question - I don't know who the bassist is you're
trying to remember - I probably never heard him. 

Cello:  yeah, when I listen to quartets I listen to the cello.  Don't know
why.  Guess I just like the harmony.  Feels good.  That's all I can say - it
feels good - just like the bass parts I play. Who know what goes on in the
musical brain?

But I'd love to try it.  Maybe, again, with retirement, I'll give it a go.  

BTW - I read a book 'This Is Your Brain on Music' (Daniel Levitin) -
fascinating and answered (or speculated answers) a lot of questions about
music - why some sounds good, some doesn't, things like that. Recommend it
if you're interested in the neurophysiology and psychology of music.

r
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Rock (that's your new nickname, upon which I have bestowed you: the Rock is
much more handsome than Rocky Balboa.) And besides, my fave bass player is
not Mingus but rather Dave Holland. And there was this other guy, whose name
I forget, and most of my albums are in storage so it would be a chore to
look him up, but he was a black guy and he played electric bass ala Jimi
Hendrix, almost like a Strat but in the bass register, With more than a
little Funkadelic thrown in. Dammitol (I'm filing for a copyright on that
name for an Alzheimer's remedy). I would assume that you know the person to
whom I refer, given your penchant for the lower tones.

Might I ask, Rock, are you also into cello? My fave cellist is/was
Jacqueline du Pre, whom I have often cited as the Jimi Hendrix of cello.
Her version of Beethoven's cello sonata Op. 69 No. 3 in A, accompanied by
Stephen Bishop on piano, is the definitive version of said piece. Later on,
when she fell in love with Danny Barenboim and they recorded the same piece,
it fell very far short of her initial recording of same.

Which, I suppose, summarizes my take on music. I have about 20 recordings of
Beethoven's cello sonatas, and about the same number of Igor's The Rite of
Spring. And in both cases, I can cite which one is the best, currently
-- who knows what next week will reveal? I thought that I had the definitive
version of the Bach Chaconne (from violin partita No. 2 in A), but then
along comes this Korean girl who blew the doors off every previous
recording. And then along comes Nicola Hall, a guitarist, who blew away
every previous recording of Casal's transcription for guitar.

I live and die for music of this quality. But lest you think I'm a classical
snob, let me also assert that I have some other faves, in different genres:

The Clash: London Calling and Sandanista Talking Heads: Remain in Light
David Bowie: basically, everything The Ramones: basically, everything Bob
Dylan: everything, but IMO the stellar achievement is "Visions of Johanna",
which I deem the finest song written in the 20th century.
Leonard Cohen: Yes he's Canadian and so am I but I seriously doubt that that
measures into this vote. Just listen to his words and appreciate their
concision. There's no finer songwriter on the planet.

Arthur
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