<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561348455852439020</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 16:29:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>thebass</category><title>Henry Thomas: Session Bass Players</title><description>Blues, Classical Jazz, &amp;amp; Rock, by one of the worlds most respected bass session guitarist.</description><link>http://www.henry-thomas.co.uk/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Mark)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561348455852439020.post-1912924840824628101</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-12T22:03:02.155-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>thebass</category><title>Bass</title><description>Henry Thomas is unquestionably one of the worlds most respected Session Bass Players. He is ready to apply his skills to  any band or musician needing Bass added to their song or piece of music. His skills cover site reading on a very high level. He can also apply Bass to any style of music he is requested to play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas is the UK's N01 choice for Session Bass Players. He established himself since the days of the old time TV program called Rock School, this was a series which was dedicated to teaching those wanting free lessons to learn how to play either Bass, Drums, Guitar, or Keyboards. After establishing himself with rock school he went on to play with hundreds of famous musicians. The video recorded below in 2009 is just the tip of the iceberg as to how diverse his technique can be. Today in 2012 his bass technique keeps getting better. This YouTube video clip is taken from "Jools Holland Introduces Music Makers” Check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rGbIoii9A-4&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rGbIoii9A-4&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas has played with so many of the world’s top artist, not to forget to mention Van Morrison,, and the fabulous Paul Weller; Showing his weight in gold by his fine performances with these artist and many more it’s hardly surprising his phone never stops ringing as top artist constantly require his skills to complement their music. Thomas can be equally as diverse in any Bass Guitar style, inclusive are Blues, Funk, Jazz, and Rock as well as any other style your services may require. His Funky Bass Lines are so powerful it would wake James Brown from his grave. Thomas can get an awesome sound from a simple bass as he has the technique to produce such quality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Thomas has played Bass with the entire Artist listed below and many more not listed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bros, Ginger Baker, Laid Back, Crusaders, Working Week, 911 All Saints, Heatwave, Hot Chocolate Gloria Gayner, Debbie Gibson, Jaki Graham, Juliet Roberts, Martika Sarah Jane Morris, Phyllis Nelson, Claire Hamill, Simona Bencini Sally Johnson, Randy Crawford Adrian Burns, Errol Brown, Jim Capaldi, David Grant, Billy Ocean Geoffrey Osborne, Justin Hayward, Labbi Siffri, Leon Ware, Omar, Paul Weller, Troy Tate, Van Morrison, Cliff Richard Allan Holdsworth, Jim Mullen, John Etheridge, Marc Ribot, Barbara Thompson, Mornington Locket, Didier Lockwood Paz, Sunwind, Tim Whitehead Quartet, Herbie Hancock Barry Blue - Banarama, David Bowie, The Sweet, T Rex Chris Cameron - Stevie Nicks, George Michael, Sarah Brightman Chris Tsangerides - Gary Moore Band, Tigers of Pan Tang, David Hentschel - Genesis, Rick Wakeman, Phil Collins, Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds, Moody Blues Ken Gold - Billy Ocean, The Real Thing, Mickey Most - Hot Chocolate, Lulu, Mike Vernon - Level 42, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Buckmaster - Bernie Wright, Paz, Paul O'Duffey - Swing Out Sister, John Porter, Mike Smith, Rar Russell, Richard Niles, John Ingham, Godfrey Wang, John Altman, David Cullen, Simon Booth, Phil Fearon, Andy Sojika, Leroy Quinton, Ben King, Blood Brothers, Cantebury Tales, Evita, King, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Rocky Horror Show London Symphony Orchestra, London Pops Orchestra, Jazz FM Big Band, The Hot Orange Big Band.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Daily calls all for Thomas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keeping up with modern bassist really does make you keep your standard up as well as make you take a liking for all kinds of music, being a session player highly in demand requires lots of dedication towards music and its understanding, this means close attention is paid to sound as well as music theory, Thomas has been keeping up with all the music changes that have come along in the last 30 years and is still keeping up with it in 2012. Despite being highly in demand Thomas always dedicates a few hours a day to practising which has contributed to his highly trained music ear and his high demand to give his Thomas Bass Lessons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UK'S N01 Bass Guitarist as well as the most requested Bass Session Player&lt;br /&gt;Thomas Bass Services is at your disposal at a time when you are in need. All those who have used him have great respect for his work and his ability to be able to adapt to any situation as well as learn the songs quick and complement the songs with his own feel adding more favourable tones to your music. Thomas Bass Lesson(s) gained him national &amp; international success thanks to his part in rock school as a bass teacher. Once again illustrating his flexibility as bass session player.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas is ready for business 24/7 and can contribute to any band in the world seeking simple to highly complex bass lines. If you need to contact him, call him on 07770 738 975.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7561348455852439020-1912924840824628101?l=www.henry-thomas.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.henry-thomas.co.uk/2010/06/bass.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mark)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7561348455852439020.post-6492683114381203408</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-05-25T18:19:50.841-07:00</atom:updated><title>Henry Session</title><description>When getting into a Henry Session the first thing he does when a musician calls wanting his skills projected within their songs is listen to the artist music. Often when &lt;a href="http://www.cullest.co.uk/cull/Henry_Thomas.html"&gt;Henry Thomas &lt;/a&gt;has a session he sometimes has no idea who the band is but has to learn their bass lines within a short period of time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas has his bass playing a like a jigsaw puzzle which he can assemble within a short space of time. When you are serious about being a Bass Session Guitarist you really must have a passion for many different types of music therefore working on sound techniques is something which is part of your practice. When an artist wants you to Play Bass on his album its a time to reflect your ability at your best. The great thing about being a Bass Session Player is you get to work with many different Bands and get to play live in different styles. Another good thing is it can be well paid,. The most rewarding time is when you get to work with a big band over a long period of time, When this happens you get a chance to do a lot of touring and play live and your work is consistent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to learn how to play Bass then a good option would be the Bass Guitar Lessons taught by Thomas himself. This is a great chance to dig into the life a master session Bass guitarist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Session Playing Bass can be a lot of fun its nice to see what is out there when you travel to different countries like exploring the different cultures checking out how and if their musical attitudes differ from one place to another. Also seeing what they have on offer musically, yo would be surprised some countries have inventors who sell unusual effects only within their own country. I knew someone who came across a guitar effect which was able to make you play all your notes in harmonics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you wish to have a touch of class added to your music then let Thomas contribute his skills which have not stop expanding since the days of rock school, Let Thomas complement your tunes with original bass lines as well as let him shape the sound of your music to reflect it more positive to your captive audience.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7561348455852439020-6492683114381203408?l=www.henry-thomas.co.uk' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.henry-thomas.co.uk/2010/02/henry-session.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Mark)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>
