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I really like that. It’s the sort of drive I like. More about harmonic content rather than straight filth.

There is that. I've recorded people in the studio and slowed the song down by 5bpm so they can do it. I did get clocked for it by one of the other band members once who politely asked "what the hell are you doing Andy?" I politely told him to "shut up" whispering very quietly saying I'd explain afterwards. It was the other guitarists band and he was really, really good. He just couldn't quite play his own solo at the tempo they'd chosen. He would have taken years to get it right in bits as it was at least 45 seconds long and intensely complicated. Sometimes preserving someone's ego in the moment is worth it. Miming live is fraud to me. There's something that's been lost by all this and that's spontaneity. None of these clowns can play on the hoof. Like listen to a live album and you hear things being slightly messed up. That's gone now. In one of my own bands, the guitarist becomes intensely irritated by the fact that I freestyle loads of bits of songs. The point was I improvised when I recorded them, so I play them differently every time I play them. Which I feel is being true to myself and what I did on record. People like this Giacomo glock can't do that as everything has to be perfect and they don't have the facility to adjust themselves to anything else. Hence the miming and ludicrous striving for "perfection." Oh, and he ripped folk off too. Classy.

Anything You Can Do - Doris Day

I see complaints about tablets for jazz gigs from time to time on forums, but the pros around these parts don't seem bothered by them, and glancing at them doesn't appear to affect their playing. For our next planned gig I'll need my iPad for one piece as it's hard to remember and not played often, but could play from memory for the rest. So much stuff that's unfamiliar, or boring (makes it hard to remember), gets called at jams that I couldn't get away without one. Plus, my jazz skills are never going to be up to transposing on the fly for singers for anything but the most basic of changes.

Me not no have thyme two cheque mye spelleng. Seems that you do though, so I'll leave it to you to continue to check for me!

Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen

Cliff & The Shads beat you to it!

We're just looking at a lovely eight string, a few Warmouths, some old Fenders. Enjoy the house work 😄

Not yet half way through the year, and definitely more out than in. Please check for any errors/ ommissions. Or not, as you please. 😉

Glad you got it in the end. Nice bass.

Brickie House - The Commodores

More power through more speakers = big win, with the caveat that results can be messy. There may be be 2 to 3dB extra worth of amp power. What happens to that power depends how similarly the cabinets react. Try to find the cab that Markbass sold as the extension for the combo. Otherwise all bets are off and you should try before you buy. A good match will get you another 3dB of loudness. +5dB is a good bump to keep up your sleeve for when you need it. If you need it just to keep up you should really be shopping for a bigger rig. An 8 ohm 212 under it would really surprise but you could put a bigger amp on it by itself and get louder again.

High Fade in Warrington last night. LOUD, hot, sweaty. An assault on the senses, but brilliant!

Thanks! The remix has gone down almost as well as the original so we're looking for someone to do an "industrial" remix of the next single. As for the Vivian Westwood shirt, it's a "modern" re-issue bought about 10 years ago.