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A bit more Holland. From the 1984 Quintet album, 'Jumpin' In', I have transcribed the complete bass performance of the gorgeous ballad 'First Snow'. It's in 3:4 time but Holland has a very personal approach to the way the harmony sits and, more importantly, the way the form develops. Lots of material to think about here. It's a feature for Kenny Wheeler, one of the most creative players of his generation. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/first-snow-dave-holland-quintet/

I just saw this post in another thread, I put in approximate dimensions of my cab and they quoted £55 for a basic level plywood cut to size. A 1220x604mm sheet of ply from wickes is £15 so you could maybe shop around for cheaper but cut to size is clearly available. This firm offer a 33% discount for 'trade' so it mught be worth someone trying to input their band as a business For information only though, I've never tried this firm

Our two female singers have finally agreed to move over to custom IEMs (only took three years 😂). We’re heading down to the Custom IEM Company next month to demo a few entry level models, mainly looking at: Ultimate Ears UE5 64 Audio A3T JH Audio JH7 Cosmic Ears C3A Has anyone worked with female vocalists using any of these? I know it will be quite individual, but any experience or feedback would be super helpful. For female vocals, something with a bit of strength and presence in the upper mids would probably be ideal, so any insights on how these models handle that would be great.

Also ordered a fret kisser. Just have to see whether I can rise above my normal level of incompetence at using luthier tools.

And the intro to this is so contemporary - it doesn’t sound like it was recorded by a bunch of Mancunians in 1977, one of whom wrote ‘No Milk Today’ for Herman’s Hermits, while the other sang ‘A Groovy Kind of Love’ for the Mindbenders. It’s.. mindbending.

Not a bad song on it! and hands down the best version of Feel The Benefit recorded.

The Original Soundtrack and How Dare You (along with most Supertramp and late The Kinks releases) were magnificent releases in the popular end of progressive rock. Much creativity and good music on this side of the pond.

You could perhaps replace your missing recording - there is an 11-track live CD from 2007, given away with the Sunday Mail, on ebay, for 99p. More than one, in fact - so, I shall buy one too. https://ebay.us/m/qbQK1X

Their reputation is justified by direct experience. They didn't suddenly become bad mics they just got superceded by 60 years of development, including by Shure. Materials technology has just moved on and. They are still incredibly reliable mics and sound just the way they did back in the 60's. You can still even buy the old 'Elvis' mic. They are still gloriously easy to sing with and for anyone with a strong voice they don't give too many feedback problems. Their soft focus sound will sometimes veil a few wrinkles in the voices of poor singers like me. Mainly though people like them because they are familiar. Using a mic is a very personal thing, probably more so than using the same bass and experience lets you use the mic to do things vocally you would need to re-learn if you change. The SM58's colour your vocals, they aren't flat response lose some of the highs and quite a lot of midrange detail. The first time I got a direct test of this was years ago when a singers SM58 went down mid song when I was mixing for her band. I swapped it for an AKG D5 sitting unused on a stand. It was like the sun had come out all the details in her voice revealed. In several bands now I've had singers borrow my Senny 935 to 'try out' and had to crowbar it out of their hands at the end of rehearsals. All of them went out and eventually bought new mics. To be fair to the original SM58 it was the lead that was faulty I've got friends who drive around in VW Beetles and one who drives a Hillman Imp and sometimes a vintage 2CV. They absolutely love them and I'm tempted by a Morris Traveller whenever I see one in good condition. Shure will go on making SM58's so long as people buy them but there's a reason why they make the Beta58. I don't think anyone 'has it in' for the 58 or is fooled by the clones, we just don't want people spending that much money on a mic when they can get better for less.

If it's a real Apple product, go on, otherwise buy the real deal or you'll lose your money. 😉

I agree. Can’t believe I haven’t heard it before now.

pray tell?

I had Live and Let Live, back in the day. I still think it rates as one of the best live albums captured on tape. Totally agree.

for me, they are like ELO Massively overlooked by most

Staggered that hasn’t been cancelled, tbh!

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