hiram.k.hackenbacker

Apologies - I saw my drummer friend last night and we were talking about both the drum and bass series’ that Sky produced. I mentioned about the Neil Peart thing and he said it wasn’t Neil Peart after all, it was Cozy Powell that wasn’t mentioned. A slightly less glaring omission, but as we know from the bass series, only a small percentage of known players get mentioned.

Yes, 100% agree with this 👍

I’ve just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it and thought the final episode was the best. In the scope of basslines that are great, it actually covers little ground, but I can see potential in a further series.

I cannot be in a band environment than even has this relatively minor level of toxicity. It saps any level of enjoyment out of it for me. I’d have to find something else.

I'd like to say I'm shocked that he's got that wrong 🙄

Didn’t Sky Arts produce a three part series on drummers that didn’t once mention Neil Peart? N.B. I haven’t seen it, but I was told this by a drummer who had.

Torn on this one mate tbh. Not sure I can do the o2 two days on the bounce.

I'm inclined to agree with you there mate. I know they've played big venues (MSG for example) which have similar capacity, but for me, they work best in venues like the Academy. I know I've shared this before, but it always makes me laugh. I was there with the singer from the Bowie band (were you there as well @ASW?) and he couldn't believe people were singing along to what is essentially a bass solo. It was a cracking gig.

I'm in one of those dep musicians groups on FB. About a week ago and for the first time ever, I responded to a post asking for a bass player for very local gig at a venue I know. The guitarist sent me a list of 80 songs and I picked about 40 that I knew I could play without having to learn anything new. I turned up at the gig and we rattled through them like we'd played together for years. A not massive, but pleasantly entertaining pub crowd and we went down well. A weirdly liberating experience. Hopefully a gig or two more will come my way as a result. There was a really drunk guy in the audience who kept singing Naive by The Kooks at the top of his voice. It's not a bad song actually. Might have to learn that one.

I can only guess at what type of music that might be, but I'm fairly sure I wouldn't like it.

So if you had a hit after ripping off an AI created tune, would the internet have to sue you? 🤷‍♂️

We used to cover I’m Not In Love. That middle section got the better of us on a number of occasions.

I had a Voodoo Labs power supply which had been powering my board in various configurations over several years. I removed one pedal from the board and put the MXR in it's place and it did not like it at all. It kept going through its power up phase where the preset lights chase across the display and wouldn't do anything else. I bought a Cioks DC7 as @Chadu25 and I've had no problems since.

….and why is it always a trade for something you not only don’t want, but you would not look twice at 🤷‍♂️

Now where would Basschat be without them?! 🤣