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Does everyone erm ....know their time signatures?
toneknob replied to Phil Adams's topic in General Discussion
No one counts "one two one two one two one two three" though do they? -
Does everyone erm ....know their time signatures?
toneknob replied to Phil Adams's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1396943486' post='2418883'] In 20 years of reading music I've [i]never [/i]come across 8/8. Its much more common for music to be written down using changing time signatures than it is using these "odd" ones. Your first example would be much clearer written as a bar of 6 and a bar of 2, for example. In my opinion the only time signatures theory beginners need consider are 4/4, 3/4, 2/4, 2/2, 5/4, 7/4. 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and thankfully those are all easy to understand. These really weird things like 8/8 are little more than theoretical constructs that you'll only come across once in a lifetime unless you're into some pretty niche stuff. [/quote] I agree, never seen an 8/8 - and even the 3/3/2 example would be written in 4/4 as feel of two dotted quarters plus one normal quarter, and eighth note subdivisions of same. Back to 13: the aforementioned Robbery Assault and Battery instrumental in 13/8 can initially be felt as an alternating 7 and 6, but later the feel changes to alternating 4 and 9. Would those in favour of subdividing complex time sigs notate this as bars of alternating 6/8 and 7/8, then switch to 2/4 and 9/8, or just keep it as a 13/8 all the way through? My suspicion is that common sense might suggest the latter. -
Does everyone erm ....know their time signatures?
toneknob replied to Phil Adams's topic in General Discussion
I grew up in Genesis tribute bands, so odd time sigs were par for the course. In all that time though, and before/during/since learning material from Rush, Yes and now harder (some might say) jazz-fusion stuff, I've never come across "8/8" that wasn't notated as 4/4. My favourites: the 13/8 instrumental of Genesis' Robbery Assault and Battery, the 9/8 of In That Quiet Earth, 7/8 in The Cinema Show, every odd time sig going in the Firth Of Fifth instrumental; 11/8 in Gates Of Delirium and Awaken, 13/8 in King Crimson's Starless -
[quote name='pulsefilms' timestamp='1396268004' post='2411518'] on Sat 13th of April [/quote] Saturday 12th? Or Sunday 13th? Or Saturday April 13th 2019? if the latter, sorry I'm booked
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[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1396044622' post='2409505'] [nostalgia]If you are lucky enough to buy a ticket in your own right, you will get stung with a 'booking fee'. Sorry, what is that? A fee for the privilege of buying a ticket! Rarely can you simply buy the ticket at face value from the venue. Imagine getting to the till in Asda with your shopping, and they add on a £5 'shopping fee'. [/quote] Your shopping fee is wrapped up in the cost of food. Booking fee pays for the infrastructure of the website, databases, staff etc. I'd much rather pick my own seat through the booking website than posting off a cheque and crossing my fingers that in six months you'll get a grubby brown envelope with some badly-printed tickets for seats in the nosebleeds. Ticketmaster (etc) are up front these days about the cost of the ticket, the fees, the postage. What annoys me is being charged the same amount for postage or the print at home option. Huh?
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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1395924140' post='2407949'] More to the point, how are you all getting tickets for KB before the official release date?! [/quote] There was a fan club/mailing list only presale on Wednesday morning. Only those who'd signed up to the list before March 1st got the presale code. Even so, the 15 nights sold out, and 7 more have been added
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Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
I got lucky with a pal who piped up "oh I've got a code shall we go?" sometime on Tuesday. We got tickets for the date we wanted (it was too hectic to browse for best seats) in the stalls, central but a bit further back than I'd have liked, but as you say the experience will be worth it. -
[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1395844679' post='2407027'] Apart from the utterly atrocious acoustics, especially in the balcony. [/quote] Au contraire! At the recent Crimson Projekct gig we enjoyed great acoustics on the first floor balcony, while those sitting (yes sitting) downstairs complained of "overpowering bass frequencies for me, couldn't really hear anything other than bass and drums, and the pounding of the bass drum was physically unpleasant" It's going to vary from one gig to another intit, and one soundman to another, and one seating set to another. And probably whether levels 2 and 3 are open or not.
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[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1395844198' post='2407010'] There are plenty of specialist websites for that sort of thing, no need to piss about going to the Jazz Cafe. [/quote] Aha, thanks for the expert tip. How many of them are influential new wave bass players though?
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I got my Kate Bush tickets this morning, and am really looking forward to it. I go to big gigs small gigs some as big as yer 'ead. On the contrary side to your complaints - not arguing, just providing an alternative point of view - I got tickets to see Rush at the O2 Enormodome for Time Machine. I got lucky and was second row in front of Geddy, unbeleiveably good. Another time I saw Tom Tom Club at the Jazz Cafe, and excited to see an early "without whom" bassist I got there early and was front and centre, and spent the whole gig looking at 60-year old woman's knees. Win some, lose some.
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Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
How did the fan club mailing list folk get on with ticket buying this morning? -
I missed the CA tour as well - but would be definitely up for this.
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Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1395486184' post='2402924'] Yep, ID to be shown by original purchaser prior to entry. [/quote] yep, like led Zeppelin. Cue loads of eBay sales to be a ticket-holders plus-one. (And -two, and -three) -
Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1395479515' post='2402835'] I subscribed to her website years ago, so all registered accounts got it. [/quote] Thought as much. Well done you! Any spare codes? -
Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1395431330' post='2402501'] I have my booking code for Wednesday's advanced ticket sale (coincidentally, it's also my birthday that day, so happy birthday to me!) and am hoping for four tickets [/quote] Cool! Where'd you get the code? -
Want a black scratchplate for my geddy lee jazz
toneknob replied to marcus bell's topic in General Discussion
A black Geddy Lee Jazz bass scratchplate? http://www.wdmusic.com/pickguard_jbgl_300.html -
Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
My money's on Pino btw -
Kate Bush is doing some gigs... really.
toneknob replied to wateroftyne's topic in General Discussion
More info here... [url="http://ticketnews.eventim.co.uk/kate-bush-the-iconic-star-is-set-to-return-to-hammersmith/#axzz2waIeEnFL"]http://ticketnews.eventim.co.uk/kate-bush-the-iconic-star-is-set-to-return-to-hammersmith/#axzz2waIeEnFL[/url] -
I've got the Analogman BiComp that is two compressors in one box, and individually selectable so you can have neither/either/or/both, and they've both got their own sonic characteristics. I use one for general day to day compression, then add in the other if I need a boost, or switch to the other to use its particular sound. There's one going in the "Effects For Sale" forum. (not mine!)
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Jaco Pastorius 60th Anniversary Collection - want want want!!
toneknob replied to Grand Wazoo's topic in General Discussion
Hah. I know what you mean. I'm listening now as well. It's *wavy handy* ok, bits of brilliance but gets a bit "here are some riffs I know", albeit faultlessly executed as they are. edit: So I guess that makes it ok that we're "borrowing" from it -
Jaco Pastorius 60th Anniversary Collection - want want want!!
toneknob replied to Grand Wazoo's topic in General Discussion
Good tip, I'd forgotten about that. It's on Spotify as well, [url="http://open.spotify.com/album/4EVOMRb0Az4ArkiOgt9Q9p"]Jaco Pastorius – Honestly (Solo Live)[/url] -
Yep, you've got a really good full sound on you video - well done. Can I ask what other songs are your set at the moment?
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Jaco Pastorius 60th Anniversary Collection - want want want!!
toneknob replied to Grand Wazoo's topic in General Discussion
If it is Invitation, and Twins 1 & 2, then there's not much new here - and it's confirmed in article [url="http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40566#.UyVn7_l_t8E"]http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40566#.UyVn7_l_t8E[/url] at All About Jazz, but which also says "the cherry of the box—other than the inclusion of a fanboy-enticing, toy-sized model of Pastorius' timeworn fretless bass, along with a miniature stand on which to to rest it—is the bonus sixth disc, The Jaco Solo Tracks: Live & Unreleased. Sixty-one minutes of mostly solo bass performances, culled from performances in Japan, England and the United States, recorded between 1978 and 1981, that reaffirm—as if it was necessary—Pastorius' inarguable position as [i]the[/i] electric bassist during his glory days" That's a lot of a wedge for one cherry. -
Jaco Pastorius 60th Anniversary Collection - want want want!!
toneknob replied to Grand Wazoo's topic in General Discussion
What are discs 2 and 3 in the pile there? -
Good stuff! Do you do any "old songs"? I've played with - I think - 4 Genesis tributes in times gone by, so huge props to anyone who has the balls to give it a go. A lot of it was difficult but fun to play, some of it just plain difficult. I've forgotten more than I remember now, but some of my favourites to play were One For The Vine, In That Quiet Earth, the Fountain of Salmacis, Return Of The Giant Hogweed, In The Cage.