Tandro

31 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

There’s a few from the 90s in riddim ID 

https://riddim-id.com/riddims/733/love-me-forever

 

Oh my goodness, that website is awesome! I did not know about that either....sweet.

I've had a melody (and its lyrics) stuck in my head for decades now from a song I heard in the 90s. It was a line in a dancehall song, but I just can't remember what that song or the artist was. So recently I actually tried in earnest to find that 90s song. I still have not found it, but in doing so, I realised that the melody is actually quoting another much older song (I should have known).

And now, I've found a bunch of versions of that original song (it must be popular, I just did not know about it!). I see versions by Dennis Brown, The Skatalites, Anthony B and the Mighty Vikings. But I'll put the version here from Johnny Clarke cause I'm diggin that vibe today...I'm still on the hunt for my song, but the internet/youtube can be a wonderful thing.

Rotem Sivan Trio at PizzaExpress Jazz in Soho. I've not been there in over a decade, but I always treasure the 'jazz' experience of listening to top notch musicians in such a proper small jazz club where you sit down, have a drink, they are like 10 feet away from you and playing live. He and his group did not disappoint. Great music, ambience and vibe...makes me feel all grown up

On 09/04/2024 at 17:02, taunton-hobbit said:

 

 

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A freaking classic. In the clubs, they would play this (I'm sure they still do back where I'm from). The whole crowd would start singing, and when he came down to the last 2 lines, we all would just go nuts. every. single. time.

Now returning from seeing Peter Collins. You probably don't know him. Heck, I did not know of him before 3 weeks ago. Not a bass to be seen, but for me, one of the best performances I've ever witnessed. 

On 26/07/2023 at 16:15, Bart Funk Bass said:

Anyone watched the series?

 

 

 

Oh the memories. As a young kid our family would go to Church Saturday evenings, and after I made sure they did not loiter or chit chat too much, cause we (I) needed to make sure to be back home in time for me to watch Knight Rider

I get that is ole' time Ska but from the moment I started listening to it, it just took me back to a feeling of hearing ole' time calyspo, especially through my Grandmother's little blue transistor Radio that never turned away from this particular AM radio station she would play every morning. That feeling and memories I just got was nice...thanks granny for the early morning melodies

I bought a wonderful bass from Wayne. Packaging was great and delivered super fast. Awesome gent to deal with!

3 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

 

 

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Gargamel! 

Thank You @peponbass for sharing your experience and helping everyone on this forum be more knowledgable and safe.

Yes people, flicking through that list had me remember some tunes (I'm a late 80's, early 90's boy). This one here, used to put me in a zone.

I was gonna say the same. If someone just wanted to start somewhere, the 'Legend' album by Bob Marley is where I would point them. They could then work back from there, or forwards depending, or branch out into something a bit specific (But you guys in here know way more about the lineage than I do)

On 06/01/2024 at 14:04, Woodinblack said:

Just as a follow up, I complained to G4M that it didn't have a UK power supply or adapter, and they sent me a new genuine boss PSA power supply for it

I have to give props to G4M though. Granted it would have been great if there were no issues in the first place, however its when things go a bit wonky you see how a retailer responds.

I don't think I ever bought anything from G4M before, and off the bat there was a slight issue with my order. I replied to an email explaining, and the response was swift, as was the remediation.

Then there was the issue with the power supply on the same order. Contacted them, got a response soon after and it was already being rectified. IIRC the power supply arrived the day after!

I can't fault their responses, I would have no problem transacting with them again.

20 minutes ago, Dankology said:

@Tandro - I don't think many people would have been as candid as you in these circumstances. Good on you.

 

I've yet to be successfully scammed but it's surely only a matter of time.

 

Googling the wording of a listing and reverse image searching the photos seems to be a useful way of identifying some sorts of scam. But the scammers do seem to be getting smarter - and targeting the accounts of trusted sellers in specialist forums seems to be an ongoing issue.

I appreciate it, and the experience has me rethinking many things.

The scammer also caught me at a time when I was out with family and friends, I had some alcohol in my head (not much, but maybe added to my joyous mood), and I was about to score this awesome guitar! I was just in the moment, happy, with family, and tried to quickly do this on a phone (which I normally never do). It just caught me out unsuspectingly.

But the root of the problem is we don't speak out. We don't share so that others can avoid our mistakes. A real personal bad (or good) experience goes miles more, than an instruction in a vacuum telling you, 'Do not do this'.

And I don't know how to get around the following one, but we have all been trained to not interfere with someone's 'for sale' thread. And the last thing we want to do is falsely accuse someone of something.

But in looking at what happened, it was apparent other ppl who tried to buy the guitar(s) got a bad feeling about it, but for various reasons did not say anything. Again, they may have just been being cautious, but as soon as one person said something did not feel right, then a bunch ppl involved all mention they pulled out the deal because it did not feel right etc. That is a tricky one to balance...how do you warn about a 'potential' scam to help other forum members, but not falsely accuse someone and damage their reputation if all it was is a misunderstanding. I dunno...

Yep, I was almost caught in one of those scam sales (there was more than one). 

Actually let me correct myself, I _was_ indeed suckered into one of those sales, but luckily the payment did not go through (as was the case for a few other people, who all dodged a bullet...others were not as fortunate). 

For a quick summary of what to look out for, see:

https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259362/recent-scams#latest

For some paypal scams, check:

https://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/259029/paypal-payment-scams#latest

I don't mind speaking up and possibly looking like an idiot, if other people can learn and don't repeat my mistakes. 

It has me reassessing my practices that I've done for years on sales forums I trust. But its not the forum I need to trust or not, its users on them. You may not be dealing with who you think you are.

Incase you think I was dealing with some newbie account, the username selling had been registered for years, had various sales threads and some were marked 'sold'. That normally instills some confidence in me. None of that matters if their account is compromised.

And I have done all the wrong things in the book in my purchases over the years...took the messaging off the forum to email, paid by Paypal F&F (with some due diligence, or so I thought).I have had a great transaction every single time.

So when things like:

-asked me to pay to a different paypal email account

-then sent his wife's paypal etc.

-not answering my concerns directly

-it felt like he was pressuring me to buy

-throwing in incentives to coerce me to buy

-realising it was a foreign paypal account and not a UK based one

Some of these things I'm sure I've done at least once in the more than a decade on forums, all with no bad consequence. And ppl have indeed been nice to me and thrown in incentives for a sale. But everything at once!? My spidey sense started to go off, but I refused for a while to believe that someone was scamming me!

Nothing ever goes wrong - until it does.

I got too enthusiastic and dare I say it, greedy. But it just showed me, that someone like me (and others) who has been buying gear for years, let our emotions impair our judgement. We keep convincing ourselves 'that I've done this in the past, it will be fine now'.

Possibly the OP can rename the title of this thread to show its about scamming. We all need to be aware. We can become complacent and let our guards down. It really can happen to anyone.

You don't have to use anything in particular. The only requirement AFAIK is that you upload the song to moses. It can be in various acceptable formats, such as mp3 etc.

So technically if you have a cd and you have ripped the song, or you have mp3s or whatever, just drag and drop them into moises. It does not care where the source material is from, so long as its in acceptable format.

I should also state, I don't directly use the app, even that is not a requirement for my purposes. I login via their website on my laptop. I drag and drop songs, and it does its magic.

Had an awesome transaction with Ben! Great comms, everything as described and he was very understanding. As Christmas time tends to get a little hectic, even though he did not have to, he literally went out of his way to make sure everything went well. Highly recommended!

51 minutes ago, Bunion said:

 

Some talent from that little island  . Its interesting how music gets around...my supervisor based in the Netherlands, out of the blue mentioned Queen Omega to me some weeks ago. Firstly, I had no idea he listened to Reggae, much less Queen Omega. The world is getting smaller.

58 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

I worked with Laurel in the late 60s - I had a brand-new lurex suit (made by me mum) & a week later Melody Maker (I think) reported that Laurel had turned up for a gig in a lurex suit - happy days.

 

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I had no idea what a 'lurex suit' was....Google is your friend, now I know

Since we on this Rhythm, have to throw in this one then:

7 minutes ago, SumOne said:

Everton Blender, Ghetto People Song

 

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This takes me back to my youth. Wow, memories.

LOL, true dat. Now I can't help but notice it. I was gonna clean it up, but then that awesome car picture will be out of context. Maybe I'll leave it as a reminder for all to avoid Babylon next time.

I'm a Caribbean boy. As a young kid in pre-teen years, Dancehall became an integral part of music listening. And that repetitive bassline, of just a few notes, was hypnotic, like a Siren call. And while this will sound cheesy (and miles away from Dancehall), I by accident heard Victor Wooten. I could not believe that was a bass, and that sealed it, I want to learn bass 'some day'.

Mid-teen years, I had an opportunity to learn guitar (on acoustic) with friends. While not a bass, it was my start! I used to 'play' the bass lines on a guitar because we could not afford a bass and had no access to one, not even electric guitars. We eventually got a 'deal' on an Ibanez bass and electric guitar. With our other friend, we had a 'band', though we just played for ourselves and friends. It was glorious years. We played music badly, and surfed/partied weekends.

I'll leave out all the numerous years in between where friends moved away and I fell away from it. It was actually coming to London years ago that got me back to playing when I saw and briefly met my idol Victor Wooten, and I picked up a cheap bass at a CashConverters to 'see if I still had an interest' in this. I may play badly, but I love music, its my escape.

And as fortune would have it, one of my friends in that little band so many years ago, studied Law at Oxford and is some Exec in a bank now, but we still get together every so often, and it takes us back decades. Just wonderful.