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Here is my contribution to the August 2021 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by the previous winner: Doctor J. Apologies in advance; I'm in a sombre mood, and it reflects in the result. A bit dark; more 'black' than 'white', I'm afraid. Despite this, no kittens were hurt in the making of this piece. A collection of orchestral samples spliced together, with a 'Birds' Superior drum track to help the pace along. No Fx, just a Cockos compression preset on the drums to keep them present. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

In modern Western music, equal temperament seems to have passed into the Public Ear, as it doesn't sound 'wonky' to any but a very few; in fact 'just' temperament now sounds strange, even when played on older instrument in older styles. There is no really 'correct' method for any of it, as it's, ultimately, the ear that judges, not the mathematics of it. The 'just' temperament ship has sailed, I'd suggest.

Good evening, @Gothic, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

... assuming a Baroque repertoire..!

You'd do well learning the trombone, maybe..?

Charlie Mingus built a whole career and reputation with exactly that technique, so you're in Good Company. For my money, though, not many of those 'in-between' notes of his sound good, even in places. A few, but not many.

I get that a lot, but for all the wrong reasons, and from my bandmates. ...

If only ... From ... ... to ... Dangerously close to Eric Clapton, now that I've got my glasses on. (... or it's time to change specs..? )

Good evening, @Benjamin Bassoon, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

If this is a question, it would help to know where you are.

My guitars, basses, drums, car and shirts etc... are the colour they are. I don't factor it in as any sort of decisional thing; they are what they are. I acquired all for a Good Reason at the time, which hasn't changed; their tint was not one of them. My only 'thing' would be for the car : I do like it to be visible in fog, unlike many of the white/silver cars I see around. The ZX is a sort of metallic bronze, which is OK, but no more; I'd have Chrome Yellow is a first choice, for any car. I drive with the headlights on anyway, though, again, for visibility for others.

Ring-A-Ring O' Roses - Charlotte Gainsbourg

Good afternoon, @soulstar89, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Possibly, or Vitavox. I'd really like to get 'em back, either way..! I foolishly swapped the set for a pair of 'Power' columns, much more portable, which clapped out after less than a year..!

No, I don't play loud, now, but for outside, street-corner gigs I never had volume issues with my Fender Bassman Export (50w valves, into that same Fender 2x15 cab...). Here's an old photo... OK, for a really loud band, 100w (or that superb 135 Fender/Musicman amp...) would be more than adequate. Just for fun, here's a photo of the Hiwatt stack our 200w head used to drive, as a PA, one stack each side of the stage (so four cabs...). 200w; we never ever lacked volume (and, for me more importantly: headroom...). Clean to the sky, and darned loud... Yes, this lot filled the van, and weighed it down, too..!

This is our all-valve head, on its flight case. It takes two strong-uns to lift it. Are you prepared for that..? (The handle on the head itself is, frankly, symbolic...). It may be noted that the i/p and Main volumes are at about half or thereabouts, and that this is an open-air (biker...) concert stage; driving a 2x15 Fender Bassman cab. The bass can be heard, and felt.

I must concur with this ^^. We use a Hiwatt all-valve PA head (4 x KT88 o/p bottles...), giving a nominal 200w if aloud to. This can be useful for cracking apart ex-WWII concrete bunkers. There's no way that anyone sane can open up 200w in any environment but a stadium, fact. Hire one for a test run, then decide what you need. Don't go bassing thoughts on just numbers.

That's one heck of a repertoire. At ten 'sounds' per song, fifty songs in the set list... Hmm... Any chance of an extended memory for the 'other' band..?

Good morning, @PoorQuentin, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

But it seems to hurt a lot, just the same. ...

And the winner is... @Doctor J ..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2021_08.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

Any chance of a recording of this..? It might well offer clues as to what's really happening. I suspect the amp of cutting out as overload protection, trying to supply more than it's capable of. A recording would help confirm that. It doesn't sound, from your description, as being simply an intermittence (but it could be, just the same...). If it really is the protection circuit cutting in, you're (all...) playing ferociously loud; a sample would help clear that up, too. It could be a cab problem, though. Are you absolutely sure of the impedances of the cabs..? If one is really 4 Ohms, that could explain things. No 'phone recording available then..?

Good evening, @lamp, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Just different times, I reckon. There's a very long list of child brides in the Wikipedia... List of Child Brides ... ... from past and recent times. One may note, for an extreme example ... Isabella of Valois (aged 6) was married to Richard II of England (aged 29) in October 1396, a little over a week before her seventh birthday. The marriage was never consummated. After Richard's death, Isabella married her cousin Charles, Duke of Orléans (aged 11), in June 1406, when she was 16. ... or, more up-to-date ... Nujood Ali (age 10), an arranged marriage by her father to a 30-year-old man in 2008. Coverage of her self-presented application for divorce later that year led to the legal age of marriage in Yemen to be raised to 18. I'm not condoning, just remarking. Times change, but slowly.

Indeed. There are folk, apparently, that don't 'Feel' with their ears. They can't be helped, and early deafness/tinnitus awaits them. Oh, well...