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There's no substitute, unlike basses, where modern techniques have made excellent 'budget' models available. Good cymbals are not cheap at all, and inexpensive ones really hurt the ears, once spoiled for the good'uns..!

The necks on my guitars and basses are stable enough to not change when changing strings. There's something to be said for having enough good wood in the neck's construction to hold the set-up, once done. Just sayin'.

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

I think you're thinking of the ...

Time to change houses, then.

Very wise of you. ...

Yes. Slow it down to half-speed (or less, if need be...), and learn to play it at that speed, following either the notes on the stave, the TAB or the audio, depending on the medium used. Once you're really comfortable at that tempo (and not before...), increase by a bit (50% becomes 60%, for instance...) and get it down 'pat' again. Increase again, and repeat until 110% is reached. You should by then be perfectly at ease playing it at tempo. Hope this helps; it's a good bass line to learn, and so well worth the work put in, which will serve for many more tunes. Good luck with it.

If the video camera doesn't have any audio track, then a visual clue would be needed, which is, indeed, the role of the clap-board used in studios. Any equivalent could serve the same purpose, but would have to be both visually remarkable and unmistakeable on the (separate...) audio track. Just clicking one's fingers won't 'cut it'. A simple 'clap-stick' would be ideal; a pair of squared-off wood sticks (15x2x1 cms) hinged at one end must be easy enough to cobble up. Have 'em nicely in the field of camera vision, snap 'em together and drop 'em to the floor, then start playing. Remove the clap while editing: job done..!

Well, you did mention that you hadn't thought of a 'clap'; that certainly helps..! I record in Reaper, and process video with Shotcut, but I think they'll pretty much all much of a muchness at our amateur level. It can all be done in Reaper, but I'm used to my method now, and Shotcut (and others...) allow several video and audio tracks, plus titling et al. So I pop the video into Shotcut (with its audio...), add the audio track recorded with Reaper and line up the Reaper track to the video's audio. Takes all of thirty seconds if there's a drum beat in there somewhere, or a starting 'clap'..! I then mute or delete the video audio; done..! Any good..?

It works fine. It's lined up fine. The sound balance is fine. Stop worrying; it's fine. OK, I'm not fond of 'funk' of the sort, but as a video of your playing along, it's fine.

Define 'rapid'. Previous 'wipe-out' catastrophes came rather suddenly, such as asteroid strikes, but other than that, climate change has always been a slow (define 'slow'...) progression. Here's some gen on the subject of historic and pre-historic climate change; note the timescale... How is Today’s Warming Different from the Past? ... ... and here's a graph of Ice Ages over the previous half-a-million years ... The current rise is unprecedented.

What's that..? 2019 already..? Why didn't anyone wake me..? (... and 'No, I didn't know it was a 'modern' song sung 'old school''. How could I..? Not everyone watches 'Top of the Pops', or its current equivalent..! )

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

It would be more interesting to know about the experiment, if experiment it is, than anything else the videos offer. Will we ever know..? Hmm...

... and you'll be able to hear it again in another thousand years; it's that good. 'Love me do'..? Maybe not.

But that seems to be the whole point: can anyone, even a duff singer, get enough plays just by sheer force of presence in the media..? Is it singing talent that makes folk play the clips, or some other factor..? If it's an experiment of the sort, a 'duff' singer would be required, not a good one. Maybe.

I'm tempted, seeing that, but 'large' might be being a bit pretentious.

Someone has to carry the stuff (lazy as I am...), and a camel bell doesn't have the same 'ring' to it.

I tethered the cow.

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

Kiemsa started out, and continued until the end, as an Originals band, (bass, drums, two guitars, three brass and a lively singer...). The very first dates were self-promoted concerts, but quickly expanded to all venues in an ever-widening radius from the Home Town. After self-financing (from gig takings...) their first CD, they became regional, then national. That's when I 'stepped off the bus' (I started off doing the sound, then the lights when the drummer changed; the ex-drummer did the sound...). Having been self-managed up till then, a management deal was struck and they carried on for a couple more years, touring France and Germany. I was invited to the extremely lively 'Farewell' concert when they split. None of the material was covers, from start to finish. Difficult, even, to categorise; I used to say 'ska/punk/rock'. It always went down well; I have many memories of cafés, bars and pubs where the jammed-in crowd exploded the place with exuberance. It's true that the original songs (and their performance...) was very good indeed, and Martin, the front man, took on the role like a fish to water. If the songs and music are up to it, I see no reason why they wouldn't be well received (but they have to be darned good..!). Here's extracts from one of the larger concerts; the repertoire and energy was the same in tiny bars and clubs (Our Eldest on guitar, stage left; I did the lights...). Happy daze..!

[Mod's hat on] One option would be to allow this topic to run; there is debate even in the Upper Echelons as to why Religion should be exempt from mockery where other subjects are fair game. Still, The Rules is The Rules, for now, and it looks as if this topic has had its best replies; any more risk stepping into Forbidden Territory. Goodnight, all, then; thanks for the positive contributions. Topic locked. [/Mod's hat on]