Dad3353

Good evening, DB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. (... but you knew that already, I suspect ...)

Not 'a couple of inches'; totally replaced. The 12th (octave...) fret has to be in the centre of the string length to intonate correctly at all. It can't be done with an angled bridge without fanned frets. End of.

If, by 'hardware', you mean the 'real' Roland tape echo, the most recent one I've seen offered, second-hand, was priced at £1800. I'm not saying it would have sold at that, but they ain't cheap, now (were they ever..?). Mine is in need of revision; a kit is available (from Australia...) at 100€ or so. I'm tempted, once I get a bit of spare cash, as I really should keep it in good working order.

All true, but I'd still recommend getting the individual tracks and the final mix as best as possible using the best gear/environment one can. Then, depending on target, one may master to one or more different systems, and check with cheap ear-buds or car stereo or whatever. The pre-master will still be best heard on the best system, though. I wouldn't recommend using an Alexa for recording or mixing. (I say that, but hardly know what an 'Alexa' is, anyway, and have certainly never heard one..! )

... or the basic fundamentals concerning fan-frets.

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

As support act, we arrived at the back of a decent-sized hall with the ska-punk-rock band, and approached the sound desk, just when the headlining Brittany-style rock band were doing their sound check. A couple of minutes into it, the singer brought out his cornemuse and played a note or two. All of us (nine in the group...) bounded backwards a couple of metres ; it was not just loud, it was HORRIBLY LOUD..! We hurriedly tried desperately to cover our ears and stumbled back out to the car park. We waited patiently until they'd left the stage before returning. Sonic weapon..? Geneva Convention..? Hanging's too good etc...

My late father-in law worked on the railway, but sang opera and operette in amateur formations since... well, forever. The rest of the family had fine voices, too, so the family gatherings, once 'lubricated', were filled with solos, duets, ensembles... One favourite 'trick' of his was to sing grand opera (a very fine tenor...), but with rather scabrous lyrics. Oh, how we laughed..! Happy daze. My own family was quite the opposite; a yearly passage of 'South Pacific' on the record player was about it, until I had my own income. Singing..? Good gracious, no..! How embarrassing..!

S'funny, I don't recognise the tune. Are you sure you're using the right Tab..?

Breathing is important, and, voice or no voice, that's where I have to step out. Never my strong point, I get breathless just standing up, so... Probably just as well, though, all things considered..!

Even with an innate potential, it still requires a great deal of effort to do it at any reasonable level (beyond a family sing-song, for instance...). A lot of folk don't realise that, and imagine that they 'have it', without having put in the work. Some folk are just too shy to even try, too. Those that a really capable and confident in getting up and performing, either solo, as BV's or in a choral, are not that numerous. It's great when it all happens, though; Our Daughter sings in an amateur choral (modern repertoire...) and loves it. Their shows are splendid.

Not a huge fan, I'm afraid. Neither the gravelly 'Rod Stewart' vocal tone, the lack-lustre drums, the muddy bass tone nor the far-too-long solos. Excellent guitar in moderate doses, but, for my money, they couldn't hold a stage for half-an-hour. I left before the end, second time they were on the bill. To each his/her own, of course, but I'll pass.

I'll let you judge ...

Best..? Maybe the very first: the Godshill IOW 'festival', 1968. Seeing Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention, Pretty Things, Blonde On Blonde and more... 25s entry (that's £1.25 in modern money...). Splendid. Many others; too many to list, but that first exposure was the start of... Well, everything, really. Worst..? Quite a few, since, but special mention for The Ox (Brunel University...), playing dreadfully, dreadfully loud. Mention, too, for so many concerts and festivals spoilt by the (at the time...) omnipresent Edgar Broughton Band.

Should be in the 'You know you're old when you...' topic..!

Two bob..? For a 'phone call..? Nah, it'll never catch on. Fourpence is already too dear..!

What is this '10p' or which you speak, young lad..?

... or ... ... or ... ... or even ... ... but not ...

What..? Are you implying that... Oh, no..! Why wasn't I told..? Oh no..!

... and breath..! We (the Mods...) have got your back, anyway. ...

Put your name forward for the replacement role just the same. You never know...

I beg to differ; it's only a few that post in that way. The Forum is very good at self-moderation, so such outbursts sink quickly to the bottom. Ignore and carry on, there's so much better stuff to read.

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Many, old and young alike, enjoy music from the beginnings of music, and since. Classical music has a wide following, as do folk songs around the world. Music is not always 'disposable', to be replaced by the latest fad (although some of it is, I'll allow...). The 'good' stuff tends to stick around for more than a generation or two.