Dad3353

28 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

...Changing to the SI system and decimal currency was easy we all know how to count in tens, and I do wonder about the sense in teaching children in the third decade of the 21st-century there 12 times table... 

We all know how to count in many other 'bases' than ten, but most folk don't know that they know it. How many weeks is 32 days..? Easy, you say, whilst working it out in base 7 in your head. How many years have passed in 27 months..? No problem, just work with base 12. There's not much 'magic' to base 10, we had no problem counting out pennies and shillings. It did make things easier for those inventing the pocket calculator, once they'd made the internal shift from the internal base 2, binary, forcing the poor thing to use a bastard figure (10...) when 8 or 16 would have been far easier for the machine. Still, anything for an easy life, eh..? Those unused brain cells will rot away if they're not exercised.

Maybe some grammar lessons have been skipped, too, eh..? Whose 12 times table..? 

25 minutes ago, tauzero said:

Temperature always in celsius for me. I can't grasp fahrenheit at all plus it has no logic to it.

19 minutes ago, peteb said:

I completely agree (or at least to the extent that the logic for fahrenheit is somewhat convoluted). Celsius is a far superiour system. But I still think of weather in fahrenheit and all other measurements of temperature in centigrade! 

There is, or rather 'was', 'logic' to it at its conception, given the means available at the time. The scale is based on an upper and lower reference temperature, divided up into one hundred degrees. The lower temperature was an easy-to-establish 'zero', the freezing point of water. The upper reference was just as easy, being the temperature of a normal, healthy human, taken at the time to be one hundred. The scale is therefore from 0 to 100, freezing water to body temperature. Not too shabby for the early 1700's, no..? OK, they got it a little wrong with the 100, but with what they had to work with back then, it wasn't bad at all. There was, indeed, a lot of 'logic' to it. 

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

... A drummer I haven't met before who put a towel over the snare. ...

This won't surprise some of us. It's a pretty well-known thing, for rehearsals, small venues, and recording. 

1 minute ago, chris_b said:

 

You forget to include the internet...

Quite deliberately; they're watching. 

Farm mechanisation made agricultural labourers redundant. IT did the same for the thousands employed in typing pools. Factory robots are rapidly replacing manual manufacturing jobs. Supermarkets and self-service took away most commercial staff needs. Driverless cars will soon make taxi and bus operations automatic. This 'ere A.I. is set to push intellectual and management out of work. It seems that the future is bright for everyone, with all of their time free to enjoy all the leisure time they'll have, from the cradle to the grave. We'll all be sharing the immense wealth this 'progress' is generating, won't we..! Won't we..? No, seriously; we will, won't we..? Please..? 

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

I always find it funny that drummers almost always like to use their own snare drum.

Dave

The snare and hi-hat are the fundamental sounds of most drummers, but can be delicate to get, then keep, that sound. Not just the snare itself, of coure; the choice of batter and resonant heads are important, and, naturally, their tuning. We (The Daub'z...) had a support slot at our local pub, and had to share drums (lack of time and space...); it was an awful job. Luckily for me, the other drummer also played 'lefty', but his kit (a respectable Gretsch...) was not at all set up to suit either our repertoire, nor my way of playing. I used a jumper to muffle the snare's ring; it ended the gig with curved cuts where the sticks met the rim. Not an enjoyable evening. 

14 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

... Can anyone advise?...

The internal dimensions are : width : 19", height : 2 units, so 3.5", depth : a bit deeper than the depth of the deepest unit you want to fit in there. Having the back open would probably be enough ventilation, and allow for cables to be plugged in. Maybe leave a little extra headroom, so as to more easily fit the units, and allow air through..? Hope this helps.

14 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I take a fence to that. 😂

Dave

Sue me, then, Peggy; sue. 

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1 hour ago, mikebass456 said:

Bought this a while ago with no thought as to what to use it for, other than it was a massive peg (😲🤭).

However, if your need is greater than mine.........

Have you named it 'Dave'..? 

3 hours ago, Terry M. said:

I think Ginger was under-rated. He had incredible (to me) jazz chops.

Indeed, but poor taste (in my view...).

(To be fair, I doubt that he'd appreciate my style much either. ...)

1 minute ago, snorkie635 said:

I reckon @Dad3353 should be in the list of unrecognised drumming genius. So there.

Yup, right up there at the top. 

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(I would pronounce myself as 'Perfect', were it not for this terrible curse of modesty with which I am plagued. ...)

2 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

He's a decent drummer, to be sure... But the ones I mentioned are probably at least as good as Mr. C, probably a lot better in some cases, and completely unknown outside of serious muso circles. So they're the ones who are the most under-rated in the history of history!

Ratings are soooooo over-rated, though. 

5 minutes ago, Rich said:

Better known, yes... but he's not generally credited with the level of talent he has.

I agree. It's not a pissing contest; PC had many talents, and his drumming prowess has not, in general, the recognition it merited. Yes, there are other fine drummers; his talent removes nothing from the others. 

1 hour ago, Staggering on said:

... at 79 I am 70 years older than the young bassist! ...

 

My my,  you're looking sprightly, bowing away in that photo..! 

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1 hour ago, musicbassman said:

... After 57 years in bands I think I deserve a long service medal...

 

 

38 minutes ago, warriorbass05 said:

...Any thoughts??

Do you have a technical rider, listing your needs (backline, FOH, mics, lighting, colour of Smarties etc...)..? It would help to know what you require. How many musicians, for instance..? Where in the UK will you be based, and for how long..? Hope this helps... 

A return flight UK-USA can be £300-500. Could that be made to work..? 

Unlike punctuation. 

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Some of us are talented; others less so...

Envelope follower..? 

38 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

Here's something I don't understand.  When a sound guy is checking the monitor volume on stage. They check it from the house. Of course I can hear my vocals and bass when nobody else is playing.

 

Why wouldn't they check monitor volume when the band is playing on stage. That would be the real test for me.

 

Daryl

Most that I've worked with pop up onto the stage whilst the band is playing a 'test' number, to check exactly that. It's more or less routine, towards the end of the sound check. 

I can see both of the 'dl=1' images, not the other two. Hope this helps. 

44 minutes ago, cheddatom said:

... Out came a particularly off-beat fill (I'm sure any drummers would appreciate it...

Yes, I'm prone to doing this, too; luckily our singer (and the rest of the band...) know how to keep the 'beat' in their heads, and don't rely on the drums to bring themselves in. I could fold up inanimate, they'd all come back in on time..! 

34 minutes ago, itsmedunc said:

The trouble is they know nothing about PA’s but insist in being in charge of the sound. If the level of the guitars remained a constant then the gain could but each gig the guitar levels are up and down, something I don’t think there’s any need for with in ears. They even turn their amps up sometimes if they need some more guitar in their monitor 😂

There should be no feedback but the singer/guitarist has his guitar way too loud onstage and won’t turn down (or does the pretend to turn the dial). It makes no difference to him as he’s playing rhythm and is on IEM’s anyway. Take just that into account and everything becomes too loud onstage, hence the feedback. Too loud on stage and the PA isn’t doing enough work I think. 

Best, then, to quit and join a decent band. They won't be getting return gigs anyway, if that's how they go about things. Some folk never learn, as they think they already know it all.