Dad3353

I shall do, following this enthusiastic recommendation. Much music is, I believe, of its time, by which I mean the time of the listener. Stuff heard and enjoyed in one's formative (y...)ears has a much more lasting effect; hearing the same music later has a quite different impact on the listener. Memories, souvenirs, experiences have been formed, of which the music played a part. There is music for the occasion, too; styles one may not usually choose to listen to could be very suitable in different circumstances. In general, I would say that I have quite wide tastes, but, still in general, I usually need to make some 'sense' of what I'm hearing (not to be confused nor conflated with 'understanding'...). I get auditively bored with much hyper-repetitive 'funk' (I'm not a dancer, so that aspect escapes me...), and, as a drummer, the Big Beat 'Disco' 'One-One-One-One' lasts barely a few seconds before the Off-switch is thrown. I'm not phased, either by novelty for novelty's sake; something 'new' has no particular advantage over past offerings per se (but are not excluded either, if I find merit...). Gimmicks, gadgets, hooks... have their place, but need to be pretty darned solid to gain a repeat audition. OK, enough... I'll dive into the Fossil Fuel (topical, being an old Fossil myself..!) and put it down to experience if I come to regret it. Back later... (But that Roads thing was quite far 'out there', musically, and reading through the badly-'sung' lyrics did nothing to endear it to me ...) Edit : OK, to be kind, I'll just say 'Unimpressed', and leave it there.

Better; much better. The sort of composition that makes sense to me; no idea concerning lyrics, though, as I'd have to follow along with the sleeve notes. I listened to the end, and will listen again with the lyrics. I hope that they're worth it. Edit : Acceptable, in context. Shades of 'Sting'.

Will-power. Lots and lots of will-power. I regret it now; I won't ever get those four minutes back.

I don't know (of the ...) bloke, but it would appear that the issue is not so much his playing of other folk's stuff, as not giving credit to them, claiming it as his own. I play stuff by others often enough, but, if asked (would that there was anyone to ask, of course ...), I'd certainly say where the line or tune came from ('it's a lick I've adapted from Jack Casady', or 'It's my version of 'Dark Star'...). Copying is not a problem in itself; it's when one claims the originality for oneself that it becomes reprehensible.

Well, I gave it four minutes.

You lucky dog, you..!

Wrong rubrique.

Ponce. ...

I think that this is the nub of the issue. The interpretation, or understanding, of what the term 'artist' means to any one person is not necessarily in accordance with the dictionary definition, and has 'cultural' connotations. For my part, I would agree, generally, with the feeling of pretention when using the term, and have no great esteem for those that apply it too widely. Anyone can be taken to be an 'artist', whatever their 'skill' level, in whatever discipline, and there are many that do, indeed, claim the title, despite turning out what I would call 'rubbish', or worse. I have more esteem for 'craftsman' (OK, craftsperson, if you must..!), as that, to me, implies some mastery of the discipline in question. I'm rather wary of 'art' in general; this is simply my own notion, and I am quite happy to allow others to have a wider appreciation. There is no definitive, objective, way of determining what constitute an 'artist' except that offered by the dictionary, so, in that wide sense, most folk are 'artists' in one field or another. Does that give them (and I include myself...) any 'special' status..? I think not.

And we obediently had to look up the ad, to see if it was true that the guitar sounded the same (it didn't...).

S'what comes of playing Melanie stuff too often. ...

I took down my bass from the wall behind me, and spent a good ten minutes trying it out 'your way', until it finally clicked what the 'issue' was. I wondered for a while exactly how you were tuning your basses to get those notes, but then the 'light bulb' moment came, and all became clear. I don't know who's the dafter of us two, you or me..!

... or 'come up one fret higher on each string', to get the fingering to correspond to the notes. No wonder it took you all so long. ...

Just cleaned up the list above, for clarity, and for fun ... 1 Cant get enough 2 Sharp dressed man 3 Ziggy 4 Funky White Boy 5 Wild Thing into Loui Loui 6 Alrightw 7 Breaking the law 8 Burning Love 9 Black Knight 10 You Shook Me 11 Wishing Well 12 Cum on feel the Noise 13 Summer of ’69 14 Teenage Kicks Set Two 1 Gimme some lovin 2 You Really Got Me 3 Jumping Jack Flash 4 Mustang Sally 5 Crazy little thing called love 6 I Saw Her Standing There 7 Twist and Shout 8 Proud Mary 9 Jail house rock 10 Blue suede shoes 11 Johnny b Goode 12 Born be Wild 13 Spirit in the sky 14 Boys are back in town 15 Wonderful World 16 Whole Lotta Rosie 17 Sweet Child of Mine

Cheers; I followed up a link above, and will receive a bundle of four next week, rechargeable with built-in lipo's. I'll see what they're like when I get them.

Worth the cost for Miroslav Orchestra 2 alone. A bit of a faff to get it 'authorised', with the usual hoops to jump through, but it's done now, so. Thanks for the 'heads up'.

Indeed it does, and only too well; I've just ordered a folding caravan, four disco balls and a couple of pairs of fake zebra-skin running shoes.

Are you sure that the track is not 'private'..? It doesn't show up, for me.

Aha..! Just right, perfect..! I've found a French Amazon version of these same Fx, and ordered a pack of four, for 25€. Thanks for the link.

I was looking rather for a rechargeable, autonomous version, to be placed freely anywhere, with no cabling. The effect looks good, so I'll keep on looking.

Where do they get their power from..?

Take a notation-for-bass book, and a treatise on chord tones and harmony instead, maybe..?

But I do now. It wasn't a 'live' one, t'was this'un...

Any good..? China In Your Hand (Arr. Hannah Garnett) - T'Pau (Woodwind Ensemble) ...

Well now, for the very first time, I've listened to a whole Rush track from beginning to end, and with no regrets, to boot..! Thanks for the 'heads up'.