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As a drummer, I've a particular aversion to most things Disco, with the rather characteristic migraine-inducing beat of 'One, One, One, One...' thumping away interminably. Rare exceptions (if 'Sir Duke' can be classed as 'Disco'..?), and I'm glad there's at least someone getting kicks from it, but in general the genre is anathema to me. Strokes for folks 'n all, of course.

I've no problems with her playing ; she's streets ahead of anything I could ever hope to do, so good luck to her. No, it's just difficult for me to take seriously any player, male or female, named 'Malteser'.

Impossible to advise without also seeing the socks you'll be wearing.

Perhaps a bit more detail..? What's the band's composition..? What style of repertoire..? No PA, even for vocals..? There was a time, not so long ago, that bands were all acoustic, with brass sections, drums and pianos. The bass players had their place in the mix. As an extreme, you could just play as best you can, and if it gets drowned out by the others, one would ask why they require a bass player at all. If you're playing acoustically, the others will have to 'suck it up', too, I'd have thought. Just my tuppence-worth; I'm probably wrong.

Here is my contribution to the July 2018 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by last month's winner: Discreet. A sequence I've been playing around with for quite some years, really, but bent, this time into an abstract form of 5/8 time, at 88 BPM (they looked like eights, to me, so I leaned on the 'five eights' concept...). Brushed drums are Superior 2, in two batches. The bass is my trusty Trillian, a rather buried piano is a very basic 4Front Vst, all guitars are my Xaviere, played as 'one takes' by myself. Little treatment, just a bit of comp, eq and a spot of reverb for one of the guitars. Mastered using AAMS, 'Jazz' preset, otherwise 'brut de pomme' as recorded and mixed with Reaper. Again, it is what it is. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

Really..?

An old one, but has an innovative approach to bass playing. J. Casady, Jorma Kaukonen, Spencer Dryden playing freely. Needs a little time to get going, but it's worth it ...

+1 ^^

If tuned slightly below 'concert' pitch, those lines would represent where to put the fingers to get the same note as a fretted bass, tuned normally. It wouldn't do for playing any open string, but would make finger placement uniform between fretted and fretless instruments. Just a theory; may be erroneous.

Officially, it's an 'asylum', a 'fagot' or a 'roll' of drummers.

Off to a good start, y'all, then..? S'gonna be tough, this month, as my Muse has done up 'n' gorn. I had a handle on summit, but it's dried up like an old prune forgotten on the window sill. Darn it..! S'gonna be a long month...

Fixed. We can see that you're trying. ... ... Very trying.

It's been a while since I sat down to an evening of The Incredible String Band; it'll probably be a while before I renew the experience. A soft spot for Swift As The Wind, but I'll leave the rest as happy memories, best kept in a drawer...

And now I've gone and ricked my shoulder..!

Very likely, in this particular instance. I wuz just joshin', really.

... just like most stringed instruments..! ...

Or, more correctly, her ants. They were shocking, hissing at any and everyone. The noise was terrible, and got on everyone's goat. A shame; I still have a mug of tea unfinished from my last visit there . (Well, I say 'last'; I could go back and face the sibilance, I suppose ...).

What about them..? Are you trying to offer me some..?

Good evening, wambmu... wombatal... Wambombalo... Big W... , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Our daughter, singing in the chorale at the Mogador Theatre, Paris. A revue of a century of Broadway musicals. The chorale, mostly amateurs, numbers nearly 150; they did themselves proud. We were perched right at the top of the balcony, so couldn't see the musicians, but they were spot on, as was the lighting, overall sound and choreography. A splendid time was had by all A couple of the more decent shots from our 'vantage point'...

Maybe, but I don't do tab (-loids...).

And to think that all these years I've been playing it with bells around my calves and a thick stick..! Oh well...

Woy, no harps..? Inconceivable..!

No, that's morris dancing. Oirish stuff would be more ... Me Gallaway mare is trottin' along wid a foine set o' hair an' a bit o' a song ...