Dad3353

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1501677704' post='3346473'] The only thing worse than The Beatles is blues! [/quote] Free jazz..?

Originality can only work if there's someone (or more...) in the band capable and willing to write songs..! In our band, that's not the case, so our options are either to: 1 - play covers or 2 - play nothing. We choose the songs we want to play (and we're capable of playing...) and do that. Simple. There's really nothing special or magical in playing original material, especially if it's not very good in the first place.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1501655237' post='3346177'] Let's make this a 50 page thread and find out on the way. [/quote] Nah, it'll never work. Not enough fools on BC for that. Talkbass, maybe..?

[quote name='Lazurus' timestamp='1501658917' post='3346208']...or Stray Cats... [/quote] [attachment=250362:Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut_Bass.pdf] (Download and rename 'Stray Cats - Stray Cat Strut_Bass.pdf'...) Hope this helps

[quote name='fiatcoupe432' timestamp='1501625540' post='3346106']... Now if you had my equipment how would you set it up? Sorry but I'm new at this... [/quote] Maybe have a look here... [url="http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/sound-gallery-workshops/"]Exeter Phoenix Sound Engineer courses ...[/url] ... or similar, in your region..? It would appear that you could benefit from a short, intensive course on the whole subject. There's a lot to it; it might be worth your while to invest a bit of time and money in decent training..? We still don't know if this is just to record yourself, or to create a commercial recording studio, though.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1501619755' post='3346030']...why doesn't everybody have some TE in their arsenal?... [/quote] 'Cos some of us have HA 3500, Fender Bassman and/or (the King...) Hiwatt stuff. Weight..? Don't talk to me about weight..! ...

It's true that a rechargeable won't last as long as a dry cell, and that I'm not gigging with mine, but I use one rechargeable for my active basses (a Cort fiver. and a Douglas six-string..) and my guitar pedals (various Boss-type stuff...). I don't use 'em at the same time, so only need the one. Not used every day, either, but I'm only charging it up every six months or so; it's never clapped out on me whilst playing. If I was gigging, I'd do the same, but have a charged-up spare, just in case, and maybe charge up the night before. It's been a very, very long time (several decades...) since I last bought a 9v battery..!

[quote name='WinterMute' timestamp='1501599912' post='3345808']...very useful bit of kit but they're not cheap... [/quote] I had to look it up, but shouldn't have; that's half the money our house cost..!

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1501594003' post='3345740'] I reckon that picture is crying out for Mornats' DOOM array! [/quote] Don't encourage the so-and so..! [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3](... but he'll do 'Doom' just the same; just you wait and see... [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] )[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3](... but he'll do 'Doom' just the same; just you wait and see... [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3] )[/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='fftc' timestamp='1501587023' post='3345677'] I thought he meant blues! [/quote]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1501583826' post='3345642'] Picture sent. Not quite Doom, more 'Boom Bang A Bang', You see, all the rage at the moment. [/quote] I fear the worst... (... but he'll do 'Doom' just the same; just you wait and see... )

These will do the job ... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-x-Energizer-9V-PP3-Block-Rechargeable-Battery-175-mAh-/300480470746?epid=224766396&hash=item45f6081eda:g:sg0AAOSwn-tZEt1I"]Ebay: Energizer HR22 ...[/url] I use a Leckium version; they last quite a while before needing recharging. Best to have two or more, though, if running low is a possibility, so as to always have one charged up, ready to go (Ever Ready..? )

Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, may I gratefully defer choice of picture to my illustrious colleagues, whose taste would be certainly preferable (and I've nothing prepared, of course...). Have at it, you two, and send Skol a cracker for the august August Challenge ASAP, please. Yes, I've got that itch again; an itch that only the BC Challenge can scratch..! Thank you, thank you all; you're wonderful.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1501554086' post='3345488'] What about a genre called "Roman Times Mod Pop" ? [/quote] No problem; bring it on...

I'd say that 'mod' still means 'mods and rockers' in the same way as 'in Roman times' means, by implication, the Roman Empire, not modern Rome.

We're back to the question: 'Popular with whom..?' Anyhow, here's the Oxford definition, which must be right... [color=#800080]ADJECTIVE[/color] [color=#800080]1 - Attributive: Relating to commercial popular music.[/color] [color=#800080]‘pop singers’[/color] [color=#800080]‘a pop concert’[/color] [color=#800080]2 - Derogatory attributive (especially of a scientific or academic subject): Made accessible to the general public; popularized.[/color] [color=#800080]‘pop psychology’[/color] [color=#800080]NOUN[/color] [color=#800080]1 - Mass noun: Commercial popular music, in particular accessible, tuneful music of a kind popular since the 1950s and sometimes contrasted with rock, soul, or other forms of popular music.[/color] [color=#800080]‘Their quasi-psychedelic pop is pleasantly uplifting and danceable.’[/color] [color=#800080]1.1 - dated count, noun: A pop record or song.[/color]

Popular..?

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1501542913' post='3345467']...does it all have to be one way or the other ? [/quote] Steady on, there, old chap..! This is Basschat, remember..? ...

Another 'fight to the finish', with another host of top tunes and songs, across a wide spectrum of interpretations. Good Stuff, everyone. As joint winner, I should like to take this opportunity to thank all those who voted for my piece, and also my Manager, Bob (Stand up, Bob; let the folks see what you look like...), my agents, Carver and Pileup, plus, of course, my doting family who have supported me, in many senses of the word, throughout this long and laborious ordeal. I'll end by thanking someone unable to be with us this evening, but without whom I'd not be here: my parents. Thank you; thank you all. Now, on with the ceremony...

[center][b][size=8]Gong..![/size][/b][/center] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4]And the winners are...[/size][/font] [left][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=4][color=#222222][size=4]Dad3353, Lowdown and Mornats..! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_07_2014/post-11876-0-59270200-1406229226.gif"][attachment=250324:BC_Chal_Cert_2017_07.pdf] [color=#222222][size=4]... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)… [/size][/color][/url][/size][/color][/size][/font][/left]

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1501528558' post='3345321'] But the Birdy song has a great bassline [/quote] As good as Bach's..? http://youtu.be/ho9rZjlsyYY