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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1477570803' post='3163038'] Nice little story. [/quote] [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167485] ...and I think I've already related the 'mesadventure' with 'Catherine et son Ensemble'..! Frightening stuff on the night, but hilarious after the event, thinking back. So many tales; so little time...

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1477570579' post='3163033']...missed a lot of segways... [/quote] [sharedmedia=core:attachments:166776]

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1477568056' post='3163006'] With us noone needs to get back. If you haven't crossed the date off on the bands Google calendar and something goes in, it's in, and your doing it or being replaced. [/quote] You are JTUK and I claim my £5..!

In my early days playing in French variety bands, there were many 'dep' occasions where I'd be enrolled in a formation with only approximate notions as to the real score to be playing. In one particular 'band', the band leader was also the wholesale supplier of the beers to the events, and so had leverage to be the chosen band for the event. Couesnon (the bloke's name...) would play sax or trumpet, his son on accordion or keys. A couple of regulars on guitar and bass, with whoever was available on drums. All very well, as they mostly knew the repertoire, but very disconcerting to find that they had only sketchy knowledge of how the tunes were supposed to go, and, in all evidence, had never, themselves, tried to dance to 'em. Missed beats, extended sections, doubled (or almost doubled...) key melody lines; it was all over the shop, even from verse to verse. As they had been playing together for quite some years, all (or most...) of these oddities had melded into, for them, a quite smooth performance, as they tended to make the same hops, skips and jumps mostly together, but for the first few sessions, it was difficult (read 'impossible'...) to anticipate quite what they would do. My technique at the time was rather unversed in the specific notions of 'musette' (the style of music from pre- and post-war crooner-jazz accordion stuff popular in France, and with a strong following, even today...). I adopted a bastardised soft disco beat, with a hi-hat lift for lightness, and a soft-ish 'poom tah-tah poom tick' for most of the 4/4 stuff. I would play on, regardless of their antics, with the firm intention of keeping the dancers (and there were many...) on the floor from having to break stride (or break a leg..!) when the song slipped. The 'pulse' came from the drums; anyone singing along to these very well-known melodies would have to adjust, themselves, to the gymnastics on stage, but the beat would go on, and the couples gyrate smoothly all evening. I never had complaints; I'm pretty sure they didn't even notice, any of 'em, and the floor was always appreciative and generous in their applause at the end of each segued section. I've not changed my opinion since. The rhythm is king; if the drummer drops it, the band plays on, and [i]vice versa[/i]. It would never do to have other members trying to adjust; that can only make a busted beat break down even further.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1477565206' post='3162978']... Does she deserve to be ripped off just because she only has a basic knowledge of using a computer, and didn't spend hours on Google first? [/quote] On the other hand, if someone is willing to pay any particular price for something, that's a sign that it's worth it to them. The fact that it could be obtained cheaper elsewhere does not alter that satisfaction with the deal engaged in, does it..? I'd agree that I don't think highly of those practising these methods, but a happy customer is a happy customer, too.

Ha..! Don't tell me you left the box ticked for receiving 'news'..? Glutton for punishment, eh..?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1477492569' post='3162576'] This brings to mind the recent playing by ear thread. A fair few guys on here seem to have to 'learn' a song and practice it before playing it. [/quote] Depending on the song, of course, I'd say that this is pretty well standard for many musicians. One doesn't play along with Mendelssohn 'by ear' often. Some 'jammable' numbers can be improvised to, but many need at least a 'once through' to be credible. You may be exceptionally gifted, of course, but it's not given to many.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1477489966' post='3162555'] I prefer The Devil's Interval... [/quote] You've been listening to my stuff again..?

[quote name='Lee-Man' timestamp='1477476876' post='3162434'] Might be useful for some ... [/quote] I hope so, as it's a bit of a pig to obtain, then install. I've spent an hour so far, and still can't access it. A warning, then..? Once the Cakewalk Downloader is installed, don't run it to get this freebie without first checking the Paths it will use (without further asking...). They may be OK for you, but may very well not..! Get the Paths right, first. I've now corrected mine, and the Vst has been installed, but Reaper can't, as yet, see it. I'll keep trying, and will crack this nut eventually, but, as sang Ziggy Stardust... "It ain't eeeezy..."

[quote name='bassinvader36' timestamp='1477432446' post='3162272']... is there possibly a way to enter a late entry? [/quote] You have another... 27 seconds. Get uploading, quick, like, double time..!

All I can suggest, then, is that there is a source of interference now present which was not there beforehand. Can you move the system to another location, just for a trial somewhere else (another room, or another house, even..?). Have there been any major changes made recently, such as new freezer or central heating switched on..? We're now in the realms of guesswork, really; it's strange that this should only recently become apparent.

The next suspect would be the interface flaking out. What do you hear if you record a session with no guitar plugged in at all..? Should be silence, or near enough. Is it..?

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1477426755' post='3162209'] Yes that works. Is this Apple being difficult and having its h*** stuck up its a*** again? What is wrong with calling it a pdf? [/quote] I doubt that the Forum software is Apple-based. S'not just Pdf files, either; most files get re-baptised. Go with the flow, accept the Karma, relax... Maybe the next Forum software update will fix it (and brings its own lot of 'issues', quite likely...).

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1477426110' post='3162205'] What's a .ipb file? My PC doesn't recognise it. [/quote] RTFS... "...[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Download and change the suffix to 'Pdf'..."[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]It's the Forum software which [s]buggers up[/s] changes the file names; an unwanted 'feature'. The cure is easy, though, as long as one knows about it, which is why I mentioned it.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Does this help..?[/size][/font][/color]

A duff cable..?

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1477418889' post='3162112']...accurate tab for Highway Star the Deep Purple classic... [/quote] Here you are... [attachment=230788:Deep Purple - Highway Star.pdf] [attachment=230789:Deep Purple - Highway Star (2).pdf] Same as before; download and change the suffix to 'Pdf'.

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1477418520' post='3162110']...advice greatly appreciated ...[/quote] Here you go, two versions that are very similar, in Pdf format. Download and change the suffix to 'Pdf'... [attachment=230784:Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving (with Steve Vai).pdf] [attachment=230785:Whitesnake - Fool For Your Loving.pdf] Enjoy; bon courage. Guitar Pro 6 is very good for learning stuff like this. (The twiddly bits are just decoration, really, so they could be added after you've got the main structure down 'pat'. Don't fret over a silly little 'throw-away' twiddle...).

I'm a drummer; have been for nearly fifty years. I've got the 'dropped stick' routine down to a fine art (loaded stick bag suspended from low tom, of course...). It happens, maybe even more in my declining years, that I 'freeze' at a critical moment. A good example would be Midnight Oil's 'Beds Are Burning', which features a short solo drum fill before the last chorus. We've played this for years; decades even. On one occasion, for no real reason, I 'froze' at the entry of the fill-solo. My band mates turned on their heels, horrified. Experience counts, however. The bubble broke, I hit the flam on the low tom for the last beat, and, as one, we all belted into the chorus,all the better for having had a heavily pregnant pause. Wiped brows all round when the song ended. I've not done it, deliberately nor by accident, since, but it was darned effective. Sometimes one can come up smelling of roses.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1477394837' post='3161902'] OK...hopefully this will work. Have a listen... [/quote] NJ... Jolly good stuff, and embracing well the target genre. Much better, in almost all respects than most offerings from 'the usual' at this time of year. Will it 'stick'..? Dunno; maybe not enough of a 'hook' in there (but who knows..?). All of the instruments are in place (I liked the guitar flange; short and sweet...). I'd have wanted a tiny bit more variance in the drums, but lightly; just a crisp pre-roll on the snare from time to time, to give it some life and sparkle. The vocals..? Good, but a tad strained in places; a bit of treatment would help that a lot (a touch of delay, a smidgen of reverb, an octave, below, doubling...). The lyrics are fine (I'd suggest 'three six five' as better scansion at one point...). For 'the Market', I'd chop away a verse so as to have the chorus come in earlier; that 's the 'hook' the drunkards around the dinner table will be swaying to, arm in arm with paper hats on. Altogether a Good One. No idea how to promote such stuff. Send it to your local radio station; get it attached to a local charity event..? Well done, anyway, and thanks for sharing. Oi'll give it foive.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1477387632' post='3161833']... You can't have the bass banging away in one time and the drums banging away in another... [/quote] No..? Really..? [media]http://youtu.be/uuvrgyIQWJw[/media] [spoiler] From Wikipedia... [color=#252525][font=sans-serif]'...In making "Rubber Shirt", Zappa combined a track of [/font][/color][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bozzio"]Terry Bozzio[/url][color=#252525][font=sans-serif] playing drums in one musical setting with one of Patrick O'Hearn playing bass in another, and totally different, musical setting. The tracks differed in time signature and in tempo. Zappa referred to this technique as [/font][/color][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenochrony"]xenochrony[/url][color=#252525][font=sans-serif]...'[/spoiler][/font][/color]

Play your part as it should be played, regardless, but remember never to join in a jazz session again.

That most trustworthy of references, Wikipedia, says this... [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_by_ear"]Playing by ear...[/url] I'll not contradict it.

Many (maybe most..?) orchestral works are played with more or less 'parts' (4 instead of 12 violins, with or without harpist, one, two or more pianos...), depending on what is available in the orchestra, or budget, or space at the venue... The list is long. Many folks assist at these events; very few will fumigate or chastise for lack of 'parts'. One plays with what one has. We do (or rather, did...) 'Beds Are Burning' (Midnight Oil...); our (excellent...) singer fills in the trombone solo with a vocal approximation. On one occasion, we had the pleasure of being able to call on the Kiemsa horn section, who did it 'properly' (at very short notice...). Much better, of course, but we couldn't call upon 'em every time..! No-one throws cabbages at us.