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    Greeting from Portland, OR, USA

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Ah..! I'm sorry; if You'd posted today's secret passwords ('yellow one'., but you knew that, of course..) in your original post I'd have not troubled you.
    We'll be discrete with the bank numbers, naturally.
    Now to hop over to the 'Basses' forum to find out how a Dillion compares to a Verithin...

    No More New Music - Would it Matter?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1361895950' post='1992645']
    I would like to be given the opportunity to oppressively subdue poets. I reckon I could stop them writing any more poetry given enough time and blunt instruments.
    [/quote]

    Can anyone help out..? I was attempting to 'show off', but got a bit stuck for a rhyme, it seems...

    [i]It's not that I'm against trying...[/i]

    [i]With your implements, suitably blunt.[/i]

    [i]It's simply that if that's what you think of a lot...[/i]

    [i]Of poets, you're a bit of a...[/i]

    Anyone..? :mellow:

    Greeting from Portland, OR, USA

    in Introductions

    Posted

    [quote name='Bret' timestamp='1361901531' post='1992798']
    Hi, Everyone. My name's Bret...[/quote]

    Good evening, Bret, and welcome to the forum...

    I see you're starting out right, with a semi-acoustic bass, for which I heartily approve. Of course I'm slightly less impressed by the dance steps, but then again, I'm old.
    I can't see where you've posted your home address (either an oversight, or perhaps the mods here have it already..?) This will be required for the Ceremony of Initiation; a mandatory event for all US citizens posting here, as you know. Don't worry about the cost; there are excellent financial institutions that we can recommend. You may even be able to keep your home (although that's not guaranteed...). As for the medical bill: the Ceremony has been amended to only leave internal scarring (plus the burns, naturally...), so a short convalescence could be hoped for. Don't forget the rubber duck, however, or there will be bedlam. The last who neglected this important detail is still unaccounted for, all these months later.
    Enjoy the Ceremony (as will we all...), and again: welcome... :mellow:

    Lets design a bass by committee

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Good afternoon, all...

    It's already been done, and the result was pretty impressive...

    [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/bass/bas78.html"]http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/gallery/bass/bas78.html[/url]

    ...I have the guitar version, but would definitely play one of these.

    (...and 4 strings is fine... :mellow: )

    No More New Music - Would it Matter?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    No, just kidding, Rachel, your post hits quite a few nails on the head. A bit too close to the front line to be truly objective, I suspect, but very lucid (are you sure you're a teacher..? Hmmm... :mellow: ).

    New music suggests 'new to the composer' since, as has been indicated, a listener would be hard put to have already heard a very large percentage of all music already existing, and therefore there is already a huge source of new music for the listener.
    New composers have, and will always, churn out much work re-hashed (although innocently...), but there will still from time to time, be a breath of fresh air from divers inspirations ('synth' music was difficult to envisage before synths were invented, similarly electric music...).
    Invention and innovation seem to be part of the human psych, for better (the arts..?) or worse (the Bomb..?), and will, imho, only be suppressed by the extinction of the species.
    What was that again..? Winter is coming..? Yes, I'm afraid it is. :mellow:

    February Composition Competition - Voting Time

    in Recording

    Posted

    Once again, a difficult choice. I tend to go for the compositional side, rather than either the technical playing or absolute sound quality, as well as being 'appropriate' to the theme suggested by the conjunction of photo/zique.
    if you don't want to be influenced (who am I kidding..?), don't open the 'spoiler'...

    [spoiler]Special mention for the 'Penguins in Bondage/Yellow Snow'; just missed the mark by being a tad off the pic's appeal (to me...). Not such a techno fan (but several were appropriate, just the same...), so went for the classical piano, [i]à la Grieg[/i].[/spoiler]

    Well done, all (again..!), a hearty round of applause is due...

    [url="http://www.smileyvault.com/"][/url]

    Illegal downloading, file-sharing and what i think- what do you think?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' timestamp='1361401614' post='1985587']...Pirating says that either:

    A) You think you're better than everyone else and don't have to abide by the same morals, courtesy and common sense as everyone else.

    Or...[/quote]

    Good evening, Tom...

    Yes, I'm in the 'A' camp; my morals etc. are, indeed my own concern, and do not have to be judged or compared to anybody, living or dead. I have my conscience for that, which works just fine, thank you. I do many things which are considered illegal where I live, many illegal where you live, and many that are illegal for us both. I am the sole judge, however, in these matters, and assume that responsibility with no qualms. I have to justify my beliefs to no-one.
    I have been a professional musician, I still play for pleasure, and do not believe that the 'industry' has any 'right' to exist. Musicians count, as individuals, not artificial constructs such as 'industry'.
    I believe that 1 hour of my time is as valuable as 1 hour of anyone else's. If I spend 1 hour composing, that is worth 1 hour. If John Lennon spent 1 hour composing, the result is worth 1 hour. Same for Mozart, or whomsoever. Once that hour has been paid for, nothing more is due. I reject the notion of 'intellectual property' by which 'royalties' are paid, over and over again; often to dead folks heirs, whether for music, written works, 'ideas' and such. I do not consider it 'theft' to ignore this aspect of acquisition, and bypass it whenever I reasonably can. I do not steal food from supermarket shelves. That would not be right (for me; others may have different needs and/or circumstances...).

    Bass player who plays every song in same key?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    I wonder whether anyone here uses a 'spell-checker', either as an amateur, or as a professional writer..? Any substitute for being proficient without..? Google translation, anyone..? It's just a means to an end, surely..? Aren't the frets a kind of 'cheat mode' for those not 'musician' enough to play without..? I sense a touch of snobbery here.

    (...[i]but I'm a drummer; what would I know..?[/i] :mellow: )

    "The Beatles!"

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1361139135' post='1981835']
    Bugger. You weren't supposed to [b]be.[/b] ([i]Impressed; implied[/i]...)
    [/quote]

    Fixed :P

    (Although the original could have been your intention, I would hope not... :mellow: )

    Illegal downloading, file-sharing and what i think- what do you think?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1361144923' post='1981956']
    So. Before recorded music, musicians got paid for their time in the same way that practically every single other profession does.

    If I was an architect I wouldn't get paid everytime someone walked into a building I designed.

    If I worked for Heinz and formulated a new ketchup recipie I wouldn't get paid everytime someone bought ketchup.

    Musicians essentially struck a deal with the distributors that everytime they sold a unit then the musician should get a share. No other industry works in this way.

    This enabled some musicians to become much more wealthy than their initial efforts warranted. It allowed distinutors and the people who initially invested in the musicians to become far more wealthy than their investment risk warranted.

    Far more wealthy than the initial purpose of copyright which was to ensure that musicians were not taken advantage of and were able to continue making music.

    Making, recording and distributing music has become easier and cheaper, the rewards are becoming realigned.

    It's harder to make money from sales, but then it's harder for everyone to make money now, regardless of their profession.
    [/quote]

    +1; this is how I see things too. Yes, I have been a professional musician. No, I don't believe it's right to get rich through 'copyright'. An hour's work is worth an hour, whatever your trade, imho.

    What is "Phrasing"?

    in Theory and Technique

    Posted

    Good afternoon, Milty...

    I'd risk a 'definition' similar to that in grammar; a 'phrase' is a coherent collection which can stand alone. A sentence can be divided into it's phrase components, but a phrase cannot be so 'broken down' without losing it's identity. That, to me, is a 'phrase', in grammar as in music.
    Subject to contradiction and/or embellishment; hope this helps.

    Stair trolleys

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    Try you luck with this..? :mellow:

    [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stannah-Stair-Lift-stairlift-/181078289976?pt=UK_Health_Beauty_Mobility_Disability_Medical_ET&hash=item2a291b6e38"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a291b6e38[/url]

    [attachment=127847:Stan_Stai.jpg]

    How do you know if a bassist is 'good' or not?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1360975330' post='1979468']...Minimal, essential playing, occasional well-chosen drop-ins, superb groove...[/quote]

    Just to illustrate just how different we can all be, here's the 'Master', live; not exactly 'minimal'..! :happy:
    No slouch on the guitar, either, and Spencer Dryden on drums. great stuff.

    [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltyjNjsz8UU[/media]

    ...and another gem; be patient, the bass 'solo' is around 2'30, but worth the wait (worth it's weight..? :huh: )...

    [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-_nkEiEDU#t=1m30s[/media]

    That's bass, to me (but then again, I'm old...).

    "The Beatles!"

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dad3353

    [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1360975998' post='1979472']...I'm one of them there [s]musical[/s] clown whores we've heard so much about. :lol:
    [/quote]

    Fixed... :)
    Don't under-sell yourself..! :P

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