Dad3353

... D'uh...

Tsk, tsk. Such racist undertones. Tsk, tsk. ...

We all know how to count in many other 'bases' than ten, but most folk don't know that they know it. How many weeks is 32 days..? Easy, you say, whilst working it out in base 7 in your head. How many years have passed in 27 months..? No problem, just work with base 12. There's not much 'magic' to base 10, we had no problem counting out pennies and shillings. It did make things easier for those inventing the pocket calculator, once they'd made the internal shift from the internal base 2, binary, forcing the poor thing to use a bastard figure (10...) when 8 or 16 would have been far easier for the machine. Still, anything for an easy life, eh..? Those unused brain cells will rot away if they're not exercised. Maybe some grammar lessons have been skipped, too, eh..? Whose 12 times table..?

There is, or rather 'was', 'logic' to it at its conception, given the means available at the time. The scale is based on an upper and lower reference temperature, divided up into one hundred degrees. The lower temperature was an easy-to-establish 'zero', the freezing point of water. The upper reference was just as easy, being the temperature of a normal, healthy human, taken at the time to be one hundred. The scale is therefore from 0 to 100, freezing water to body temperature. Not too shabby for the early 1700's, no..? OK, they got it a little wrong with the 100, but with what they had to work with back then, it wasn't bad at all. There was, indeed, a lot of 'logic' to it.

This won't surprise some of us. It's a pretty well-known thing, for rehearsals, small venues, and recording.

Quite deliberately; they're watching.

Farm mechanisation made agricultural labourers redundant. IT did the same for the thousands employed in typing pools. Factory robots are rapidly replacing manual manufacturing jobs. Supermarkets and self-service took away most commercial staff needs. Driverless cars will soon make taxi and bus operations automatic. This 'ere A.I. is set to push intellectual and management out of work. It seems that the future is bright for everyone, with all of their time free to enjoy all the leisure time they'll have, from the cradle to the grave. We'll all be sharing the immense wealth this 'progress' is generating, won't we..! Won't we..? No, seriously; we will, won't we..? Please..?

The snare and hi-hat are the fundamental sounds of most drummers, but can be delicate to get, then keep, that sound. Not just the snare itself, of coure; the choice of batter and resonant heads are important, and, naturally, their tuning. We (The Daub'z...) had a support slot at our local pub, and had to share drums (lack of time and space...); it was an awful job. Luckily for me, the other drummer also played 'lefty', but his kit (a respectable Gretsch...) was not at all set up to suit either our repertoire, nor my way of playing. I used a jumper to muffle the snare's ring; it ended the gig with curved cuts where the sticks met the rim. Not an enjoyable evening.

The internal dimensions are : width : 19", height : 2 units, so 3.5", depth : a bit deeper than the depth of the deepest unit you want to fit in there. Having the back open would probably be enough ventilation, and allow for cables to be plugged in. Maybe leave a little extra headroom, so as to more easily fit the units, and allow air through..? Hope this helps.

Sue me, then, Peggy; sue. ...

Have you named it 'Dave'..?

Indeed, but poor taste (in my view...). (To be fair, I doubt that he'd appreciate my style much either. ...)

Yup, right up there at the top. ... (I would pronounce myself as 'Perfect', were it not for this terrible curse of modesty with which I am plagued. ...)

Ratings are soooooo over-rated, though.

I agree. It's not a pissing contest; PC had many talents, and his drumming prowess has not, in general, the recognition it merited. Yes, there are other fine drummers; his talent removes nothing from the others.

My my, you're looking sprightly, bowing away in that photo..! ...

Do you have a technical rider, listing your needs (backline, FOH, mics, lighting, colour of Smarties etc...)..? It would help to know what you require. How many musicians, for instance..? Where in the UK will you be based, and for how long..? Hope this helps...

A return flight UK-USA can be £300-500. Could that be made to work..?

Unlike punctuation. ...

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Some of us are talented; others less so...

Envelope follower..?

Most that I've worked with pop up onto the stage whilst the band is playing a 'test' number, to check exactly that. It's more or less routine, towards the end of the sound check.

I can see both of the 'dl=1' images, not the other two. Hope this helps.