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[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1338278099' post='1671867'] ...and a paddling pool full of baked beans in the garden [/quote] Eat Rex Beans, fit for a queen...

Love it. And this reminded me of BC Marketplace :-) [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1][left]Money from this sale is going to a very worthy cause....[/left][/size][/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial][size=1][left]Its going to let me buy more things I never needed but thought I couldnt live without...so I can sell them here on e-bay to buy more things I thought I couldnt live without[/left][/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1338107343' post='1669553'] ..... I'm considering joining [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=player_embedded&v=0o2ufv_c0xI"]http://www.youtube.c...d&v=0o2ufv_c0xI[/url] [/quote] Once it gets going it has a certain Brittenesque/Bartokesque bitonal charm!

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1337973233' post='1668333'] You'll be spoiled, pampered and hand-fed grapes by two beauties, in the sunshine, by the river. Can't beat that [/quote] Now I'm really miffed that I missed it (studio session overran, still didn't finish tracks, etc...) Looking forward to the pics, and, of course, a future meetup!

If this was a three I'd be all over it...

Hi, Welcome! Ah yes, those little 6-string things. A guy I'm in a band with keeps bringing one to rehearsals and making funny noises with it. Very odd.

Pah, my Saturday schedule is getting overcrowded with must-dos and it's looking like I'll be blowing you all out with only a faint possibility of making a late appearance. Next time...

[quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1337693749' post='1664056'] Well I've played for six years now. After the first four I thought I was getting pretty good. Then I discovered jazz... [/quote]

Going back to the OP... if it's Bandmix, StarNow or similar, then they've just been asked to put themselves in a bracket form a limited set of choices. A nicer category might be "accomplished", meaning if you hire me for the job then I expect I'll be able to do what you want. But given the choice between "intermediate" and "expert", then IMO it's reasonable for an accomplished player to describe themselves as expert.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1337602196' post='1662497'] that'll be the laura palmer signature model [/quote] My thoughts exactly!

If I make this it will be very late afternoon (if it's still going then) so be sure to post live updates!

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1337324368' post='1657972'] Even been reliced by a singer biting it! [/quote] Does that make it a Fender Incision?

All sounds familiar. Mine's a 77/78, maple board, skunk stripe, also in now-vintage "white", weighs a ton, doesn't look too pretty, and sounds @#%$ing amazing!

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1337036513' post='1654563'] ...we don't know what the weather will be like. [/quote] I might stick my neck out and make a guess...

Forty-three minutes between those last two comments? Come on BC-ers, you're slipping!

[quote name='norvegicusbass' timestamp='1336822911' post='1651542'] Incidentally I remember a tale of Paul Mcartney keeping a melody in his mind before he had proper lyrics worked out by way of some ridiculous song about scrambled eggs or something. Would have been a hit regardless. [/quote] Yep, he claims that the first version of Yesterday went "Scrambled eggs, oh my baby how I love your legs".

I'd forgotten about this but now I'll try it. It was advocated by my piano teacher: apparently there's a standard set of words for the themes of all the Bach Fugues, passed down through generations of teachers!

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1333356722' post='1600330'] I just used these guys for a record I'm working on: [url="http://stardeltamastering.com/the-stardelta-way/"]http://stardeltamast...-stardelta-way/[/url] [url="http://stardeltamastering.com/cdvinylmp3-mastering/"]http://stardeltamast...lmp3-mastering/[/url] They did an amazing job... [/quote] Can we hear the results? I found the advice on their website assuring but also overwhelming (talk of lots of different formats and codes I never knew of.... plus "vocal up" and "vocal down" mixes: did you provide those?). And how would one choose between them and someone like [url="http://nevomastering.com/"]http://nevomastering.com/[/url]? I'm confused, anxious, and shortly to be in need of mastering!

Ooh, I forgot to report back. Filled the hole with superglue, then read the don't-fill-the-hole-with-superglue reply while it was drying :-O So the next day I drilled a little channel through the glue before re-assembling, and all is fine. ...except for what seems to be the design flaw whereby that screw and its neighbours are under stress every time I pull the jack out :-(

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1336153026' post='1641897'] It helped that they were always great players! [/quote] And perhaps reading helped them to become great players...!

[quote name='robdowall' timestamp='1334564690' post='1617516'] thank you everyone for the replies! I have contacted everyone that was mentioned (and with the exception of one reply) they are all useful and we will be getting a free sample of a song on our album over the next few weeks. I may post up all the samples to see what peoples ear's think of them. maybe a blind test for you Thank you for the positive posts about the band too, much appreciated!! [/quote] I'll be very interested to hear them! A couple of questions of my own: Attended vs. unattended... my [i]presumption[/i] is that an attended session is to be preferred... do you agree? The stuff I've got in the pipeline includes fade-outs, and I'm imagining I need to be on-the-spot to say "mm, a bit earlier/later" etc. And, how long would a typical session take? (I have two songs totalling about nine minutes.)