steve-bbb

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340876213' post='1710757'] Yeah! Go and have your stupid frigging bank argument in Off Topic. Thhhhpp!! [/quote] indeed thats exactly why i posted the other thread so we could all have a good old whinge and then come to this thread for calm reflection here's a nice picture of some dolphins which i took earlier. 22 years earlier to be more precise

[quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1340875777' post='1710742'] Well considering they were given £20 billion a couple of years ago... [/quote] excuse me this is the chill thread

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1340875643' post='1710736'] Is a fine of £290m a slap on the wrist for Barclays? [/quote] imo yes it is - they are prepared to pay this much out for their top bonuses so its hardly going to hurt them is it - please fell free to contribute to the barclays thread

yes the solos can be quite challenging start off with an easy teenage new york version type solo or something a bit more musically accessible - 'watermelon in easter hay' perhaps then once you got the hang of what he is doing with his solos try perhaps the sheikh yerbouti version of 'yo mama' personally i like the written solo lines as much as franks improv - some of the lines he wrote for steve vai and mike keneally are just staggering and technically way surpassing anything that steve vai has subsequently written for himself imho his influence is profound especially with his ex band members - check out any of mike keneallys solo material and the 'less commercial' vai stuff - one particularly nice solo track is warren cuccurrullo's tribute 'thanks to frank' [url="http://youtu.be/Q5aOXKVD0nU"]http://youtu.be/Q5aOXKVD0nU[/url] unfortunately the solo at 2:02 has been edited and cut short but it gives you the idea that he is total master of the sublime guitar solo (this band line up is pretty amazing too) [url="http://youtu.be/usC2msFdX94"]http://youtu.be/usC2msFdX94[/url]

ok so after everybody has read the news and wondered why numerous banking/trading staff are not being investigated by the serious fraud office (or are they?) and why the FSA have pussied out and given barclays a slap on the wrist that would barely amount to a days wages for the average person ... this should help bring your blood pressure back down to safe levels please feel free to add your own suggestions for calm inducing ideas - even whale songs- but not wales songs if they involve that screechy cerys woman and relax.... [media]http://youtu.be/T2kUySnZ-Jw[/media]

[b] [size=4]"If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mum, your dad, your teacher, your preacher, or some guy on the television telling you how to do your sh1t, then you fcking deserve it." - Frank Zappa[/size][/b]

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1340818653' post='1710114'] Yeah I had noticed the cost of the rereleases, unnecessarily expensive. Even if they charged the usual £9.99 a cd I can't see the Zappa family struggling. I'm a pretty big Zappa fan, but come on. Dan [/quote] ive used t[b][url="http://www.gandsmusic.com/"]hese[/url][/b] before

[quote name='pietruszka' timestamp='1340818653' post='1710114'] Yeah I had noticed the cost of the rereleases, unnecessarily expensive. Even if they charged the usual £9.99 a cd I can't see the Zappa family struggling. I'm a pretty big Zappa fan, but come on. Dan [/quote] does Gail get any say at all in the pricing structure?

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1340798615' post='1709702'] [attachment=111570:Bass_Chat_Polo.jpg] Somewhat deprecative; not sure if it's the most pungent way to drum up support (...but what would I know, I'm a drummer...). Under-selling..? Does it work..? [/quote] ask Mr Ratner

Hair Care Science anyone?

wot no RUNRIG ??

as for the music imo the best pieces are the ones which are subtle and sublime with that underlying sense of pathos such as oh no i dont believe it (no tthe victor meldrew cover version) and son of orange county i just cant believe, you are such a fool

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1335527324' post='1632620'] He was certainly pretty amazing live as were his band. [/quote] which one! its not just the individual band members in any given line up - he had a sense of synergy of knowing which musicians to pick who would work well together with the sum of the parts being massively greater than the individuals - if you just threw all his band members into a hat and picked out names at random to form a fresh band id wager that you might end up straying into that 'dull and uninteresting supergroup' territory he is often criticised for being a but of a control freak but he was a superb band leader and he had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve and knew how to go about it - how many musicians could honestly say they would turn down the zappa gig if they were offered it? if you did then you would run the risk of being compared with the record company that turned down the beatles

[quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1340750252' post='1709260'] There was a B'ham based function band on Partysounds about a year ago who were looking for a Bass Player that didnt smell of Werthers Originals. Probably an age thing. [/quote] went along for an audition a couple of months ago with a bunch of just turning pro mid 20s former music students - really sound bunch, very focussed, very proficient, without being over earnest and irritating - they said they didnt have a problem with age and did say that most of the bass players they had auditioned were 'about my age' currently playing with two set ups - a function band (all about my age ish) and an occasional band for a local singer/songwriter where i am the oldest band member by 200% can only assume that bands who insist on being ageist are purely interested in style/image over substance?

[quote name='mushers' timestamp='1340733928' post='1708905'] has he called you yet to see if he got the spot ? [/quote] better still call him back and tell him he's got the gig

have you been watching back to the future again?

rock n roll lifestyle! ... this cracks me up

bless does her mum know shes out and about in the big bad world pretending to be a journo edit - too many to choose one absolute best so heres one that springs to mind [url="http://youtu.be/9pb-8bdhogs"]http://youtu.be/9pb-8bdhogs[/url]

[quote name='ChristopherGilbert' timestamp='1339877516' post='1695882'] Well, I hope this counts as helpful. Played a number of 5 string basses (while in the 'early learning' phase ) and landed on an Ibanez BTB575. It stood out because of its solid B string and after getting home, I realised that it was because of its 35" scale. I loved it to bits and found that it differed to a 4 string in a way that I liked. I owned it for quite a while and decided that if I was comfortable with a 5 string, it would be silly not to buy another one to replace my Ibanez, so I bought another one and was still loving it, up to the point where I sold it. And so now i'm looking for another 5 string to replace it. It sounds strange too, but I didn't get on much with my previous 5 string, whereas my Ibanez made me feel like the B string should be played more often because it sounded to clear and bright. [/quote] +1 once you find one with a B that doesnt go all flubby all the time they are an absolute joy and imo the 35 makes all the difference with the low B clarity

its also a good altrernative to protect raw wood if youve just sanded your floorboards and want to leave them unvarnished as for the toluene smell just cut up a few raw onions (across the rings) and leave in the room with door shut - not sure exactly how it works but i guess its some sort of reverse osmosis thing but all the toluene vapour gets absorbed by the onions ive also used it on some flatpack raw unfinished ikea stuff - gives a nice shiny natural finish and the pine still colours well as it ages and just needs a quick top up with a thin coat of wax a couple of times a year

you mean my beautiful quilted maple veneer front does absolutlely nothing at all for the sound but look purdeeee?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1339781854' post='1694375'] Teach him to use the telephone and to speak with his mouth. [/quote] but be careful ... anything more and he might stop breathing

done

can get on fine with 6 but not so with 5 - as jazzneck says above.... the open E is the home position for me and the open B is like added extra bonus personally its is also a matter of symmetry too - the 6 to me is the 4 with one extra both top and bottom whereas the 5 seems unbalanced and i find myself occasionally getting the B confused for the E

[quote name='EdwardHimself' timestamp='1339856517' post='1695481'] Precisely. Like those lot who are just like "+++AWESOME+++ new band looking for drummer, bass player, rhythm guitarist and singer. Must be age 14-17 etc..." [/quote] ...... ability not as important as commitment and ideas and enthusiasm ..................... </yawn>