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now [b][i]this[/i][/b] is a great band name [url="http://www.myspace.com/ufkex"]http://www.myspace.com/ufkex[/url]

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1330073171' post='1552170'] Rush, Xanadu, from the Exit Stage Left film. Plus you get a double-neck thrown in for good luck. [/quote] if only mr peart had been playing TWO drum kits thatwould have been even better than everything turned up to eleven

[quote name='winterfire666' timestamp='1330014446' post='1551471'] i believe a name is what you make of it, if you make good music that stands out from the crowd or play to a high enough standard in the case of covers people will associate your name with your music or performance no matter what it is (within reason of course) [/quote] this i dont think names have to be descriptive necessarily unless you are so worried about your target audience being a bit dim exposure and association probably work better - get out there and start getting a good reputation and your band name will go around and become 'associated' regardless of it's linguistic connotations edit: but being overly quirky just for the sake and you might end up with the people not coming to see you for the first time becuase they think your band name makes you sound like a bunch of tw*ts (no personal offence intended) good band names usually always have a certain ring to them - serendipity usually plays a partin it somewhere - go with your intuition - not what your brain is telling you is funky or quirky or hip or even AMAZEBALLS

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1329823470' post='1547829'] Oh gosh...if you thought that one was off the wall, have a look at this one! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VHA-SWORDFISH-V3-STRATOCASTER-CROSS-TELECASTER-UNIQUE-ONE-OFF-HANDMADE-GUITAR-/300667293303?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item46012ace77"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item46012ace77[/url] [/quote] im sorry but if that is a strat/tele cross then im the love child of cliff richard and sue barker

i was just about to have a chuckle at the 'thing from the blue lagoon' when my eye was caught by the shiny linkage on the page so clicking away as you do i stumbled upon this [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Vintage-1954-Fender-Telecaster-Blackguard-Guitar-Bridge-Pickup-Cover-/130641080510?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D220944432833%252B220944432833%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6511692090657903125"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Vintage-1954-Fender-Telecaster-Blackguard-Guitar-Bridge-Pickup-Cover-/130641080510?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DDLSL%252BSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BUA%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D220944432833%252B220944432833%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6511692090657903125[/url] vintage parts ... how much??? NOW you're having a laugh!

its all opinion pretty much isnt it? personally ive never really understood what all the fuss is about jack bruce and think that my cat could play better but other people rate him up at the top - thats their choice innit

[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1329775672' post='1547288'] They have all the sounds/gear and are well schooled in technique and expand some really nice ideas but to me the feel isn't really there.They are undoubtedly talented though, and I'm probably a bit jealous/harsh of them being very young but my critique is valid I think. [/quote] if you get the chance to see him live then its worth forking out for a ticket - dont be put off by the fact that his persona 'doesnt fit' the blues

[quote name='subaudio' timestamp='1329768418' post='1547091'] Not keen on the 1st link, wouldn't call the 2nd link blues but my god I like it ! who are they? [/quote] mike keneally band - plenty of good recent HD stuff recorded live at the baked potato on that there chewb this is a bit more bluesy for ya [url="http://youtu.be/pdqOpDOe5Tc"]http://youtu.be/pdqOpDOe5Tc[/url]

+1 for the SRV - there are/were very few people can compare with SRV for feel and groove imho lowell george was up there with SRV [url="http://youtu.be/X8ozdEgV0-M"]http://youtu.be/X8ozdEgV0-M[/url]

went to see walter trout band fairly recently - was good but the support was better ... Oli Brown [url="http://youtu.be/WJnM3haC-qo"]http://youtu.be/WJnM3haC-qo[/url] and this... not specifically known as a blues player but a great blues track nonetheless [url="http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4"]http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4[/url]

doesnt say who the friends are? .... if allan holdsworth is there it wil be worth it otherwise i think i'll stay in with my ovaltine

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1329727892' post='1546310'] I only managed to watch about the first 10 mins - it's sad to see a disease such as Parkinson's crippling both Barbara Thompson & Bill Worrall's music careers . It just goes to show that you can't take your health for granted in this life. [/quote] watch the rest! when you see the improvement in her after she begins taking medication using the pump it is frankly nothing short of staggering that she manages to go back on stage with colosseum aside from the PD i was absolutley blown away by the quality of her tone and her improvisational skills not to mention the composition and arrangements - undoubtedly one of countrys greatest musical talents

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1329756944' post='1546844'] Two interesting observations there and subsequently. It might indeed be the case that some of those 'club' members are the sort of chap that spends long winter evenings scanning Russian Bride websites the better to curtail his extended virginhood. Yet could one not level the same inference at people who join Bass websites like - er - where we are now? My good friend Kevin laughs immoderately when I mention the name 'Basschat', yet colours with irritation when I poke fun at his membership of The Rover P5 Owners Club. Are most men not defensively obsessive about their interests and seek the company of the like-minded? Being of a generally sunny disposition, I tend to ignore the faint and possibly unintended whiff of exclusivity inherent in the term 'Club' and assume that the second observation is the case. That people simply wish to share a possibly unhealthy interest in specific details and - perhaps - to swap practical information such the availability of spare parts, Rover air filters or Muscovite divorcees, etc. If nothing else, by confining egregious geekery to a well-signposted enclosure, the disinterested may pass by in safety. Long live the clubs! [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] it would seem that given the statistical superiority of TB, this also ensures that its engorged population will attracts a number of 'members' who think they are some sort of musical equivalent of a gnostic secret society

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cc76r/Barbara_Thompson_Playing_Against_Time/"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cc76r/Barbara_Thompson_Playing_Against_Time/[/url]

if you havent just been watching the Barbara Thompson documentary on BBC4 then please watch it on iplayer

my first bass i gave away to a friend then followed a period of some several years of going over to the dark side and following regretting having to sell a gorgeous black/maple 77 strat and an ibanez sig series fgm100 my next bass when i decided to move away from the dark side was a status do i regret selling a status? what do you think?

her voice on this was amazing [url="http://youtu.be/ktyEkV3A-Ho"]http://youtu.be/ktyEkV3A-Ho[/url]

our band do this too - good song easy to play please the crowd - just leave the rappy bit out (IMHO)

[size=7][b][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]THIS [/font][/b][/size] [url="http://youtu.be/jpgbnjOWBJE"]http://youtu.be/jpgbnjOWBJE[/url]

[quote name='grimbeaver' timestamp='1327867723' post='1518007'] I cant actually as I have not had the official nod, I was introduced to some people as the new bass player for ??????? on Friday night but as it has not been officially sanctioned I cant say anything sorry, hopefully Monday will bring this to an end. Please do not be too excited it is not The Who or anything but one person has been very near in this thread, near not accurate just very very near [/quote] its monday and ive just scanned the entire thread and still you have us in suspenders

to use the new corporatespeak ... sounds like somebody needs their expectations managed or in plain good old south london terms .... maybe they need their fortune telling

no its not the end of the world .... [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/20/esperanza-spalding-announces-world-tour/"]http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/20/esperanza-spalding-announces-world-tour/[/url]

sounds interesting [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/21/chris-squire-and-steve-hackett-to-release-collaborative-album-as-squackett/"]http://www.notreble....m-as-squackett/[/url]

thanks for the marlowe dk tip

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1327009150' post='1505289'] [b]Given that 40% of the worlds cobalt is from the DR congo, and the ethical issues surrounding it, would you buy the new cobalt strings from Ernie Ball?[/b] [/quote] unless you have a reference to demonstrate the EB are sourcing their cobalt from said unethical places, then there is a slight flaw in the logic no?