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[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1401515025' post='2464347'] Happy Brilliant song [/quote] [url="http://youtu.be/dyihQtBes1I"]http://youtu.be/dyihQtBes1I[/url]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1401478307' post='2464108'] Well, just coming up to 48 hours and I'm still waiting a reply to my text. [/quote] he's probably just spent 47 hours texting friends they all discussing how uncool it is for parents to be txting and trying to be hip and stuff

signed and spread around especially locally in rochester at the moment some zealous jobsworth in the local council probably looking for promotion has recently been decimating several long established local music venues

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1401286224' post='2462038'] It takes me more time to carry my gear from the van to the stage than it does to 'find my tone'... I also do my load in with just one trip. If you have to search for a sound, you've got he wrong gear IMO. Should be able to just plug in, make a few small adjustments and PLAY! [/quote] I do hope guitarists read this

tell him youre off to a new band - then mention casually like you do that they also looking for a second guitar - if he asks give him their contact detaisl and let him call them

haha i just read the title and thought oh no whats he done now

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401305502' post='2462329'] Music for people who don't actually like music is a huge market. See also: stupidly big cars for people who can't drive; best-selling novels for people who can't read and a plethora of 'luxury goods' for discerning consumers [size=4]who don't know their arses from a hole in the ground. Ooh, I'm grumpy today all right![/size] [/quote] are you trying to say there is something wrong with having all the gear and no idea?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1401303507' post='2462292'] Diane Warren... doesn't sing too well herself but what a bunch of hits she has written. Probably sold as many records as anyone..?? [/quote] [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1401303507' post='2462292'] Diane Warren... doesn't sing too well herself but what a bunch of hits she has written. Probably sold as many records as anyone..?? [/quote] Rod Temperton

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1401276731' post='2461893'] Remember also that the mix that is heard by the live audience probably bears little relationship to the one broadcast. [/quote] this is true and also if i'm watching it in HD on the idiot lantern i get full close up view, warts and all much better to be 'relaxed' and fifty yards back from the stage i guess

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1401257999' post='2461633'] Which pubs are those? [/quote] names and phone numbers please!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1401271386' post='2461804'] These sort of events are not just about the music are they? It's a whole visual and social experience as well. Also, 'fans' will already know the song and will internally enhance what they are actually hearing with their memories from listening to it many times before, so the mix quality doesn't really matter and even bum notes will probably be missed as well while the brain is dealing with all that visual input. Bottom line is that loads of people are enjoying the experience so, for them, it's all good. [/quote] i didnt find it all that visually entertaining either - but then it was in daylight so no flashy multicouloured lighting effects some people just have low (or no) standards i guess

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401273454' post='2461835'] I've left quite a number of bands because one (or more) of the members turned out to be lazy bastards. I'm not going to put effort into a team thing if one or other of the team aren't putting in at least the same (if not more) effort. Two rehearsals in fifteen months? That band only exists as a concept! I can understand infrequent rehearsals if you're gigging a lot, though? [/quote] you were not 'Happy' then?

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1401266245' post='2461725'] I think this version of "Happy" is close to become the modern day Mustang Sally [/quote] this and locked out of heaven

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1401264537' post='2461699'] "they are having fun, what's the problem?" [/quote] seems to work for Simon Talltrousers yes i am hip and we do play this chooon in our set but i draw the line at smiling or looking vaguely interested - people might confuse me for a singer dallying with an instrument

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1401263268' post='2461679'] I think it's Pharrell Williams. 'Good' means different things to different people. There are some songs that people rave about, and I can't fathom why. Conversely, I was playing an album which I see as quirky and funky, and a chap walks in from the next unit and says "This music is sh*te - it's the sort of depressing crap that smack heads sit round all day nodding their heads to" - an utterly bizarre viewpoint to me. Perhaps the others are more into the overall vibe and atmosphere, and are therefore more forgiving of a weak vocal performance? [/quote] difficult to quantify but not talking about virtuoso performance per se , more that intangible quality that you perceive when watching a performance that the artist is really putting something into it to reach out to the audience rather than just going through the motions i hope you complimented him on his expert appraisal and comprehensive knowledge of all things 'smack-related' ... but dont go so far as asking him to suggest an alternative ... you might end up with U2 or Coldsore or something

[quote name='stingraybassman' timestamp='1401263456' post='2461680'] I thought it was ok Steve, not too bad, not amazing......somewhere in the middle. Some of the performances were pretty bad from what I've seen. I think the song was written for Ce-lo Green originally, its on the Despicable me soundtrack. But he passed on it; bet he is regretting that decision. [/quote] i agree yes i read that too recently - somehow cant quite picture him singing it after 'f*** you' maybe we are being conditioned to expect nothing but the best from the top names which then adds to the delicious schadenfreude of a bad performance when the media lays into them - makes for more colourful journalism perhaps? (not to mention the social media aspect too)

the clue is 'Happy' that Pharrell chappy i love the song and big credit to him if he wrote it but....

am i being too critical? this weekend our singist and guitarer says to me .... check out the live version of Happy from the Radio1 live thingy raving about it they were so i did .... abject indifference was my reaction is he being lazy with his vocals? is it onstage monitoring? is it currently trendy not to use autotune any more? or am i just being a miserable old hyper-critical cynic? mehh ... i thought .. am i the only one who thinks he is a bit rubbish? i said to them they replied... oh its just you then and its not just this one particular instance and artist - i surely cant be alone in expecting big name professional artists to deliver a good performance only to be patronised with an offering that is merely paying lip service for them to pick up a fat pay cheque? im not expecting absolute technical virtuoso perfection but is it the integrity that just doesnt come across with some artists? must dash ... matron is doing the rounds with the multivitamins

i think i broke a bass string once some time in the late 70s but cant be totally sure - broken plenty of skinny cheese wires though luckily this last sunday evening i had a back up with my - amp started farting like mad so i swapped from my active to passive and it stopped - i also noticed that there was a curtain across back of my rack case blocking airflow - moved that so not sure if it was the battery in the guitar or the amp cooling down that sorted the problem this is main reason i hardly gig my TRB any more because it seems to eat batteries!

vee nice - been a fan for ages he's a great songwriter