BassTractor

To really, really, really ruin the band's name: Ye

I've just looked it up, and indeed his 2020 conviction was suspended with a two-year time frame. This guy has been at it for more than 35 years, spent six months in prison in '89, and already in 2020 had roughly ten convictions - maybe more in the mean time. He's not gonna stop.

Aye, "within the time frame". I'd be surprised if our man Mick's suspended sentence, from years back, hasn't passed its Sell-By date. One can only hope the prosecutor knows their stuff, and can draw the complete picture for the judge.

My sister and I both had similar experiences: You don't wanna shove these people right into the arms of the other racists, homophobes etc, and you try to talk to them. Then you don't make this a full-time job, and you see that nothing happens. Then you give up and walk away. My sister stopped giving work to such a person; I stopped having contact with such a neighbour. The latter lost about eight friends in just two years. 😱 I see the user manuals online that teach you how to deal with these people, and it's always about keeping the communication open and about asking them questions and about letting them talk until they understand something isn't quite right in what they say. I've not seen that happen, and do feel I've not tried hard enough. That said, when I worked in child protection services, we saw the sweetest boy in town being shaped by a politically extreme group, and we did manage to get him out of there. Sometimes your work comes with a positive achievement.

Dunno how much the Hohners differ, but in the case of my B2B, I found that the length of the strap was essential - and the B2B has been the only bass I've had that was that particular about it. With that bit out of the way, however, the B2B worked perfectly for my body. Of course different bodies have different measurements, angles etc. I'm guessing maybe the L2 likewise is particular. As to sitting, I missed that Steinberger fold-out thingie, but even better solutions should be easy fixes.

You can't know if music is A.I. A.I. has no idea whatsoever as to the underlying forces in musical composition, and its music is just as bad as music made by most humans. 😁

Only had two flawed gigs as "bass player", so this is about my classical "career" as a pipe organ player: An ideal gig is one where I deliver the goods, or better, and afterwards someone comes over and says something along the lines of "I just learned something new about Bach".

Weird thing (to me) is that we have the same in the classical music world: some young people with enormous online presence and Wikipedia articles about them, and who travel the planet to give concerts ... and ... they can't play for the life of them. Sophomoric at best, and in fact I've had 1st year students play better than these. I think their visual appearances have something to say in this.

Whilst I shamefully must admit to speeding up the playback for bass parts, I can now see how slowing down could work: Just slow down by a factor 128, and use tally marks on a sheet of paper for the individual hertzes. 👍😐

Rob answered that one on fb, as seen in @Linus27' excellent post: "I only met John in later life but we instantly hit it off."

That's exactly what we did in basso continuo: longstrings person and keys person got together for a little chat before playing the piece. Ha. I'd never known that modern bands are just like baroque orchestras! 🙂

Can't provide you all you need to know, sorry, as I don't know everything, but I do see that, currently, you're not a paying member, which means you can not have a jazz for sale. Maybe this in part explains your editing troubles (not that I understood everything you wrote). Did you put the ad up when you were a paying member previously?

Year started "playing": 10 (yup! 1980 was that good; the playing not so, though) Number of basses: 2 (down from 16, but up from 0) Music theory: 10 (but some of my teachers have 100) Technique: 0 Groove: 0

As to takes, also the Guitar Hero III version of "Cult of Personality" is different than the album version.

Can't offer direct advice, sorry, but: Whatever you do: do not jump on the chance of getting a second hand Yamaha U1 or similar without thorough investigation. There's a whole industry out there, sending semi-rotten pianos to Poland or China for new veneer, or importing newly-veneered same from Asia, and the buyer is the victim. Other than that, our own tiny upright came extremely cheap from the local Salvation Army's second-hand shop, and I can honestly say that it has given me more joy than the Steinway and Bösendorfer grands I used to play before. Maybe an idea. One has to keep in mind that second-hand pianos can be had for peanuts, and not all of them are bad. Look at the seller: if the piano comes from your typical "classical" family, it's probably one that has been well taken care of. Your choice whether you want to buy in a shop and get it delivered and placed, or wish to organise the move through a specialised piano moving company. BTW, in addition to our upright, for the money we saved we bought a digital one, and would sometimes even play together on two instruments. Also handy for the divorce! One each! 😂 (My wife wanted the SA one; I got to keep the Roland.)

Thanks for posting! I've loved them since hearing "Type" on the radio in 1990, and a "Stain Tour" gig I went to still ranks among the best I've attended across all genres.

I think I may have sounded way more disparaging than I imagined, and can only apologise. In fact it is on my shortlist, but I stupidly didn't wanna write that as I don't have money for a synth right now. Its keybed is said to be very good - one of the important factors for me - though of course that's personal.

No personal experience with this one, sorry, but it does come highly regarded especially with the latest firmware upgrade. Modal have had their share of quirkiness and bugs, but I get the feeling this one is among their best in those respects. Are you only looking at wavetable synths, or is this more a matter of price point and similar? From the corporate mumbo jumbo, I can't make out whether it lets you make your own waveforms. If it doesn't, it's just a "synth with wavetables" as a competitor honestly called its machine. To me personally, it'd be on my shortlist even if it appears to be just a "synth with wavetables", as it sounds luvverly and highly usable. Do make sure you can get the latest firmware though; Modal have a long history of financial problems, and I'd not trust the website to be there "forever".

Externalisation. The company board of directors thinks of the shareholders first and foremost, and the costs of the board's choices, as much as possible, are to be taken by society. They call this "sound thinking". In this, they trust the workers of other companies - companies that are less good at externalisation as they are themselves - will earn enough to buy these good and services. The larger the company, the worse of an externalisation machine it is. IMHO it's lame thinking, incongruous as you say, but that's the world of the myopic bean counting investors and decision makers.

Good one. Twas '76.

@Burns-bass was probably in part responding to my "I have no words", as all of the nine previous comments about the thread title were milder. It's what I decided on after noticing the OP had been online just before my comment, but had not responded in the slightest to the earlier comments on a thread title that effectively said: "Guys! Stuart Zender is dead!" It's quite possible I should've been able to find better words, but I didn't at the time. As to the idea of sending a PM: not everyone is prone to writing PMs on an online forum, and not everyone even looks at PMs. There's also the aspect of a whisper-in-yer-ear PM possibly making too huge a point of it all. When we're sitting around a pub table in a cold winter, and someone comes in and leaves the door open, someone else will shout "Close that door!" and two minutes later it's all forgotten. Whispering in his ear instead (while the door is still open) might well have unsoughtafter effects. I also notice with interest that Burns-bass opted to not write a nice PM to me before his "world gone mad". Dunno what that tells about him or me.

Indeed: please change the click bait thread title, @Sean It's not funny, and even if this was not on purpose, I have no words ...

Now I don't know the Kurzweils specifically, but it probably has a type of hammer and a sensitive pad underneath (I don't know the right terminology here). This pad then probably is knackered - - not necessarily after impact: tmight be dirt or corrosion or whatnot - - and in case needs a repair or replacement. You could try opening it. As said, I don't know the specifics of these. Me, I'd open the piano and, if all of the pads are identical, I'd simply use the pad for a non-used key on the dusty end, moving it to the position in question. You might also be able to get a new pad from the importer. However, I tried similar for my Roland, without success for half a year, so this might be trickier done than said. Best of luck whatever way you choose! bert

Huge problem. To compare: Andy Partridge wrote just one song about his terrible ex-wife, but XTC felt the need to write a whole album about the thread subject ... I already have my coat on ...