BassTractor

You haven't done the maths, have you? From Mark's pics it should be evident they go to -34.6Hz. 😉

Apparently we're slow to forget. Must be something about the excruciating, ball-grabbing absurdity of it all - - one that just won't leave ya.

Wot? @ambient is called Mark? ... 😱 I always thought he's called Kevin! 😐 😁

Ah, oui, mais en France nous avons "Le Zeppelin".

In the 80s, an English rock musician "had his own style" (or summat), as reported in the media. He responded along the lines of: "What they seem to not realise is that I just repeat my limitations". IMHO that deserves respect.

... as I said to Einstein once. 😁

I've just done it 170 times - once for each address on my road. BC robbers will have to break into many a house before finally finding my dwellings with the inconspicuous orange Aygo outside. Oh, and I've had to sell all my gear, so am already laughing when thinking of their faces. Sfun being poor! 😊

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Yeah, it would've been.

Gentle Giant: The Power and The Glory" as in: the original album, without the ghastly bonus track that was the single "The Power and The Glory".

Great guitar player indeed. Sad to read he's had to call it a day.

The Dixie Dregs (later Dregs) aren't mentioned that often. Here's their "Cruise Control" - originally on "Free Fall" but here in its shorter version on "Unsung Heroes". Listen to Andy West kicking some behind on that bass!

No, using the same written notes, you make it sound exactly like Errol Gardner. That's the very point: it's individual expression! it certainly doesn't sound like Erroll Garner though (and as indicated, that's a good thing). 😐 😉

Why would you want to know, Dave? It's rubbish and needs replacing!

Can't talk for others, and especially not for concert pianists, but IME the reading during performance maybe is as much a habit as it is a need. Of course it depends massively: sight reading during depping is not the same as preparing a concert for three to six months. In the latter case, I'd say the reading possibly mainly is about the aid that's in handwritten text and symbols in the score, and the whole score giving one's memory some help as to where in the piece one is (and where one wants to go). An orchestra musician would write down specific instructions previously given by the director, for example. Me, I'd write: "Don't slow down here. Remember the audience wants to go home and watch the evening news!" I think there seems to be a certain moving away from reading whilst performing. I've seen more and more directors asking orchestras to play by heart and become more free - in several cases the whole orchestra standing and moving about somewhat. However, what I've seen of this myself often felt a bit sheepish; these classical musicians do not always tend to be virtual Mick Jaggers.

Same here. I'd have to check but it might even be my only exception. A special mentioning of Tatiana Troyanos from me here. Great choice for the part. Powerful voice used effectively. Great musical understanding. IMHO she outshines the others by far. I wish I knew more of her work.

LOL. Yeah, feels like home. Forgot to say that for @tom1946, such a transport firm probably is very expensive. You'd probably need to be a regular to get a good deal. OTOH, IME personal contact is everything when dealing with these firms, so who knows.

...but as a serious remark, I routinely sent six yard kayaks by lorry or boat. A bit more expensive than a 20 gram letter you take to the post office, but still. IOW, maybe it's best to not find "small parcels" carriers but transport firms catering for businesses.

Can't advise on these, but just want to say that if the PolyBrute has important parts of the MatrixBrute DNA, it probably is a beast and worthy of a good loooooong try-out. I'm particularly thinking of the quality of the oscillators/filters and their sound shaping from soft to harsh to super fat Moog-like to bell-like. Of course it's simpler than the MatrixBrute, but that probably is a good thing. Not saying the MatrixBrute is too complex, but that that complexity to me seems less well-fitting in a poly. BTW, and seemingly-but-not-really off-topic, I had the Odyssey both as mono* and as iPad poly. The latter, to me, was a revelation. I'd thought the typical Odyssey sound was not good for polyphonic material. I was wrong. (That or I was right originally and am wrong now. 😀 ) Anyway, get your hands on a PolyBrute and at least give it a chance. *) paraphonic, but I still call it a mono compared to real poly.

Starting in 1969: Five pupils from groups 1A and 1F - lasted a day or so Four pupils from groups 1A and 1F - lasted a day or so Three pupils from groups 1A and 1F - lasted three or four days, but we did get to play at what was called the Pupils' Evening Quand je te vois - named after a poem The Group - not Pekka Pohjola's one, and predating his band by three or more years - still a lame name Quaars-Liebrechts - a lot of noise Quaars-Libreks - somewhat softer noise Quasar Librax - even softer Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra - is that a band name? Anyway, I said: "That nameless choir over there - you should simply call it the Amsterdam Baroque Choir", and a red/green-faced Koopman nearly blew up in my face: obviously, I had STOLEN his own, brilliantly ingenious, naming idea!!! 😱 There was more, but I forgot or they remained nameless. You can have all these names for free. 😉

Top band indeed, and @D-L-B of this parish was in it once upon a time. Who knows, maybe their current bass player is on BC too.

Yeah, I only knew about Coldplay and Nickelback from those negative remarks. Then, driven by curiosity, I saw a Coldplay gig on tv, and was positively surprised. Watched it several times even and found it quite agreeable. Similarly, a buddy made me a sampler with a.o. Nickelback, and I was like: why all the negativity? Maybe people have good reasons, Idunno, but without any further knowledge or delving, I wasn't able to see one from just listening to their music.

You're kidding me. Thread title made me think of the Cardiacs, whom I finally came to grips with in ... Royal Leamington Spa (which I think is pretty well done for a tuliphead living in Norway). A shop called Fopps or something? I avoided them as I wasn't capable of hearing the fun and the humour, and, being lyrics-deaf, initially experienced them as aggressive and harsh in a peculiar society-hating way. Then their sampler on offer in that shop, and a Leamington friend urging me to give it a listen. Lurve them these days.

@Richard R, I was just kidding, as in my tuning being terrible and your t-shirt clearly, sarcastically telling me so. I thought it was funny. 😟

Me, I'm just happy you haven't been in the audience when I played. I don't take kindly to this type of harsh criticism of my atrocious tuning. 😁 Edited for clarity.