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[quote name='Luulox' timestamp='1445968315' post='2895796'] I was hoping people would substitute a bass of their own and not be so literal. I will make it clearer next time [/quote] Nobody took it literally this time, and nobody will next time, but even if you make it clearer next time, [i]someone[/i] will still make a lighthearted comment like I did. Maybe I should not have used the Mellow smiley, so as to make it clearer?

Never. Not owned a Letts and an E Series Jazz, so that may explain it.

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1445854794' post='2894653'] I guess the sensible answer is for the OP's whole audience to be wearing ear plugs. [/quote] Fixed

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1445792541' post='2894219'] [url="http://s30.photobucket.com/user/KevB64/media/mammoth_zps50prrwvu.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Well, there's no lard that a few years of Pliocene and Pleistocene can't fix! Just look at the "After" pic: [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Mastodon%20in%20Game%20of%20Thrones_zps57jmpfl8.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Mastodon%20in%20Game%20of%20Thrones_zps57jmpfl8.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

The problem is the internalisation. You're really a bunch of Poo Fighters.

Yup, Phil Starr's solution is the one. If even that doesn't help, this guitarist probably is one of [i]those[/i] persons, and the band needs to decide what is important in life.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1445711194' post='2893690'] I didn't think of trying that before I posted. I didn't know you could search the contents of just one thread. However, I did try it after I posted, and it came up with nothing, even though my post was now in here, so I didn't know how trustworthy it was, or if it didn't include it because I had posted it, or something. [/quote] Aye. This is how things are with us people. I do it all the time myself. It was just that I simply couldn't resist pulling yer leg a little.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1445710422' post='2893682'] The op has stated that he doesn't want to go down this road, so obviously saying dump him, is not an option . [/quote] Exactly! Just dump him.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1445708642' post='2893665'] Did Gene Simmons from Kiss get mentioned in the old part of the thread (I only read the first and last couple of pages)? [/quote] [Scrolls to top of page. Enters "gene simmons" in search field. Presses Enter key. One result: a post by KingBollock. Enters "kiss" in search field. Presses Enter key. One result: a post by KingBollock.] Er... Nope!

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1445700164' post='2893568'] What is success without talent? [/quote] Good one. Well, statistically it might seem like it pays a lot better than success [b][i]with[/i][/b] talent.

My ears! My ears! I really hate this low volume! Turn it up, fer cryin' our loud!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1445601859' post='2892724'] Does the author reference peer-reviewed research carried out using double-blind tests, or is he just relying on anecdotal evidence? [/quote] Double-blind tests? You're nuts! That would discriminate those talented people who read the dots. On a serious note, IME talented people are those who need less information from others before being able to see the patterns and structures, and to build further on that information. They also need considerably less than those famed 10,000 hours, whilst others would need considerably more. Then again, I've never double-blinded or even simply blinded people with my research.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1445583528' post='2892489'] That's just a troll type comment to say most rock bands are dull and boring and should be ignored. [/quote] I don't see a troll type comment there at all, but just a serious opinion with a valid point. Also, he didn't state these bands should be ignored by others. He just found them dull and boring himself, as do I and as I presume do you yourself. I mean: of all the rock bands in the world, how many would you actually want to go and see live, or even play a CD of? Me, I'd certainly not buy the CD of the "club band" of our ferry to Denmark, or the band that often plays at market days in our community. BTW, he said it three years ago. It's not certain he visits this thread to see the responses and explain or "defend" himself.

...or one of several Eloy bootlegs that also used it. If I understand correctly, the artist's name is Rodney Matthews, but I did find the same picture on a page dedicated to Roger Dean.

[quote name='ribbetingfrog' timestamp='1445587358' post='2892531'] I must admit I'd hang around in lifts too if the music was played this well. [/quote] Deranged derailment, but I was once in a lift that kept me inside longishly because of its music. This was in days yonder, and they hadn't invited Vulfpeck yet, but Yes and ELP were no slouches either. Someone must've received the wrong cassette, the point being that these were not you everyday C90 Music Cassettes, but physically large cassettes -prepared by a B2B firm - that played in special machines, typically in shopping centres, large work places and lifts.

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1445546177' post='2892383'] Hmm... only two responses... astounding! [/quote] Idunno, but this might be one of several reasons: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/225867-vulfpeck-a-great-new-to-me-band But yeah, likeable band indeed!

Dunno where prog would be, but Gentle Giant's "Octopus" cover would look like this proposal by George Underwood: [URL=http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Gentle%20Giant%20-%20Octopus%20George%20Underwood_zps0atajtpi.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1170.photobucket.com/albums/r525/basstractor1/Gentle%20Giant%20-%20Octopus%20George%20Underwood_zps0atajtpi.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1445366356' post='2890982'] I love National Health. Big influence on my band, Prescott, believe it or not: [/quote] You know, I find that very easy to believe, and it hardly comes as a surprise. Would probably not have discovered this own my own, admittedly. BTW, and I'm repeating myself from earlier, Prescott's a great band. IMNTHO of course. [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1445366618' post='2890984'] sTUNNING. hAVE ARMS WIDE OPEN FOR EVERYTHING THEY DID. [/quote] Is that a command or an admission? [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1445366821' post='2890986'] Calyx [/quote] As in: - everybody should hear Calyx as it's a great song? - this reminds me of Calyx? - Calyx is a great techstep band. Everybody should listen to Calyx instead of this!

For those interested but not in the know, I couldn't resist posting this later song by National Health, also with Dave Stewart, Pip Pyle and Phil Miller. "Tenemos Roads" is a song that I love to death. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9ZUHju7JE

[quote] [color=#000000][font=Georgia, Times,]student shed almost half his body weight - and ended up bagging himself[/font][/color] [/quote] It may be a slow news day, but this part at least was inspiring. Weight loss indeed is essential... ...or so I've heard.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1445269515' post='2890101'] Although I'm not sure pianos are actually tuned by computers. Doesn't a man tune them to a reference tuning fork and his ear, listening for beats? Hence there's a fair bit of 'whether it sounds good' going on. [/quote] Funny you should write this, as I'd deleted a chunk about piano tuning before posting. Electronic tuning machines do exist, but I've seen one in use only once. My experience is with people who do the tuning, and contradictory to what I'd assume is the impression in the general public, the pianos aren't exactly tuned in equal temperament, but the tuner person would ask what music you tend to play most and/or like most. Concert grands are often tuned fitting to the material of the next concert, in cooperation with the solo pianist, and I've seen one master pianist using two differently tuned pianos during the concert, one for music from the early 19th century and one for newer music. BTW, I was in a tuning project & concert once where we had four differently tuned harpsichords on stage. Great experience to hear the same piece four times with different tunings, and the effect the tuning had on the piece/listener.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1445244080' post='2889781'] Slightly off track. I've often heard of different keys expressing different "moods". With the tempered scale, surely transposing from one major (or minor) key to another major (or minor) key would not affect the "mood". [/quote] One would think it wouldn't change the mood indeed, but people with different types/grades of perfect pitch (I'm lumping all types together here to avoid another lengthy post) still report that each key has its own character or mood. I can't for the life of me remember whether they all agree on the different moods, nor whether they need physical instruments (typically orchestra instruments) for this rather than electronic instruments.

Update: it went for nearly £12,500. Somebody must really love the rain or the forest or the sting.

Thanks for responding, guys. I guess the auction can't be reached from abroad, or it depends on the browser. The link is faulty (it's truncated), but does work for me in Chrome. But can you guys see the picture?

I just realised I've often reacted to sounds on the loose by exclamating: "Wow, that's a musical sound! I want to do something with it!" Granted, my ears might be broken, but if we instead speak of one with good ears exclamating something of the same, then suddenly a musical sound is a sound that the experienced ear thinks has [b]promise[/b]. This concept is not very far fetched for me, as it is very similar to a usual concept for composers and players: that of reacting similarly to a tone or a few tones, to a timbre or to one single chord. Edit: Colgraff in essence beat me to it. Beautifully worded, as usual.