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    This, exactly! I just now switched from Magic, when they played Shallow by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, once too often. However, they often seem to play You're my First, My Last, My Everything by Barry White at the start of a Monday evening, which I like!
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    But . . . . the bassist does not appear to play ANY notes at all! I guess that's your point - no notes at all, no beats per minute - but such a tasteful interplay of the instruments.
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    I am more likely to worry about hitting the right notes, locking in with the other musicians, and playing in a sensitive way so as to support the song and the band. I am not sure whose respect I would earn, should I be able to hit an arbitrary number of beats per minute.
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    Nice . . . . Part of the appeal to me was the grubby shops, and Andy's with the 50p coin stuck on the wooden stairs. The rebooted Denmark Street looks very modern and it is not even clear if there will be shops there: " . . . Outernet’s immersive digital walkway linking Denmark Street to the district’s wider retail and event venues". But then, this is the future of music and I am part of the past. I wish it every success.
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    Aha! I have the same issue. I plan to buy some Jean Michael Jarre albums on CD that I had on vinyl, and am wondering if I want the original version (to retain the integrity and familiarity of the original release), or the extended version. Or both . . . .
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    I have a few accidental duplicates - CDs that a purchased twice, having forgotten that I already had a copy . I will keep these, for the fun of proving that my CD player sounds better than my DVD player, in an A-B comparison. However, all my duplicates (CD and vinyl) have now been sold, or given away. My dad has three copies of Dire Straights greatest hits - single album; single album plus live concert; single album plus radio interview (to which a local DJ would add in his questions, and Mark K would reply thanks to the magic of editing). The Radio Edit was a bit of fun for him to have.
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    I was always bewildered by the slap bass solo in the middle of Paul Simon's Call Me Al. My vote goes to the already-mentioned industrial drum-and-bass section in the middle of An Englishman in New York. As a child, I remember thinking that I really liked Mr Blue Sky, but got annoyed that the DJs always played a silly choir song afterwards - they did not even wait for the ELO song to finish!
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    Mr Blue Sky ends with the words "Please, turn me over" - maybe that's the wrong message for Coventry City to be sharing with the visiting opposition!
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    After two months of not playing in church, the band have been asked back for 7th March. Two days later I was offered a vaccine (at-risk group, rather than over 70!). Add to that a forthcoming bass lesson, and some fun listening to new music, and it feels like all systems are go! Congregation are not due back for a long while, however.
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    For me, any drummer that I would want to play with, would not want to play with me! That said, a good drummer really lifts my game (although it sometimes takes me a while to find something that works with the new drummer). I am very impressed with Gilson Lavis (ex-Squeeze, and now playing with Jools Holland). I admire his ability to play the right rhythm for every track. He was so good on Chic's Good Times, that I had assumed that Nile had bought his own rhythm section with him!
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    If rap counts as music, then Chris Turner is a very capable performer. From five suggestions, and a random beat, he will improvise a clever, and funny, rap on the subjects given him. He started out as a stand-up comedian, I am told. Hear him rap about mitral valve prolapses and waves, here, from 3'21".
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    He can dance a bit, too.
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    Ah - solid-wall reverb, in a 100 foot tall room. It's like singing in the world's biggest bathroom, but it can be difficult to control. However, it makes for some huge sounds! The building that were are in, is an irregular hexagon with no parallel walls. Either the architect was very aware of standing sound waves and acoustics, or he wanted to build something different. Whatever, it certainly works as a meeting space.
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    Fixed it for you . . ..
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    I waited for a while, to see what was posted. Two of my three favourites made it... Miley Cyrus' version? Tick The Petersons? Tick Hildergard von Blingin'? No tick, until now. So, here is what sounds like the medieval original version of Jolene, in the genre of Bardcore. I do like me some Bardcore - Pumped Up Kicks, translated and sung in Anglo Saxon, is great!
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    Yeah - but only after I had looked "ah ah ah . . ." up, on one of those lyric websites...
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    "Here come the planes. They're American planes"
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    It worked! Thanks for the sound advice.
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    I was entertained by Happy Jack's Spiderman, who managed to dance at the same speed as the song.
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    "I'm Lee Pomeroy. Ask me Anything" "Did the band struggle with the small off-beat section which is played in place of a chorus, which happens twice in the original? It's just that everyone on this thread can manage it, twice, and if you wanted to take a comfort break during that song when you next play live . . . " Or maybe not...
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    Yes. My ukulele group agree with him. After the re-arrangement, we managed to get the whole song onto one sheet of A4. "Sevenukes - Saving paper, with Jeff Lynne."
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    I had a bass lesson from Steve. At the time, I did not have the skill to understand what he could teach me, but it was great boost to me, on my bass journey. Like David Beckham visiting a local primary school, the kids won't learn much football - but it will leave a lasting impression! I now have a less famous teacher - and now, I am better able to benefit from what is being shared!
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    This animated version also seems to miss out all but one of the syncopated sections. Having played the original with my ukulele band, the repeats got a bit, well, repetitive. So the musical director edited out a few of the repeats. It seems that this video independently made the same changes - it is shorter, but unless you are following the song against a chord chart, one won't notice it. So, the live version may have been edited for brevity, rather than to reflect any lack of talent on stage!
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    Thank you! I do sometimes doubt my choice - green basses are uncommon enough for me to wonder if they are generally disliked. However, I decided long ago that I personally like it enough not to mind. I will try to Two Spoons method tonight. And tomorrow, I will start a thread headed "Safe attachment of a tight tone control . . . "
  25. bass_dinger
    My treble tone control on my active Washburn XB500 is loose. Having inspected it, I see that the whole pot is loose. I think that I need to tighten the bolt that fastens the post to the body. However, I cannot remove the tone control from the shaft of the pot. There is no grub screw to fasten the knob to the shaft, so, it may be a friction fit. However, it does not want to move! Any advice?
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