Len_derby

Welcome Kev. Enjoy the forum.

Somewhere along the line the border between a person's output (be it artistic or any kind of produced good or service) and their personal character has been lost. For a lot of people it seems you can't like a performer's output unless you somehow approve of them as 'a person'. Infantile. Apparently Mozart was a bit of a d1ck. So what?

I try and circulate mine, to give them all a 'run-out' regularly. I like to think (maybe erroneously) that swopping neck profiles, numbers of strings, frets vs no frets adds to my skills. One funny side is that one of my two teenage daughters gets on at me for making the wrong wardrobe choices. I had this last weekend ' Dad, you cannot wear that colour shirt with that bass....'

Hello Michael. There's lots of fans of the Squier VM Jazz here. I love mine. There are pegged links here to several sources of sheet music which I think you'll find very useful. Look under 'General Discussion' second entry from the top. There are also some hard core Funk Fans. Sounds like you'll be at home!

Welcome to the forum Marc. You'll get lots of encouragement and advice here. But some of it will be contradictory, so get those pinches of salt ready! It's perfectly OK to enjoy yourself with an instrument 'home alone', but a lot of us on here will encourage you to play with others as often as you can. It really does fast-track your experience and learning. Have fun!

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' timestamp='1327941124' post='1519135'] Do you mean that he appears on Everyone hates chris or he was the composer for the show? [/quote] Yes, he did compose the music, but I've also seen one episode where he actually appears in a cameo role.

Hi Connor, Welcome to the forum. I go up to Sheff quite often because my brother lives there. We like The Greystone as a venue, but it's not really Metal! I used to like The Boardwalk a lot - but it's gone now My guess is you're more of a Corporation man. Len

Ashley has always been one to nurture new talent, and I suppose the ultimate is to develop your own replacement. In Business Management Bollox-speak I thiink it's called 'succession planning'. Good on 'im.

Well I like it. I've liked MM's stuff since 'Tutu' and loved his guest appearance in 'Everyone hates Chris' IMO what makes him a cut above most slappers is that he has a balance of skill and technique between both the right and left hands But then again, WTF do I know?

Do what the missus says!

Welcome Evilc. May the quest for The Ultimate 3 continue...... Len

I'm not sure of his name, but more and more often I see a skinny bloke standing at the back with a black hood and a dirty big scythe.

It's a bit easier to hear what Fraser is doing on 'All Right Now' on the 'Live' album by Free. For anyone not familiar with it, that's a brilliant album.

[quote name='Stickman' timestamp='1327406510' post='1510581'] [b]Some people seem to be taking this overly serious[/b] - it's just a few lines from one of Rollins' books/spoken word routines that some venue employee has copied out and posted up somewhere for a laugh... [/quote] Yes, but it is a bassplayer's forum after all

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1327406504' post='1510580'] not if they are now drummers [/quote] Ha ha. One of them is!!! But as a female drummer, she gets lots of work as a teacher particularly with other females. It's quite a USP as business bulls****ers would say.

[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1327405912' post='1510567'] Our local landlady often puts a spelling or grammatical error on the laminated menu things she puts on the tables. If you point an error out to her she tells you to put £1 in the charity box for being a pedant. [/quote] Q How many pedants does it take to change a lightbulb? A It's 'replace' actually, not 'change'. Back OT. Because of the generally high levels of sloppy unprofessionalism in all walks of life. (and it ain't nothing new) It only takes a small amount of attention to detail, empathy for others and patience to make a real difference. So, why not make the most of it? I drummed that lesson into my kids, and they're doing alright.

Sorry if this one's already been covered, but I always recommend the town of Glastonbury to people It's a genuinely fascinating place, both historically and socially. It also amuses me. It seems to be full of people who take themselves very seriously (maybe a high percentage of bass players ? ). As a town it also proves that building an economy on selling dubious bullshine is as old as the hills. Or should that be as old as the tors?

Hi Trip, Welcome back to the fun! Good choice of investment, there's a lot of Yamaha Love on this forum. I've never owned or played one (bass, guitar and motor bike!) that wasn't excellent value for money. Enjoy yourself. Len

Hi Heath, Welcome to the forum. Nice website you've got. Plenty of potential between Alpha and Omega Corby eh? The most southerly town in Scotland...

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1327182362' post='1507666'] Easy for you to say! [/quote] Only with my dentures in.

Welcome Greaser. I like your photo. I've got a Squier VM Jazz that looks just the same. I love it.

We have similar problems. The economic situation means all charities are pushing harder for more in a situation where there's less to go around. A lot of the bigger charities now have hard-headed fund raising staff whose paid job it is to squeeze as much revenue as they can. I think that as a consequence all charities have had to raise their game and push harder. Trying to make people feel guility is in the armoury. I think you'll just have to equally 'professional' and politely decline saying you can only do so much and you're already commited to your bands'quota'. What about referring them to other bands you know, maybe less experienced ones who would welcome the exposure. It sounds like you do a lot already. Don't beat yourself up about it.

Wow, Bells catalogues. I spent literally hours reading those as a teenager. I bought a couple of guitars from them. I don't think I've ever seen one since 1976 (when I left home).

It sounds to me like you've been more than reasonable. Walking away with 'diggity is probably best. I can understand it's going to cause a bit of a problem regarding your wife's involvement. I've come across similar (but not as bad) with church bands I've been involved with. They seem to attract meglomaniac n**heads. Are there any other instrumentalists in the outfit? Do they get the same treatment?