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I have one on the way from Thomann.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1436370859' post='2817615'] I think musicians should be paid for playing music, not for people listening to it. One doesn't pay every time one looks at an artist's painting or sculpture. Live performance, fine; the audience pays. Recordings should be paid for on a 'one off' basis. To me, all this stuff about 'intellectual property' is a scam. Actors in films get paid for their performance, not for the folks going to the cinema. Yes, I was a professional musician for some years. It's become a cow for milking, imo, where folks get money even when sitting by the pool or doing their shopping. An unpopular view, I know, but there it is. [/quote] If a song is played on the radio, Radio 1 or Radio 2 whatever. Then both the songwriter and and band (including the musicians playing on the session), get a royalty paid to them. So what's the difference between that and someone listening via a streaming service ? This is a screenshot of my CD Baby payments page. The amount I get varies enormously from as little as $0.0008 per play, to as much (sarcastically) as $0.010 per play. They owe me 42 pence, which I'm unable to withdraw, because it's below the withdrawal limit, kind of annoying, how many other 42 pences are they sitting on I wonder ? [attachment=195908:Screen Shot 2015-07-08 at 19.50.16.png]

Something else interesting - http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/04/portishead-made-just-2500-off-34-million-streams/

Posted on Facebook earlier. [url="https://medium.com/@Innerviews/the-finger-s-on-the-self-destruct-button-8502f3cc4b5c"]https://medium.com/@Innerviews/the-finger-s-on-the-self-destruct-button-8502f3cc4b5c[/url]

Beautiful 😊 is that a Maine coon ?

[quote name='afterimage' timestamp='1436353255' post='2817327'] This was a telephone order and was told 4 days it is now 9 days now as it shipped on 30 June 08:00am ordered 29 june I can understand shipping delays two days extra but was under the impression guitars where air freighted in [/quote] I thought most things would've been by air, simply going by the usual average delivery time.

Silly question time, but how would the goings on in Calais be holding up the parcels that are in Koln ?

I always presumed (possibly wrongly), that they'd have been sent by air, bearing in mind that most things I've ordered have arrived within 3 or 4 days at the most.

[quote name='The Badderer' timestamp='1436310000' post='2817047'] I mean this in a totally non-offensive way, but why did you take a day off work? If the bass hadn't made it to Koln then there was no way it was going to arrive at your house because it was still in Germany? Don't know if I missed something, but the logical side of my brain just went 'Huh?' [/quote] That's kind of what I thought too. Thomann may not know that stuff is being delayed. DV247 would do, because it's coming to them from their German warehouse, so they themselves haven't received them.

Dv247 posted an apology on Facebook a few days ago, they've had stuff held up by the French truck strikes.

How's your reading ? It's a useful skill to have, if you look on the one Facebook page you do see a fair few where reading is required, but the ability to busk is as useful too.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=22473888020 https://m.facebook.com/DepMusicians

In my experience most gigs will pretty much have a standard repertoire of songs. Best to get a pad of charts together, and practice transposing them. There are a couple of useful Facebook pages and groups where you can advertise, and where bands advertise.

Standing in the shadows of motown is pretty good. No TAB though, it's all standard notation, but you do get a CD backing track included with the isolated bass track.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1436197558' post='2815862'] Well, thanks for that (assuming you weren't 'trying' to be sarcastic..? ). I'd agree that ambient is a Good Egg, with deservedly great confidence and talent in spades; enough to risk exposition, and so can brush off any snidy quips with ease. He's unlikely to win a 'volume war', though..! [/quote] I'm actually seriously lacking in the self confidence department. Your volume war comment is absolutely spot on though. I hate loud music, this is what the examiner said about my stuff regarding volume, and how it's intended to be heard. The Eno quote made me smile, and happy. [attachment=195779:Screen Shot 2015-07-06 at 20.12.09.png]

A lot of the amazon sellers have real shops too. Maybe check a few of them out ?

There's one of my old tutors from uni posts on here does online lessons. Check the theory and technique section for details. His name is Hugh Richardson. He's a great player and tutor.

Slightly off topic maybe, but possibly of interest seeing that this is a musicians website. There's a petition here that's quite interesting http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/show-the-album-credits.fb49?source=s.icn.fb&r_by=13615574

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1436182015' post='2815613'] We had an interesting exchange just before Christmas; I'd hope to not have caused offence in my (often tactless...) remarks. It's not that I don't [i]like [/i]your music, rather that, with my aged ears, I just can't [i]hear [/i]it..! Still, if you're unable to see this, we're both handicapped, eh..? [/quote] No, I like your posts, again they're often very funny and cause me to smile