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On 06/04/2022 at 10:15, SteveXFR said:

STP are a band I've always kind of liked but never really taken much time to really listen to them. Yesterday I put on Core, I'd never realised before just how interesting their bass lines are. I spent most of yesterday evening working out Plush.

It's always great to suddenly discover something I already knew was so much more interesting than I ever realised.

I grew up listening to AC/DC. Iron Maiden etc. You know, all of the NWOBM bands but I can honestly say that when Grunge came along I was in heaven. So many great bands came out around that time. I got into STP when they released their first album and I have always loved their sound. I feel that they never really got the recognition  that other bands got and maybe that why they slipped past many peoples radar. Thanks for bringing them back to our attention.

2 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

STP are a band I've always kind of liked but never really taken much time to really listen to them. Yesterday I put on Core, I'd never realised before just how interesting their bass lines are. I spent most of yesterday evening working out Plush.

It's always great to suddenly discover something I already knew was so much more interesting than I ever realised.

I was on holiday many years ago with an old girlfriend of mine. We were in the Dominican Republic and every evening when everyone was eating a couple of guys with acoustic guitars would come round and serenade couples in turn. They would play a traditional soppy tune first but always followed up with a sneaky Little Rock tune. When they came to us one night they played Plush. It was superb. Later I spoke to them and they told me they played in a full rock band in the capital. I planned to go out to catch them but we were advised that we shouldn't leave the complex. 

I often wonder what became of them.

Bump.

40 minutes ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

That's nasty 🤮

Depends on your level of depravity.

I have a black one of these and I can concur, they are lovely basses and have a great range of tones.

Nah, dropping down never works

Like a fine whisky. poured through a hoors knickers.

For sale is my Ibanez K5 "Fieldy" bass. Lovely bass that I have never used outside of the spare room. I took a notion for a 5 string a while back but never got round to using it in anger. I now realise that I am not likely to be playing live again in the foreseeable future so regretfully am selling up some of my gear.

The technical jargon from Ibanez is here https://www.ibanez.com/eu/products/detail/k5_1p_08.html

There is a a slight scrape mark  on the body and a slight blemish (both pictured) The blemish was on the bass when I got it, otherwise it is in tip top factory condition. It comes with a brand new hard case

I have tried one twice in my life. Once years ago when the strings were most likely dead. I was underwhelmed as I was expecting the Geddy clank. 
I had another go in Guitar Guitar a couple of years back and I loved it. Quite unusual to what I was used to (Fenders, Spector, Gibson, Sandberg) but I felt that I could easily get used to it and the strings were nice and fresh so I could get the full range of tone. What put me off was the ridiculous price tag, so I declined. 

14 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 

I guess A Perfect Circle and Puscifer could be included as well. 

I was just about to say, Prog Rock has developed quite a long way from the epic 70’s Hammond organ type offerings. Tool, Perfect circle and Porcupine tree showing that it can move with the times.  

4 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

I'd love to have te chance to hate gigs. I'm currently bandless and can't find any local bands recruiting a bass player except teenage pop punk bands, I could really hate gigging with them straight away but I'd rather a nice grunge or metal band to gradually build a healthy dislike for gigging. 

I too would love to hate gigging as my job means I can’t even plan rehearsals never mind gigs. 
it’s a great shame when music is my life. I love listening to it. I love playing it and I love having loads of lovely guitars. I hate the thought of selling  them off. 

Personally I reckon they will return but it will definitely be a while. I just think they are so massively popular that they have to continue. How many bands have endured the loss of a major member but have risen from the fire and returned to gigging? 

6 minutes ago, Peloquin said:

I'm learning "Losing My Religion" (Rem) and "American. Jesus "  (Bad Religion) 

 

  I've just mastered Last Caress (Misfits). Not hard for you lot but I'm rubbish. 

We played Losing my Religion for years and it was recently I heard the bass track on its own and I realised I had been playing it wrong all these years. I picked it up purely by listening to the cd and playing along with it. It fitted but I was surprised how many differences there were in the proper bass line.

Seeing the Foo Fighters live is an experience. The energy and crowd rapport are second to none. 

Every now and then a celebrity dies that actually affects you. I love the Foo's and Taylor is a really big part of their sound and image. I am genuinely sad about this.

I am genuinely shocked and saddened to hear that the charismatic drummer from the Foo Fighters has died at aged 50. That is no age these days.

13 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

There are many splendid restaurants, at all price points, but 'junk fast food' is the preferred choice of the masses, apparently. It's a personal choice whether one wishes to panda to this, or carve a different route, swimming against the tide, in full knowledge that the satisfactions are very different.

Quite a good analogy but splendid restaurants tend to be out of most peoples price range. Certainly to frequent often. Personally I hate fast food but it's popular because its cheap and easily available. I enjoy eating out at finer establishments but I can't do it every week, or even every month, much as I would like to.

The music you are referring to is ok but it's  objectionable as music is down to taste. You might think it's superb and worthy of anyones collection but others may not agree. This is where it gets hard. Getting something that lots of people like and want to pay money for.

27 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

There is no formula for writing a "good" song.

I realise that is a generalisation but most people think verse, chorus, verse, chorus bridge/solo, chorus, chorus is the classic way to write a song.

I used to swap between fingers and pick for certain songs. I never touched a thing. I just was aware that I got a cleaner attack with the pick.

9 minutes ago, TimR said:

I'm not convinced writing good songs is hard, more that peole make hard work of writing simple songs. 

I look forward to hearing some examples of your good songs.

I will guess that everyone of us on here knows the formula for writing a song. Anyone can write a song. Its writing a good song that's hard. otherwise everyone would have hits on their hands. There is no shortage of decent original songs out there but ones that people will buy in quantity?

20 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

A guy I used to play with had a knack of writing songs you thought you'd heard before.

You see this is the thing. You were with a guy who could write songs. How many  musicians are out there who are riding on the coat tails of someone who can write decent material that people like? I'm not saying these people are not talented but there's a difference between being decent on your instrument and having the gift of creativity.

We did integrate our songs with the covers. It was only two or three of our own that we played all night. We used to say up here if you play originals no one is interested. Down in the city if you play covers no one is interested. City crowds tend to like original bands more and they can build a following. When you are faced with the Dog and Duck every Friday you have no choice but to play what they want.

9 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

I've seen a few local bands playing their own material and pretty much the general response among pubgoers has been a mix of indifference and annoyance. The bands that followed them playing familiar but not too obvious covers went down a storm by contrast.

This is the problem that faces lots of bands. We tried playing some of our own songs many years ago in our set but people were not interested. We even cut a demo and put a tape out (showing my age) and we sold about 30, mostly to people we knew. They shouted for the covers and we resigned ourselves to the fact that we were not going to make it playing originals. Yes they were probably not great songs but being able to write catchy songs that people instantly like is difficult. You either have it or you don't. 

I wrote a heap of lyrics that I think are pretty good and gave them to our guitarist but he came up with a flat zero in musical accompaniment. 

8 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Which tradition(s)?

  Scottish traditional music