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[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1410861109' post='2553884'] What a great video and the album cover looks fantastic. Are you going to be doing any promo gigs soon? [/quote] Cheers mate! There is talk of a tour early next year.

[quote name='Simon.' timestamp='1410860400' post='2553874'] Not my normal cup o' tea, but I really, really enjoyed that Nigel! Nice work and what a great gig to get - on you "2nd" instrument, as well! Best of luck with it. I was rather shocked to discover that you look nothing at all like your avatar, though... [/quote] Thanks Simon

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410859959' post='2553862'] iTunes I can understand, but why not Amazon? So it the ECC website the only place to buy it (and any chance of a signed copy )? [/quote] Lush, who own the record company, position themselves as ethically as possible, and also wish to try to bring back the magic of music listening. They are a new label though so things will evolve I dare say. [i]"Taking inspiration from the golden age of music in Britain, ECC100 releases vinyl records of the finest quality.[/i] [i]Hearkening back to a time when albums were eagerly anticipated, rushed straight home to the record player and listened to in one delicious sitting. A time when each and every element of the music, art, sleeve notes and lyrics were dissected, digested, discussed and enjoyed.[/i] [i]ECC100 seeks out exceptional new original music, explores the quirky and eclectic and celebrates the back catalogues of artists that we have loved for many years.[/i] [i]The artwork and notes surrounding ECC100 records are an extension of the music curated with respect for the compositions. The companion USB cards contain the highest quality sound files and additional media to enhance the listening experience.[/i] [i]In a world full of throwaway digital downloads and slews of singles ECC100 puts out albums designed to allow music fans to stop, sit and listen to the music, in all its glory, just as the artists intended."[/i] Will see what I can do regarding a signed copy

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410858896' post='2553851'] I can't honestly say I'm a big fan of vinyl, mainly because of all the faffing around to play it and keep it clean and noise-free, so my record deck is safely stored away in the attic - but so are my CD players because I only stream music from my MP3 library these days (which, incidentally, includes ripped versions of all my old vinyl). But I do miss the whole packaging experience that went along with vinyl albums so given the choice of a vinyl + wav release or buying a CD and ripping it then I'd buy the vinyl every time. I think it's a great idea and I really hope it catches on more widely - especially if it can make inroads into the apparent trend of buying downloads only! Mind you, I can't find the album on Amazon to buy . . . . [/quote] Agree with all this It's not on Amazon or iTunes and that was also a deliberate decision by the record company's owner.

Thanks Clarky and Fly. I know, it's weird and as you say, not true. As far as I'm aware, there are young bands doing vinyl only releases for singles too, I think vinyl is making a comeback and it started a while ago. Vinyl is romantic.

[font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][color=#000000]Another nice review in the FT [/color][/size][/font] [font=Georgia,][b] Sheema Mukherjee: Sheema – review[/b] [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]By David Honigmann[/size][/font][/font] [font=Georgia,][size=5]The sitarist’s songwriting mixes childhood memories with everything from classical raags to ska[/size] [size=7]T[/size]his is a vinyl-only release (a minute USB copy is hidden away in the gatefold) for the debut album from Transglobal Underground and Imagined Village sitarist. Mukherjee’s sitar playing takes a well-deserved centre stage, and her songwriting mixes childhood memories with everything from classical raags to ska. Covers of Radiohead’s “Street Spirit” and Francoise Hardy’s “L’Amité”, drenched in strings, find their home here perfectly naturally. [/font]

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1410713605' post='2552230'] Interesting! Never heard it called that before (although I do get the reference). I'm familiar with 'Apoyando' for the rest stroke and 'Tirando' for the free stroke (whatever digit you play it with). Ah well, live and learn. [/quote] No, you're right! It's just that pulgar is the thumb specifically, you can play apoyando and tirando with thumb or fingers, as I understand it.

I am dribbling at the prospect of seeing Shockwave's RD in the flesh!

[quote name='Lasermonkey' timestamp='1410182608' post='2546866'] Current setup: Signal chain is guitar- Korg Pitchblack tuner- DOD FX-80b compressor- Ernie Ball VP Jr. volume pedal- Merlin Overdrive (DIY Catalinbread Supercharged Overdrive clone)- DIY Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret Mk II overdrive clone- DIY Subdecay Liquid Sunshine Mk II clone- MXR Phase 100 modified to 'script' spec- Boss BF-2 flanger- Boss CE-3 stereo chorus- (stereo from this point onwards)- Line 6 Echo Park- Hardwire DL-8 delay/looper- Zoom CDR-70- Hardwire RV-7 reverb- Behringer RV600 reverb- amps. At some point I will modify the board so the power supply fits underneath (it's quite a beast!) to fee up more room. I'd like to add a few more pedals from the collection, including a Boss HF-2 Hi-Band Flanger, Ibanez PT-9 phaser,a DIY Muff of some description and most likely a DIY Green/Matamp amp-in-a-box. The chorus position gets changed quite a lot, with an Ibanez BCL Bi-Chorus or Behringer CC300 (Boss DC-2 clone) being the usual substitutions. I may well replace them with a DIY modified Hollis Zombie Chorus (with switchable vibrato and stereo outputs) as it's a nice sounding, versatile pedal. I may well replace the FX-80b with a DIY opto-compressor, as I'm a big fan of optos. [/quote] Cool! I like that you have a little clear box with an Ebow and a Shubb capo. Same as me

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410703633' post='2552085'] What a brilliant idea! Is this unique or am I behind the times again? I love the idea of some decently sized artwork as well as getting the wav files. I can't actually read a lot of the reduced-sized text on some CDs these days without a magnifying glass! [/quote] It's the first time I've seen it too mate. I love the whole package.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1410679289' post='2551777'] Isn't that called appoyonado? Read somewhere that sting had been trying it [/quote] It's called pulgar in flamenco, appoyando is the rest stroke on the string above. I've played certain songs with my thumb to get a double bass kind thing going on. I love the sound, but it's takes practice to get it fast and accurate.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1410702174' post='2552062'] I'm with Zappa: 'Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.' [/quote] Indeed mate And “Music journalists like Elvis Costello because music journalists look like Elvis Costello.” David Lee Roth

Well, apparently some of the music press can't handle vinyl. [color=#37404E][font=Helvetica, Arial,]"The guy doing PR for Sheema’s album is reporting back a stubborn apathy from sections of the music press who refused to listen to the album as it’s 'vinyl only' and couldn’t be bothered to go to a digital link or put the USB stick in their computer to transfer the high res files."[/font][/color] The album is on very high quality vinyl, with a gatefold sleeve and lovely packaging. [font=Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif][color=#37404e]it comes with a tiny flip out USB stick that looks like a tiny album (I love that!) It contains WAVs of the album tracks.[/color][/font] [font=Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif][color=#37404e][/color][/font]

[quote name='spike' timestamp='1410690920' post='2551914'] Loved the video [/quote] Thanks Spike!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1410692274' post='2551930'] Excellent stuff, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great sense of fun shone through as well. What happened to the vocal mix on the second song though? The guy was clearly singing something but it wasn't in the mix. ( glad to see you lost the leather strides though ) [/quote] Cheers Fly! He's making soft percussion sounds like shickiboomahh, so it's not very audible, it wasn't in rehearsals either.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1410686910' post='2551857'] Nice work guys! And quick too!! A good start to the challenge [/quote] Indeed!

That is NOT a Steinberger.

Aww thanks guys I tell you what, it's been fascinating working in a professional environment with such superb highly experienced session musicians. One thing I learned was that for all their chops, what stood out most for me was their musical memory and ability to pick things up so quickly. If Sheema asked do this or that, they did it mostly first time, and didn't need to be shown twice. Chris the bassist picked up a quite complicated line Sheema played him, and he had it first go. I think that's the thing, that ability to hear, play, and remember. No f***ing about. It was intimidating trying to keep up with that, but I did okay.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1410562561' post='2550949'] Cool, do you gig? Blue [/quote] I do. I can't deny that at 50 I'm not as enthusiastic as I was when I was 19, where I used to look forward to gigs for a week, plan what to wear, practice a few moves, learn a few clever licks, and all that sh*t. But I also used to get extremely nervous too. These days I look forward to the gig but not the 3 hour waits between soundcheck and show, the travelling, the getting home late. But I don't get at all nervous anymore either. The stage is my favourite and safest place. I'm lucky though, I have a lovely day job, and I only play for bands I love, and they are diverse bands. But because I have a wide range of musical tastes I can be as delighted playing pop music as I can with the world music bands I'm in. For me it's all about the quality of the music and people I'm playing with, if it's fun and interactive I'm happy, the type of music is largely secondary.

Gigging and jamming are two of my three favourite things.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1410544638' post='2550663'] I got through to Golden [s]balls[/s] ears but then my head fell off [/quote] me too, ripped through the other three and now I can't get through the freq cut/boost section. My head's falling off as well so the only solution is a glass of wine and some Longbottom Leaf.

[quote name='Mission man' timestamp='1410544919' post='2550668'] Having sold all my gear four or five years ago I'm just getting back into playing, gotta say I'm loving bass chat!! [/quote] Good on yer. Basschat is a fabulous place full of fabulous people.

Good lesson. I enjoyed it.

I like what Ginger Baker said about Bonham, that he had no swing, "Bonham couldn't swing a sack of sh*t".

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1410530199' post='2550448'] That was ace! Nice work fella! Cheers, Norm. [/quote] Thanks Norm!