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Mildly interesting - fruits of the mediocre - one of Eric Claptons cars for sale  

Related to the ‘turn offs’ thread - genuine question but would anyone Not buy a bass solely because of the headstock logo? 

These ‘Sadowskys’ are an interesting test. 

My mate found a rats tooth in a Yop yoghurt drink. He complained and they sent him £20 of Yop vouchers. 

4 hours ago, fleabag said:

My pal lives in the same town as Nick and often sees him plodding around, and always says hello, and up for a quick chat. My pal reckons he's one of the nicest down to earth human being

My brother lives there too and says the same. Town also has Rusty Goffe, the Willy Wonka dwarf. Yet to see the two together but would make quite the pair.

+1 for Aerodyne. Lightest bass Fender still make.. 

Laughing at how much unspoken disgust NBD threads must generate. 

1 hour ago, Bilbo said:

No doubt but my motivation is not to be popular but to provide some transcriptions that no one else is doing. I know I could get bigger audiences but I have no intention to monetise this so there is no motivation to regurgitate endless Pop and Rock tunes. I do the transcriptions that interest me and, sometimes, it is just nice to be kind and give some time to help someone out. 

Absolutely. Wasn't for a minute suggesting you should do more of anything or chase any populism - it's great the way it is.

My point was really that the FFYL piece will have definately brought your 'learn to read music' maxim to some new folk.

18 hours ago, Bilbo said:

For the record, the FFYL transcription generated 581 hits on Friday night. How 'kin A is that? 

Brilliant. Fascinating liner notes on that one as well. 

Sweeping generalisation on FFYL audience but you’d assume your more rock oriented transcriptions might motivate a few more souls to persevere with notation.. 

2 hours ago, yorks5stringer said:

Deborah Meedon lives in Somerset too....

Not sure I want to see her enjoying it 

2 hours ago, jonnybass said:

Haha sorry...mis type..8.5 pounds ish I think...not as light as my acg but not too heavy (for me). Ymmv

8.5lbs actually really light for a 5. One of the lucky ones (my P7 is 10lbs ) 

They’re fabulous basses, and you’ve got the best colour V7 IMO, looks great without pickguard too 

Great kit. Been using TAC2 for 6 years now (into Ableton), still going strong.. 

On 03/08/2020 at 15:00, uk_lefty said:

Hi, if the title is not clear... I've made my first multi track recording in Audacity today. I had used it before mainly for editing stuff recorded on my zoom recorder but I wanted to branch out. I've recorded a guitar track using a Blackstar ID Core BEAM as the interface, amp sim and effects. Aside from terrible guitar playing, it's great. I've added a bass track using the same set up but with bass amp sim and bass effects, it's passable but I'd like a more nuanced bass sound. Here's where the issue comes in. I've recorded vocals using a Behringer 4 track USB mixer direct in to Audacity while listening to the guitar and bass tracks via my PC and headphones. I can swear there's latency on the vocal track, it just doesn't sit right. I'll repeat the experiment but there's just something I'm not at all happy with. Is it a case of mixing the interfaces? Is this a common and known problem? Or is my vocal timing just shoddy? 

Not much experience with Audacity so apologies if a dumb question - but don't you just set the start point the vocal stem fractionally later to offset the latency?

34 minutes ago, jonnybass said:

It’s a little neck heavy but overall under 8.5kg. 

Jesus I knew these V7s were heavy... !? 

‘one of the first great pop records about great pop records’ (think that was Dave Hepworth ..) 

Also one of the longest songs to reach number 1, until Oasis came along  

Pick the one who tunes up with the volume off 

17 hours ago, Bart Funk Bass said:

Finally, I compared both of my Jazz Basses.

Which one do you like more? 

Red / rosewood, looks better. 

Well done anyone picking out the different woods without looking, wish I’d started wearing earplugs when you did.    

Dance is pretty broad .. Three favourites 

From back in the day 

And danced many a night away to this.. 

Dead cert if DJing a wedding.. 

On 22/07/2020 at 10:11, BigRedX said:

For me the remix of "Lemon" is better.

That Oakenfold mix of Lemon, and Jnr Boys Own take on Salome, both brilliant. Not a fan of U2 but they had some great remixes in the 90s. 

Sounds great. Love the dog going to sleep at 2mins.. 

It’s great how many photos we have of kids today. More photos in their first year than the average 50yr old has of their entire life. 

Made my first photo book recently (via BobBooks) - great way to preserve these memories, stacks of brownie points too. 

Been eyeing that one up on the Gallery’s site. Nice to hear you’re reunited- true love! 
 

If you liked that video you’d like his book - The Music Lesson. 

Great read, partly bass related but majors on music itself, and inner peace , sort of. Can’t really do it justice here but it’s worth checking. 

edit ; saying that as someone who has zero interest in listening to VW’s music 

37 minutes ago, peteb said:

But what if venues start offering lower fees and corporate gigs have their budgets cut? Will your brother be prepared to accept less money or risk losing work to those who will? 

I’m not really talking about playing for free. I might do that as a one-off gig while social distancing remains in force and then only for a venue that I already have a good relationship with. What I am trying to do is get my bandmates used to the idea that they may have to accept that they could be playing for less money next year. 

For him is less about competing on rate, and more the fact the big corp and sideman work has just vanished entirely.

Totally get what you're saying about reframing bandmates expectations, can see that will be an issue for many. 

It's a healthy debate as there's no definitive right answer. A large part of the decision comes down to where you are in the food chain. 

If you're a hobbyist doing originals, or any jazz, it's probably not about the money. So reduced fee at Dog & Duck etc isn't too demeaning and feels positive if you're helping an independent venue scrape by. 

Can see if you're on the tribute circuit - or where most full time musicians sit, my brother incl - sideman, corp gigs and teaching - playing for free is a different call. 

Small venues are in trouble and some need all the help they can get. 

Two approaches 

- Collecting for the band on the night (the proverbial passing a hat round) 

- Pro rata your usual fee there in line with their reduction in capacity.  

Don’t feel ‘musicians playing for free damages it for other musicians’ stands up right now in the current climate. Everyone needs to do what they can to help eachother.