Frank Blank

2 hours ago, toneknob said:

This is brilliant: https://jbkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/playing-in-a-room-with-people

Jansen/Barbieri/Karn with Theo Travis and Steven Wilson. Includes live tracks from Bestial Cluster, The Tooth Mother among others

Thanks for this, an excellent listen. 👍

1 minute ago, BassTractor said:

From the vid in the OP, I get the new-to-me impression that Karn:
- laid out the essence of the whole song in the bass part (making me hear complete songs when listening to isolated bass only),
- left ample space for the other instruments.

According to an interview I read (from years ago) with other members of Japan, Karn would turn up at rehearsals, usually late, when the band had worked out a new song. Karn would respond with a bass line that would often have very little to do with the music. Apparently he would often just read the working title of the song and write his bass line in response to that. It infuriated the band because they would often have to rewrite or start from scratch to build the songs around Karn's bass lines because they were so good.

26 minutes ago, ezbass said:

I listened to Pino on Gary Numan's, I Assassin, because I'm a massive Pino fan. Prior to this album, Numan had used Mick Karn. On I Assassin, Pino sounds very much like Mick. As that album was pre Pino's more widespread notoriety via Paul Young's No Parlez, I wonder if Mick was an influence on the blossoming Pino?

I am sure Karn was an influence on Pino, no bad thing obviously, it's how most of us start out, listening to and emulating, to some extent, players who inspire us.  I have maybe overstated my case because both Pino and Giblin are superb. I personally prefer Karn but that's down to all sorts of stuff to do with Japan and the times when I was listening to them. Karn seems (to my ears at least) to have developed a very unique style that I cannot hear in anything that precedes him (perfectly happy to be directed to anything that might be an influence on him, apart from Jaco, who I can't stand for more than thirty seconds).

38 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

How dare you say that, I am officially sulking now for 14 minutes 🤣

Oh I'm sorry Sir, I was only aiming for nine minutes maximum 🤣

8 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

B: When there's Pino and Giblin to listen to, why would you listen to Karn, it's like drinking water when you could drink Whiskey 🤣

C. Because he had more originality than both Pino and Giblin put together?*

*just my personal opinion of course

I feel particularly lucky to have seen Japan twice, both times at Hammersmith Odeon in 1981 *christ...* I still listen to Modern English, the support band for the first gig. Just reminiscing to myself really, nothing to see here...

Any excuse...

On 17/01/2024 at 19:22, Paul S said:

Sorry!  I thought this might be a thread about parliament.  As you were.

☝️ actual genius.

On 08/01/2024 at 16:20, Osiris said:

I'm open to sensible offers on this!

4 groat?

Just now, Owen said:

I am sure I have seen him posting on cheesechat.co.uk 

It might not brie the same person, edam well should be but we need to tread Caerphilly.

6 minutes ago, itsmedunc said:

It’s just when you posted “ I had it in my dairy for Sunday May 12th”. (Dairy / Diary).

 

I’ve had a few and it tickled me 😁 Simple things!

I thought it was an udder disgrace.

• Tessa Pollitt
• Jah Wobble
• Mick Karn
• Derek Forbes
• Jean-Jacques Burnel
• Tina Weymouth
• Paul Raven
• Aston "Family Man" Barrett

30 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Whereas I welcome it.  When someone dies they are dead.  They have died.  This recent trend to say 'passed' is, imo, just a pointless euphemism that is simply ducking what is perceived to be an uncomfortable issue.  Yet it will happen to every single one of us.  Seems daft to me.

I absolutely agree, which is why I want a gravestone just like Patrick Caulfield...

4 hours ago, WinterMute said:

I got a QSC K12.2 for rehearsals and potentially gigs, works brilliantly with the Quad Cortex, they do a 10" version too, it's plenty loud enough to hear over a hard hitting rock drummer, has plenty of interface options and sounds great. Not the cheapest, and other units from RCF and the like are available.

Exactly this ☝️. I use a QSC K12.2 and my duo partner uses a K10.2, both sound superb.

Welcome back @Robbo

Welcome @Mustangbass87

Welcome @FieldsNPT

On 25/06/2023 at 18:46, Newfoundfreedom said:

I can't comment on the Sire, but I had a Junior Jet. It was extremely well finished and sounded absolutely monstrous. Superb for the price point. 

Having tried one out I agree with this ☝️ entirely but I did find it rather heavy for a short scale, that was the only reason I didn't buy one.