kusee pee

This might be of interest during our lockdown days.

Very sad.  The Stranglers were a major part of my musical upbringing and Dave's influence on their sound was never less than front-and-centre.

26 minutes ago, CameronJ said:

I think @kusee pee meant keys as in piano keys - i.e. having the keyboard laid out in front of you makes it easier to visualise note relationships given its linear orientation.

Indeed, sorry for any confusion.  The keyboard made it look obvious.  Transferring it to the bass was much harder.  Hence I gave up and am in need of a refresh.

Very good use of your time.  I need to do the same!  I never understood modes until my Mum recently showed me on the piano.  When you have the keys in front of you it makes total sense!

6 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

I'd forgotten an absolute cracker - Skunk Anansie at the Pinnacle Records sales conference, in the Bierkellar bar at the Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell. The album hadn't been released, and their label put them on for the Pinnacle's (distributor) sales staff, retail buyers, and us other lucky labels. I watched about a metre away from Skin in a crowded but tiny room. Amazing show. 

I've played there many a time.  Seeing a band like Skunk Anansie in that setting must have been awesome 👍

4 hours ago, NickD said:

I upgraded from AI to Elements and all my older projects loaded exactly the same into the updated version.

Perfect, thank you.  Looks like my present to myself needs to get bought 🙂

6 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Of course, they will. You'll have just more of all with Cubase Pro compared to AI. The interface is a bit different too.

Sweet 👍.  That's what I hoped.

After wanting to do some home recording for a while, I plumped for cubase AI as part of a recording bundle to get me started relatively cheaply.  I'm very happy with what it does and now want to upgrade to get some better features, particularly the vocal pitch tools and more sounds.  I'm thinking of getting Cubase Pro as it comes as a deal as an upgrade if I already have AI.  My question is, if I just install it, will all my existing tracks just be usable in Pro and I can then edit them straight away or is it likely to be a more complicated transition?

Sorry for the novice question, it's been a rapid learning process so far!

What a band and a very influential guitarist.  Great bass on many songs too.  A real shame.

Babymetal supporting Chili Peppers at London O2 about three years ago.  Blew them away for energy and musicianship.  

I admit to not watching the whole 3 hours but that was cool 🤣. Who the hell is that?

Slade and Wizzard.  Love trying to remember Wizzard after 12 months.  We have an agreement we're not allowed to practice it first.  It's a complicated little bugger!

3 hours ago, lowregisterhead said:

There are a few snippets of info on solo and collaboration work on his Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes

I was surprised when he sold his Wal on eBay a few years ago. As he had writing credits on quite a number of Simple Minds tracks, I'm sure he doesn't need the money!

And I was surprised and delighted when he sold me his Vigier.

I'd also been keen to hear more of his recorded work if it is out there.

2 hours ago, 4000 said:

 There is one other thing though; I think without the creative outlet my personal finish line would become rather too imminent, if you get my drift, as I hate most other aspects of my life.

Hey man, really sorry to hear you saying that.  I'm glad you've got the creative outlet but I hope you can find other things to keep you positive. 

1 hour ago, Stylon Pilson said:

That looks like it might have been acoustically "interesting". What was it like?

S.P.

Actually, it was really good.  We had the PA up outside the tunnel entrance and the tunnel had lots of openings out to the side so there wasn't too much bouncing.  We could also put the drums quite far back so our onstage sound was nice.  We put everything through the PA so it was controlled.  I recommend gigging there if you ever get the chance

A lovely wedding gig at Banwell Castle.  Beautiful venue, lovely to play outside (well, in a tunnel!) too.

I always take two cos it looks cool.  Is there another reason?

6 hours ago, oldslapper said:

I didn’t bother responding as the poor knob probably hadn’t had a poo for a few days

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

1 hour ago, phil.c60 said:

Might not help - if I read the OP's post correctly it's the guitarist who's being tricky. If that's the case an extra drummer might not be much use......lol. 😄

Note to self: must read post 🤪

Agreeing a band calendar is always a tricky thing and, occasionally, stuff comes up.  Over the last ten years, I think we might have had to cancel one gig.  We have a number of deps we use and, on occasion, have spent hours on the phone getting a last minute dep due to a crisis.  Find a dep drummer and try to keep the gigs, the reputation is important.

Long shot but do you still have this? 

How about learning all your old songs in new positions on the 5?  Aim to play nothing below the fifth fret on strings E to G.  That should open new musical possibilities for you and give a taste of what a 5 can bring to your playing.  Since moving to a 5, I have become a much better musician by having this approach.  And I have short arms so it helps me having more notes within easy reach.  Don't give up, 5s are very cool instruments 😎

The only problem is you sold 4.

I'd suggest practising anything you play on a four but five frets up.  The best thing about a fiver is not having to go down low even though you have those low notes waiting for you!

Seemingly, 9 at the moment.  That's probably 4 more than I really want but selling's a hard thing to do.  Maybe next year 😁