The Yeastie's one gig of the year at the work's do when down a storm. New guitarist and singer were amazing. Upgrade in cables and digital mixer ironed out previous sound issues.  People up and dancing and wanting more.  So chuffed it went well. 

We played I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday on Friday night which went down well even without a brass section. Pretty straight root shuffle bassline but post chorus transitions are interesting.

Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro for me as well

Enjoying Kelis at the minute, who's the bass player?

Very sad news, what a inspirational player.

2 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Visual idea completely stolen from the Bow Gamelan Ensemble, who IMO were a lot more interesting musically too.

Or was it even earlier...

From Musicfestnews.com on Facebook

I use a cut off from an extra-thick Minky Sponge as it is just the right height to fit under my Jazz bass  strings.  But you can use anything, didn't Tony Levin use a nappy during the recording of Don't Give Up with Peter Gabriel.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Extra-Thick-Sponge-Wipes/dp/B009R0HI86/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=extra+thick+minky+sponge&qid=1620504618&sr=8-1

That's just terrible. Wishing him a successful recovery. Thank goodness for the wonderful NHS.

On 04/08/2020 at 22:49, Woodinblack said:

This is a nice example of Just tuning which is one of the original ways of tuning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw93bRHe4Y

 

Thanks for that, explains why I sometimes think the B string on the quitar is out of tune when the tuner says no.

That’s sad news. Such a fantastic drummer and lyricist, and an inspiration. Shocked. Such a difficult cancer to treat. If anyone wants to support research have a look at

https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/

We did Slade Merry Christmas last night. I was a bit loathe to do it again after last year as it can be a bit plodding if the tempo and drums  aren’t right. But when those are spot on, it’s a fantastic bass line to play. And everyone loved it.

For a random three word generator try:

https://what3words.com/daring.lion.race

Good one!

Seems to be quite a few new bands on Spotify’s Rock List... as always rumours of Rock’s death seem greatly exaggerated.  Didn’t the Queen film do well last year. Can’t  imagine it was all due to the silver’s nostalgia.

I'm posting this on behalf of a friend:

Skylark is a 4-piece band : singer, trumpet, keyboard and double bass. Due to illness, our bass is no longer able to play so we would like to find a replacement. The music we play is mainly from 1910 - 1960 : Hoagy Carmichael, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin etc. but also some tango and bossa nova. It is a very low pressure (unpaid) group, performing ~6 times a year in residential homes in the winter and fund raising for country churches in summer. We also occasionally perform at parties, barbecues etc.         

Let me know if you are interested and I will pass on their details.               

I like that each program has a slightly different viewpoint suggesting that the presenter had real input: Stewart Copeland's excitement in playing with other drummers; Tina Weymouth’s bass is a frequency (could have a title for a Talking Heads or Laurie Anderson song); and Lenny Kaye’s quest for new sounds with a poetic loop at the end. 

7 minutes ago, dannybuoy said:

The only baked in non-adjustable EQ is on the deep/clean channel. I would assume this is to roll off the mids/highs and boost the bass to provide a deeper sound that blends well with the other channel which has less low end and more present mids. Overall, since you can adjust the balance of these two sides and you have a full 3 band EQ on the dirty side, I think you’ll be pretty much sorted when it comes to EQ options!

Looking forward to trying this combined with a Spectracomp, then flipping between that and DP3X as different channels.

Ok, so lots of options. Now super-excited. 

Here's a NAMM demo.  I'm both excited about it but wondering whether I'd want to be tied to Geddy's EQ settings that are inbuilt?

A bit weird to see Geddy in the Guardian.  Like they've finally allowed in from the cold which is a bit ironic given Neil has stopped drumming.

What are your favourites ?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/24/geddy-lee-on-rush-greatest-songs

9 hours ago, martthebass said:

They lost me at Permanent Waves......

Goes with their need to always be progressive. Likewise, I tried and tried with the more recent "back on form" albums as I've loved nearly every album with the exception of Presto. I like the fact that they've moved on and not taken me with them rather than have fourteen repeats of earlier re-incarnations.

Tried Bruce Springsteen a few times and while I can admire the songcraft, energy and playing, he just leaves me cold.

Thanks for sharing, wow, she's really inspiring. Agree she should be a household name.  Someone should commission a series about her adventures in sound.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43967923

But looks like it's other parts of the empire that have gone bust as guitar sales are up 10% ! So the demise of guitar-based music is not yet a reality.

23 hours ago, Grangur said:

There MUST be someone who actually lives in Cambridge though. Mustn't there?

Just outside Cambridge, but no cab sorry.