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Totally agree. 👍

Although a bit pricey, Strezov Sampling release some of the best sample libraries out there. However, from time to time they release some freebies. And as usual with their libraries, they are excellent. The link below has the freebies up for grabs. The top line of Libs displayed will run in the Kontakt free players. The bottom line needs the full version of Kontakt. https://www.strezov-sampling.com/products/17/Freebies.html

If anyone is after a free Convolution Reverb - This offering from 'Wave Arts' is excellent. It comes with a very good selection of IR'S. https://wavearts.com/products/plugins/convology Here is a link for some tutorial videos that are well well worth a watch: https://impulserecord.com/convology-xt-getting-started/ If you want more free IR's to load up, try these two sites: https://samplicity.com/bricasti-m7-impulse-response-files/

Bruce Hornsby concert live in New York (with a Killer Band).

She's still touring and delivering Rock & Roll at 72!! This was from last year...

A great track. The bar of 5/4 that comes at the end of the chorus/B section always makes me smile.... The Bass groove is also pretty 'on it'. It was played by a Bassist called Basil Fearrington (a busy session player back in the day). If you have twenty minutes to spare, have a watch of this interview with him. He has some interesting little anecdotes regarding his career:

Phone: Just tested on my phone and the below works. I'm on Android.

Are you copying from the address bar? If so, (for me) it just displays the link on a forum. If you use the (YouTube) copy function it should display the video once pasted into your post. Desktop :

No need to pay. Can you do any magic tricks?

Bad driving isn't unique to a Bass related number plate. In fact, on the Dalvey Custom 'baddrivingometer', I doubt it even registers.

Do you mean like this (below)? If so, Stew, are you part of the Magic Circle? If you are, I will message you the procedure. I can't divulge secrets on a public forum.

You'll need to keep that plate nice and clean...You don't want the letter 'B' covered in mud and sh*te.

The excellent, free 'TAL Vocoder', has just been updated: https://tal-software.com/products/tal-vocoder A review: https://synthanatomy.com/2023/04/tal-vocoder-3-0-free-vocoder-plugin-with-new-features-and-ui.html?fbclid=IwAR1SuLyOFWIXjhHgZygIFiCDBG0945DbTMBzC6_PqNs1wNuRAOqZELvdQYk

A great theatre, but one specific memory of the place sticks out for me. During the get in for the JC Superstar soundcheck, 9/11 was just breaking on the news...

From what I remember, it goes something like this: 1.2.3. You put your left arm in Your left arm out In, out, in, out You shake it all about You do the hokey cokey And you turn around That's what it's all about Woah-oh, the hokey cokey Woah-oh, the hokey cokey Woah-oh, the hokey cokey Knees bent, arms stretched Ra, ra, ra

I was just about to suggest that. In my full version of Kontakt 7, there are some decent Organ patches in the supplied library. You can use a sustain pedal as well. The Komplete Kontrol freebie library has some selected patches from the full library, and like you say, The Jazz Organ is one of them:

What about five variations of a cool Bass Line over one chord?

I know the thread is about cosmic shi*e covers...but regarding Robbie Williams (and in my opinion), vocally he's not on the level of Bobby Darin (or George Benson for that matter), but he recorded a very decent cover of this great tune...An excellent band as well:

I'm not sure about Rod Stewart's real reasons for the Song Book albums. To me, he just sounded like a Rock singer badly hacking away at standards and cashing in. Probably like you say, maybe a lack of original material. Who knows... But, Robbie Williams was a Sinatra lover, so a Big Band album was probably on the cards. I read an article some years back where he said it had always been something he wanted to do when he was older, with more experience behind him, and his voice was more mature. As it happens, I think he made a very good job of it.

When you say 'Plugin' are you talking about a VST'i ? If so, there is a page over on VI Control with links to quite a few threads. It's worth having a look at what's available out there. Quite a few options with varying prices. 1) https://vi-control.net/community/threads/folk-instruments-banjo-fiddle-mando-steel-what-do-you-like.132458/ 2) https://vi-control.net/community/search/1884076/?q=Pedal+steel&o=relevance My oldest has The Impact Soundworks Pedal Steel VST'i, so I use that if I need one. The only trouble...it's $179. Although, he got it in one of the seasonal sales. This runs in the Kontakt free player. https://impactsoundworks.com/product/pedal-steel/ There is also the 'Wavelore Pedal Steel'. But again at $99, probably more than you want to spend. Certainly a good 'un, but does require the Kontakt full version. https://www.wavelore.com/products.php?product=WLPS

Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time... https://www.pbs.org/video/dave-grusin-not-enough-time-3jnyac/?fbclid=IwAR0ZwY2o6t1erZuCdlDq0rYbyGA8zVItTW_AdBFWe5Afbnr2M7LZjlKCozU

I didn't know him, but that's very sad to read... R.I.P Nigel.

Another late 70's Herbie track...