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TrevorR

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  1. You could also do worse than read Steve Lawson's blogging on this topic in the social media age. http://www.stevelawson.net

    Also, obvious question, but what do you want to achieve through the promotion? Major record deal and then becoming the new Led Zeppelin, private jets, groupies and all...? Picking up some gigs? Regular but modest income from sales of music? Networking with likeminded musos for further music making? Showcasing your abilities for publishing interest, library music interest, session interest etc? Having somewhere online for fans to buy stuff? Just getting a kick out of others hearing and (hopefully) digging your music?

    Depending on how you answer that seemingly too basic question will affect the types of strategies which you use, the platforms you use and how you use them. It will also affect the difficulty/likelihood of achieving the desired outcome you have set for yourself...

  2. Yeah, I would say that it's two layers of sturdy nylon with some thick card/fibreboard like stuff between. Think a bit stiffer than a decent quality soft suitcase. My sprung Morley Bass Wah pedal bows the top of mine out a bit. As others have said, I wouldn't want roadies throwing it in the back of an artic on a world tour but for keeping your pedals safe in the boot to the car and similar gig use it's perfectly adequate.


    Edited for my rubbish typing...

  3. Since my gigging set up with the covers/function/pub band I used to play with was my Mk 1 Wal and my Pro Series Wal, I'll let you guess which side I come down on...

    Only took my FrankenJazz if 1) I just happened to fancy a bit of Jazz bass alongside my Mk 1, 2) the aesthetic required a more 60s look or 3) it was a really dodgy outdoors job where I wasn't confident of the likely conditions...

    I've always taken care of my basses when playing and they remain in sight at all times so taking my Wals out of the house was never a problem for me.

  4. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277136-fancy-some-la-bella-flats-for-twenty-quid/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/277136-fancy-some-la-bella-flats-for-twenty-quid/[/url]

    I think this might asnwer a lot of flatwound string questions... B)

  5. Hey there, how'd you like a set of La Bella Deep Talkin' bass flats for £23 delivered... just spotted them going for this price at Music Room... [url="http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/30_492/products_id/4389"]http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/30_492/products_id/4389[/url]

    Well, that's decided the question of what brand of flats I try on my Pro series bass...

  6. What a great idea for a customer feedback road test. Sadly didn't sign up as nickel strings don't suit my skin (I'm a sensitive little soul) but will be watching with interest if there are any future tests for stainless or flats. Really interesting reading folks initial comments and will look forward to more considered thoughts post gigging. We often talk strings in similar ways to wine tasting descriptions but it's so few and far between that cross comparison or consensus is hard to build up. However, having a load of players commenting on the new design all at once and comparing with their previous strings should make for a fascinating experiment. Nice one!

  7. [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1452986685' post='2955402']
    There's an interesting analysis of 'Sledgehammer' here

    http://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2013/analyzing-the-musical-structure-of-sledgehammer-by-peter-gabriel/
    [/quote]

    Terrifying level of pick-apart-iness but a great read none the less. Love this quote... "As with the drums, the bassline is so on time that it almost sounds sequenced. But no, Tony Levin is just really, really tight."

    [quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1452982987' post='2955372']
    Love sledgehammer, but recently discovered this:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiu6RMMNERs
    [/quote]

    Came across this vid on the telly once. Great show. IIRC the band all come on and off stage one by one in a big glass elevator in the middle of the stage, which I thought was rather cool. I can just imagine that backing vocalist's audition... "Thank you miss, you've got the job. Oh and by the way, eight songs in you'll be singing Kate Bush's lines... So, no pressure then..."

    Finally wonder if anyone's thought to do a thematically linked medley of Sledgehammer with this rock and roll classic...? Nah, probably not.
    http://youtu.be/9brPznl1Av4

    (Couple of nice Madness references in that vid though...)




  8. [quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1452768291' post='2953195']


    Quite simply, brass and woodwind instruments are not in concert pitch (c) - most brass and tenor sax are tuned to Bb, so when they play in the key of C for them the rest of us are in Bb. Just to make things worse, alto sax is tuned to Eb, so when they play a C we have to play Eb. C is the most common key as it has no flats of sharps (black notes on the piano), so is the easiest key to read music in.
    [/quote]

    Exactly.

    Which is why you often hear what we call a clarinet being referred to as a Bb Clarinet. Other turnings are available but generally sneered at.

    And just wait til you end up in the middle of a horn/sax section chatting about transposing from "normal" keys so they can work out a part...

  9. Also check out the glorious eight minute extended 12" mix which is on one of the "Best Of" albums. Has lots of sections with just bass and drums or with the bass accentuated in the mix which really let you hear what Bernard was doing and what a genius he was. Could be useful for nailing/practicing the parts...

    http://youtu.be/WgxFlvdYUnM

  10. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452701009' post='2952590']
    I know it did, I read it. I'm sorry to say I couldn't resist being an arse. :D
    [/quote]

    One off lifes' little pleaseures...

    PS please feel free to enjoy going all Lynn Truss on my ass too! B)

  11. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452695698' post='2952520']
    I almost hesitate to point it out, but I believe those songs were by The Cure. An honest mistake, I'm sure. :lol:
    [/quote]

    Slip of the finger... the original post pointed out that I'd never listened through to a full album by either the Smiths AND the Cure. I'd meant to reference them in the sentence too but clearly never quite did. I'm going to decide to plame the vagaries of my iPad keyboard rather than my advancing age... honest gov!

  12. This thread has actually throw up a number of really interesting issues. We will all have swathes of music that we've never bothered/felt the need/been attracted/had the time to check out. There is so much music out there there's just not enough time.

    There will be lots of reasons why we do or don't listen to artists or genres - all subjective, all just as valid for each of us. Sometimes we listen just because it catches our ear, sometimes we listen to actively educate ourselves, sometime we listen just to find out what we do and don't like. I think that's the great thing about music - it's a broad art form, not a set syllabus.

    Most of the artists/genres I've got in knowing blind spots I've not explored because for one reason or another they haven't done it for me. And the reasons can be manifold. To take my original examples, like the Smiths. Loved Marr's playing, couldn't abide Morrissey - sufficiently that, bar the odd single, they were an effective no go area for me.[i] [...a little post production drop-in/overdub here... [/i]Same thing with The Cure.[i]] [/i]Apart from Lovecats and Friday I'm In Love they just didn't catch my ear. [i][[/i]In fact, I'm always surprised when I see how globally huge and popular the Cure are as they just weren't on my musical radar as such. [i]...another little tape splice][/i] Similarly the Velvets, the Fall and the Doors. Just not for me.

    Others I have avoided for different reasons. Modern rap and r'n'b tends to be just a bit too... well unpleasant... for my personal tastes and finding the few artists I might like amongst the ones I probably won't is probably too much effort. Other genres I'll find my little artist niches and stick within these - like with modern (90s+ dance music) I know what I like (in my wardrobe).

    Elsewhere there are artists I just don't know who I must get round to exploring some time but have never quite found the time or impetus... Another form of blind spot. I never properly checked out Motown, Stax and Philly beyond stuff on the radio until I was in my very late 20s.

    Of course, it's perfectly possible to enjoy (your) music without having an appreciation of the heritage and history of music. It's nice when folks do delve deeper but it doesn't mean they don't love the music they listen to any less for know knowing that history. Some will delve and some won't. And of course, some are closer to that historical context than others. And some will never understand that context on the same visceral level. I was just thinking the other day when Rock Around The Clock came on the car radio. "Try taking a modern teenager, show them a photo of Bill Haley and play them Rock Around The Clock and then try to convince them that this musician and record was so radical and dangerous when it came out that it sparked off public affray and vandalism..." Similarly that Elvis was deemed too corrupting to impressionable young minds... Nah, mate! Your having a larff!

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