SpondonBassed

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1489669705' post='3258802'] Here’s my approach…[list=1] [*]Replace human band members with a computer and some gadgetry - think like Skynet [*]Set up said computer and gadgetry in a room with a lockable door to keep the kids out [*]Retreat to room; make music with the involvement of as few other [s]meatbags[/s] humans as possible [*]Release music online [/list] [size=6][b]...all of which can be done whilst wearing nothing but one's underpants. Just' saying.[/b][/size] I never set foot on stage - and know for sure that I’m missing out on that experience (I [i]have[/i] gigged in the past and know how much fun it is…). But it’s zero stress; it avoids me falling out with my mates; it fits nicely around family and work; and I do get some satisfaction from entertaining an audience, albeit remotely - my music has been played on the radio, in clubs and received 20,000+ plays online to date (small fry really, but it’s more than I’d reach on my local pub circuit). And my gear doesn’t stink of stale beer and sweat Ok, so it’s not a band. And it’s not gigging. But it’s performance of sorts (cue Sinatra singing ‘My Way’). [/quote] If you were as hard core as you try to appear you wouldn't need the underpants. Just saying.

I always thought of friends with benefits as nooky on the dole.

At the risk of upsetting the OP I feel I must say that Ultimate Bowie does not do it for me like ChangesTwoBowie does. Based on the promos alone I feel that the latter has caught the essence of Bowie's sound. Although the former seems to put effort into the glam look it seems to be a case of style over substance. It is the bass playing in Ultimate Bowie that I don't like. It is overdone. The bassist is fine technically but those lines are more than they need to be. They give the impression of someone who is showing off. It actually lets the rest of the band down in their efforts to look and sound faithful to the artist that they pay tribute to. Choosing which of the two I'd pay to see if I could only afford one night out it would be ChangesTwoBowie.

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1489657001' post='3258650'] Watch the movie "The Commitments". Roide Sully Roide. [/quote] I wasn't going to dignify this with a response. I changed my mind because I lived in Dublin when that film came out. I was in a small band at the time. Don't believe anything you see on screen that has been made to turn a profit at the box office. My considered response is therefore BAH! Seriously though; Put yourself out there at open mic nights where possible. Since I did that, I have been forging links with other musos in my area. Whilst not yet ready to form a band of my own, it has got the ball rolling in the right direction.

I love these isolated clips. Thanks Rich.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1489579699' post='3258068'] Are you a unique and innovative design with extremely valuable commercial worth ? [/quote] I'm a gay icon mate. Chubby chasers lurve me. Heeheehee.

[quote name='briansbrew' timestamp='1489525013' post='3257705'] Finished now with the bullets lodged, Check the top of the page what do you think, love the Danish oil finish [/quote] Lovely.

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1489507942' post='3257531'] Ahh alas this is a Trademark issue and not a patent one so no pennies for you. [/quote] Damn. I suppose that means I'll have to keep belly bashing for beer money. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vGhQ9sT8b0[/media]

Right. I'm nipping out to the patents office to patent my own body shape. Soon I'll be collecting royalties from all you lot wot are carrying dad guts too. Anyone for a Euro Banana?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1489486236' post='3257273'] It's like the chat room for SAGA Holidays in here. Not that I lurk in the SAGA Holidays chat room and am able to make this comparison from personal experience, of course. That is all. As you were. [/quote] SAGA; Sex And Games for the Aged. I'm sold on that. Where do I take out a life time subscription please?

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/302139-chuck-berry-et-alfunny-dep/page__view__findpost__p__3257098 This is relevant in my opinion. Wouldn't it be fair to say that BH among others made the "underground" music of the time popular?

[quote name='Marty Forrer' timestamp='1489445714' post='3257098'] If you want to get some authenticity, go to Youtube and listen to Amos Milburn and Big Joe Turner from the 40s. These guys were rock n roll long before Haley, Presley etc, but they were black so they never got mainstream radio play. Presley and Haley both stole their songs and pretty much copied them exactly. Fats Domino played rock n roll in the late 40s also. The term "rock n roll" is attributed largely to a white DJ called Alan Freed about 1954 or 55, but the black guys had that term in 1946. It's in the lyrics of Boogie Woogie Country Girl by Big Joe Turner. [/quote] Thanks for that. I've got some good stuff to look forward to when I can get time for listening just for the love of it. At the moment I am practising some jazz standards for a local singer guitarist. I see Rock and Roll as the other side of the coin taken from the historical POV. Although I have explored the idea of taking up DB it is impractical for my circumstances. I may have more use for my fretless given the opportunities that are presenting themselves just now. It's not the same, I know. It's far more appropriate than an eighties style headless however.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1489159210' post='3254847'] I saw the Beatles there in the 60's. Saw. . . didn't hear a note due to the screaming!! [/quote] Try waving a lighter in the air instead next time then. Heeheehee.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1489427315' post='3256834'] Not at all! I appreciate you pointing me in the right direction I access Basschat from my phone or iPad 99% of the time. [/quote] Cheers! Bless your eyesight. I lost touch with a lot of hobbies from my youth like model making and detail work generally because I have to wear bins. Even with them I struggle with things like fine print. Ah well, it discourages me from staring at my fretboard I suppose.

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I hadn't thought much of it until this post but the terms chart and top forty have been absent from my life for many years. I think the last time I was aware that there was a chart was when TOTP was going out regularly. I should explain at this point that I don't stream or do downloads as seems to be the norm. New music usually reaches me from stations like BBC 6Music and Radio 2. As Paul says, it's supposed to be this way. In my mid fifties, I really can't be arsed with a lot of the popular stuff. I couldn't say I either like or dislike Ed Sheeran's music. I just don't hear it. Instead I notice how he seems to polarise opinion about his work. Isn't that just the way of art forms generally? Is the Top 40 broken? I'd make a guess that it is probably as good as the days when charts were influenced directly by runners buying up 45s in bulk in ye olden times. I never chose music based on chart positions much so I won't loose sleep over it.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1489396926' post='3256495'] Thanks, I can't see that on the mobile version [/quote] Aw, soz. I hope I didn't come across as being overly patronising. I'll never understand how folk get on doing everything through a pocket sized screen.

[quote name='briansbrew' timestamp='1489092357' post='3254390'] What if I plug the 2 holes with brass plugs, bit like the Sandberg basses with silver plugs.... [/quote] A couple of costume gemstones maybe?

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1489342165' post='3256192'] Got a call through friends of friends for a couple of functions in a localish well established cover band. Got the list today and they do a handful of 50's R&Rollers....Elvis, Chuck, Buddy etc. Just seems funny going through them in this world of instant pop music, X Factor, Beyonce et al. I haven't played this stuff in literally decades and when i did it seemed old back in the 70's. Just wondering what the vibe is doing this stuff...its almost joke music isn't it? Oh and by the way is Johnny B Good 16ths or four time with ghost notes...see Im taking it real serious...ha [/quote] It's still popular. Last year I auditioned for some lads in their seventies who were quite serious about it.

I never knew 'till today that he is the son of Mike Pratt who played Randall in Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) among many more TV roles. "Look out Jeff! He's behind you."

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1489269185' post='3255685'] Yeah, I saw that demo reel, I think some of that has the bass player I replaced. I've been with these guys for 5 years. Blue [/quote] Crikey! I'm not surprised he was replaced. At one point his bass is badly out of tune. PS, your band leader is superb.

Having flatwound strings and no inclination to pop the strings unless for accent I think I'm okay with what I've got. The sort of music I am playing doesn't need me occupying the upper frequencies. Playing at an open mic recently, the bass went through the house system anyway. Thanks for the comments.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1489323548' post='3255994'] What's the name of your band? We've had Timmy Stardust play in town recently, and Hunky Davie are playing locally soon. [/quote] Hiram's band name is just above your post. It is hypertext linked.

[quote name='Chrismanbass' timestamp='1489314951' post='3255889'] They're usually called HF horns or Tweeters and It does exactly what it says really. provides high end, Useful if you wan't a biting tone or play slap to get that real zingy sound but it depends what kind of tone you're looking for some people like that some people don't neither is right or wrong really. FYI your Laney RB3 has one according to Laney's website [/quote] FYI mine hasn't. Might be a newer spec one that you've seen.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1488997588' post='3253626'] I've seen some of Mark's video clips. You might notice he's all over the bass, singing in perfect pitch and he's usually chewing gum. As far as I can figure, Mark is actually from another planet. Blue [/quote] He is. It's known as The Isle of White! It might be something to do with the limited gene pool. (That sounds unkind but I am only joking). Hahahahahaha.