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  1. My other half claims to be unable to visualise anything (a shame, as it's a useful ability), yet to constantly have music playing in her head. I am able to enjoy both the internal music and also to visualise things.
  2. This one may perhaps be entertaining (I enjoyed the lyrics):
  3. FWIW I've gigged with two different pianists who also happen to be physicists and are notable enough to have Wikipedia pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Marshall_(academic)
  4. It definitely needs to coordinate. I spent a while choosing this for a new instrument (apologies for it being a guitar).
  5. This one: It's got a neck and body by WD Music with Villex pickups. The strings are currently Labella gold tapewounds. It sounds awsome and I even have a T-shirt with it on (a gift)... It rarely gets out these days because, inevitably, everyone wants double bass instead.
  6. That middle one could also be a rootless Em9 with the b3 at the bottom, IIRC. A favourite of mine. There's lots of fun to be had with jazz chords!
  7. Samsung. Years ago I bought a Galaxy Nexus. After a couple of weeks it stopped connecting to 5GHz wifi, and other owners found the same thing. Samsung's customer services were slow and incompetent, simply reinstalling the operating system (a task I could easily do myself) and returning the still-broken item to me - three times. More recently, my parents mistakenly purchased an oven/grill from them. It was so bad it could barely even make toast, and never worked well even after several visits from a technician. Also, their "smart" televisions are a bit dodgy when it comes to privacy.
  8. Personally, I have never liked the B string, not even on a bass I had with a 38" scale (it did make playing some tunes easier, though). I ordered a set of custom strings from Pyramid (E-C) for the other half's 5-string (23.5" scale) Bee and took these to a good tech. When he handed it back he said something along the lines of "amazing tone from the B string on that bass. I'd never have guessed it would work on such a short scale." A look at the packets (which I'd never bothered to open) confirmed that Pyramid had ignored my instructions and sent a B-G set instead. IMO the B string is unimpressive on this small bass guitar, but at least that tech liked it.
  9. There was a jazz jam on last night; IIRC there were 5 bassists in the room and 2 guitarists, with neither of the guitarists wanting to play. So, I ended up on guitar instead, but I think I just about got away with it. Video here, should anyone be interested (dodgy guitar solo at approx 2:15).
  10. To my embarrassment, I haven't got around to clearing out the garage, so these are still available for now.
  11. In an ideal world I could retire from the day job and earn a bit of money on the side from gigs. But, as I only play jazz this is probably a fantasy. Full time pro work would probably take the fun out of it.
  12. Lending out backline seems fair enough to me. If it's jazz then the expectation seems to be that the house bassist will let others use their upright for a tune or two (same for keyboard and drums), given that all these instruments are a pain to transport and cause a great deal of clutter. Having said that, I went to a jazz jam recently where two keyboard players set up because one refused to use anyone else's keyboard (and then noodled on everything). I'd expect anyone wanting to play guitar or bass guitar to bring their own, and to accept without complaint or argument if they are told they may not borrow one. Not everyone I meet at jams shares this opinion.
  13. AFAICT that's the default for jazz jams, at least, though there's some variation. There's one I usually don't attend as I'll be lucky to get one go in the first set and one in the second, then get back to bed near midnight for an 06:00 alarm and 90+ minute commute the next day. Another, where I am the house player, it's extremely rare for another bassist to appear. When they have they have brought their own bass guitar and amp and we have then alternated two tunes on and two off between us. If they wanted to use my upright I would be reluctant to let them play more than a couple of tunes during the night. My least favourite jam (> 20 years ago now) involved turning up early to set up, then helping the drummer and keyboard player, and playing for the first 30-40 mins or so. At that point other bassists would turn up and demand to use my bass and/or amp, supported by the MC because "you've already played for a while", and this would go on until the end of the night when I would get out last and struggle to find a taxi.
  14. Interesting. As a British scientist myself, I'm pleased that this meme didn't exist when I last had to visit Russia.
  15. I've used my Orange Terror with 1x12 cab for a jazz jam on guitar before (G&L ASAT). The tone wasn't bad at all and nicely clean.
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