Akio Dāku

3 hours ago, SH73 said:

I did enjoy the BC podcast. Perhaps you could expand in the next edition on suitable PC / laptops on music production and how to build a simple PC tower for dummies. I think it would benefit us BCs 😉

Great idea! 

44 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

I've actually got an old Apevia case with room for full size motherboard, 4 dvd drives and 3 SATA drives... I could then re-use the laptop 1Tb hybrid drive, plus the 500Gb Samsung that's already in the case, plus new 500Gb SSD, as well as the Asus 24/96 sound card. I'd only need 2 8Gb DDR4 RAM, as there's 2 in the laptop already, just need to buy Corsair Vengeance to match, plus maybe ditch the existing 450W power supply for something a bit bigger. There's already 2 case fans, so one more on the front plus the cpu cooler should do it.

I expect a build time of 20 minutes.

😁

Problem solved! Just a random thought for your laptop though; there might be a chance you could get Linux to boot and re-image the firmware for your BIOS? That's the last thing I can think of. You should be able to get the BIOS image from your motherboard manufacturers website.

My advice build your own desktop, it's the cheapest and best way. I use these for everything;

https://www.scan.co.uk

https://www.overclockers.co.uk

Also what's up with your laptop exactly? Because I'd bet if you pull it to bits, clean it out and put some fresh thermal paste on the CPU/heatsync it'll probably breath fresh life into it.

Voted! 🙌 Very nicely done folks, everyone's stepping up their game month by month, it's properly impressive.  

I shared this in the pedal-board thread not long after I'd got it all finished off but it kinda fits better here, it's proven to be very effective. 😁 

1. Open the box
2. Set up/Plug-in; Stand/Microphone 
3. Plug-in tablet 
4. Plug-in the power (a single mains plug)
5. Plug-in mono out from my mini desk into the stage box or a D.I. 
6. Strap on my bass,  jack in, wedge my monitors in my lugholes and tune-up.

Bosh, ready to go.

Alright chaps, I just spent like 40mins quoting everyone and thanking you all and putting forward a format for the next cast... then I clicked a link by mistake and the draft save didn't have all off it there, so... just... my apologies because this is going to be somewhat less well written through frustration. 😅 So here's a few quotes and quick responses and a rough plan for things to come:

On 30/06/2018 at 15:50, Musashimonkey said:

I prefer a slightly less scripted approach

On 30/06/2018 at 18:48, jebroad said:

less scripted material would be good

This was the consensus, I'm thinking no script just talking points from here on out.

On 02/07/2018 at 11:47, Skol303 said:

The current runtime is too long

On 01/07/2018 at 16:32, CameronJ said:

2 hours is definitely too long

So for the next one I'm thinking a runtime of an hour.

On 06/07/2018 at 15:47, Zalastar said:

Now for the love of all that is holy please get @Chownybass back to finish off the CITES topic, you simply can't leave us hanging like that !!!

On 13/07/2018 at 22:02, TrevorR said:

The chat to Mr C was fascinating and I want to hear his in depth thoughts on CITES, rosewood and using other woods so do have him back. 

Quite a few people felt this way as do I myself so what do you say @Chownybass fancy a follow up?

On 02/07/2018 at 08:42, Skinnyman said:

Pedal Review was excellent although some of the nuances of tonal variation escaped me - a little bit more commentary on what was being adjusted as it was being adjusted would have helped

Seems this worked so we'll keep it as a segment and I shall try and refine the way I do them somewhat.

On 30/06/2018 at 15:50, Musashimonkey said:

Can we get it onto Apple Podcasts?... Would help with easy downloads and listening as an Apple user... (don't let that derail the thread though, all you Androids out there)

We need to do some conferring behind the scenes but my personal plan is to have it out on some form of RSS feed so we can publish to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and the like so it's available on all podcast apps and things. We just need to find the best hosting option.

On 05/07/2018 at 18:27, atsampson said:

Are you planning on doing a "show notes" page (which I guess would just be the first post in the comments thread)? It'd be nice to have links to the companies/threads you've talked about, the pedal settings you were demonstrating, and so on.

 We did do a small set of show notes that you can view on SoundCloud with links and things, I like  the copying them into the thread idea, we'll defiantly do that for the next feedback section.

So here's my proposition/rough plan for the next few episodes:

• Keep the runtime to an hour
• Split Interview and Discussion episodes
• Keep Interviews long form but publish as two part episodes 
• Unscripted but with taking points 
• Keep the review segment for discussion episodes   
• 5-10 min Intro/Outro to cover; Sight News, Announcements, Call to Action, etc. 

How does that sound to folk?

Oh and just tagging few people so I know they'll see this; 

@SpondonBassed @Sibob @ped @Silvia Bluejay  

Alright chaps, not had the chance to listen to anyone else's yet but I will do first thing in the morrow, here's my entry though;

And here's the lyrics;

She dances like white spirals in blue, Separate from her motion, Her heart, Her face a moon, A deeper meaning in abstraction, All these words they cover truth, More than a distraction, A gift, A God, My love, My muse, To think I found her in Eden, Now I better get back, I've got to capture that, Inspiration, She dances like white spirals in blue, Separate from her motion, Her heart, Her face a moon, Oh there's a million ways to mix brown, But it's ultramarine that will take the foreground, There's a different meaning to be found if you look, If you just look, Just look, Just look, Just look, Cos there's A deeper meaning in abstraction, All these words they cover truth, More that a distraction, A gift, A God, My love, My muse, She dances like white spirals in blue, Separate from her motion, Her heart, Her face a moon, 

EDIT;

Just listened to everyone's tracks and as always I'm very impressed. I'ts properly cool how differently we've all interpreted the image and shout out to @lurksalot because your premise is brilliant! Where the hell did you get the school sample or did you make it?

35 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

is it possible to download without having to be a member/sign up for the Sound Cloud?

Here you go good Sir; https://www.dropbox.com/s/q2hsody1salb1my/BassChat Podcast - Pilot.mp3?dl=0

Good call @discreet, one is all for surrealism! 😁

Thanks for everyone's responses so far, keep em coming! 😊 Personally I'm planning to sit on this for a fortnight now and let some more feedback roll in. Then I'll write up a summery/proposal for the next episode and see how it sounds to folk before we start production.  🙏

Congrats @discreet great track. 🙏

And it's down to the final furlong, @discreet has the lead but coming up on his inside is @JBP a noise shy, one thing's for sure this is a tight a race as we've ever seen here at the Royal Ascot!   

23 hours ago, EliasMooseblaster said:

Vary it to suit - it depends on the bass I'm playing, but also on the room I'm playing it in, who I'm playing with, and even what mood I'm in!

+1 very much this. ^

19 hours ago, lurksalot said:

I thought that after submitting mine!

I didn't listen to any until mine was done , then when I did , I was taken aback at how good they were. 

I take the view that everyone might put up a duff one one month and I'll get a certificate 😂

...... but certainly not happened this time 

You do yourself a disservice good Sir. I for one have voted for your piece and will condemn this competition as fixed, if it fails to honour you with the winning position. You are a bard of Shakespearean capacity and your talent should not go unrecognised! 😍   

I'd just bring it up straight away at the start of the next rehearsal. Say something like; "I feel like we're constantly rushing as a band, I might be wrong but could we try rehearsing to a click for a few weeks? Just so we can lock our tempos down together." Then your not singling anyone out and the click will objectively reveal if anyone's rushing without you saying a word.

@Mornats that was sick, properly gave me Mercury Theatre/War of the Worlds vibes. 👏 

I'd buy a standard black t-shirt with the "BassChat.co.uk" forum header screen printed on it. (You know, fairly big across the chest, band t-shirt style) I'd part with £20 for that if it included postage.

On 18/06/2018 at 11:04, Stylon Pilson said:

That's going to be a huge turn-off for a lot of people. I would strongly advise holding half of that back for episode two.

S.P.

I appreciate that's a possibility but we have to remember; that the same could be said for a shorter episode. This is all an opening gambit and it's just the pilot. Nothing's set in stone and it'll be easier to focus in on a workable format once we have this out so we can get objective feedback. Ideally I want this to be something everyone can enjoy but it's an impossible task to please everybody at once. As I've said I want this to be a representation of the forums wants/needs, so once we've put out the pilot we'll make a proper feedback thread and poll the opinions that people put forward to see where we end up. Until then everything's in a liminal zone really. I just need to make something happen for now, so sticking with this format/length is my safest bet for actually getting something coherent together. I mean everyone could turn around tell us it's terrible and the idea could languish in the bardo of unrealized potential for all we know. So lets not get ahead of ourselves.  

36 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said:

Looking forward to listening to the pilot! If ,as opposed to this long initial episode, 45 minutes is then deemed to be the best length, would it not be possible to record a full 90 mins and then split it in two? Perhaps publishing the two halves with a couple of weeks' hiatus rather than a whole month? Indeed, my initial idea of a podcast was that it would be weekly and only last for 20 to 30 minutes, but I'm probably a bit out of date with current trends.

Anythings possible, but I'll just give you a rough idea of things; 

At present on @ped's recommendation we have 6 segments not including an intro/outro. That's 5 roughly 10 min segments and a 20-30 min feature segment plus a 45min to an hour interview. In half an hour there wouldn't be time to say anything meaningful about much of the content we have to work with. The majority of podcasts in the charts are 2-3hours an episode, my personal approach would be why split what the listener can pause? Podcasts are a long form media, especially if you're including some form of interview. What real insight can you get into a topic or someones' mind and body of work in a 3-5min sound bite? Which is what we'd be looking at doing a half hour cast. 

I appreciate everyone's comments so far but remember this is a thread to collect some questions for a Q+A style op-ed segment in the cast. 

This great example of what we're after;

7 hours ago, StevieE said:

Hey guys, really looking forward to this Podcast! I currently listen to the Practical Bass Pod which is great, but it'll be fantastic to have a pod from this side of the pond at last.

My question is based on my own experience when, pretty much overnight, my right hand technique was taken to a completely different level when 3 finger plucking added to floating thumb clicked. It was an almost instant transformation and from that moment, totally changed how I play.

So, what have you guys learnt that's had the biggest impact on your playing? Doesn't have to be technique, could be gear, strings, strap length... anything really! 😁

Cheers Steve 

Haha , trust me folks we've got this. 😉 @ped we're working to format, we've got it all covered in a BC Podcast Group Message I'll send you an Invite now. 

As for time, it's going to be pretty long, I'd guess 1:45 - 2 hours with all the features and an interview with @Chownybass we've got planned. But fret not I think you'll all be happy with it. We can react to feedback and get more people involved once we have the pilot out. Folk can see where we're at production wise and make a more accurate critique when we've got it finished.   

At present though I think the most realistic format if it gets "green lit" will be a 2 to 3 hour cast released once a month. Then it's logistically reasonable and folk can listen to it in sections, this is the internet you can pause and pick up where you left off, you don't have to listen to it all in one go. 😋

Think of it as an audio monthly magazine.          

20 minutes ago, lurksalot said:

OK I'm in 

a simple affair this time , nothing too complicated but I am very short on time this month, gigs, work and setting up for Lurksalittles 18th birthday bash next weekend !

 Enjoy 

For some bizzarre reason I cant get the picture to upload this time around , I will try Again in the week 

This is genius! I love it! You've got my vote man, perfection on every level! 🙌🙇‍♂️🙌🙇‍♂️🙌🙇‍♂️🙏 You are a god among mere mortals. 👏

As folk might be aware, we're putting together a pilot episode for a BC podcast and for one of the segments we're going to do a Q+A. 

Please post any questions you'd like to throw at us in this thread and we'll try our best to answer as many as we can. (Questions with the most "Likes" will get priority) 

Because this is the pilot episode I don't want to put any real parameters on acceptable questions other than they have to be Bass/Music related, just go wild and we'll see what happens. At the very least we should get a good giggle out of me and @SpondonBassed trying our best to act like we know things haha! 🤣   

On 15/06/2018 at 08:38, silverfoxnik said:

Great idea! 

Looking forward to the first one. ☺

Once it's up and running, can I suggest that we link this idea to the various regional Bass Bashes, where there will be opportunities to get some fantastic content for the podcasts.

For example, the SE Bash has had so many good workshops and guest speakers over the years, much of which would have made for interesting and relevant podcast material...

This is an awesome idea! 

On 15/06/2018 at 10:02, Silvia Bluejay said:

Absolutely no prob re. getting audio from the bashes. I usually record almost everything on video, so adding a dedicated, good quality audio recorder will be no problem at all. Looking forward to this!

Thanks @Silvia Bluejay that would be amazing! 

@kingofthestuntmen this is great! Love the arrangement and all the layers are awesome, very nicely done indeed. 👏

It looks like this might be a thing folks, I'm going to try and put decent pilot together with @SpondonBassed by the end of the month, so we'll see where it goes from there. I'll PM people individually to sort out the specifics. Thanks to everyone for showing an interest in this and feel free to keep posting any ideas in the mean time, but it's not the end of the world if this thread sinks, I'll be sure to bump it once the episodes out! 😁