Richard R

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Andy is too modest to post the link: https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2021/03/01/bass-of-the-week-ajrguitar-mods-swift-triple/

Likewise, it's one of my favourite albums of all time. Not a fan of their other stuff particularly, but that album is well worth the million dollars they spent on it!

Welome aboard, to all of you!

Welcome aboard! There are so many good value basses available, and anything by Yamaha is good. I first picked up a bass three years ago. I'm not good, but I can get by, and it's one of the best things I've done. Welcome to a great, if occasionally very frustrating, hobby 😎

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Welcome aboard! Hope you find the site to your taste. Less brash than our American cousins, and with a tendency to descend to silliness rather than flame wars, but a hugely knowledgeable and helpful community.

Welcome aboard! Lots, and lots, and lots, of dots!!

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https://open.spotify.com/track/6P8bxNBbTGozvidJV9fjrG?si=4CMgILuURR60Dd3jHcpKgQ&utm_source=copy-link Thanks @LukeFRC !

Sad to hear you're not going to church @oldslapper - you do realise of course that most* of the people on this thread will now start earnestly** praying for you? Agree completely on the songwriting front. It's hard work! I have written a few worship songs, but only two were in my view good enough to record. All of the others at some point either fell into clichéd rhyme or phrase, and if I couldn't replace it I ditched the song. They were no worse than things I had sung, but no better. Thankfully I don't earn a living from shifting music, so I didn't have to put them out. *well maybe some. I have no actual idea on the percentage 😇 ** also I have no idea how many people on this thread are called Ernest.

Welcome aboard! Lots of friendly people here if you need help on the setup. (Don't ask me though, I don't know one end of a truss rod from the other...)

Excellent start to the day! Can I count it as my devotional?😇

Matching phoenix tail feathers for the neck cores? "The wand chooses the wizard, Harry, just like the bass chooses the player"

Oh, now I am envious! I saw him at the library theatre in Solihull on the tour for Slide Don't Fret. Great player.

I bought that on the strength of the cover, and played it twice, it just didn't grab me. This one, also bought for the cover, did grab me:

Free advice: Stay away from the marketplace!! And welcome aboard!

Two absolute favourites from school days. I haven't seen listed so far: Bryn Haworth- Live! Twelfth Night - Live and Let Live. And then of course the obvious candidates such as Live at Leeds, Yessongs, Three Sides Live, ...

This! So many songs are written for performances and recording, rather than for congregational singing. I don't want a mass return to Wesleyan Hymns, but at least write things we can sing. I didn't know that. Songs in D should be easy to sing then?

We use song select, except for one BL who writes out bespoke lead sheets in Sibelius so that the flute ornamentation is exactly what he wants. Where we have recordings of his songs I like trying to double up the flute ornaments on the bass. Done properly it sounds great, but I have never dared do it in church as I am not that reliable!

My colleague has just sent me this 😁

Belated welcome .

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