RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

I preferred Louie Louie Louie , and so you win again 😸👍

Always loved abba . Back in the day , I used to buy lots of 7" singles . Abba , Boney M , Hot Chocolate , Sparks , atomic rooster etc etc . Forward to present , all 7" singles gone . Everything went heavy metal or Tangerine dream . Still love sparks , although I'm selective about their catalogue . Saw them a few times . I have a cd box set of all abba albums ,and tbh only dislike about 2-3 tracks . In this day and age, I'll wait to see if the new album is good . If so, I'll get that on cd too That album cover for Abba greatest hits reminds me of good times ...

Exactly the same as me 😸

I will survive . ( played that a few times in a samba / metal style with mr Crowley guitar solo . Always well received ) knock 3 times ; singer " I'll knock you out in a minute " , so unfortunately never played that ..

Rivers of Babylon

Found a solution .. a tray for bathroom accessories that I purchased from Wilco many moons ago £1 Seems stable enough while using . Sometimes , you've gotta make a stand ...

It was only in lockdown, that I started to get to grips with synth stuff. Obviously, the downside is it can get expensive . I'm very much like Les Dawson regarding the piano , although it seems less daunting on a kids casio '80s keyboard I picked up recently In terms of Bass synth which is not massively expensive, I love the Moog Minitaur . It's handy if you want to do home recording using an interface , with lots of presets. Plus if you have a midi keyboard with drum pads it sounds great too. Instant Bass just by tapping the drum pads .There are other moogs like the sub 37/ slim phatty etc should you want to play live without computer. If you're wanting to learn songs etc you tube is your friend ..

Howdy! I'm looking for some sort of stand that would cope with the weight of my DFAM , but with the feet going under the Moog Grandmother if possible . Possibly a laptop stand ? The enclosed photo is showing the desired position where I get maximum use of the 2 moogs . It was a balancing act taking the photo , incase the DFAM fell at any moment . 😸 Please advise if you have any possible solutions . Thanks in advance

I'm really sorry to hear this . MB1 was one of my favourite basschatters . I loved his dry sense of humour , and even when bumping one or 2 basses I sold here he did it with his usual wit. Shame I never met him , but RIP MB1 😾 It must have been very hard for you to have had to announce the sad news Ped ,and like yourself he was a great mod on here also . Sad to hear ...

It may not mean much ,but just a heads up . I'm not sure if it's for a ltd period only , as I was thinking of purchasing in December . Seems like the natural progression from Garagrband for me anyway ...

Sorry to hear . Hope the health improves, or at least becomes manageable . Try whatever you can to improve that. Edited to say , I hope your quality of life improves . Typing in bed , is not always the best thing to do..

This is interesting ...and potentially annoying ! 😾😸 Looks like something else I have to add . Let me know how you get on with it ! While I'm here , I'll just mention that currently I have dfam / grandmother/ Taurus all linked . 😼👍

In 2018 while looking at the ipad , I saw the Moog Grandmother on you tube . . On Black Friday of that year, I decided to purchase it. This year, I have purchased a Moog DFAM plus Moog Minitaur. I have been thinking of purchasing a Moog Sound Studio , but I don't need it thankfully . Moog have started making things not quite as expensive ( but still not cheap) ,but I don't think I need anything else. The next step for me is to just have 2 basses ..1 fretted and one fretless. As I'm getting more Iinto recording bits for fun , I have too many apps . Some of which are expensive. Must stop being too obsessive with things ...

I tried that after receiving a nice email from Ableton . However, it cannot be authorised and after spending a very long time following the procedure , I'm gonna stick with version 10 Not sure if others have had the same issues. I thought I'd have a change from GarageBand , but this has put me off . I may use version 10 later , if I can be bothered ..

Okay , I finally know the score ... 1) GarageBand finally recognises the minitaur . 2) GarageBand will not recognise the minitaur software . 3) Reason does everything no problem 4) I purchased Reason a few years ago, plus latest upgrade , but it looks too complicated compared to GarageBand which I'm used to . This means I find it a barrier which I should really tackle . 5) Looks like I'll treat myself to Logic Pro at some stage ,as it is the most logical thing to do after GarageBand . The minitaur will be recognised straight away on logic . ...and there you have it ! There was one other line of thought . That was seeing if it was worth investigating whether there is a u s b to MIDI cable that would go from my oxygen 25 keyboard directly into the minitaur . After all of this malarkey , I won't bother .

Awesome drummer rip

Shame . Not a good week , with joeyjordison passing yesterday ..

Heaviest band to comfortably listen to for me , probabky obituary . I have a couple of their albums I forgot about but they have been popping up on my you tube likes and still have that nice foamy fuzzy sound. When the frontman starts sounding like he is getting sick initially , it adds to it . A bit samey, but nothing too harsh ..

Yes , I think you've hit the nail on the head there .

Having listened to the new song on planet rock and not being impressed by what I heard I thought I'd give it another listen here courtesy of DR J 's you tube clip. wow! Bruce is straining his voice imho . Not impresssed with the country style intro . I think it improves with the standard solos midway through , but then Bruce's strained vocals are back and destroys it He seems to be struggling to keep up with what we are accustomed to . . Fwiw , although the 7th son tour was great I couldn't listen to that album anymore . I cannot stand ' can I play with madness'. Even if Suggs did appear on that track, it wouldn't have improved it . IBruce's vocals on Benjamin breeg are great and that album was imho the best since somewhere in time ..

Fast food rockers ..fast food song 🍟🍕

Forgot to mention one option I haven't tried yet regarding GarageBand ..🤦 use the minitaur as an external audio in ,and not the MIDI instrument option which is first thing on the menu 🎹

I have a lot of time for them . Always loyal to the fans after so many years . I got lots of memories at the time being someone from the nwobhm scene which was happening back then . Went to Kingsbury bandwagon etc and was a diehard fan . Saw them at various London gigs right up until the Rainbow gig You get the picture .. To condense things I do regret being a bit narrow minded and not seeing them with Bruce . I made up for that on the somewhere in time tour onwards . Gigwise over the years 3 things stand out : The loudest gig ive bern to ( manowar on the blow your speakers tour was close ) was the metal for muthas gig at the Lyceum . Probably about 3 encores but some people were actually leaving as Paul dianno kept asking the sound guy to turn up. Then the Clive burr benefit gig . They were not very loud that night . Then the time Anyhax were the better band at Wembley and it was the worst time I saw maiden . Pre Internet then , and apparently this was around 5he time that Bruce quit . I stand to be corrected . I'll leave it there ..