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6th verse of the National Anthem...? Lord grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring May he sedition hush And like a torrent rush Rebellious Scots to crush God save the King

Good stuff

Anyone know if they make short or medium scale basses - 32" etc?

[quote name='julesb' timestamp='1445539208' post='2892317'] I'll offer this for starters... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxBkmMOh0Uc[/media] [/quote] Yep these two are very high on my list!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1445598674' post='2892679'] Thanks for that info Kev. We recently did a review of the various aggregators to see if we could get a better deal for our forthcoming album. AWAL came second out of all the ones we looked at, so it's disappointing to hear that they now have some sort of vetting policy. Right now AFAICS provided you expect to sell at least 50 copies of an album as digital downloads through iTunes and Amazon (by far the biggest source of our download sales) then [url="http://www.catapultdistribution.com"]Catapult[/url] appear to offer the best VFM. Having said that were you make your sales very much depends on what kind of a band you are who your audience is. We gig a lot and sales of recordings at gigs are 3 to 4 times greater than all the other sources combined. Next best is directly from our website, then Bandcamp and finally download and streaming via our aggregator. Finally - if you are a PRS member you don't need any of the performance royalty collecting services that a lot of the aggregators seem to be pushing now. None of them offer a better percentage than the PRS, and while in the short term if you aren't already a PRS member it might look like a good deal, in the long term you are better off with the PRS. [/quote] I rely on your advice regarding this subject

[quote name='Floyd Pepper' timestamp='1445602842' post='2892740'] I was in a very similar situation as the OP with no experience and not too much time to spend on going through the options. I just needed something quick and straightforward to get our music onto the main download and streaming sites at a reasonable cost. In the end, I went for CDBaby as it seemed to be well presented, with clear instructions, clear pricing, good support and gave us the results we wanted. Just received our first payment and so far so good. [/quote] Is there a UK website, ie, a separate operation here that deals with £'s or did you do it all from the American website?

Just a word to say that [b]AWAL [/b](recommended by some here) in my experience [b]do not operate like a straightforward distributor[/b]. I filled in an online form which asked for links to my music (I thought that was a bit weird). After several weeks they didn't respond at all so I sent an email asking whether they were still operational or whether there was some other problem. I received this reply: [i]"Hi Kev,[/i] [i]Sorry for the big delay we’re experiencing a lot higher number of applications than normal currently.[/i] [i]I’m afraid this isn’t the kind of content we’re looking to sign up currently, sorry about that. [/i] [i]Might be best to approach an open platform like Tunecore or Ditto?[/i] [i]We wish you all the best.[/i] [i]Cheers[/i] [i]Sophie[/i] [i][b]Sophie Townsend[/b][/i] [i][b]Client Services Manager'[/b][/i] It seems they vet the music which seems rather ridiculous to me if they're just in the business of distribution. It's almost like the attitude you used to get from old-fashioned records companies...[b]so I obviously wouldn't recommend[/b] [b]them[/b] - especially if you make 'funny -sounding music' which I tend to do,

[quote name='Kevin Glasgow' timestamp='1419875673' post='2643474'] Hi folks, Here's a bass solo from a recording I did in October. [media]http://youtu.be/Pnl_mF_0FVM[/media] Cheers, Kev [/quote] Beautiful stuff.

I've heard he played a Rick with a pick but it sounds like a P bass with muting at the bridge. Wish I knew for sure

The 'Missing Pieces' collection with Bill Bruford has some of the best NI tracks: http://youtu.be/TlWxDMTEvJo Unfortunately no longer available

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1445364780' post='2890966'] For those interested but not in the know, I couldn't resist posting this later song by National Health, also with Dave Stewart, Pip Pyle and Phil Miller. "Tenemos Roads" is a song that I love to death. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9ZUHju7JE[/media] [/quote] Now you're talking! I love National Health. Big influence on my band, Prescott, believe it or not: [url="https://slowfoot.bandcamp.com/track/didism"]https://slowfoot.bandcamp.com/track/didism[/url]

http://youtu.be/I02dRmOoC2U this one took a while to finish...

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1444757388' post='2885698'] every - photo of a Wal that I have seen looks like an over-varnished by-product from a Prison Workshop [/quote] This really made me laugh. Superb!

The London gig was great, massive, mixed crowd of young people and some oldies.

Going to see them tonight in London..

and a great film of the band live: [media]http://youtu.be/L6EBcncs0AA[/media] "You asked me for a chocolate bar Then you went and spoilt it all by eating it what a bore"

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1444108260' post='2880270'] Interviewed RS for the DVD/CD Access release. Lives in Italy and is rather understandably depressed by lack of financial rewards for past work/releases. Hope this pays a few bills. Also interesting band dynamic revealed; he didn't believe he was in same musical league as others, and felt his contributions were simple pop songs. I disagree on both counts ... [/quote] That's surprising. Maybe that's that peculiar inferiority complex suffered by rock and pop musicians when they get together with jazzers. Bill Bruford described something similar in his autobiography.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1443896142' post='2878606'] f***ing hell, look at the state of them - no wonder Punk happened...... [/quote] It's a great pic because your eye goes from left to right unconsciously checking who is either comfortable or uncomfortable in the opulent surroundings. Jonathan Coe got it just right in his Rotters Club book: people in bands either looked like this or had cut their hair by 1978.

Long lost Canterbury Scene Jazz Fusion. Lovely album [media]http://youtu.be/yN0z26qXKyI[/media]

Love this photo of the band - probably one of my favourite ever photos of any band

I absolutely love this band and Richard Sinclair is a terrific bassist. I love this fly-on-the-wall video documentary about the band's reunion in 2006: https://youtu.be/srXT1Q5Bd6A?list=FLanBBuQuTco1aSaAqkwt9Mw

They're very impressive. They play well and have a big rich sound. I'd like one - the A4 model.

Swinging!

As musicians our main enemy is indifference but musicians are fabulously indifferent to most music.