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But, yeah...I DON'T DECIDE. It's in the brain wiring for me. ("This Is Your Brain On Music" - Dan Levitin -). And at 62 I really have a hard time with stuff I used to enjoy. Don't know why...I'm bored easily these days. And yet there's stuff I can listen to FOREVER. OVER AND OVER. And I love my own music on Stick even if it's boring to anyone and everyone else. I have no filter for my own music. Maybe Dan Levitin needs to write another book.

I think that might be what us Yanks call "hipsters". I hope so. I like it. And yeah, any man-bunners out there, please take your uekelele and go home

What's the connection with saxes and bassists? I played the trombone! I mean, I could be loud and obnoxious without an amp, I get that. But at least I already read bass clef. And I'm not TRYING to be cheeky, just wondering...

Opened for Percy's Stone Tiger@ The Showplace Dover NJ it was a receptive crowd for our brand of odd contemporary music. Percy was a nice bloke. I was playing Precision fretless at the time and sounded like I was influenced by him, but when Unorthodox Behaviour came out, our keyboardist said, "Hey, this sounds like you." (I sounded like Jah Wobble too)

"Honk" is the sound of all youse bass players going on about it...

What's the point in that?

I'm waiting for the D'Addario competition. I have my scruples

I picked up this beautiful Squier Affinity Strat on my birthday a couple of years ago at a pawn shop for $60US. Burgundy. Immaculate. I wanted 5 springs on the whammy bar, picked two up@ my fav guitar shop went home took the back plate off and promptly scratched the back with an errant screwdriver. Does this count?

Al Greene makes my knees weak

It's gotta match my outfit and the beer I'm drinking.

Nothing about the post or the playing, but was reminded of ONE of my favourite quotes from This Is Spinal Tap: "There's such a fine line between 'stupid' and 'clever'."

Wrong Tall Sally (couldn't help myself)

No one was asking for pop covers? I'm suprised (and encouraged) I checked out your site. Nice.

Wow I never thought of that thanks guys!

You sound like Robert Fripp! (to a yank). We try not to exchange, but my g.f. does spring for the occasional set of Stick strings ($66US) and she hand-painted a guitar strap for the pawnshop Squire Strat I picked up on my birthday a few years ago. Anyway we're telling the nieces and nephews Santa didn't make it thru the first wave of COVID...

Dual Bass Reciprocal 12 strings on the Stick is fine for me. Some for this hand, some for that hand. All reachable with either hand. HooYaa

Ah there are so many gems. Hafta give the Captain some: Standing there bubblin' like an open cola in the sun Back is achin', work is never done She's swingin' a sponge on the end of a string Right on the brink She spills the ink Down the sink. She's. Not. Bad. She's just genetically mean. Don't you wish you never met her Dirty. Blue. Gene. Don Van Vliet

Nothing worse than a bass geek talking geek hifi. I won't even go into it (except for the time I incorporated my Gauss/BagEnd 18" sub into the house system - hard to keep the turntable from skipping w/ that one)

I'm A Man (any version, but I'm partial to Terry Kath & CTA)

I quit my own band after the guitarist, drummer, and keyboardist had quit and come back at various times. For a moment. Then I rejoined. It was a political statement. They never could have got on without me.

My buddy saw PiL in NYC somewhere. It's the "famous" one where there's a screen up, some Prophet5 noodling and John Lydon saying, "Did ya get your money's worth?" Oh, well...

One of these days I'm gonna get a "Orange Squeezer" kit and build the Tony Levin Sound. Sorry, I like Super-Squash

Weasels Ripped My Flesh from the same - Zappa. Always cracks me up when he says "Goodnight, Boys and Girls..."

I can't read all of this, but Beedster, do you realize Geddy Lee was EXTREMELY influenced by Chris Squire? And all the high singing is Chris, above Jon.

Three pages in, no mention of "groove".