Nail Soup

Most of my favourite lines would be too simple or not well-known enough to serve as a party piece.

So I'll go for "Good Times" by Chic.

11 hours ago, upside downer said:

 

You wouldn't go far wrong with a few Ramones tunes.

Yes, one of the Johnny Ramones 'rules' was no guitar solos.

On the occasional Ramones song which had a guest solo, Johnny did not play it, or any other solo, live.

On 04/09/2020 at 17:18, Nail Soup said:

Just thinking back to music lessons at school (back in the seventies when I was at 'big school' aged 11-16)

I can say I learned absolutely nothing that has helped me in my musical life.

All our teacher did was to stand in front of a blackboard and make us learn the different clef and key signitures on the stave and that kind of thing. Never touched an instrument, occasionaly heard (classical) music and rarely did anything practical. Thinking back I'm getting angry at how bad those lessons were.

It wasn't till I left school and got my first bass that I learned anything. Essentially taught myself from books and friends.

 

Anyone have similar experience?

Or a better experience?

 

My (bad) experience was late 70's/early 80's at high school.

6 hours ago, Crusoe said:

I've been learning guitar (sue me), so I've been watching channels like Anyone Can Play Guitar - really good tutorials and covers a range of styles, like jazz, blues, indie, punk, rockabilly, reggae... Justin Guitar is very good too. he covers a lot of theory as well as songs.

Can definitely  agree with "Anyone Can Play Guitar"... really good tutorials and aligns well with my music taste.

How are they making these mixes? Some kind of AI, or do they have access to the original stems? Or something else?

4 hours ago, SamIAm said:

.. I also found that using a low G string (Which is tuned an octave below the standard G) produced a more pleasing sound.

Each to their own, but IMO a high G has the classic Uke sound and gives rise to the 'closely bunched' voicings.

4 hours ago, NancyJohnson said:

As an instrument, I'm finding that you can pretty much make any chord shape and it just sounds rather lovely, so much so I'm thinking a better specced one may make the experience a little better.

A lot of really cheap ukes have tuning, intonation and playability issues and hold the player back. 

For a small upgrade you can get a pretty decent one. You don't need to go high level, just something around 100 quid, similar to a starter level bass.

Of course for some other instruments and styles, it is desirable to have long nails on the plucking/picking/strumming hand. There must be those who also play bass... so I guess they work round it by means other than cutting.

I'm in for this...

This is a song I've been meaning to cover for a couple of years now, but never found an approach I've been happy with - until now! 

Techy stuff:

DAW: Studio one

Drums: Snare/Tom/Ride played live into one mic (95% is a single take - the 3rd) , then added  suitcase bass drum on a different track. Plus percussion.

Bass: Vantage Avenger

Guitars: Squier affinity Telecaster, homemade 3 string cigar box guitar with slide

Vox: SM38 mic

When I read the title I first of all thought it meant what to buy as his 18th bass...

I've seen the ad and would not have recognised Buble (even with the singing at the end) were he not referenced by name right near the beginning.

Inside of a violin?

1 minute ago, Dad3353 said:

 

The speed of the 'strike' determines the velocity, so a gentle tap sounds very different to a 'bash'. The current version is temperamental in this regard; I'm certain that the newer version will be good enough, without rivalling an acoustic kit in all respects. A lot of the demos I've seen seem to be lumberjacks, so not much scope for recognising velocity, but they can be played with nuance. 

Thanks. 

If that's the case, and I was directing that video, when he hit each drum 3 or 4  times they would have been at different volumes  with a comment about the sensitivity.

As far as I can make out, none of these type of 'air drum' products are velocity sensitive, so you cannot vary the volume of the hit.

If so, that limits the usefulness for me.

Anyone know any different?

On 30/11/2023 at 20:29, TimR said:

Not safe for work. Lots of profanity. 

 

This guy is very funny, but think he hits the mark very well. Part 1 and 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's vewry funny, and good advice too.

Especially funny what he calls bass players and pretending to think they are the most useless liability in the band... he is joking right?

People may refer to you as a good player with the added bonus of not being able to slap.

10 hours ago, Soledad said:

@Nail Soup - if you get a minute some time can you explain triple C modal tuning please?

Sure - as Pete says, it is triple C tuning gCGCC .

The term modal gets applied to banjo tunings which are neither major nor minor. Can also apply to other instruments of course.

On 18/11/2023 at 08:34, Nothingman said:

aw Wreckless Eric supporting Dr Feelgood. 
 

He was amazing. 
 

Dr Feelgood…we left after 5 songs. Mainly to escape the beer farts but the also coz they were very dull. 

How did the bill ever get to be that way round?

Considering they didn't play the instruments, they made an OK job of miming the bass and guitar.

21 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

but in theory at least, one would not hear any 'right/left' from a Good Drummer, so

If that’s the case why does the paradiddle etc even exist? If L and R are identical then isn’t paradiddle same as, say, mama papa?

On 13/07/2023 at 18:30, Elfrasho said:

 

Aye, I suspect 99% of guitarists could play bass to a certain level so it's not a complete surprise to see some of them give it a pop!

 

 

In other shock news:

Drummer quite good at percussion too

Piano player not bad on organ either

Don't know, but I'm going to have  guess: passing chord.

Good to see Reef “Put Your Hands” getting a few mentions here… I’d forgotten that awful song.

But it did somehow remind me of the dreadful “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors.

2 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

just went through this thread...everything sort of made sense except for mirror in the bathroom...somebody have a word.

Yes MITB is the one that surprised me.. 

Low-tech suggestion: Could it be handled by moving her mouth nearer the mic for those parts? Mic technique I guess.