Nail Soup

Found this via Facebook - 1977 4 song demo by the Clash. For me this sounds somewhat better than the first LP. What do you think?

Phew, made it! Time was short due to illness, family events and work trips... but finally completed. Blurb: I've gone for the boy racer angle, although with a punky sound not traditionally heard from such a vehicle..... so I present "Ford Cortina with a Home Made Flame Job". Technical details: DAW: Studio one, Guitars : Vox Standard 25 and Squier Tele, Bass: Vantage Avenger, Drums: MT Powerdrums, Vocals: Sure SM58 Lyrics in spoiler:

Got your point. I think in a lot of cover bands they play the song in the original 'fingering' rather than the actual key in the record, so if the band play it in E and the producer slows it to Eb then the covers band will play it in E fingering (and hence E key) if it has benefits. Perhaps the slowed down tempo to keep the feel. It's just about communication - the guitarist should have given a shout out nice and early along the lines "I think they played this in E even though it sounds as Eb...can we do it in E?"

Thanks, and yes I did miss the finger thing!

Not sure if you were just joking, but the main reason people use capo/retune is to retain the possibilities offered by the specific chord shapes etc.

Who needs Morrisey and Marr?

Thanks! I took a listen... very interesting. Easy to see how it failed as bass guitar replacement and succeeded as bass guitar alternative!

Anything that anyone can access like you YouTube or SoundCloud?

Absolutely. I think that in the past there may have been a transitionary period when it was understandable to highlight the skills of female musicians, but I like to think we are beyond that now and don't need to highlight any more. However, based on vids that get shared on social media it seems like a lot of people are not so much shocked, but impressed by a woman doing rock instrumentation well.

I was going to suggest 2I want you back" by the Jackson 5, but I think it lasts 8 bars. If you care to step outside of disco, please try Peaches by The Stranglers (there's two parts)

Good luck with the project. I suspect I'm not the only one here with no access to Instagram... any chance of sharing a different way?

The OPs guitarist didn’t retune his instrument when he was with the band. He just detuned at home while learning the tune. Then back to std at band rehearsal. Thats how I read it anyway.

Someone has made an 8 bit bass. That’s all. https://www.guitarworld.com/news/8-bit-bass

For future ref, he could also have raised the recording to E using software like Audacity and learned it like that.

He has altered the key to E. And his approach makes perfect sense.

I'm planning to inflict a version of this on my local folk/acoustic session at the weekend. To make things worse, I'm considering doing it on banjo 😐. Diggin' My Potatoes by Lonnie Donegan.

Heard this on the #Iggy Pop show last week. I think they capture the punk sprit pretty well... The Lambrini Girls - 'Help Me I'm Gay'

I though they are really good at what the do... and she is great drummer and singer. But not shocking as such.

Music is absolutely, definitely, categorically not a competition. Anyone who thinks so is not a real musician. Anyway, can't chat here all day, need to work on my entry for this months Basschat composition competition.

In my bands it’s who plays the last note is the best.

I'm midway through Billy Bragg's book on skiffle music. Skiffle is associated with washtub bass (although a lot of acts in the book used double bass too)... Anyone here had experience of washtub bass? Tell us about it... and also about he technique. For example are you playing actual pitched notes?

Agree... but it's better than saying 'these bad boys'

Might explain what the controls do, but doesn't explain why you would or wouldn't switch it off if you could.

And here's the source material of one of Fatboy's biggest tracks: Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo' Praise

Fatboy Slim was on the BBC Radio 2 Blues show a week or two ago. He's a big blues fan and like s to listen to stuff far away from the music he makes... so very rough and low-tech blues. We don't get may mash-ups in the Blues thread, but Norman (AKA Fatboy) played this that he made using the instrumental track from the Stones "Wild Horses" and the Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl". Works pretty well IMO.