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He's also proof positive that you dont need a million squid 10 banger to play Jazz. He plays that ole P bass on everything and sounds very good. Top reader too.

Thanks for this. Yes Patrice is a mean Jazz pianist too.... very talented.

Just clicked on a few vids today, I hadn't been that interested tbh and then watching them it dawned on me. I was 12 yr when Paranoid was released and I suddenly remembered how shocking it was, kinda scary. Death, Grunge, and all the rest owe them large ... Anyway the old eyes welled up today, who'da guessed. Cheers Ozzy.

Haha .. How many times have I heard that from the punters. On the other hand I did a festival years back and you could have sworn I was playing an Alembic with fresh rounds. I was actually playing an old P bass with very dead Chromes. FOH will do with us as they see fit.,

God knows what I heard then cause the clip defo sounded like a live band on a big stage singing the GG tune and it sounded nothing like Hello. More radio trickery it seems.

The radio this morning seemed to suggest they opened with Gary Glitters brilliant 'Good To Be Back'? Odd, seeing how opinionated they are.

Had some finger joint problems a few years back and found a simple change of technique helped a lot.

Rodders. Loved him for ever, and DYTISxy, most fun u can have playing a bass guitar. But I do think it might be time to bow out gracefully. Thgt Maggie Mae sounded a tad show style.

Switched telly on to.. Celeste? Beyond less than impressed, seemed terribly self indulgent. 20 minutes later Im hooked...Shes definitely an interesting individual.

Neil Young. Loved the way the band slowed Glastonbury down to a crawl. Long breaks between tunes. Lazy out of tune soloes, and the band all shuffling around on a piece of stage the size of an iPhone. Id forgotten how good some of his early stuff actually was.

Old has been funkster here. What I find odd about it all is how uncool everybody is. It seems like everyones going .."me me me". Even the bands have to call out to the fans the obligatory "Glastonbury"!! every other song. Anyway currently watching Free at the IOW circa 1970, crowd sat on the ground in quiet contemplation....Lovely.

A really worrying fact I found out recently is people with the condition have relatively speaking 35% less energy than people without. In other words it takes that much out of you to get thru the day with it. I can kinda believe it. If I have a coffee it rears up.. or Im stressed off she goes.. Its relentless.

Got it too and I can remember the exact moment it kicked in. Funny thing is my hearing has actually become more sensitive...I can hear stuff no one else can, the downside being tho I simply cannot risk playing live anymore even with the purple industrial strength earplugs. Even quietly practising my P bass will set it off....

On the general issue of age etc. My ears are so bad now I struggle to deal with any loud noise even with ear plugs. And more generally just the whole thing of gigging, the effort needed, the hanging about... even the playing to a degree. I suppose for some of us the whole thing just looses what it had when we were younger. Pity.

Takes me back to summer season holiday camp gigs in the 80's.

I think the only way to really combat it as old person is to completely change your daily behaviour and habits.. which isn't easy. ie for eg, Park as far from the shops as possible and carry heavy shopping. Get out of bed and literally yomp around the house like a crazy person swinging arms and stuff... yes its all crazy but I think it works....In a nutshell. Move more.

I can testity that doing a festival on a stinky hot day with a bad chest infection is/was madness. Vid of me looking like a drowned rat I was sweating so much....But I did it for the band (said the hero)..haha. Shuffled off the stage, jumped straight in the car - home. But yes it definitely pays to keep fit and positive when there's a line of gigs on the horizon.

Dont think Ive ever turned the master down once setup after sound chk. Seems an odd problem to have.

Fom the very first day they started I thought this ....PMT? Really?. Anyone else ever thght the same? Marketing is a very powerful tool and if it dont look right or sound right it can have an adverse affect.

This in spades. That criteria alone rules out for me the vast majority of players. Simply knowing the board inside out does not neccesarily make for good music. I love Nile Rodgers playing style and what he brought to popular music, but is he 'great guitarist' of course not but he is an extremely distinct and influential musician by the way he plays.

Because shockingly it seems no-one on this partiucular site could care less. Brian Wilson along with Elvis, The Beatles, Motown etc and a few others from the dim and distant literally shaped the musical world we inhabit today. And whether you beleive it or not he's that important.

Agree. I really dont think BC is the place to share ones thoughts about an event like this. Three comments? Extraordinary.

The demise of the instrument store. I just think the traditional band, "electric guitar thing" in the main, is over. It only ever started because of the blues and R&R. The very two genres which in the minds of young people today are pretty much obsolete. I popped into PMT two years ago and it just seemed full of active pa and DJ kit, barely a guitar or bass in sight. Light years away from the, 'ye olde guitar shop' on the corner stuffed with 100 watt tweed front Marshalls, slinky Hiwatts and Orange bass bins etc. Sad really, online just isn't quite the same.

Wonder if he's still going. Those gardens look awfully close together. Was it a success?....Noise issues? Curious.

I had a nearly new Mocha P bass bk in 77. Those new pictures with the crazing, colour tone etc show the body and neck are prob legit but as we've already deduced the entire thing is a hack job. Pity. If its a nice weight then its prob a nice player.