Leonard Smalls

The Badass Weeds have been going since 1982!

I see your Mama Funk, and raise you a Nasty Gal [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf5NUBIcEyU[/MEDIA]

I was always a huge fan of the Monochrome Set with the great Andy Warren on bass... Shame they never made it big - they're still playing small pub venues! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jSqLJsDJgw[/MEDIA]

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-PmQ3dFQvs[/MEDIA]

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1487075218' post='3236749'] I like unusual shapes for basses. That's why I have this. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/cDcIpYvh_zpsfup6ywfw.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Me too- that's why I've got a Parker!

I like odd, but that Danelectro is odd but square at the same time. Saying that, I fancy a Warwick Spacebass!

I've rolled mine in as much glitter as it would stand, as well as a stain and 3 coats of varnish. And this is what happened! http://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/topsy-turvy

Have you optimised your PC for audio? [url="https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10"]https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10[/url] Are there any USB driver problems? Or perhaps a Presonus error? (Check via device manager, USB or sound or sound video, game controllers - there'll be a yellow exclamation mark) It could also be something like an input/output sample rate mismatch... Is the BIOS/chipset etc running the latest update? Or perhaps it's power saving that's causing the problem. Make sure it's not set to go to sleep, that the USB isn't set to turn off to save power, that USB selective suspend isn't on and that processor max/min power are both set to 100%. And finally, try a new USB cable!

I'm in the middle of something loud and shouty, featuring a guest vocal by Donald Trump and crazed "guitar" solo in a variety of largely unrelated keys...

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1486230109' post='3230225'] Anyone who can get that good a tune out of those awful rubbery bass uke strings is probably miraculous! [/quote] Good player? Yes! Cool? No! They are not necessarily the same thing! This is cool: As is this:

Many years ago while dj-ing at Leeds Uni I was asked by a goth chap to "play some dance music, like 'Pagan Lovesong' by the Virgin Prunes." What surprised him was that I had it, and played it. He was the only one on the dancefloor... But the really weird thing is that years later, while playing in a 9 piece jazz funk band, someone requested the very same song. It's an easy bass-line! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgoJn5SUa_4[/MEDIA]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1485982994' post='3228317'] Hasn't Diana Ross already done a song for this? [/quote] And Lionel Ritchie! Looks pretty funky and perhaps a touch psychedelic...

Funky electronic rock for me. Or perhaps rocky electronic funk. Or maybe funky, rocky electronica.

When I do an entry for this excellent compo I use my 50m2 live studio, hiring musicians such as Buckethead , Rick Wakeman, Billy Cobham or the LSO when needed. We record live, using Neuman mics, onto 2 24track Studers via a 128 track SSL desk with eq by Neve and outboards by Eventide, monitoring by Bryston and TAD. And when I'm not dreaming I use bass as both bass and guitar (bass whammy), via a Focusrite 2i2 into a laptop running Ableton 9, controlled by a N ovation keyboard, monitoring on AKG phones or Adam F7 speakers.

I voted!

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1485530365' post='3224701'] I'm a huge funk fan and a fan of P-Funk especially but I'm not sure Bootsy is cool as such. Unique, a one-off for sure but he's a bit too wacky to be cool. Of those suggested so far I'd have to give the top places to Ox, Tony Levin and Mick Karn [/quote] Cool doesn't mean uninterested, or the best, just about being effortless... Bootsy is just all The Funk - he can't even talk without being funky. Which is cool. But can you imagine Doobie-in your funk? [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHE6hZU72A4[/MEDIA] Saying that, Lemmy was proper cool as well. And Big Tony Fisher from Trouble Funk...

As the official S.I. unit of cool is the Bootsy, where 1 Bootsy is the maximum achievable value,it's obvious who the coolest everything is! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIHrdLwa_y8[/MEDIA]

I've got one of their coats!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1484080481' post='3212564'] Absolutely, 46 tracks from me , that has just amazed me , before I started playing with this challenge I had never even used a DAW ! [/quote] 31 from me... I only got a DAW because it came free with a Focusrite Scarlett I'd bought to swap ideas with our France-based guitarist. Since then I've got a paid for DAW, keyboard/controller, mics, AKG headphones, decent studio monitor speaks and a rickety pair of tressles with a couple of planks to balance them all on! And rather than work on a song, I've got to collect Euros (bleedin' Brexit ), wash the car, practice fitting snow chains and hoover the house.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1484047760' post='3212149'] Spill the beans! What you got? [/quote] Adam F7s. They're excellent - I'm almost tempted to get some more instead of my hifi speaks, which had an rrp of £2600 more!

Talking of busy, I may not get it together either, despite lovely new speakers... Just moved house and I'm off on holiday on Friday!

I compromised and bought Adam F7s. And they're pretty darn good!

ER! [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3m37l1md2U[/MEDIA]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1482252485' post='3198917'] Just reposting this as for some weird reason the Dropbox link doesn't appear on my mobile browser in the original post. EDIT: nor in this post! Is anyone else seeing Len's Dropbox link?? [/quote] Here's the url... Should perhaps maybe work! [url]http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37322824/Autobahn%20AusfahrtMP3.mp3[/url] edit: just comes out as an embedded player! Another edit - here's the url without the http bit: ://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37322824/Autobahn%20AusfahrtMP3.mp3

I'm always in awe of Colonel Claypool... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOr6TleLZM[/media]