Leonard Smalls

Cheers! Looks like my effort this month is slightly better received than last month's appalling racket. This one's just a racket...

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1414522184' post='2590239'] Lovely that you're doing these reviews, Dad [/quote] Aye! And presumably my cheque arrived?

Tis all pretty darned good so far!

Eek!

I could do with a van like that!

Nice!

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5MXlAAsRVY[/MEDIA]

"Maggie" by the Exploited!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1412704283' post='2571183'] as for latin I have no recall whatsover [/quote] If you look up the active indicative conjugation for the verb [i]ducere[/i] you'll see why I remembered it, and why I'm not going to finish it in a post! Alternatively, ask your brother - I'll bet he remembers it to... However, I might add that mentally I never got past 15.

I remember Jonah handing in dirty mags instead of homework to her... Duco, ducis, ducit stayed in my memory as well!

I wouldn't dream of slipping in any innuendo. Being brought up as a Catholic meant that large parts of my youth were spent at Catechismm under a priest. We were taught to be upstanding and not smutty!

Cheers! But what's IBTL?

I got inspired (arguably!) and with some crazy 'boning by a local jazzist, produced this: [url="https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/the-difference-engine"]https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/the-difference-engine[/url] For a change I used both Wal and Sandberg basses with plenty of effects to disguise them!

[url=http://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Adam-F5-Active-Studio-Monitors-Pair/N48?origin=product-ads&gclid=CNDzpIPnlcECFabMtAod6QgAng]Adam[/url] make some of the best studio monitors. At this price you'll never get earth-shaking bass but those will give you a good idea of what's there! And don't get anything like Yammy NS10s. They were designed as a worse-case speaker - if you can get it to sound good on those they'll sound good on anything. They over-emphasise the treble so they're screechy like a banshee - they're almost always used in conjunction with a good main monitor!

Still considering - all have considerable merits! And big thanks to Bilbo for voting for my "song"... I was kind of expecting [i]nul points[/i]...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1411147122' post='2556992'] [size=3]([i]Although, leg-pulling aside, [/i]y[/size][i]ou're probably going to get far more votes than me, so what would I know..! [/i][size=3])[/size] [/quote] I'm going for the Christmas no.1! And you'll be pleased to hear I deleted 2 extra drum tracks as well as 2 drone tracks... I'll listen to a bit less Derek Bailey and Company before next month.

Audacity? Wassat? I almost called it "Takin' The P%££"... Luckily, the length of the "song" was dictated by the length of the bass noodle I extruded. All 3 drum tracks and the 2 keyboard tracks were done in 1 take each, as you can probably tell... And for a change there's no samples or loops, as if anyone would be foolish enough to produce one like that!

Can I just apologise for my entry this month? [url="https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/unbalanced"]https://soundcloud.c...weed/unbalanced[/url]

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1410901246' post='2554585'] sounds like wiring hell, esp with a bloke breathing down your neck wanting it done in 30 mins here is a nostalgic trip for you. [url="http://www.filmhistory.at/e_magneton.htm"]http://www.filmhisto.../e_magneton.htm[/url] [/quote] Luckily the bloke was very happy as it was a 60 minute programme... He was expecting at least 10 passes, so instead of paying 11hours he paid 2.5! As for plugging, I used every single patchcord in the place, plus all 20 available parallel strips and 3 station-synced timecode generators! And we all loved those mag film bays - seriously good engineering; in fact the quality was at least on a par with Nagra!

Many years ago I used to work for BBC Sound in the transfer and dubbing areas... We had Albrecht 16/35mm mag film bays, Otari and Studer 24track 2" machines, Nagra T and 4S 1/4" machines plus a host of video stuff. My personal record for sync was 19 Albrechts playing 16mm tracks onto the Otari, with 6 of those tracks also going to Nagra Ts, plus an Albrecht with film head playing pictures and 2 mixes from the 16mm mag tracks onto D3 and BetaSP video machines, and those pictures and main mix going onto a bank of 10 VHS machines. Took me 1.5 hours to set up - serious plugging job - but was a fine sight with all those machines playing and recording in perfect sync!

I'm a thumb and 2/3 finger player as well... Though I tend to play nearer the neck. For some reason, when I taught myself to play, that's what came naturally. I also alternate between a muted slap and thumb pluck, who knows why but it seems to (mostly) work!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1410022746' post='2545486'] Well there's no folk in here , but you are welcome to tell me what you think it is [url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/tweet"]https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/tweet[/url] I hope you enjoy [/quote] Very entertaining! There's morte than a hint of TV sitcom theme music about it... So far I'm headed determinedly free-form-ward with inspiration provided by the unbalanced 3 phase shown, plus Woody Woodpecker and Scooby Doo (obviously!).

Big thumbs up from me!

The pull of free improv is strong this month... Not sure if I can fight it, but I would never sink so low as to long for folkiness!

I think I'm definitely going for last place this month... My thoughts appear to be heading more and more Brotzmann/Bailey-ward! Especially if I get my banjo out! (and no, that's not a euphemism)