Leonard Smalls

I once played with the house band for a blues jam night at a rock'n'blues fest... Foks would come up and say do you know "$$$£" by ***&^ and the guitar player would say "yup". As I don't know any well-known (or other!) songs I'd tap Jerry on the shoulder and say how's it go?"; he'd say "12 bar in B, 1,2,3,4" and we'd be off! So I'd advise knowing the sort of songs you're likely to be asked to play, or be able to busk it...

[quote name='Che' timestamp='1446212746' post='2897782'] Maybe my entry scared the voters away?!! [/quote] I doubt it... [url=http://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/unbalanced]THIS[/url] was my entry a year ago - I even got 1 vote!

We definitely need more voters or I'll be the bridesmaid yet again!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1445988767' post='2896043'] I'm assuming that the lyrics (were they lyrics..?) are not the key feature needed to decipher the piece..? [/quote] Who's gonna say? Great review as ever! Gad you're feeling well enough to entertain us all with them again, the Compo Compo isn't the same without 'em!

I usually get shouts of "turn it off!" and "my ears, my ears!" when I put on "Mirakle" by Derek Bailey, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Calvin Weston... But I'm a fan! Enjoy: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGdAFxe9_0[/MEDIA]

Recognition at last! [url="http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/the-neuroscience-of-bass-new-study-explains-why-bass-instruments-are-fundamental-to-music.html"]http://www.openculture.com/2015/10/the-neuroscience-of-bass-new-study-explains-why-bass-instruments-are-fundamental-to-music.html[/url]

Nice!

I like... Saw him a couple of times with James Blood Ulmer, but here's his collaboration with Burhan Ocal: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh9XB0miLFc[/MEDIA] Edited to add: Cheers Chaypup!

Funnily enough when I bought mine from Allbang and Strummit in 1990ish I was choosing between a Jaydee, the Wal (£450 and £500) and an Alembic (£600). And that Wal is now one of the only things I own that's actually increased in value. The Alembic may have shown a similar increase, but definitely not the Jaydee!

I think that there's a level that's "just right" for any particular type of music in any venue. If you're in a pub, such as my local which isn't a specific music venue, a rock band should be loud enough that you can feel the bass a bit - not so much that it actually parts your hair and physically removes your kidneys - but rock has to be felt a bit in order to be rockin, same with funk. However, a chap doing folky stuff with an acoustic guitar shouldn't be anywhere near as loud as that (although in my book he/she wouldn't be allowed in in the first place ) And neither should be so loud that you can't easily order a pint. An whatever happens, the sound should be clean - I don't mean no distortion effects obviously, just that the PA should have sufficient headroom not to clip every time a note is played.

Depends what you're doing! Mellow jazz doesn't work at ear-spitting levels, same as metal doesn't work at dinner jazz levels... I've always played loudly, but then I've been wearing earplugs for 25 years! Not constantly, though - that would be odd.

I've used my Wal for punk, funk, reggae, rock, jazz and mixtures of all of those! Ad here's some multi-Wal shredding fun: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IKNSkprZVvo"]https://www.youtube....e&v=IKNSkprZVvo[/url]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1444772853' post='2885996'] Why go to such lengths..? Could you not have simply given it a light polish..? [/quote] A light polish doesn't hide the smell! <p>[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1444771124' post='2885962'] That is fantastic , love it to pieces , and at 4.51 it still feels a bit short !! [/quote]

I've rolled mine in 3 different colours of glitter, added an antique wax finish and coated it in diamond-hard varnish. Enjoy! (or not!) http://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/say-what

Strangely, I tried posting a vid this morning using W10 and The Edge (no not him!), and the vid didn't appear - just showed a big white space in the post. Just changed to Internet Explorer - same laptop and W10 ad there's the vid...

I can't add links or vids either... Windows 10?

Another funker gone... Was one of the founder members or Was (not Was), played with Parliament/Funkadelic and the Brides of Funkenstein (on guitar and bass). [size="2"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFVfRCkq2PU[/size]

I have a similar problem, except instead of scream-metal it's folk... I put an ad in the local listings mag for musicians to make music "like Parliament via Ornette Coleman, like Motorhead vis Material". And I got 3 replies, all of them wanting to do Beatles covers! Now I'm playing a couple of gigs a year with a band I was at university with 30+ years ago, plus occasional free-improvisation jazz-electronica "happenings" locally involving a laptop, bass, prepared piano and 2 trombones. (I think we need an "eek!" emoticon here!) Plus lots of playing with myself on the computer with Ableton and EZ Drummer!

My class AB Bryston hifi power amp uses 215W at idle - i.e. just switched on. Full rated RMS power is 968W into 4 ohms, and the amp itself is rated at 2200W; this means that peak power is 1382W/ch into 4 ohms, so it's a total peak power of 2765W, which is considerably more than the rated power... Which means that the relationship between current draw and sound output isn't quite as simple as a few rating figures might have you believe... And in addition to this, sound output is dependent on the efficiency of the speakers, then different frequencies need different amounts of power to produce, then there's etc etc!

I'm going to do a 45 minute piece called "$*** Scum" ($%£&*$ swear filter!) featuring samples of Michael Jackson and The Beatles. Waddya think?

Looks like the polls never close! Either way, excellent songs by Bilbo and XG - congrats! And looks like I'm 2nd bridesmaid yet again...

At a recent house party...

You been to school for a year or two Know you've seen it all Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

One of my favourite tunes with Jaco: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-utN0_h9WlU[/MEDIA] A proper builder...

Her performance inspired me to look at her latest album; unfortunately it's not quite as good as she was live! I also liked the Macabees 1st song...