Leonard Smalls

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1432211742' post='2779216'] Really?! [/quote] Only joking...

David Cameron Kim Kardassian

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1431732902' post='2774558'] I have only just clocked why you were first in here Mr Smalls , You do have a connection with Arizona [/quote] "Name's Smalls, Leonard Smalls. Friends call me Lenny, only I ain't got no friends."

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1431204143' post='2768836'] OK then Lots of singing on this one I am afraid , but I suppose a ballad has to have some words [url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/the-ballad-of-ed-schieffelin"]The Ballad of Ed Scheiffelin[/url] I hope you enjoy [/quote] Nice! I could definitely imagine that going on in the bar while Audie Murphy stands on a box battling with the likes of Broderick Crawford!

Tà very müch!

Liking the donkeys! Chickens are so passe... (how do you do an accent?)

As the great Nigel said, tis verily a fine line... Here's some terrible band names: Clap Yur Hands Say Yeah Death Cab For Cutie Hoobastank Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly Lake of Anal Mucus Does it Offend You, Yeah? Dogs Die In Hot Cars AndersonBrufordWakemanHowe (PLC)

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1431090366' post='2767717'] MB1. Those Naughty Lumps Butthole Surfers Splodgenessabounds [/quote] I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA] As for the Buttholes, awesome in the true sense of the word is all I can say! Different league from Splodge and his crisps/lager!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431084744' post='2767613'] There's a band currently doing the rounds who never rehearse, don't have songs or a set and improvise for every performance. You've got to admire their balls... they are called Commercial Suicide. You'd have to go a long way to find a band name more appropriate than that! [/quote] Free improvisation bands have been doing that for years... My first, and recently resurrected, band never rehearsed. We just went to parties and played for 4-5 hours at a time. We sounded like a funk/reggae version of John Zorn's Japanese noisecore bands! Fortunately this was Leeds in the 80s so everyone was completely off their faces. Y'all will be pleased to hear that we rehearse now...

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1430942584' post='2766251'] Another one of yours I really like , your voice is definitely sounding awesome on this one , great use of the harp , ties it together really well , excellent starter for ten with that tune . I wouldn't normally listen to others before mine is done, however, the tune is done , but I am now on take 50 or so with the vocal , even Mrs Lurks had a go , that was soooo funny , I have however promised her I won't use it , [/quote] Ta! You'll no doubt be unsurprised to hear that the vocals are samples...

Looks like I'm first out of the blocks with a large slab of dub, just like them thar old timers used to play round the camp fire when there wasn't other cowboys to shoot... Hasn't come out quite as big as it sounded before Soundcloud compression! https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/tombstone-dub

I got [url="http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk"]www.pcspecialist.co.uk[/url] to build me a Windows 8 laptop with 16gb RAM, a 1Tb hrbrid hard disc (250gb SSD), a 17.3" screen and i7 quad core processor for £700...

I'll sing it for you...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1430667449' post='2763540'] Back soon, I hope...[/font][/color] [/quote] Aye! Get well soon! At this rate I might be the 1st to submit an entry and nobody would want that!

If you're just playing a slide show from Windows picture manager, or a looped video or similar, it's easy to project it from a laptop/notepad so long as it's got an HDMI output. Otherwise you'd need a projector with USB input. You've also got to think about how far from your screen the projector is going to be situated, and how much light there is likely to be. More light/further away means more powerful projector, which is more expensive. Frinstance, our village hall projector needed to produce a 5m image from 15m away. So we had to buy an Optoma at nearly £2k. But my home projector only needed to produce a 2m pic at 3m away, hence it was £700. You can get cheaper than that if you're not enormously worried about absolute image quality.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1430589959' post='2762959'] I am just going to keep making a selection of noises till I like the sound of one , then run with it , add too much to it , and add enough finishing touches to hide the lack of quality in both the performance and production [/quote] Aye... Mine's had its first roll in glitter. Next comes the 2nd coat, followed by some ribbon bows and one of those raffia pom-poms. Or maybe 2!

Watch the bloke who does Mule Train with a tray for some inspiration! That's what I did, and now I've got Cowboy Dub complete with slide guitar and harmonica. Yee Har!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1430501387' post='2762146'] I think I know what's coming.... [/quote] I don't think you do! So far we've got bass (lots, though only 4 notes), drums (various!), keys (6!), some vocal samples and a large shed full of echo, plus a little bit of beatboxing...

I've made a start... And funnily enough it doesn't sound anything like Frankie Laine singing the "Ok Corral" theme. In fact it's veering wildly toward sleng teng!

I tend to slap an open E and A a couple of times, do the various harmonics to see how they sound, play a couple of chords both strummed and plucked then launch into a bit of "Showstopper" by Jamaaladeen, followed by a few riffs of my own followed by wild noodling until the shop owner comes up and says "Are you going to buy that $%£&*^! bass or not?"

[Milliband mode]Hell yeah![/Milliband mode]

This festival is incredibly reasonably priced with a proper line-up including Sugarhill Gang, Wu-Tang Clan, Rolo Tomassi, Dutch Uncles, Basement Jaxx, Buzzcocks, and not confirmed yet but I've been assured it's happening, Dredd and the Badass Weeds (*) in an extremely rare appearance: http://www.tramlines.org.uk/lineup/ * that's Keith from the Utahs, Andy from the New FADs, 2 Johns from the Snapdragons and Cassandra Crossing, and me. We'll show 'em what a band sounds like who rehearse once a year!

You'll get good advice at either [url="http://www.hifiwigwam.com"]www.hifiwigwam.com[/url] or [url="http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/"]http://www.pinkfishmedia.net/forum/[/url]. As for changing the cartridge, that's an easy job so long as you're not too hamfisted; I've just put an Audio Note IQ3 on my Clearaudio and it sounds most excellent. You do, however, need a stylus balance - the Shure one is about £20 - and it's probably worth getting a powerful magnifying glass to check on your old cart as it may be OK. This website has plenty of set-up info: http://www.originlive.com/troubleshooting/cartridges-troubleshooting.html

You know what twitching's the first sign of!

Moooez!