GarethFlatlands

He was very good, I didn't know a huge amount of his back catalogue which probably helped as he essentially just played 1 45 minute song and then an encore which might have annoyed people hoping for a 'best of' set. Both he and his band were indeed on top form. I was blown away by what a great, non-flashy player he is. Any suggestions on where to start with listening to his recorded output?

A friend mentioned it a while ago and I completely forgot about it... until Monday where he said he'd bought me a ticket and forgot to mention it! So tomorrow after work, we're hitting the pub for food and then watching him after that. Really looking forward to it, I'm not that familiar with his material but I like what I've heard and I'll let you all know how he was.

You're looking at a couple of grand for a top of the range Bb trumpet, the model I got is around £600 new. So yeah, not cheap.

Watching a couple of videos, you can tell the difference but they still sound pretty good to me. I think you'd be lucky to find a good brass trombone for that money. I got my Bach trumpet for £40 but that was bargain of the century as far as I'm concerned!

Instant brass GAS. Although it's not made of brass. You know what I mean. Actually very tempted by one of these, purely out of interest to see if trumpet technique will carry over.

[quote name='Me And My Bass' timestamp='1396349435' post='2412488'] Design - popular classy Scottish drink made by monks in Devon! [/quote] Ah, wreck the hoose juice. Nice! Incidentally, I tried bucky for the first time ever in your home city of Glasgow.

[quote name='Panamonte' timestamp='1396090252' post='2409803'] [url="http://s1187.photobucket.com/user/panamonte/media/images.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Thread won!

Not sure if you'd class Sheffield as near Notts but Rich Tone music's website says they have them in stock.

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1395518866' post='2403378'] My other 'arf is a cellist so I'm used to hear her music drifting through the house. Her Elgar Cello Concerto ('67) is perhaps what she is most famous for and most Cellists seem to feel 'unworthy' to try to better it. [/quote] That's very cool, there's 2 string players in the flat downstairs and they occasionally have other players round for practice. They usually practice short sections but when they play full pieces, alone or as a group they're incredibly good. I sometimes just put a wildlife documentary on TV, mute it and listen to them play. Makes me embarrassed to play my trumpet in my room as I'm terrible!

Damn it Tom, you know how I love my Rat distortion! Any idea on the pricing for the TK's and word on switching options?

My folks didn't listen to anything too out there, a lot of regular stuff from the 60's through to the 80's. Some of it I've never got on with and still don't some that they got right and I've ended up listening to myself including Kate Bush, The Police, Paul Simon and Pink Floyd. I actually made a Spotify playlist called 'Songs from my parents cars' which I put on when I want to feel a bit nostalgic, though I've left out the stuff I wasn't too fond of!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1389214025' post='2331548'] There is likely to be lots of girls there, so try and work out what they like the most and then play that. [/quote] If we cared about pulling girls, we'd be guitarists

I think if you have a Line 6 M5 pedal but no expression pedal then you can just select the frequency with the control. Plenty of models to choose from too so it might be worth a look, although a nice analogue pedal would probably sound better in the long run,

Congrats, I'm sure if you've got the cash for one then they're worth it but sadly out of most peoples price range. All the vids I've seen of them have amazing tone. You might want to update your 'interests' line under your name now though

Believe it or not but a lot of Status Quo is 12 bar

[quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1392718164' post='2371847'] Boulty is the man and a good friend. i love that guy! We recorded vocals there Boulty mixed it and then Joe Cee mastered. I am going to give your bands a blast later on Gareth. [/quote] If you like heavier stuff, you might prefer my old band, Flatlands. Album also recorded at Boulty's!

Nice to see you recorded at Boulty and Phil's place too.

I too like a bit of tech metal and that was excellent. Good job putting a beatdown into and not making it sound terrible! Nice 'American Psycho' reference too.

The Porter Cottage or the Porter Brook? Both are within a stones throw of each other and are pretty nice. I live very near there, as does andydye on here. Yours is probably a very familiar story back in the days when record contracts were the sole aim of bands everywhere!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1392393250' post='2368169'] Warp Records! I remember one of their "creative team" coming to watch a band I was in many, many years ago with a view to signing us, and him earnestly telling me in conversation afterwards that when it came to music, "Bleeps are out, clonks are in". Obviously , with the balance of hindsight, I should have taken him seriously . [/quote] Anyone I might have heard of? I was playing in a electro/glitch band back in 2003-4. Long shot but our paths may have crossed. I got reminded recently that Squarepusher used to live in the flats opposite one of my old girlfriends houses so an odd coincidence that this thread has cropped up again!

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1392335217' post='2367664'] So are frets [i]only[/i] there to make the (electric) bass sound a particular way, and weren't actually designed to help with precise intonation at all? That can't be right, surely, can it? [/quote] My understanding was they were added to eliminate player related intonation issues you get with double bass, hence the name "Precision" bass. I might be wrong though.

[quote name='krysh' timestamp='1392025015' post='2363607'] due to some modifications, my guitars and pedalboards in front of my homestudio rig: [/quote] Very nice, never heard of the Koch pedal before but it looks very interesting from the information I've found.

Do you mean classical style music? There's a surprising dearth of classical brass pieces, the valved cornet and trumpet weren't really taken seriously as solo classical instruments until relatively late on. There's a fair amount of baroque pieces using non valve trumpet, but as it relies solely on hitting harmonics and these are spaced fairly far apart in the lower registers (lowest on a regular trumpet is C to G or a 5th) making melodies difficult to write, they're all what is today thought of as played in the instruments very high registers where the harmonics are spaced much closer together. Swedish trumpeter Hakan Hardenberger, frustrated with a limited repertoire of classical trumpet has commissioned a number of newer pieces from modern composers you could track down if you want to explore further. That said, the tunes of the list here should be a good place to start:- [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_concerto"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet_concerto[/url] (Guess who started playing trumpet last year)

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1392156068' post='2365520'] what a great band... and a lurvley drummer [/quote] Indeed to both.

How about agreeing with him to get someone not in the band (soundguy, manager if you have one) to go out and check the levels front of house and make any tweaks on both his and your behalf? If they adjust your levels first (or pretend to), go back out and then adjust his then you might be able to do it stealthily.