Mykesbass

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1452953444' post='2955013'] Could it be that (dons flat cap) music were better int' old days? and modern music is just sh*te? Compare Nicki Minaj to Hazel O'Connor. One Direction to Led Zeppelin. Any one of a thousand and one identical 'trance djs' to Pink Floyd. Could this be why a modern music festival wont get punters, yet a tribute festival might? Discuss. [/quote] But the modern festivals are huge at the moment, the biggest earner for all the big names. OK, they chuck in some "heritage" acts but they are way outnumbered by those new-fangled outfits that I haven't heard of!

I always thought music first, but then there are always the exceptions - one of my favourite artists in my 20s was Elvis Costello, and now I'm a big fan of Dylan and later Bruce Springsteen, where the lyrics are pretty essential!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452951186' post='2954986'] the groove is sacrificed for the fluff in that example... IMO [/quote] [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1452958448' post='2955086'] Yeah possibly - but this really is more towards the pop end of the soul/R and B spectrum - however it's a pretty good copy of the original (with a few fluffs), which does have that extended 16th note groove at the end - the timing and accents of the original sound a bit unusual - this was one of a number of Chic/Sister Sledge/Sheila B Devotion/Diane Ross Edwards/Rogers produced covers which I played in a touring covers band at the end of the 70s and that song certainly got people up dancing - I think the bass 16th note groove just adds to the intensity - quite clever the way it's restricted only to one bar every twelve until the end when it cuts loose. Very clever guys as writers, arrangers and musicians. [/quote] Compared to most of their work, even on the original version the bass doesn't sit quite as nicely on this particular track to my ears.

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1452906475' post='2954732'] Just suppose I'll have to look even dafter than usual now, then. [/quote] Not you Vinny - if you check your post the link is indeed the sofa, I've now edited the original which somehow changed between me posting, h.k.h viewing and quoting and then you viewing. Time to call in Mulder & Sculley

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452887712' post='2954538'] The seller says it's been made to look like a 60s bass, but of course it's been made to look like a 70s bass. Trouble is the attempt has failed whichever time period it's supposed to be from. [/quote] I dunno, pretty sure Fender must have made several basses as bad as this in the 70s

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1452854456' post='2954057'] One of these events is happening in my local park this summer. Presumably only fake people will be able to attend. Apparently some lucky local bands will have the privilege of supporting said fakers... sheeesh. [/quote] I do fully appreciate your exasperation with this whole concept JellyKnees, it is sad that new music isn't supported in the same way that tributes are, and that they have also now taken over these local park events, but without the support of public money (councils, Arts Council etc.) market forces are always going to prevail.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1452877757' post='2954402'] Ah, but is it art or is it entertainment? OH NO, I SAID IT! [/quote] You're not going to become a banned Basschatter tribute are you?

[quote name='linear' timestamp='1452878644' post='2954414'] It's all a pantomime anyway. All of it. [/quote] Oh no it isn't!

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1452872514' post='2954330'] Even weirder....when I clicked your link, it took me to the stand you mentioned! [/quote] You don't know how pleased I am to see you confirm that! Thought I was being even less competent than I thought!

Leave one in the back pocket of your jeans when you next put them in the washing machine

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1452848743' post='2953983'] I have some massive holes in my listening experience. I hadn't heard Dark Side of The Moon until I was 48, only heard the White Album after it appeared on Spotify a few weeks back, never heard a Bob Dylan album, a Stones album or had anything other than superficial contact with any number of 'legends' including Bowie, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, The Eagles, The Band etc etc. There is more music out there that any one of us can consume. Our own journies are what make us 'us'. I have a truckload of obscure artists I have loved and soaked up over the years and have no real sense that I am missing out. My own perspective is that I cannot say that I 'don't like' Bowie, Elton John etc etc, it's more that I cannot listen to everything, so when I do, I go for stuff that I love rather than stuff that I like or think is OK. 'Life On Mars' is a great piece of music but I would never pick it up by chouce because I get to hear it every now and then as I go through life and, when the choice is mine, will go for things that work more for me. The 'choice' is not 'good' vs 'bad' but 'most loved' vs. 'that's nice'. [/quote] Great Perspective Bilbo.

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1452841692' post='2953908'] You take a sofa to gigs? Bet you're popular! [/quote] That is so weird, I'm positive I posted a link to Amazon for the Hercules Mini!! In fact if you look at post #3 Hiram seems to know what I was talking about, so no idea how that link got there. Ah, technology in the hands of a Luddite, got to love it

Can't tell without seeing one for real, as they don't look that robust from the pictures. These ones [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/HERCULES-STANDS-ELECTRIC-Guitars-accessories/dp/B000NHB9BE/ref=sr_1_4?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1452844610&sr=1-4&keywords=hercules+guitar+stand"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/HERCULES-STANDS-ELECTRIC-Guitars-accessories/dp/B000NHB9BE/ref=sr_1_4?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1452844610&sr=1-4&keywords=hercules+guitar+stand[/url] are pretty solid and fold up to very little.

That is an excellent way of doing an a/b comparison of two basses - great work. Preferred the classic in the first style, but thought the standard was a little more versatile, and sounded better in all the others, although it was the first style that was my favourite of all.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1452787790' post='2953535'] The sosososososo guy I mentioned earlier (whose name I can't remember. I could have a guess but I'd be very embarrassed if I got it wrong) insisted that music wasn't entertainment and that if you enjoy it you're doing it wrong. He was very quickly told just how far up his arse his head was... [/quote] [quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1452809075' post='2953795'] Link please! This thread passed me by. [/quote] Inti? Accused WaterofTyne (if I recall) among others of being a clown. Charmer.

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1452718120' post='2952909'] hear what Bernard was doing and what a genius he was. [/quote] A big part of that genius for me, having heard the isolated/playalong version is in his composing of the part - it just sounds so odd on its own, not a natural choice of notes/lines, but once it is in the mix, wow!

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1452779366' post='2953402'] The masking tape badge to "attract" the girls is genius [/quote] Although the concept of tasting drinks as a pulling technique is baffling me, but then perhaps I've led a sheltered life

Well that has set the bar extremely high

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1452773720' post='2953292'] [b] Budokan[/b] [/quote] Dylan? Sadao Watanabe? Cheap Trick?

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1452770010' post='2953220'] Thank you Mykesbass, I've got a lot to learn. [/quote] I like playing in Bb. Years of playing rhythm guitar in a big band got me used to it, and was why I chose a 5 string bass, as that makes Eb a whole lot easier.

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1452766652' post='2953179'] Can anyone tell me why they seem to play mostly in the key of [b]B[/b][b]b?[/b] [/quote] Quite simply, brass and woodwind instruments are not in concert pitch (c) - most brass and tenor sax are tuned to Bb, so when they play in the key of C for them the rest of us are in Bb. Just to make things worse, alto sax is tuned to Eb, so when they play a C we have to play Eb. C is the most common key as it has no flats of sharps (black notes on the piano), so is the easiest key to read music in.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1452695539' post='2952517'] Same here. For years I wondered what all the fuss was about. Learnt a track from Nashville Skyline for a recent audition and immediately understood the huge talent involved, where before I saw nothing. Still, better late than never, eh? I've only been in the dark for about 50 years, so no harm done. This band are of a genre I know very little about, so I really hope I get the gig! It's all new to me! [/quote] Glad it was only about 47 years in the dark for me How I missed out on Blood on the Tracks and Highway 61 Revisited for so long I'll never know! I will say to those who have cited Dylan on this thread as a blindspot, it is well worth getting stuck in with someone who knows and loves the stuff - it really helped me, hearing alternate versions, like Live @ Budokan version of It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding.

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1452671211' post='2952154'] Just to clarify things a bit further, my original post held no malice. I haven't willfully avoided listening to David Bowie in my life - I am neutral on his music. I don't know much about him or any of the songs other than the really really popular mainstream ones. A similar thing happened with Bob Dylan, then one day I heard one of his songs in a film and it connected with at that time, from then on I became a fan. Maybe because my parents were not big Dylan or Bowie fans then I missed out on that from being young (I'm 40 now). Most of my knowledge of the greats is derived from what was on in the house when growing up and then my own musical tastes and how they have changed and grown over the years. The reason why I mention this is because I hope that this doesn't turn into another Blue vs Anyone who doesn't like the greats thread. I am in no way ignorant of musical history, I just haven't listened to everything, I'm working on it though. [/quote] Your OP was perfectly reasonable and refreshingly honest, and hopefully will make for an interesting thread.

I did have a massive blindspot with Bob Dylan, only really knowing the tracks played on radio. Joined a band that played a huge range of his stuff and I'm now a big fan. I also know very little from the last ten years.

Impossible to choose, but listening to Let's Dance today I had forgotten how much I liked Cat People (Putting Out The Fire). Was sad to hear that Bowie had gone off that album, and yes, it was very 80's, but I still love it.