Mykesbass
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Showing my age - used to be Andre Previn!
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A friend who runs several music quizzes posted about a quiz where teams try to outdo each other with puns or plays on words of band names. This one I thought was an absolute belter: Al Green was my Valet. I know there are many on here that love a good pun - please fire away with your contributions.
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This (but again struggling for an example).
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Most universal bass in all type of music from Your ears.
Mykesbass replied to nilorius's topic in General Discussion
Nah, they all sound the same - it's all in the fingers 😎 -
Fascinating brief profile (1979) of Ian Dury
Mykesbass replied to Happy Jack's topic in General Discussion
Neither Will Birch's excellent biography nor the film pulled their punches, but neither portrayed him as such. -
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IBTL
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Saw 81 year old Tom Jones last year in a 300 capacity club in Brighton. He was incredible. Great voice and totally part of the band. Reason for the gig was so he could play some new material in amongst the classics, a promotion with his label and the local record shop.
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OP said Legends 😏
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I'm closer to the drummer than the singer on this. You are there to please the audience, if that doesn't please you you are in the wrong job. As a compromise, I've always used the occasional segue to maximise number of songs, but allow a little bit of chat.
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Sadly also seems to be the case for CD releases these days.
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Well every day really is a school day. I never knew there was bass guitar on I Feel Love, thought it was all synth.
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Having heard John Martyn, Solid Air on the radio this afternoon, I think Danny Thompson might be vying for a place on my earlier list.
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Tommy Cogbill Joe Osborn Bob Babbitt Robbie Shakespeare Donald Duck Dunn
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Two already mentioned - Aja and What's Going On. Another for me is where I first heard Inner City Blues, which was on Working Week's Working Nights, my all time most played album. Then there's the two Joe Jackson albums Night & Day and Body & Soul which I can happily listen to all the way through, back to back.
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Great genre, Shed Dub 😎
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I do hope you are not nominating yourself for the thread title!
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Anything longer than 4 bars.
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I used to be able to slowly form some basic chords and pluck a few simple lines on l/h guitar but there is something very different about the two sets of motor skills required for the two hands on guitar/bass. I think it might be @uk_leftywho had some good knowledge on the subject (sorry for tagging if I got the wrong person).
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So many players out there don't use their little finger. At least you have a genuine excuse! Go right handed - it will feel much more natural than trying left handed.
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Which is why streaming needs to be treated as third party income, treated differently from the royalty rate. Any music lawyers not negotiating this are way behind the times.
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We were doing this 20 years ago when, admittedly, streaming was In its infancy. The record company I worked for treated this as third party income, and as such was a 50/50 split. Amazing that the industry's top lawyers and managers have been settling for a royalty instead for so long.
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Drum & Bass - help me get my head/ears around it
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in General Discussion
Think I'm in the same boat when it comes to points 3 & 4. Glad to see that even the big fans of the style seem to feel it is much more something to experience rather than listen to. Makes me feel better about not really liking what I hear on the radio. Really appreciate everyone's input. Thanks -
Compiled from the early days of @ReggaebassReggae thread. A bit of everything in this list! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59RhYT5dLPwboS9u3njL4S?si=WHG8qho2Q2GrssAELJYnRQ&utm_source=copy-link
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Drum & Bass - help me get my head/ears around it
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in General Discussion
Thanks. Got to catch up with all this tonight.
