Rosie C

Likewise, when I joined Facebook my employers had a 'no social media' policy so I used a fake name, then as I promoted our band my fake name sort of became the name people know me as.

Our neighbour is called Bruce, his neighbour called their dog Bruce. They claim it was an accident 🤔

A few years back when I was still improving and doing grades it was an hour most evenings but I got to a place where I'm happy with my skill level and now I'll spend an hour ahead of a gig or recording session, and if there's a new tune to learn I'll set aside some time.

I play in a duo with my partner, so there's never been controversy! We play renaissance & mediaeval music, with a generous chunk of folk-rock thrown in. I do the patter, usually playing two songs or tunes back-to-back then talking about the one we played and they one we'll play next. My partner (who also has a mic) tends to throw in 'amusing' quips and anecdotes, usually at my expense. I guess we're a bit different in that a lot of the tunes have a bit of history - e.g. Simon & Garfunkel's 'Scarborough Fair' can be traced way back to mediaeval Scandinavia and I talk mostly about the music. But I think without context our stuff wouldn't be as interesting for the audience.

Thanks, that does help, though it provokes GAS as well 😕

Both. Initially the GR55, but as it has a MIDI OUT port and I have a shiny rack-mounted Roland synth, inevitably I'll want to try plugging a MIDI cable between the two

No problem

This is good to know, thanks! What does it do if you play a pitch that is between notes?

Lately I've been getting quite into MIDI and inevitably my attention has come around to a MIDI-enabled bass. I only have one bass guitar (!) which is fretless, so I'm wondering if anyone has any experience of using the Roland system with fretless?

Ooh, it's ready to collect!

No, my bass is still away having them fitted. I'll post here when I've have it back...

I spent most of the day in a local studio recording some of my own songs. My first time doing my own material and my first time singing in a studio environment. Very exciting, and very strange to hear myself in the headphones as we layered multiple vocal tracks. I also did octave mandolin and a friend laid down some acoustic guitar. I'll be back next week to do bass, once my bass is back from the repair shop.

Thanks! That's a fair bit closer than Derbyshire!

That's a real shame. Although I live in south wales, after my local luthier stopped taking in basses, Dave at bassbags has been my go-to guy for maintaining my double bass - most recently reaming the body for a new end pin.

You must eat your spinach! 😉

I too will take a look. A good battery powered bass amp has so far been out of my grasp. I have a Roland Cube Street Ex for my piano accordion & synth but it doesn't do the low end well enough for my jazz or my bass uke, and it's no good at all for my upright. The best I've managed so far is an Orange Crush-B with a Jackery camping power pack - but I'd rather not have mains leads playing outdoors.

There's an idea, I might bring my home-brew Erbauer drill battery powered pedal board.

Well, I pulled the trigger - ordered the Dimarzios from Thomann and my bass is with my local guitar technician. I've a couple of studio sessions coming up, so I'm looking forward to how they sound!

yes, I've been thinking about buying an Elf...

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I can imagine! The bit of my brain that manages low back pain is screaming "NO!!!!" but I'm just overriding those negative thoughts as they look so cool. Even if I didn't gig them, they'd look good in the corner of my practice room.

I need some!

I love the look of those speaker cabs. Is that how they came from the factory, or have they been 'ruggedised' ?

Sam Vimes Boots theory!

For the last few years I've played in a church band and it really was ideal for me: * 10am rehearsal, before the gig at 11am, home in time for lunch, no loading in the dark * large car park close to the back door for unloading * nice people, no drunks * free coffee and biscuits * fabulous acoustics 🙂