Earbrass

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1330614235' post='1560405']
I'm sure that the majority of people that will turn up (which I'm guessing will be mostly teenagers)will instantly
recognise it and be inspired.
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OK then, how about the "Deal or No Deal" theme?

Lord Of Light (Hawkwind - Space Ritual) might be suitable. Good bass riff but pretty simple.

"To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
― [url="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1020792.Antoine_de_Saint_Exup_ry"]Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[/url]

Perhaps it's not about waiting for "the one" to appear, but about making the one you have "the one" by getting to know it inside out.

I think there's a lot to be said for sticking with one instrument as far as possible - getting so familiar with its feel and sounds that you forget the instrument and concentrate on the music.

Try asking [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7371959.stm"]this[/url] chap?

But we had Noggin the Nog....

[quote name='Jam' timestamp='1329495570' post='1543412']
Just recorded this for a friend. The new floor in the conservatory has given the room some great acoustics. Just a little bit of a longer piece but you get the idea!

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What a fabulous sound.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1329953080' post='1550495']
This isn't a video either. I recorded it on a 4 track Fostex X-26 about 20 years ago. Drums were programmed on an Alesis HR16, bass was a Bass Collection SGC Nanyo DIed through a Marshall JCM900 twin combo, guitar was the same amp and an Aria Pro II super Strat with a Kahler.

[url="http://soundcloud.com/silddx/no-feet-allowed-1992"]http://soundcloud.co...et-allowed-1992[/url]
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I rather like that - especially the second half. You're really quite good at this guitar lark, aren't you?

I sold Thomas a Crate Powerblock amp. Nice guy, great comms, no problems. Deal in confidence.

I do find it annoying when newbies post their stuff for sale and then bump their ads several times a day - I see that as disrespectful to other forum users.

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1330018487' post='1551571']
Come on Nige, thats comes across a bit condescending.
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Only a bit? Must be one of his good days.

PM replied.

I think it depends why you are playing. If you are trying to earn your living from music, then it might be worth sticking at the db because it's a rarer skill and may get you more paid gigs. If you are primarily playing for the love of it, then I'd say play the instrument(s) that you feel enthusiastic about.

Bump for final price drop before the 'bay.

Sold Ron a Boss Drum machine. Instant payment, good comms, no problems. Recommended.

This has now been sold. Thanks.

Knowing when to stop.

[quote name='matt-bass-sparkes' timestamp='1329071647' post='1536801']
Bumop
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Oooh, nasty. Hope the surgeons were gentle.

One of these just sold on ebay for £125 + £10 p+p - grab yourself a bargain!

BUMP for new lower price

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1328711663' post='1531495']
I seem to recall a book called 'Canterbury Rock', but I can't remember any details about it... I'll Google it later, or maybe you can Len, I gotta go do the school run!
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How's your Italian?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canterbury-Rock-Robert-Machine-Hillage/dp/123262750X/ref=as_li_wdgt_js_ex?&linkCode=wsw&tag=bumblebeecons-21

Don't know about books, but I would strongly recommend also getting the "BBC - RADIO 1967 - 1971" CD compilation - worth it for the fabulous "Top Gear" live version of Moon in June alone. Also, Vol 2 is a brilliant album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L-Ylf4UV1w&feature=fvst

[b]SOLD: BOSS DR880 Drum Machine : £130 posted within UK (£120 collected from SE London)[/b]

**ONE OF THESE JUST SOLD ON EBAY FOR £147 + £12 p&p - HENCE NEW LOWER PRICE **

In excellent condition. Complete with original box, user manual and power supply. Extremely powerful drum machine, with very capable guitar/bass multi-fx thrown in. These are £415 new, but since this one is a few years old, the cardboard box is slightly tatty, and the PSU is two-pin and needs a shaver-adaptor (included) to plug into a 3-pin socket, I'm offering it at a basschat-friendly £130 posted to a UK address.




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[indent=1][i]- 1,000 patterns (500 preset, 500 user); easily add fills, ghost notes, chord progressions, and more[/i][/indent]
[indent=1][i]- 20 velocity-sensitive pads[/i][/indent]
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[indent=1][i]- 100 effect patches (50 Preset, 50 User) for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars[/i][/indent]
[indent=1][i]- Four assignable footswitch and expression-pedal inputs[/i][/indent]
[indent=1][i]- Digital and individual outputs; USB port for importing SMFs[/i][/indent]

[b]Details from the BOSS website [/b]: [url="http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/products/en/DR-880/"]http://www.bosscorp....ucts/en/DR-880/[/url]

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[b]And at GAK[/b]: [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/boss-dr-880/1254?gclid=CN6d5KDqi64CFQwgfAod1GHZ3w"]http://www.gak.co.uk...CFQwgfAod1GHZ3w[/url]

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[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1328545229' post='1528792']
There is indeed a difference, but if you respect the original musician for his feel and technique, then a good copyist must also have very similar if not exactly the same feel and technique. Natch, he lacks the originality, but originality isn't part of the spec.
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And that is why the comparison between tribute acts and a virtuoso violinist doesn't hold water - any classical musician worth his salt is not merely copying another musician's performance.

[quote name='musophilr' timestamp='1328459174' post='1527351']
As time goes by, the people who did the originals of what we like and grew up with either die or retire. If the music is any good it will pass into the category of "that which may be done by those good enough to do it". In exactly the same way as some musicians learn to play Mozart or Glenn Miller, so others will learn to reproduce Beatles, Stone, Floyd and other classics. That's already happening. Why berate a guitarist who does well at playing David Gilmour's guitar parts instead of writing his own? Do we put down a virtuouso violinist who's good at Vivaldi because he hasn't written his own concerti?
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There's a huge difference between performing someone else's composition and slavishly copying someone else's performance.