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[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1332763928' post='1592657'] Can't wait for that! This has got me trying to think of songs about hideous industrial accidents. The only one I can come up with is 'Big Bad John' ...I suppose there are several others about mining disasters as well. But they might all be a bit too PC for this thread. [/quote] There's [i]Wreck of the Old 97[/i] (about a train crash) as performed by Johnny Cash on Live At St. Quentin (1969).

I have the BDI21 - it's never let me down, and sounds fine to me.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1332230717' post='1584999'] I didn't know Sooty had a guitarist. I thought Sooty played clarinet, Sweep played drums and Sue played piano. Maybe you saw them with a different line up. Was that their Flamenco period? [/quote] Surely Sooty is most famous for playing the xylophone?

Sabbath was my first musical love (aged about 10 or 11 I suppose), swiftly followed by Deep Purple and Hawkwind, and Led Zep a year or two later. I still listen to all of them, but I don't think anyone should feel bad about not liking them. Be proud to be different! I have absolutely no interest in Motown, or any other soul for that matter, which puts me in a minority on here - but who cares, really? There's so much music out there - go find some stuff that speaks to [b]you[/b][b].[/b]

You could also have a look at [url="http://www.accordionforum.co.uk"]this[/url] forum - it's still quite new, but there are some very knowledgeable people on there.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331826717' post='1579563'] However I have something which IMO is far important in my sig - a link to my music. [/quote] +1

Maybe check [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170594-puke-on-instruments-looooooovely/"]this[/url] thread? Sorry, someone less fatuous will be along shortly to give you a sensible answer.

This probably won't be to everyone's taste, and there's no bass content, but I'm finding this quite mesmerising. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPOCvEFFpM&feature=channel[/media]

Soprano is definitely my favourite of the sax family. I really like some of Lol Coxhill's playing - eg the [i]Fleas in Custard[/i] album (though some of it too "squeaky bonk" out* for me). *[i]squeaky bonk out[/i]: [i]I picked up this phrase from [url="http://www.janettemason.com/"]Janette Mason[/url], with whom I once studied jazz piano. In the spectrum of "out-ness" that jazz encompasses, "squeaky bonk" out is at the extreme end. [/i]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1331649183' post='1576528'] Sure.... that'll get the fire started... [/quote] Is it just because it doesn't look right, or are they really no good? I just thought it got closer to a db sound than an eb can, but eb skills would be much more easily transferrable.

What about using a Kala U-bass? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM

Be good to hear more. Nice work.

[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. [/quote] 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! [/quote] 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] [/quote] 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. [/quote] Only a bit? Must be one of his good days.

Nice one Skank.

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.