scalpy

Growing up in the 90s it was a close tie between these and about 100 pages in of the Kay’s catalogue.

Growing up my dad and I used to listen to Jimi Hendrix's BBC sessions album over and over in the car as he dad taxied me from rehearsal to rehearsal. Dad spotted Jimi 'ad-libbed' 'That's what I'm talking about' to signal changes- a great trick.

I'm surprised to hear it was a bit rough out the box. Hope it gets fettled ok after some time to bed in and becomes a keeper.

7 hours ago, Shylock said:

I think Funktion Junction is his band if it is still active

https://www.funktionjunction.com/

Basically this man graduated top of the class at the Trump school of internet claims. 

Just watching The Queen’s Gambit (excellent imv) There’s a woman sat at a piano and there’s sounds coming out entirely unrelated to her upper torso.

Tier 1 for us and..... NYE gig cancelled. No live music still. To be honest, I was very conflicted about it (whether it was the right thing to do given the struggles of the nhs etc) so am a bit relieved.

2 hours ago, solo4652 said:

Update from Andertons today: Delivery now put back to 5th January. 

Collect in a lay by in Kent?

16 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

I’m not much of a music theorist. All the ‘scale talk’ gave me a much queasier feeling than the actual scale was purported to give!

Apart from the last one (which was too much of a jazz noodle for me) they all sounded good........ I just don’t get why they shouldn’t?

It's the relationship between the tonic, the home note, and the fifth, called the dominant. In the other six modes based on the major scale this is always a perfect fifth, sometimes known as a power chord. This interval is very strong, is very closely related to the harmonic series and importantly is stable, it doesn't want to resolve. 

The locrian mode has a diminished fifth, one semitone (or fret- sorry I don't where your theory is up to) smaller. This is discordant to the western ear and wants to either resolve back up by a semitone or move down to a perfect fourth. Therefore the principle chord, chord I in the locrian mode doesn't feel like it's finished. Try playing B D F as a chord and see what I mean. This is sometimes known as tritone- you can wiki that all day long! 

First one was good as well I thought but a really interesting exercise. Some people are so good.

4 minutes ago, staleypon said:

Everything got cancelled in the UK. Sad times.

Your avatar is very Baroque and Roll.

White extension cables.

We did one.

Played in a band with my brother early doors, we learnt our first chords etc off dad, played in church then started playing our own music. Had a blast, some adventures and some arguments too, but it was fun. 

I'm now in a band with my wife who's the singer and runs the admin. Its great.

That's really interesting, will have to watch in chunks but thank you.

On 20/09/2020 at 21:08, Nail Soup said:

I think most folk have posted their comments now. So @scalpy what is your your verdict/thoughts?

To be honest I stopped following, the majority of posts refer to a lesson style that was deservedly swept out decades ago. From a quick skim read I didn't spot much about what poster's children get at school now, which would have been interesting, and I am acutely aware I am that guy who forces people to read the dots and play the keyboard. This thread reinforces the perils most modern music teachers are aware of but I'd like to think us as a breed are better at putting the bigger picture across. It's a fine, fine line and we cannot get it right everytime, but the bad old days of thrown chalk dusters and an hour following the score of a symphony are long gone.

Just now, RussFM said:

I started listening to this today and of the two I found Scott much easier to listen to. Too many interruptions from Jayme, let the man speak!

Totally agree, the John Thomases were on the table and someone got intimidated.

In a podcast with Jayme Lewis Scott says he has a team of 25. Much as the emails and FB presence can get wearing fair play to the bass player that generates that kind of industry from bass tutoring. 

3 minutes ago, AdrianP said:

Very brave of you to put your head above the parapet! And good on you. I do have a question (me sir!) And would love to know your thoughts. I went through three years of music lessons at secondary school in the late 1970's and never picked up an instrument once. The school did have instruments, and an orchestra,  but they were all reserved for the kids in the top streams. The riff raff in the lower groups got some perfunctory lessons on theory and that was it. I would love to have played, and was decent at the recorder in primary school, but all that stopped in secondary school. please tell me things have moved on since then!

We'd shot down in flames for that. That's why the national curriculum expects a range of performing. We have keyboards attached to macs running logic, tuned, untuned and stuff that should be tuned percussion, ukuleles/ guitars and a starter scheme for other instuments, your school orchestra stuff for example (although that's really struggling) plus rock band instruments. 

2 hours ago, Drax said:

Conscious this is probably a busy week for you, but be interested to hear anything on how it's done now. 

Have eldest just starting state secondary this week - what does a decent music education dept involve these days? 

We still have the national curriculum to cover, so basic theory and notation, vocabulary, a range of musical performance including singing and also cover a range of composers including 'the greats', plus various world and commercial genres. This feeds into GCSE for me,  (my school doesn't cover btec etc)  so there is classical music as the exam boards have to set a set work on such an example, plus an expanded range of the above. Most schools have the same approach as my department, the schemes of work in years 7/8/9 are mini versions of the GCSE content. 

I think most teachers now are aware of the conundrum of the student being into the latest thing and the teacher being out of touch. I can remember feeling that myself. We have a student at the moment who's a pretty competent producer of edm, however as good as his work sounds getting it to pass the assessment criteria is another matter. So we endeavour to include more advanced melodic and harmonic development techniques from 'classical' period. My argument is if you do food technology you don't just learn about pizza because its your favourite, there are more sophisticated culinary achievements. We aim to broaden the students musical palette, treading the very fine line of being understanding and meeting target grades. 

As the head of music at a secondary school I'm following this thread with curiosity and a sense of dread!

Hartkes often have onboard compression- the new class D 800w job certainly does.

A) G&L headstock's are good

B) Outrageously good bass for the money, bargain.

Favourite actor 'musician' in a movie trick- see them sit down at the piano then cutaway to a front shot as they bob around looking pained and emotional.

13 hours ago, Beedster said:

As Lennon famously said when confronted with the observation that Ringo Starr isn't exactly the best drummer in the world............

Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles. 

Takes great musicianship to be a great drummer, as above too many drummers have avoided the path required to be a great musician, and simply become great technicians (as have many bassists and guitarists). 

No he didn't, Jasper Carrot joke. Although I agree with your post. 

As a Sire/ G&L owner (one a single cut of sorts and one with a tort scratch plate) it looks I'd struggle to sell them on here!