funkgod

px list of needs updated,

just incase anyone has any of them

No takers, so, i tried it at a practice by connecting this right to the mixing desks RCA outs and plug into this in the line input in stereo set it to 48k/24 bit, pressed record and to be fair to it,  it sounded great, so have decided to keep it as its a great little tool for that.

so no longer available.

good shout, it is indeed so cheap now days to get good results from stupidly cheap gear and even free software like reaper with free plugins. also the second hand market is just littered with interfaces, as people are always upgrading, so don't be afraid of using older gear, ( newer gear is NOT always better)  im still using stuff over 20 years old ( some of it is over 40 years old) with very good results, so ignor all the gear snobs, just get something that gets you going.

best bit of advice i can give is...... what ever you use to put your daw on, via laptop or pc, just use it for music production, no internet or anything else and switch everything else off on it you don't need, so you have not got loads of unnecessary processes going on in the background that will suck on your process and ram power.

On 31/03/2024 at 16:00, miles'tone said:

Same

yea i agree, i also had to get my priorities right, so.... there use to be a thing called a cooker where my cds now are 🤪

On 29/03/2024 at 14:30, miles'tone said:

Now regretting getting rid of most of my CDs way back!

 

i could never understand why musicians get rid of their CDS !

 i have a wall of jazzfunk jazz latin and releated 0f about 700.

and to me each one of them not only represent a memory, but for me who is a writing musician releasing tracks

they also represent, formats, ideas, colors, textures,  what instrument sounds good with others, whats dark, whats happy

how to create tension, when droping stuff out of a mix whats gluing stuff together, bass tones, and that's even before i start on

FX, reverb types, mix styles bla bla bla.

i think each one has something special to offer.

so to me they are like a very useful library of tools and the thought of getting rid of them just to buy them again in another format seems stupid, so i keep them, some very very hard to get ones as well, yea... i like CDs 🙂

so if you getting rid of anything funkjazz related, im ya man.

its the graveyard where all funky cds get to live agan :-)

and just to prove the point,  i got this today from "Muhammad Kashif"

this was in answer to somthing i have for sale to shift incase anyone needed them cheap for £20 !

so if you ever get something like this or from him.. DONT click the link..

 

".....Hi , are you interested in trade + money diff from me?

This is my item : http:/facebook-marketplace   ( number removed by me)      .pe...... "

yep been there also, you would not believe some of the stories i can tell of ....

timewasters,

scammers,

people taking the pi$$,

buyers that dont live in the uk,

people asking stupid questions,

people that have not read the description,

people asking will i deliver half the country away

people that do not turn up even though you waited in for them

people asking 10 questions for days then "its ok iv found another one"

people sending you dodgy links

people asking you to swap for this, then sending you a dodgy link

people asking for your address and contact number then radio silence.

people offering a courier to collect with cash.

people whos mum really want it but he is working off shore on an oil rig

peoples buying for a son or daughter cus its their birthday they can pay but are out the country.

people then when you click their profile have pics surrounded by palm trees, and live abroard

people that are a pastor and want you to send to a friend

 

yep facebook is rife with scammers, you have to be cautious.

and can be a real pain in the crack.

on saying all that, once you can navigate the minefield, i have met loads of really nice buyers and sellers.

and the best bit.... no Ebay fees ! .... but at the cost of all the sh!t you have to put up with.

 

my rule number 1,.... if it has to be sent....i dont except paypall, only bank transfer for obvious reasons.

and if collecting its cash ONLY !

 

i thought it was ace 🙂

what a machine, don't think of it as a bass, its not a bass even though it can do bass as well, its just new idea.

you could call it a Batar 🙂

and if it opens doors for people then great, go for it.

 

no problem with the music, , and yea the band is top draw, and for that i have about 5 of his cds.

i can see ska making a come back, its just such great music, joyous, dancey, energy filled fun.

im sure it will be on catch up

 

that will be great, about time ska got some primetime ..only trouble is... its jools, 😞

al leave the "jools" rant right there to spare you all 5 pages of personal dislike 🙂

wont be able to watch it anyway as im doing the pa for a music fest, but do get the chance to play percussion in a  gospel band, so win win, should be a great watch though... 🙂

thats it,  im upping my game 🙂

still a good clip

 

 

seems its sold now ! anyone here get it ?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/925022498927184/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ae6aba774-9f05-4495-816e-a1b7d5e5108e

 

original mk1 red head, looks like it needs a bit of love, cash converters in harlesden.

cant see it lasting long at that price.

 

https://www.cashconverters.co.uk/stores/harlesden

On 20/03/2024 at 01:16, KK Jale said:

I probably agree but be reminded, Funkgod, that Now That's What I Call... is owned by EMI and they've got lawyers, nasty smelly ones with no sense of fun at all.  https://www.famemagazine.co.uk/emis-now-thats-what-i-call-music-series-opens-trademark-dispute-with-steampunk-band-the-men-that-will-not-be-blamed-for-nothing/

 

that's interesting thanks for that, just checked and they must of released tones with that name as you get all the "now thats what i call 80s" American series of them all as well, and prob every other country has a version of it, they made a big fist full of cash from other peoples music.

On 21/03/2024 at 10:45, petebassist said:

"its doing all the English pop bands of that decade," - plus a few Scottish and Irish looking at the setlist 😁

 

Ahhhh well spotted and amended 👍

 

Loads of great ideas, and some funny ones to keep the old chuckle muscle exercised 🙂

cheers guys, i will cut and past them all and add to the list in the op.

 

"How about referencing something iconic from the eighties?" yea anything

i think it has to have "UK" in it to show its an all uk band show,

and also to show that its pop based maybe

something catchy to say uk 80s pop show, you get the idea.

 

Neon Yuppie Coke Machine,

80 Cans of Hairspray

haha :-)

i know, im gob smacked, its one of the best sounding combos ever made,

and yet it seems no one has heard of it.

i would put against anything made today.

in fact i wonder what it or any a hand made combo would cost if it was made today,

reg trades what you thinking ?

studio rack gear is like porn to me 🙂

always a winner

i dont need amps cabs basses or fx , iv got far too many hence im getting rid of a few

12 minutes ago, MartinB said:

Spandex Belly
Agadon't

 

 

i knew it wouldn't take long 🙂

if you give people a bullet, they will go and find a gun .....haha

 

The Gr80 ....yea sorry that did come up as well, it should of been on the list, cheers for that

28 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

The 80s is a very broad church which goes all the way from post-punk to acid house, via synth pop and abrasive guitar bands. Unless you cover all these genres you'll need to supply a bit more info regarding your set list.

ahhh yea that migh help,,,, cheers

80s band

1,  Gold..................... Spandau, Live version *
2,  dont look down........... go west *  Live version Glasgow
3,  A little respect ........ erasure.*
4,  The Riddle............... Nick Kershaw *
5,  Reo...................... duran *
6,  Everybody wants to rule.. tears for fears *
7,  Ashes to Ashes........... Dave bowie, Live version bbc,
8,  Dont you Forget.......... Simple Minds *
9,  dignity.................. deacon blue.*
11, dancing with tears....... ultravox *
10, together in electric dreams... phil oak
12, China Girl............... dave bow
13, wont let sun go down..... nick kershaw * Live version to introduce band
14, first picture of you.......... lotus eaters.
15, Real gone kid............ deacon blue.
16, two tribes............... frankie
17, im still standing........ ej D
18, take on me............... Ah ha
19,  cudly toy................ roachford
20. Hold Me Now........Thompson Twins
21,Head over heels/ Alive and kicking.......Tears for fears
22, Look of Love.........ABC
23, Calling all the Heroes..... it bites
24, Planet Earth...................Duran

Done and left out........
Blancmange: Living on the Ceiling
Chesney Hawkes: The One & Only ....1992 though
Aztec Camera: Somewhere in my Heart
Blow Monkeys: Digging Your Scene
New sensation.... inxs......aussy
the teardrop explodes.... reward
U2... pride
a new flame ... simply red
Wake me up ..... wham
Club  trop......... Wham

Hi all we are now at a stage where we need a name for an 80s tribute show band.

its doing all the UK pop bands of that decade, all the stuff you know from then.

so looking for a name.

we have had a few good ideas and some of the best ones are already in use.

we have looked at the song names as well as an association.

so something showy needed.

 

ideas so far, non that jump out

Reflex the 80s
80s, top of the pops.
Now thats what i call 80s
New sensation.
the ultimate 80s
the ultimate 80s show.
Remembering the 80
Flashback to the 80s
Back to the future 80s.
80s The show.
Decade, The 80s
retrospect, the 80s tribute show
80s pop pickers
Hits. the 80s tribute
hits of the 80s
The uk 80s tribute show.
80s gold

crazy uk 80s

uk 80s classics

 

some of these are already taken we have found

help needed here please if you have any ideas,

so...what you got ?

Cheers all.

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Bass chat ideas so far...

 

Retro Rewind

Neon Nostalga

Sam x

The 80s: Already Been There

The Gr’80s

Leg Warmers and Lace

A Flock of Humans

Seagulls League

Now that's what I call the 80's covers

We shot J.R.

Cocktails and Dreams 

Dalton's kick 

All You Can 80s

Neon Yuppie Coke Machine.

The Old Romantics

Thatcher's Gold

That 80s band.

Gin Excess

The Old Men of Summer

The Loss Boys

Power Shoulders

Total Recall 80's

Material Boys

Old Blokes For The Kids

Yuppie & The Punks

no Future

Back to the 80's

44 Years Later

1984

Miami Vice Reloaded

Generation Boombox

Rubik's Dudes

Masters of Mullets

Take Me Back To The 80's

80's Gringe For A New Generation

80's Gringe > 90's Grunge

∞0 Forever

Brother Toboggan

Yuppie Cowboys/Lucky Punks

80 Bullets for Lucky Punks

The 80's Hit

Miss 80's and The Hits

80 Something

80 Immortals

Old Wave

A Kick Up the Eighties

Mullets and Mohawks

80 Cans of Hairspray

The Crocodile Dundiee's La-la-la-coste Luxus Band

David Chapman & The Dead Lennons

Big Hair & Shoulder Pads

Mullet the blues guy

Day-Glo Shoulder Pads 

The Leg Warmers.

(Insert adjective here) Jukebox - Day-Glo, Big Hair, Hit Factory, Leg Warmer.

The Milk Snatchers

Bruce Willis (is) under the boardwalk

Vinyl monsters

Where's my comb? (to some hair heavy group)

Paul Old

The Ghetto Blasters.

Pop Won't Play Itself

Jim'll Play It

Raleigh and the Grifters

Roland And The Rats

Where on Eileen

Rubik's Boombox

 

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some funny ones here 🙂

 

Pwllheli Sound Machine

Orchestral man hoovers in the park ,

numan league ,

manures live aid ,

Matt goss's hairpiece  

Miami Mice

Spandex Belly
Agadon't

Tears for queers,

Frankie says relapse ,

bananadrama,

Frankie goes to Cricklewood

A Flock of Knobheads.

The Ra Ra Skirts. 

The John Selwyn Gummy Bears.

The Orgreaves. 

Bonus Banker & The Big Bang  w**kers. 

More Dead Tories. 

Spinal Bap. 

Chino f***wit & The Hairgels.

 

WITHDRAWN FROM SALE

 

PRICE DROP TO £45

 

Brand new never used , £148 on Reverb.  (though you can get it cheaper if you scoot about)

, https://reverb.com/uk/item/47181371-saramonic-sr-q2m-handheld-stereo-recorder

 

Unused, checked and working perfect,  a pro audio recorder thats a must for lots of things if you do outdoor pod casting or filming and your naff apple is not getting that pro sound that you want, here is something thats as clear as a bell made for the job, if you want to record your bands live performance or a practice that records WAV files you can use in your daw for editing then this has a few ways of doing it using its own Mics or plug in external higher quality Mics, or even better you can connect this right to the mixing desks RCA outs and plug in to this as a line in in stereo and get a great sound  as it records at 44.1/16 bit or 44.1/24 bit or 48k/16 bit or 48k/24 bit or 88.2k/16 bit right up to 96k yep 96k in a field recorder, amazing, this is the pro version of the SR-Q2 being the SR-Q2m, the M meaning all metal, alloy body and not plastic, it comes also with an 8gig sd card you can use right up to 128g if wanted, it comes with a remote control microphone usb leads you can power from or use internal battery's a wind sock a recording head sponge a pritty good leather case and some other bits you can if wanted use external mics for a wider sound and it all comes in a good quality magnetic storage box, cheap as chips for £50 . here is a vid showing uses,,,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

amp rack is just £40

and the case is £35

 

the 19" amp rack is to fit an amp up to a depth of about 11"

collection from ellesmere port or org your own collection.

 

 

 

On 21/01/2024 at 10:30, Wolfram said:

I still have my old 2007 iMac in the workshop. Back in the day it  was my DAW running Cubase on MacOS; now it's on Windows 7 and serves as my CNC and laser cutter controller. Those old iMacs were really well built, it's been faultless for over 16 years. 

 

thats prob the reason so many studios still use them, i know 5 studios now that use these with windows 7 for various jobs. 3 of them because they had seen mine and was sick of there tower or lap top having probs,  mine was purchased on good advice from one, in fact it was "i.clarke" on here who came up with the idea

and out of all of them ounce up and running only one of them have had a fault, and that was with the graphics, but was soon sorted.

 great tools for the job

 

On 21/01/2024 at 11:08, lurksalot said:

You could do worse than an ‘all-in-one’ I have an old Lenovo that is still just about up to the job. 
I am looking to upgrade but the last box I tried went back as it had a pathetic power supply attachment. 

 

hi kev you might want to have a look at these, if interested giz a bell and pop in, al show you it running.

 

On 14/01/2024 at 06:59, thebrig said:

That's interesting, I was a Windows 7 fan when I had a PC but I'm a bit restricted for space nowadays, which is why I have to use a laptop.

 

the imac is as you prob know, but just put here for others who dont know,  is just like having a single monitor, there is no tower or box for the pc brain as the computer is built into the back of the monitor screen, the whole thing is as you see it. so its a pritty good space saving, option.

 

On 03/01/2024 at 07:37, thebrig said:

I mess around with home recording purely for fun on my Mac and would have been very interested in trying this, but unfortunately, it's Windows based only.😒

 

 

ahhh buggernutz, sorry i did not know that, being a windows user,

the only thing apple i have in the studio is an

Imac 27" that is running windows 7 as its os, and runs fantastically would you believe,

i use it to run all my software synths, which it does a great job with no probs whatso ever.

if it broke today i would get another old imac to replace it. you can get them now for £50

a great tool to have just for that job.

 

For anyone looking to get a cheap machine to run say an older version of cubase or like me all your software synths, to use as a stand alone system just to do a specific job these old imacs are a very good option over a lap top due to allot of reasons, size of screen for one and the speed of them, you can get windows 7 on them quite easy, youtube is your friend here, just look for the ones with the dvd/cd drive on the right hand side of the screen otherwise its a real pain loading windows in using an external drive ! again youtube is your friend here as well, if you want more info just shout.

 

 

 

 

 

 

strap length ? A bit personal, but lets just say i don't get many complaints 🙂