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Indeed. When it comes to her songwriting I heard someone recently point out that the first 3 or 4 albums were full of songs where she was writing/imagining situations from other character's points of view. The later stuff is written from her own personal experiences.... Combine that with the change in her production methods etc and it really is like 2 different artists...

It was always about the first 3 albums for me. A much more organic sound and better songs (in general) imho, though there's no denying the quality of some later songwriting (e.g. This Woman's work, Dream Of Sheep, Cloudbusting, Hounds Of Love etc etc). Tbh, I have found all the albums (from The Dreaming onwards) to be a lot more patchy and over reliant on technology/sampling etc at the expense of songwriting. I particularly love the fantastic bass work of David Paton on the early albums and the wonderful bass contributions have continued since with Del Palmer, Eberhard Weber, John Giblin etc!

Ah yes.... I saw when that was forming and put myself forward but I live too far away :( Good luck & enjoy!

Yup, interesting from a 'fill 5 mins watching youtube' point of view...... but he changed playing styles on each bass and who knows what age of strings etc the basses had.... A Spector certainly sounds different in my hands, that's for sure.....

With my bass hero - Peter Cetera of Chicago With Richard Searle of Corduroy: With Del Palmer (of Kate Bush Band) With Richard Jones of The Feeling (looking like my Son!) Me (in make-up/outfit) with Gene Simmons! With the fantastic Billy Sheehan: With my favourite face-puller Ross Valory of Journey With Kip WInger: With Carmine Rojas (Bowie, Rod Stewart, Joe Bonamassa etc) With the legend that is Herbie Flowers (sessioneer extraordinaire)

Such sad news.... a valued member of our bass community and a top bloke. Please remember to pop a little in his funeral expenses collection as a way of showing your appreciation: https://www.gofundme.com/wake-for-our-friend-colin-payne

Turns out that 'Nothin To Lose' by KISS isn't in fact about someone with very few possessions..... who the songwriter is considering robbing (of what little they do have) via their back door.... It's about doing it up the pooper....

Dave Bickler (ex-Survivor singer and the voice of 'Eye Of The Tiger) at The Garage in London last night. Lots of melodic rock classics with a backing band made up of members of Son Of Man, FM, Buck & Evans and my own 'Leather & Lace'. His voice was pretty good after all these years and he seemed a splendid chap when I met him afterwards :)

Though I own and endorse a large amount of Spector equipment I big it up because I have extensive experience playing their instruments and I believe in them......NOT for any commercial or financial gain. If Warwick offered me an endorsement I'd say no thanks because I don't like their recent product.... 😉

Result! Welcome to the (more than one) Spector club! 😎

Fantastic songs, basslines and production - what's not to like? Rutger & Mike played some lovely, melodic lines - almost songs in themselves and should be standards in any bassist's arsenal!

I think you could be my Brother from a different Mother! 😉 😂

Welcome Martin! That would have been a Spector NS2. Stunning basses, of which I'm honoured to own more than a few.... The NS2A was Korean made and came in teal, red, black and white

Maybe next time chap..... Have a great gig yourself!

Thankyou re: harmonies. We spent a lot of time getting it right 🙂 Warwick?!?!?!?!?!? Pfffffft...... it's a Spector! No 'copies' around here 😉 I use a GK400RB or 800RB. Plenty of low end & glassy top from the Spector....Lo mid boost on the GK. 🙂

Can you please put all the decent bassist seminars on the Sunday afternoon? I'll be gigging Saturday which means I'm unavailable from early afternoon on the Saturday. Sunday afternoon will give me a chance to lie in on Sunday morning and then take a leisurely journey up at lunchtime. Cheers! 😉

I'll wait till it's on tape....... ..... like their live show..... 😂😉😂😉😂

Kate Bush tribute 'Cloudbusting' last Friday night at the Half Moon, Putney featuring our very own @sprocketflup on fretted, fretless and electric cello! So many great songs, so many fantastic basslines.... and so many tears of emotion. Wow!! (pun) It doesn't get better than that!

Great band..... I used to play in them until I got too busy. Highly recommended - great fun, great basslines (courtesy of Kebabkid) and all the legends of ska, not just Madness :) What's not to like?!?

Cheers Kebabkid! It's a great fun gig... and half of that fun comes from the give and take of energy with the audience :)

Not Rob though.... he's a lovely chap :)

Mine arrived yesterday! Beautiful book...... and one that's gonna take me a LONG time to get through, carefully turning the pages and reading every description and interview as well as taking in every picture.... Best get a few nice bottles of red wine ready to keep me hydrated 😉