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No, seriously ... No, words/lyrics/singing are optional (although Lurks abuses this option whenever he can...). Being able to sing is preferable if you want to get votes, but that has never hindered Lurks, either, and has even led to Victory on (rare...) occasions. Bagpipes..? This is a Running Joke; there have been entries whereby these, or their equally-violent cousins, have been sneaked in, but I can't remember any of these having won, or even come close. There are other 'best not to's', too, such as yodelling, kazoos or sampled nuclear blasts, but, if the picture inspires such, tempt fate and try your luck. Basically, anything composed legally is Good, and will always be better than not entering anything at all. Hope this helps.

A Wise Man once wrote ... A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. As true today as it ever was.

No, that's the same tempo (150..?) for everyone, but some bars are 2/4, others 4/4 or 5/4 (but the drums stay on 4/4 mostly, really...). Several time signatures, but all the same tempo. Here's an obscure example of polytempo; be warned, it's not easy to listen to or to play; it's for that reason that polytempo is so rare... Allstar, Smash Mouth ...

Pity it's not close (not even the same country..! ). Looks great, and would be perfect as a drum mat.

That's ^^ not a problem, anyway, as long as they all have the same tempo. That's the glue that would hold it together. Having differing tempi, though...

And there we have it; I'm precisely the opposite..! I really, really detest working with 'non-stock' stuff, and would rather put what little energy I have into making the best music I can (already rather a modest aim..! ) than spend more than a minute or so 'customising'. I will admit to having changed the colour of my Master tracks, all the better to see them with my poor eyes, but at 'template' level, so just the once, thank you very much. I'll happily put up with repeating a few mouse clicks for commonly-used functions before getting into 'macros' or shortcuts. I lose some time, surely but as that's the way I've learnt, from the beginning, this old dog would only get confused and forget the 'neat little trick' I'd cobbled up. That's not to say that you're not right: it is, indeed, one of the great forces of the software that it allows itself to be personalised to such an extent, and maybe I don't do enough sophisticated complex things that would justify delving deeper, but as a minimalist, it handles that well, too. I'm not put off by a dowdy interface (certainly not enough to even consider any 'bling' aspect as an 'improvement'...), and find its functionality fairly spontaneous (perhaps the years of using it have helped...). No, no; carry on. To each his/her own, I say, and glad you're able to bend it to your will. My idea of thinking 'out of the box' is to use stuff straight out of the box, and not tinker around. (My...) Life's too short for that..!

Probably apocryphal, as in ' of doubtful authenticity '..?

And the winner is... @Leonard Smalls ..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2021_06.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

You'd be doing the person a favour, but he/she is going to be mightily disappointed once the truth hits home. A tricky one, really; kindness says that he/she should be told, but with tact.

Good evening, Mike, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Good evening, DB, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. (... but you knew that already, I suspect ...)

Not 'a couple of inches'; totally replaced. The 12th (octave...) fret has to be in the centre of the string length to intonate correctly at all. It can't be done with an angled bridge without fanned frets. End of.

If, by 'hardware', you mean the 'real' Roland tape echo, the most recent one I've seen offered, second-hand, was priced at £1800. I'm not saying it would have sold at that, but they ain't cheap, now (were they ever..?). Mine is in need of revision; a kit is available (from Australia...) at 100€ or so. I'm tempted, once I get a bit of spare cash, as I really should keep it in good working order.

All true, but I'd still recommend getting the individual tracks and the final mix as best as possible using the best gear/environment one can. Then, depending on target, one may master to one or more different systems, and check with cheap ear-buds or car stereo or whatever. The pre-master will still be best heard on the best system, though. I wouldn't recommend using an Alexa for recording or mixing. (I say that, but hardly know what an 'Alexa' is, anyway, and have certainly never heard one..! )

... or the basic fundamentals concerning fan-frets.

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Good evening, JD, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

As support act, we arrived at the back of a decent-sized hall with the ska-punk-rock band, and approached the sound desk, just when the headlining Brittany-style rock band were doing their sound check. A couple of minutes into it, the singer brought out his cornemuse and played a note or two. All of us (nine in the group...) bounded backwards a couple of metres ; it was not just loud, it was HORRIBLY LOUD..! We hurriedly tried desperately to cover our ears and stumbled back out to the car park. We waited patiently until they'd left the stage before returning. Sonic weapon..? Geneva Convention..? Hanging's too good etc...

My late father-in law worked on the railway, but sang opera and operette in amateur formations since... well, forever. The rest of the family had fine voices, too, so the family gatherings, once 'lubricated', were filled with solos, duets, ensembles... One favourite 'trick' of his was to sing grand opera (a very fine tenor...), but with rather scabrous lyrics. Oh, how we laughed..! Happy daze. My own family was quite the opposite; a yearly passage of 'South Pacific' on the record player was about it, until I had my own income. Singing..? Good gracious, no..! How embarrassing..!

S'funny, I don't recognise the tune. Are you sure you're using the right Tab..?

Breathing is important, and, voice or no voice, that's where I have to step out. Never my strong point, I get breathless just standing up, so... Probably just as well, though, all things considered..!

Even with an innate potential, it still requires a great deal of effort to do it at any reasonable level (beyond a family sing-song, for instance...). A lot of folk don't realise that, and imagine that they 'have it', without having put in the work. Some folk are just too shy to even try, too. Those that a really capable and confident in getting up and performing, either solo, as BV's or in a choral, are not that numerous. It's great when it all happens, though; Our Daughter sings in an amateur choral (modern repertoire...) and loves it. Their shows are splendid.

Not a huge fan, I'm afraid. Neither the gravelly 'Rod Stewart' vocal tone, the lack-lustre drums, the muddy bass tone nor the far-too-long solos. Excellent guitar in moderate doses, but, for my money, they couldn't hold a stage for half-an-hour. I left before the end, second time they were on the bill. To each his/her own, of course, but I'll pass.

I'll let you judge ...