Dad3353

Good afternoon, JB , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

You want dance..? We got dance, with not good, but great tunes ...

Again... It's one of my staples.

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

What..? You don't know..? You don't know what sticks your drummer uses, and why..? You're not on speaking terms or what..? What kind of bassist has no interest in his partner in crime to that extent..? I'm surprised, shocked, and saddened. Yes, saddened that such a potential for fine complicit teamwork be compromised by such a cavalier attitude. Time to wake up, in the interests of making Good Music together..! ...

I wouldn't thank you much for sticks like that, either. I don't hit hard, but every pair I had broke. Not a fan.

The Laws are made by the democratically-elected Government, chosen by The People, who, it would seem, want stuff like this to continue.

I've a bag of Hofner picks, kindly donated by Hofner when I organised the First French (Hofner...) Bash a few years ago now. Many were distributed to attendees, but I've a lot left over. I don't use 'em much; I'm a drummer.

It rules out the i2M Musicport, too, which goes to USB. I use it for playing (for instance...) flute, tuba or oboe lines on guitar or bass, as I'm more proficient (read : not quite as rotten...) on those than on keyboard, especially for bends and expression. The Sonuus tracks the analogue signal very well, as long as one stays strictly monophonic. I don't think that there's a 5-pin MIDI version. I've no issues with any notion of 'analogue to digital audio conversion' quality; it does what it says on the tin. It's true that I'm not (trying to...) play Robert Fripp lines, either, just a convincing-enough tuba with no double-tonguing.

I have a Sonuus i2M Musicport; it works very well, on bass or guitar. Just sayin'.

The Solution is evident. Have the UK merge with Eire. No more Irish border problem, on land or sea. It's so obvious. ...

The Ox, at Brunel University. Ear-bleeding loud, with a sax trying to perform brain surgery phonically on all attending. Even from outside, on leaving, the stomach was still being pounded by the low tones. Bleedin' awful. The Stones, Hyde Park (Yes, the 'Butterfly' one...). King Crimson had already stolen the show, and goodness knows how many loooong, loooong minutes of Sympathy for the Devil (Hoo..! Hoo..!) one can endure. We walked across the park, but were tempted to run. (Hoo..! Hoo..!) Hawkwind, Kingston College. A splendid concert until, in the hall heavily draped with long curtains over the windows, the pyrotechnics were set off. An immediate fire risk. Luckily it didn't go up in flames, as it happened, but we were already outside. A close shave. More, probably, whenever the Edgar Broughton Band were trundled out (again...) on the concert stage. There's only so much suffering one should have to endure in this world.

I, too, listen to music from many ages and continents, and always have; some of it is very good indeed (and some, of course, less so, in my view...). I have few nostalgia genes, it seems. Exposure at a very early age (infant's school...) to classical works such as Saint-Saëns and Mendelson were, possibly, instrumental in forming my appreciation. Not all 'modern' music is Good; quite a lot of Old Music (from any era...) is Rubbish, and vice versa.

Music from the '40s, don't you mean..?

Good afternoon, Carlitos , and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Not online, but very good (Book One of Three...) Piano Lessons Book ...

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

Arms broken..? Dunno, but around five hundred workers died during the construction of the Aswan dam, mostly from landslides, apparently.

@upside downer : With apologies once more for the delay, I've posted the Certificate for January's victory...

And the joint winners are... Dad3353 and Upside Downer ..! Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2021_01.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...

Anthem of the Sun, Grateful Dead ...

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

As a True Beginner; that was the first thing I did : list all the 'C' licks, then the 'one flat/sharp' licks and so on. It's good, I think, to have 'em all mixed up, as one may turn the pages and get fresh stuff to read, but an index at the back (or front; whatever...) listing all the 'C's, all the 'C#'s, all the 'D's... etc wouldn't cost much, and would be helpful for those 'dipping their toe' into the book for the first (or second...) time. Just a thought.