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Good morning, Mark, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

There are troll-bots that seem to have access to stuff otherwise 'private'; I have, typically, a dozen each time I post something on Soundcloud, offering me heaps of 'hits', or 'likes' or whatever these things are, and a world-wide audience of followers. I am a cynical old goat, and am little inclined to believe any of their waffle, so I ignore it all. I suppose that's why I'm not in the Rock Star Hall Of Fame. I think that there must be some sort of 'bot that picks up links, such as those posted on BC, and automatically sends out 'love and kisses' messages. If the song has been posted as 'Private', there should be no-one accessing who has not access to the link, and as I only ever post links here, on BC, I suppose that's where it gets picked up from. On the other hand, maybe you compose better stuff than I, and folks really do listen to it and like it..!

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

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

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

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

Good afternoon, Snags, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Your 'other story' might find its place on our sister site, GuitarChat... Just sayin'.

Good morning, Sieb, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Why two guitars, or two (or more...) singers..? Why so many fiddles in orchestras..? Some bands have one too many drummers, though (Cream, anyone..?)..!

Trick o'the light, Sir; a mere trick o'the light. As 'excuse', I would refer to an apt work from Mr Carroll ... "You are old, Father William," the young man said, "And your hair has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right..?" "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again." "You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door— Pray, what is the reason of that..?" "In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, "I kept all my limbs very supple By the use of this ointment (one shilling the box...) Allow me to sell you a couple." "You are old," said the youth, "and your jaws are too weak For anything tougher than suet; Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the beak— Pray, how did you manage to do it..?" "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, And argued each case with my wife; And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw, Has lasted the rest of my life." "You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose That your eye was as steady as ever; Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose— What made you so awfully clever..?" "I have answered three questions, and that is enough," Said his father; "don't give yourself airs..! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff..? Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs..!" ... with apologies to the worthy Lenny (who now has two certificates; a 'First' ...).

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_2020_05.pdf ... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)…

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

Several of us here use Reaper, and would be willing to help out with any initial 'teething troubles'. It works well on a system such as yours, and no more complicated not difficult than any other DAW. They all need a certain amount of 'grey cell use', but once into the swing of things, it's a doddle, really, to do exactly what you're projecting. It's free to use for the first few months, then a modest purchase price if you decide to adopt it. Worth a look..?

Good evening, Tricpto.. Trycpepo.. Tyrocept... TT, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

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

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

A tough act to follow on drums.

Have you tried it on your keyboard..? ...

The 'Argus' prices seem to be around half of that. The price, new, in the US, was, I believe, $399. Still, it's worth what you think it's worth, really. Are you any good at haggling..?

The 'P' has two pick-ups, too, but they're wired together and placed in close proximity. One could also ask why a Morgan three-wheeler costs more than a Fiat Punto, as it has a wheel less.

Not an Ignition, but my 'go-to' bass is a Hofner Verithin, with similar tonal qualities, and also lightweight. Depending on the strings used (mine are black nylon tapewound...), these basses can be very versatile, worthy of far more than simply Macca knock-off use. Reggae comes to mind as a first candidate, but I've played a wide variety of stuff, from the Floyd's 'The Wall', through Pumpkins 'Ava Adore' to 'Message In A Bottle' and much more; no-one criticised the bass sound. With 'zingier' strings, one could go further still, although I'd not say it's the best bass for slapping/popping. Versatile..? Yes indeed. It shouldn't be forgotten that quite a few Beatles tracks were recorded with other basses, too, the Ricky being quite heavily used at certain times. All Beatles tracks are not 'Hofner' tracks. In modern days, the Hofner bass is used by many; the most evident being, maybe Nicolas Godin, from AIR ...