Dad3353

'Report' button working overtime.

Indeed.

It takes time to build up a reasonable flow of posts and topics. Originally started as a 'feeler', the site is now (sparsely...) populated with Regulars, and the subjects are evolving. The more folk visit, and interact, the better. It's not necessary, still less essential, to own or play guitar, in the same way as BC has an 'open door' policy (I'm a drummer, for example...), and the same 'rules' as BC concerning etiquette and comportement make it a smooth slide over to the same comfortable and secure environment. Not yet up to full speed, but growing at its own pace, there are more and more worthwhile topics and posts. Yes, there are days when there is less 'traffic', but is that a Bad Thing, in today's hustle and bustle..? Chill..!

Basically, there are two methods, one open and public, the other private. For the former, one may use the 'Quote' button which appears below each post. From there, one may edit the part quoted, if need be, and add one's own comment, and submit the post. The private method involves getting the cursor (the mouse pointer...) to 'hover' over the poster's avatar on the left, and use the 'Message' button that appears below. Type the reply and send it; the poster will receive the message, which others will not be aware of. Does this help..?

Excellent; almost a record..! I lasted 1:40 (I couldn't find the 'Pause' button...). Good to see identical twins enjoying themselves, although one wonders why.

Jefferson Starship never sung no tat. Never forget : they built this city..! ...

Clip these on to re-centre the pa cab if it's turned..?

Coincidence; I posted a Roy Harper video here just the other day..! Time for a resurgence of the style..?

To me, it's all one; simple, repetitive, complex, strenuous, whatever... I have to be 'in the zone', concentrated, relaxed, listening, all of the time. For drums, there's nothing more potentially boring as hearing someone learning and executing the 'rudiments', playing for hours at a time just the sticking of 'mama-papa' on the snare, to a metronome, then going over the variations of 'chabadoo' on the hit-hat, and lots more. It's the equivalent of playing scales and intervals, then chord tones chromatically up and down the neck of the bass and/or guitar. One has to be enjoying it, and concentrating on doing it right, for there to be any benefit, and life's too short to spend any of that not inconsiderable time and energy if it's just a chore, or to be done whilst watching a film. For my part, I can't really imagine being able to do any of it at all if I'm not consciously focusing on it. Disclaimer : I concentrate on doing the washing-up as best I can, or putting on my socks, too. I may be alone in this.

Heh heh..! I've just asked Our Youngest if he'd be willing to play one of the bass lines..! Great minds, or what..? Our Eldest could indeed play guitar, but would it fit this here Mickey Baker stuff..? Hmm... Might be worth a shot. Can't be any worse than different to Lenny, Shirley.

I'm struggling with this, as I don't know how to play 'songs', so have nothing really to 'cover'. I've decided that my version of the Mickey Baker exercises from his method book is as close as I'll get, but it's proving to be more tasking than I thought, and much more difficult than simply composing my own stuff. I hope I get something ready before the guillotine, though. I had advice from Our Eldest last night on EQ and Fx for what I've got down presently. Apparently my hearing is properly 'shot'; I can't hear the cymbals after he EQ'ed my drum track, saying that they were deafening, and he suggested 1db adjustments for reverb 'wet' levels. For me, the minimum is 3db to hear any difference at all..! Oh dear. I think I'll be clear of any risk of plagiarism, though. Never mind; onward and upward, it'll all come out in the wash, in for a penny, etc...

As a drummer, playing in a variety of styles, one has to be comfortable with the notion of passing quite some time with basic 'four to the floor' drum patterns, as quite a lot of rock/pop music has this at its core. There are often enough occasions where a sly hi-hat lift at a judicious moment can punctuate the proceedings, or surreptitiously sticking a 'three against four' rhythm to a ride cymbal, to vary the 'pulse', can be worked in, so there is no place for boredom, as long as the audience are not disturbed in their enjoyment. A whole evening of more complex stuff (SOAD, Trust, some Bowie etc...) makes one appreciate the more basic patterns, when they are suitable; it becomes less pleasurable when the drumming is unnecessarily complex, or just simply 'odd' (Muse..? There are others...), where one is obliged to metaphorically fit square patterns into round holes, though. Simple is fine, complex is fine; a healthy mix is best. The essential is that it be appropriate for the music and the occasion.

And there's your drummer thinking 'I'll concentrate more on what the bassist's playing than on what I'm playing. Then my arms and feet will take care of themselves..!'

I'm a drummer. I've done gigs, and depped gigs, on bass. Everyone danced, everyone enjoyed their evenings. I usually got asked back. No kittens were harmed. I'm a drummer. Mistakes..? S'what makes it fun..!

By definition, 'problems' have 'solutions'. If there's no solution, it's not a problem, it's a 'fact', and one doesn't resolve facts, one accepts them. It's a fact that, try as one might, on occasion, there will be missed, duff, wrong notes. This is normal. One practices to reduce these to a minimum (and sometimes there are none..!). Striving to improve things is fine, and laudable. Obtaining perfection is not the objective; just 'as best as possible' is fine. Do not treat this 'fact' as a 'problem'; there is no 'solution', by definition. You're doing fine if you at least recognise that there are occasional mistakes. Carry on.

It seems to have survived the fire. When is the re-fin due..? ...

And then you wonder why you get ousted..! ...

Some copies are bought by the unsuspecting as 'original', paying the retail price (or close to it...); these are a loss of sales to the original makers. Others are bought at 'knock down' prices, and are known to be fake by the buyer, who would not, probably, have bought an original in any case, so no loss of sale. These latter may be 'damaging' to the reputation of the original maker if they are shoddy; often enough these fakes are, indeed, as good as, or better, than the model they are copying, at least from a player's point of view. There are 'fake' Rics out there that are searched for as being better than a real one (and are now even more expensive to buy..!). Just sayin'.

For those with pedal boards, Fx, Class-D amps, cables, mics etc... Use an accordion case for all of that stuff. No-one will nick that. ... Probably.

Bu...bu... but... That's got five strings..! ...

You want headstocks..? We've got headstocks..!

And the winner is... @Jean-Luc Pickguard..! Here, then, is your Winner's Certificate (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2024_11.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...