Dad3353

An option, certainly, for either limited storage, or 10€/month. Hmm... Not sure that I'll bite.

Yes, it does.

I'm in France, so not really concerned by the UK blockage, myself. However, as I post mostly on BC, and most BC members are in the UK, there was no point in my continuing to post Imgur pictures; indeed, all the Imgur pictures I've posted over the decades are now not visible any more (thanks, Imgur...). I can't assume that BC members will use a VPN, even less so if it's just to see my, or other, Imgur pictures, so I've got shot of it all, and now post directly into my BC picture allocation. Not ideal, as I wanted to not load the BC resources, but I have found no reasonable hosting alternative for now. If I do, I'll adopt it. I post far fewer pictures than in the past, though, so it's not a big deal. Still, all the past Modelling Build logs, Gardening photos, even my Smilies, are gone for ever. Up until recently, I'd recommended Imgur as being a Good Hosting Environment. No more, alas; no more. I now curse them roundly.

It won't show up on screens in the UK, as Imgur have decided not to comply with certain recent UK laws about child protection. The answer, for me, was to scrub Imgur completely and post directly into BC, like this (your photo, naturally...)... Not ideal, but d'ems de breaks.

Traditionally, Woking, I believe

'After Bathing At Baxters'..? ...

An excellent, well-filmed and apparently honest documentary; thanks for sharing.

Fixed. ...

I shall do, following this enthusiastic recommendation. Much music is, I believe, of its time, by which I mean the time of the listener. Stuff heard and enjoyed in one's formative (y...)ears has a much more lasting effect; hearing the same music later has a quite different impact on the listener. Memories, souvenirs, experiences have been formed, of which the music played a part. There is music for the occasion, too; styles one may not usually choose to listen to could be very suitable in different circumstances. In general, I would say that I have quite wide tastes, but, still in general, I usually need to make some 'sense' of what I'm hearing (not to be confused nor conflated with 'understanding'...). I get auditively bored with much hyper-repetitive 'funk' (I'm not a dancer, so that aspect escapes me...), and, as a drummer, the Big Beat 'Disco' 'One-One-One-One' lasts barely a few seconds before the Off-switch is thrown. I'm not phased, either by novelty for novelty's sake; something 'new' has no particular advantage over past offerings per se (but are not excluded either, if I find merit...). Gimmicks, gadgets, hooks... have their place, but need to be pretty darned solid to gain a repeat audition. OK, enough... I'll dive into the Fossil Fuel (topical, being an old Fossil myself..!) and put it down to experience if I come to regret it. Back later... (But that Roads thing was quite far 'out there', musically, and reading through the badly-'sung' lyrics did nothing to endear it to me ...) Edit : OK, to be kind, I'll just say 'Unimpressed', and leave it there.

Better; much better. The sort of composition that makes sense to me; no idea concerning lyrics, though, as I'd have to follow along with the sleeve notes. I listened to the end, and will listen again with the lyrics. I hope that they're worth it. Edit : Acceptable, in context. Shades of 'Sting'.

Will-power. Lots and lots of will-power. I regret it now; I won't ever get those four minutes back.

I don't know (of the ...) bloke, but it would appear that the issue is not so much his playing of other folk's stuff, as not giving credit to them, claiming it as his own. I play stuff by others often enough, but, if asked (would that there was anyone to ask, of course ...), I'd certainly say where the line or tune came from ('it's a lick I've adapted from Jack Casady', or 'It's my version of 'Dark Star'...). Copying is not a problem in itself; it's when one claims the originality for oneself that it becomes reprehensible.

Well, I gave it four minutes.

You lucky dog, you..!

Wrong rubrique.

Ponce. ...

I think that this is the nub of the issue. The interpretation, or understanding, of what the term 'artist' means to any one person is not necessarily in accordance with the dictionary definition, and has 'cultural' connotations. For my part, I would agree, generally, with the feeling of pretention when using the term, and have no great esteem for those that apply it too widely. Anyone can be taken to be an 'artist', whatever their 'skill' level, in whatever discipline, and there are many that do, indeed, claim the title, despite turning out what I would call 'rubbish', or worse. I have more esteem for 'craftsman' (OK, craftsperson, if you must..!), as that, to me, implies some mastery of the discipline in question. I'm rather wary of 'art' in general; this is simply my own notion, and I am quite happy to allow others to have a wider appreciation. There is no definitive, objective, way of determining what constitute an 'artist' except that offered by the dictionary, so, in that wide sense, most folk are 'artists' in one field or another. Does that give them (and I include myself...) any 'special' status..? I think not.

And we obediently had to look up the ad, to see if it was true that the guitar sounded the same (it didn't...).

S'what comes of playing Melanie stuff too often. ...

I took down my bass from the wall behind me, and spent a good ten minutes trying it out 'your way', until it finally clicked what the 'issue' was. I wondered for a while exactly how you were tuning your basses to get those notes, but then the 'light bulb' moment came, and all became clear. I don't know who's the dafter of us two, you or me..!

... or 'come up one fret higher on each string', to get the fingering to correspond to the notes. No wonder it took you all so long. ...

Just cleaned up the list above, for clarity, and for fun ... 1 Cant get enough 2 Sharp dressed man 3 Ziggy 4 Funky White Boy 5 Wild Thing into Loui Loui 6 Alrightw 7 Breaking the law 8 Burning Love 9 Black Knight 10 You Shook Me 11 Wishing Well 12 Cum on feel the Noise 13 Summer of ’69 14 Teenage Kicks Set Two 1 Gimme some lovin 2 You Really Got Me 3 Jumping Jack Flash 4 Mustang Sally 5 Crazy little thing called love 6 I Saw Her Standing There 7 Twist and Shout 8 Proud Mary 9 Jail house rock 10 Blue suede shoes 11 Johnny b Goode 12 Born be Wild 13 Spirit in the sky 14 Boys are back in town 15 Wonderful World 16 Whole Lotta Rosie 17 Sweet Child of Mine

Cheers; I followed up a link above, and will receive a bundle of four next week, rechargeable with built-in lipo's. I'll see what they're like when I get them.

Worth the cost for Miroslav Orchestra 2 alone. A bit of a faff to get it 'authorised', with the usual hoops to jump through, but it's done now, so. Thanks for the 'heads up'.