Dad3353

As I wrote above, that's fine, whatever, as long as I don't have to listen to it. Good luck to 'em, but I'll not be contributing to their 'success'.

Quite; they're obviously 'aving a laff, and enjoying the joke. Ho ho. ... Next ...

Well, it would be, if they were any good..! Shakti meets the Doors, featuring Syd Barrett and a student of Terry Bozio. As with any experiment, by definition one has to admit the possibility of failure. There are glimpses of hope for these young men, but they still have a way to go before achieving what they appear to be striving for. Nice effort; come back when you've sorted out the glitches, please. You're right in one respect, though; at least, while typing this, I let it run right through to the smattering of applause. Will I play it again..? Unlikely.

I gave it three minutes, fifteen seconds. No, I junked tapes like that the day after having made 'em, with buddies, back in those heady 'squat' days (or was it weeks, or years..? I can't remember ...). It could just as well have been (and wouldn't surprise me to learn...) a sea-lion on guitar, the bassist is plugging away looking for that all-elusive super-lydocrean scale he'd heard on a John Peel show, and the drummer is stoically trying to pile his kit into a telephone booth, but they keep rolling out. Maybe it all comes together after an hour or so; if the tapes we made at the time are any guide, I'd say that's unlikely. No, I have no qualms whatever with this stuff being listened to, admired, imitated, praised, glorified or paid for by others; that's their prerogative, and I have no judgement to pass (even if I was qualified to do so, which I am definitely not...). As long as I'm not obliged to suffer such stuff, it's no skin off my nose, and good luck to 'em. I have a similar approach to other stuff, such as Spice Girls, or Tiny Tim, and more yet, so it's not an exclusive ignorance of the genre, it's just that I don't want to listen to it any longer than I have to. In daze of yore, I assisted at concerts by Soft Machine, Matching Mole and more, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Maybe, I'm getting old, like your Dad..? Hmm; we'd perhaps get along just fine... Magma, on the other hand, are serious heroes of mine, and are as impressive today as they were in the '70s. That is Good Stuff, in my opinion. Not to everyone's taste, of course, but I still attend their events if within travelling distance, and always leave elated.

+1 ^^ , no contest, but too much for me to take in in one sitting. I'll dive back in to enjoy the rest, but in shorter 'chunks'. His 'workshop' videos are fascinating too, but I need time for assimilation, as the sometimes dense content comes thick and fast, and I'm slow, and slowing further..!

Shades of Stewart Lee, maybe..? Wind instruments of the sort will always bring a smile, to anyone and everyone. Fact. (In...) Decent harmonisation, though.

Maybe they just need biasing, and a smoke refill..? ...

Not really a fair comparison; those are pieces of music.

How about the shriek of a jet lane taking off..? Or the rhythmic 'thud thud thud' of a diesel locomotive..? Five minutes of Portuguese fado..? Recordings of whales..? Lots of stuff that some folks listen to with passion and enjoyment. Disclaimer : I have no interest in having the original subject analysed, named or put into any category; the only thing I'm concerned with is not having to listen to it again. High Art or arty-farty; whatever. Just as long as I don't have to hear it again.

'Still turning on' probably translates to 'the Power LED lights up. The 'small amount of smoke' is probably the o/p trannies frying, or the bridge rectifier, which would explain the hum. The mains fuse may well be a chunk of milk-bottle top. Difficult to be precise, of course, but from the description given, I'd say that it's in need of more than a wipe-down with a dry cloth. I'd give it a miss, myself.

Although, to be fair, some folks say that they enjoy the sound of high-performance motorbike engines. It takes all sorts to make a world, no..?

Putting aside being diabetic for a moment... I like a nice Forêt Noire gateau I like a Victoria Sponge cake I like chocolate éclairs I like jelly and trifle I'm less fond of a Forêt Noire, layered with a Victoria Sponge, stuffed with chocolate éclairs and topped with jelly and trifle. That's what I made of the BBC video, a rich series of elaborate compositions each vying for a place in a sonic sphere already pretty full. Yes, the bloke is multi-talented, and has a lot going for him, for which I would think he's worked darned hard; chapeau bas for that. Taken individually, in smallish doses, I can appreciate a lot of it, and even enjoy some, but in such a massive dose, I had to turn it off half-way through. I might go back to listen to a bit more in, say, five-minute sections, or however long the pieces might last, but then I'd let that settle on the stomach for a day or so before going back for another dose. I would recommend, on a technical note, that he carries on with, or takes up, proper singing lessons from a good coach, as he definitely has the vocal capacity for doing some great stuff, but it's a bit more than 'hit'n'miss' to be comfortable. Trained to the same high standard as opera, lyric singers, he'd be a good deal more 'musical', I'd say. In short, I'd suggest that the fellow is a living proof of the old adage: less is more. I found the quality and professionalism of the orchestra to be of great help in getting as much as I did from what I heard, and will likely go back for more, but not right now. [Burp ...]

Hmm...

The two are not mutually exclusive. Some folks that study, in whatever subject, do actually enjoy it. Education does not systematically kill one's pleasures.

... and that's just the first set of the concert..!

Better still if the song is worth serving, maybe.

Yes, I wuz jus' joshin', reelly..! Thanks for the Masterclass video, which I'm 'ripping' right now so as to watch more fully, and several times over. He's doing much of what I've been doing for decades, but correctly, and with talent. Once I've assimilated half of one percent of it, I'll be very pleased. Good Stuff; the bloke's 'cool'.

One sets the bias on solid-state amps now..? Could be why it smoked..!

I can't see the issue, myself. It's classic Japanese build quality, and, with a bit of tasteful relicing over the autumn, would grace anybody's stable of basses, no..?

How so..?

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

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

Oh, I have no doubts whatever of the Blues aspect; it's the 'nice' I am not used to associating..!

Which one..? ...