Dad3353

No..!

Please don't confuse criticism of the music with criticism of your good self; there is no correlation. I've appreciated many of your more erudite posts, on several subjects. Our choice of music to listen to, and/or play, is quite certainly far apart, but that's not restricted to you alone, so don't feel targeted at all; that would be doing yourself a great disservice. Peace.

Goodness gracious..! Unaware of other versions of this song, I was inspired to give this a listen, on the back of this recommendation. I regretted this decision quite quickly, and didn't even get past the half-way mark (unusually, as I like to give everyone their chance...). 'Big beat', cheesy arpeggios, vocoders galore, sub-BeeGees harmonies, 'Pooo.. Pooo..' synth 'drums, an 'arrangement' of sorts, although term seems inadequate... Goodness gracious..! It's been quite a while since I listened to such tosh. They say that all is a matter of taste. Hmm... I'll be more wary next time. Goodness gracious..! Warning: Please don't be inspired to make the same mistake as I did without the full knowledge that this is highly likely to not be a pleasant experience. At your own peril, then.

One of the worst..? You've not heard this ... https://youtu.be/BTY4bA-w4eo (Youtube, quite rightly, don't allow embedding of this video...)

Phew..! I wasn't that far from the truth, then. My contribution stands.

Wot..? You mean to say that that blue blob thing is not a lagoon..? They're not mountains on the left..? Oh dear; I fear I've misconstrued the symbolic this month. Apologies; I may have to re-think this...

Read a translation of the 'lyrics', then maybe reconsider this..?

Sha looks gorgeous, well done. To judge from the photo, she's already in the woodshed..!

A spot of excellence going on there, methinks..? If I was to be really 'picky', I'd say that the vocals are a tad 'intense' for my general listening pleasure, better suited to live performance, perhaps, but that's really looking hard for summit to criticise. Compositions..? Excellent (to judge from the snapshots linked...). Arrangements..? Excellent. Standard of playing ..? Excellent. Quality of recording-mixing..? Excellent. Bass..? Excellent. S'not flattery; s'excellent, is all. Good Stuff, well done all involved.

... and some folks have racks of disco-funk stuff that, to me, sound identical and cheesy. Different tastes, I suspect.

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

Ah, I'd not thought about this modern malarky. Masking tape over the screen..?

A few decades ago, I had a neighbour who wanted help with the refection of an old fireplace, the surround of which had been papered over with 'rustic brick' wallpaper. Once it was stripped away, the underlying real rustic bricks became apparent. Some folks are just simply odd.

Not the prettiest of solutions, but masking tape over the tab would solve that particular issue, I'd suggest. Just a thought.

Ordered, as hard copy, through Amazon France; it'll arrive when it arrives. No rush, as I'm a drummer, anyway. What would I know about Classical and Contemporary Studies for Bass Guitar..? I'd like to add that, in my opinion and experience, Rob is a Good Egg, well known for having done sterling work for guitar, in many styles, especially bringing his acute eye and ear to the Mickey Baker guitar books, for which I'd again thank him. I just hope now that he's at least half as good with bass stuff. Wishing all the best for this new venture.

With a marching snare and/or cajon, should be OK, then..! I hope the bass has wheels, though, 'cos carrying one, playing, could be a challenge.

As a drummer, I've a particular aversion to most things Disco, with the rather characteristic migraine-inducing beat of 'One, One, One, One...' thumping away interminably. Rare exceptions (if 'Sir Duke' can be classed as 'Disco'..?), and I'm glad there's at least someone getting kicks from it, but in general the genre is anathema to me. Strokes for folks 'n all, of course.

I've no problems with her playing ; she's streets ahead of anything I could ever hope to do, so good luck to her. No, it's just difficult for me to take seriously any player, male or female, named 'Malteser'.

Impossible to advise without also seeing the socks you'll be wearing.

Perhaps a bit more detail..? What's the band's composition..? What style of repertoire..? No PA, even for vocals..? There was a time, not so long ago, that bands were all acoustic, with brass sections, drums and pianos. The bass players had their place in the mix. As an extreme, you could just play as best you can, and if it gets drowned out by the others, one would ask why they require a bass player at all. If you're playing acoustically, the others will have to 'suck it up', too, I'd have thought. Just my tuppence-worth; I'm probably wrong.

Here is my contribution to the July 2018 Basschat Composition Challenge, inspired by a picture chosen by last month's winner: Discreet. A sequence I've been playing around with for quite some years, really, but bent, this time into an abstract form of 5/8 time, at 88 BPM (they looked like eights, to me, so I leaned on the 'five eights' concept...). Brushed drums are Superior 2, in two batches. The bass is my trusty Trillian, a rather buried piano is a very basic 4Front Vst, all guitars are my Xaviere, played as 'one takes' by myself. Little treatment, just a bit of comp, eq and a spot of reverb for one of the guitars. Mastered using AAMS, 'Jazz' preset, otherwise 'brut de pomme' as recorded and mixed with Reaper. Again, it is what it is. Thanks for listening, if you already have; if you're about to, enjoy.

Really..?