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[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1472405184' post='3120885']...how do you do the video link thing? [/quote] Using the link offered by the 'Share' button, and removing the 's' from the leading 'https', like this ... [media]http://youtu.be/snQvV5Sgw-Y[/media]
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Any of you cover/pub bands run with two drummers ?
Dad3353 replied to Les's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1472334384' post='3120472'] If they're playing to a click, otherwise it could possibly be a right car crash. [/quote] Why would that be..? -
Electronic drums..? Whatever next..! Electric basses, perhaps..? Nah, that'd never catch on..!
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Do you use manufacturer strings on your bass?
Dad3353 replied to darkandrew's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1472226016' post='3119654'] Wasn't Squire originally a String brand when Fender purchased? [/quote] No, that would have been Squier Strings. -
Love (Da Capo...)
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what size kit does your drummer use/ sensible volume
Dad3353 replied to bassjim's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1472141042' post='3118847'] Defo not bashing him...that was just in jest !!!!... [/quote] Glad to hear that..! He'll very likely need to do some 'wood-shedding', just the same, preferably on rudiments and stick control/accentuation (as referenced with the books, above ^...). It's not the kind of technique that just 'comes' in rehearsals with other folks, unless you've all a few days to spend..? Even just a snare, or practise pad (even a cushion, or pillow..?) will do, but a bit of time each day, conscientiously going over the exercises will reap enormous reward. How do I know this..? Hmm... -
what size kit does your drummer use/ sensible volume
Dad3353 replied to bassjim's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1472134079' post='3118784'] so................ its all his own fault and he has no one to blame but himself ! I'll tell him. He is the kind of guy to go "ok. will work on that" [/quote] So, what's the beef..? He's good with rods (that's a Good Thing...),and wants to use sticks, but with better technique concerning dynamics..? Isn't that just what most of the posts above are suggesting that he do..? I'd have thought that that's a Good Thing, too. Another solution is to muffle the drums (I've used elasticated flannel pillow cases, for instance...), but cymbals are more delicate, as the thinner, less 'noisy' ones will break anyway if they're beaten too hard. No, the real answer, whatever the kit, is stick control. If he's already a good drummer, it won't be hard to adopt another approach, and it's very interesting to get into, but it does take Work (Ok, a four-letter word for some...). That's not insulting the bloke; quite the opposite. If he's worth it, he'll take on board any of these (suitably worded...) suggestions, I'd have thought. No need to bash the fellow, just a reasonable amount of human diplomacy. Maybe this is the wrong forum for that, though..? -
what size kit does your drummer use/ sensible volume
Dad3353 replied to bassjim's topic in General Discussion
[url="https://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Control-Joel-Rothman/dp/5623556264"]https://www.amazon.c...n/dp/5623556264[/url] [url="https://www.amazon.com/Accent-Control-Technique-Development-Spagnardi/dp/B0140DPC9Q"]https://www.amazon.c...i/dp/B0140DPC9Q[/url] [url="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Drummer-Presents-Stick-Technique/dp/1458418200"]https://www.amazon.c...e/dp/1458418200[/url] -
[quote name='blue' timestamp='1471217009' post='3111375'] In any context when someone says money doesn't matter, yes it's very hard to understand. Keep in mind, I'm a Yankee. We're a society that's really weird[s] when it comes to money[/s]. Blue [/quote] Fixed. ...
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I wrote a book about being in a covers band
Dad3353 replied to Dave Vader's topic in General Discussion
One is winging its way towards me as I type. Will report back after reading it. -
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A darned-heavy 2 x 15 HH here in Lower Normandy, if you're really stuck, or an Ampeg 4 x 10, or Fender 2 x 15 (... but you'd have to be really stuffed for it to be worth the trip..! Still, you're welcome to borrow 'em, just the same... ) . Looks like you'll get something sorted, so well done, all.
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[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1470764172' post='3108286'] It's a weird one. Yesterday I described why I didn't like a particular Jaco Pistorius bass part, and was called "ignorant". I didn't comment on the man, or the rest of his work, but apparently having an opinion makes me ignorant. Oh well. [/quote] Not quite fair, I'd say; the exact post in question was 'Ignorant, ', as a sly dig in the ribs, not an overt insult. It was referring to a previous little spat over definitions. No malice was intended. Just sayin'.
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[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1470755195' post='3108199'] Oh I dunno you know. I do like a bit of Trout. [/quote] I share your culinary tastes, but never tire of the 9th, personally. S'all good, really.
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[size=4][color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]And the winners are... Asambique & Agwin..! Well done, sirs. [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167486] Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ...[/font][/color] [attachment=225155:BC_Nood_Cert_2016_07.pdf] [color="#222222"][font="Arial, sans-serif"]... which looks like this (but bigger, of course..!)... [/font][/color][/size]
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[quote name='timhiggins' timestamp='1470696099' post='3107813'] A Canadian beauty better than American beauty ? [/quote] [sharedmedia=core:attachments:167485] 'Fraid so, and by a long chalk..!
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[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1470695261' post='3107801']... 50's STYLE dad, I know you're a drummer but try to pay attention ... [/quote] If you've not already read it (and it would seem not...), could I suggest a perusal of Mo Foster's excellent book '17 Watts?: First 20 Years of British Rock Guitar, the Musicians and Their Stories'. You may not be so keen on a '50s STYLE bass after that..! Hofner 500/5, maybe..?
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[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1470687742' post='3107720'] No Jazzes in the 50's Tom ... [/quote] Surely this merits more explanation..? What '50s amp are you using for this new venture..? And what 'period' strings..? I'm glad I'm a drummer; would't want to have to play on a '50s kit..! Are your band mates equally as zealous as you, or are they a sensible lot..? This forum would be the poorer without these topics, though..!
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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1470682114' post='3107643'] Yes, brilliant. I presume you have heard the live Orchestral album ? Vince Mendoza and his terrific arrangements. Personally I only stumbled upon it last year. Not sure how I missed it to be honest. Sublime version of 'Hejira' [media]http://youtu.be/yt50Te9RriI[/media] [/quote] Well, in my own humble opinion, it doesn't get any better than this on this planet, 'between the forceps and the stone'. The very [i]definition [/i]of 'sublime'. There are, all through JM's long and fruitful career, so many pure gems; several of them are graced with a contribution from JP. Look, it's no exaggeration to say that it's even better than the Grateful Dead, and even Schubert..! There, I've said it..!
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... and I find it strange that there are folks that don't seem to appreciate Phil Lesh, too... [url="https://archive.org/details/gd73-05-26.sbd.cribbs.17076.sbeok.shnf"]Box of Rain ...[/url] Funny ol' world, isn't it..?
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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1470469285' post='3106166'] "Digital" and "tape" are two words that should have never gone together ever. [/quote] Oh, I dunno; they kept me in good work for a while... [quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1470470370' post='3106176'] Now hang on a minute. If it weren't for tape (paper tape at that), how else would programmers do their voodoo back in the day? Would you have them revert to cards? [/quote] One did not exclude the other. Sometimes, the cards were punched by hand..!
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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1470423593' post='3105955'] Yous guys don't have Hot Dogs? Blue [/quote] This is a 'guy' (Penny for the Guy..? Remember, Remember, the 5th of November...) ... I'm much more used to 'blokes', 'fellows', 'chums' and, in some circumstances, 'mates'. There was a personality a while back whose catch phrase included 'Guys an' Gals'... He is little quoted nowadays, and looked upon with disfavour. Do we have hot dogs..? Some would maybe admit to such, but probably mask the 'taste' with brown sauce.
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So, your EDM-polluted neural system has not been able to unravel the encrypted messages in there..? Far from being meaningless or empty, there are musical clues throughout. One can even dance to it in several different rhythms without breaking a leg (or into a sweat..!). This is, essentially, very old musical forms brought up to date simply by the use of more modern sounds. The structure is, well, not exactly antediluvian, but certainly centuries old. Yes, even older than I, if that's not too difficult to imagine. Glad it struck a chord, though; you're making progress too, it would appear. ([i]Yes, but is it Jazz..?[/i] Hmm... hardly, old fruit; hardly... )