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I hope whatever it is isn't too serious. I can see how things can be put into perspective very quickly by health worries. .

I'm nowhere near as interested than I was. At home I usually have the radio on (usually something non-English language as I can't bear the chatter) but it's largely a bit of company. I used to get up in the morning and put music on all day to listen to, not now. Mind you, I was a librarian for quite a while - I may have just got used to, and enjoy, silence (or as much as Tottenham will allow) more than I did. I can quite happily do a 3 or 4 hour soldering session, in front of a PC, with access to any music I like...and do it it total silence, and it not even occur to me to put music on. 😦

Double post, again.

No real news from the 'band' I'm 'in'. There's still some talk about finding a drummer, but having joinedthis a year ago and got nowhere outside a practice room, I can't see it going anywhere. I've had the odd noodle on a bass over the last week, just learning some Roxy Music songs for my own amusement...but I still feel less and less like I'm a, I dunno, 'proper'* bass player as time goes by. It really is quite dispiriting *Whilst admitting that I'm not sure what that means.

...and looks nothing like a spider. 'Galaxian' bass maybe....

Cool. Glad you managed to way to got it to work for you 👍

Do like a bit of Pram👍

Like in Logan's Run...a musical 'Last Day' :) "Carousel...begins....."

Doouble post

Just the pathetic kind of overblown spectacle that passes for entertainment these days... ...but moving onto the graphics...

As long as you're fairly sure

I have a Facebook account I never look at. It's under a silly pseudonym, none of my family or friends know about it and all the notifications are automatically marked as read. Sometimes I think I'm missing the point

I think it's quite groovy

It's alright Grandad, the bowls is on soon.

Great song, quintessential bass, but the video.... 1:52. Oi ! Ray !!!

If it's a picking speed thing, then slowing the song down and going over it again and again and again is the only thing that's really worked for me. You need to train those muscles - stick with your usual plectrum and just keep at it. Sorry, boring answer.

OK, I loaded a load of fairly nonsensical keywords and prompts into https://www.song-lyrics-generator.org.uk/ ...and with a couple of tweaks came up with what could almost pass as a Pavement song Summer Dental Conference (No Monster Trucks) "We're all going to a summer dental conference No more begging for a week or two Guitars and stack shoes at our summer dental conference No more monster trucks for me or you For a week or two Summertime, and the givin' is open Sisters are lying and the are wagers are high Oh, your king's Belgian and your serf is driving So hush my parched bozo, don't you cry Oh the summer of 2543 I can't wait to do some lying with you You can't wait to do some lying with me This just can't be summer love, you'll see This just can't be summer love (Solo) Summertime, and the givin' is open Sisters are lying and the are wagers are high Oh, your king's Belgian and your serf is driving So hush my parched bozo, don't you cry (Spoken Word over breakdown/build-up) Me and some monster trucks from Southampton Had a band and we tried real hard. Kent quit, Jo went inventing I should've known we'd never end up emigrating Oh the summer of 2543 Summer lying had me a blast, oh yeah Summer lying happened so fast, Summer dental conference drifting away, To, uh oh, that summer dental conference"

Further to my exploration of AI lyric generators last night, I rather think I'm going to use one to write something. A lot of the music I like has quite elliptical lyrics, so taking the output of the machine and massaging the words into something a little less direct has been quite rewarding. Certainly a good way of kicking off the process and getting the cerebral juices oozing away.

This. I think if I grokked the contents of the 'Top40', then pop culture would have broken in a way that would disappoint me terribly. I stick Radio1 on sometimes... and the feeling of confusion is exquisite

I've just been playing around with some AI lyric generators. I rather think they do a better job than I do

We're of one mind

Yes, well-said ! I have an older-model V4B and it's just lovely to have the quiet.

There is something just right about the Ampeg EQ. Lovely bit of kit 👍

I couldn't get on with the Fortress I had for a while either - I found the way it sat on me a bit weird too. I also wasn't enamored with the sound either, but I think that's my taste rather than a problem with the bass. Beautiful bass, just not right for me.

Aaaah, is it missing the baseplate ?