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[color=#3F3F3F][font=Oxygen, sans-serif][size=5]17[/size][/font][/color][color=#3F3F3F][font=Oxygen, sans-serif][size=5] [/size][/font][/color][color=#3F3F3F][font=Oxygen, sans-serif][size=5]Should you be selected to take part in the Programme you agree and undertake to enter into further contracts with the Thunder Valley Rocks Management Ltd and you agree to abide by the terms therein.[/size][/font][/color] [size=4][color=#3F3F3F][font=Oxygen, sans-serif]So you're being asked to agree to contracts whose terms you haven't seen... surely that would never stand up in court? [/font][/color][/size]

A couple more good ones that have bubbled up recently: Hype or Tripe Jazz Box Suggestions

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438636357' post='2836058'] Crystal Voyager? But I think that was 'Echoes'. [/quote] Blimey you're right!

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1438630407' post='2835961'] Half the CD's you can buy via Amazon are sold with a 'free' mp3 download so it seems a bit nonsensical, end result exactly the same. [/quote] I've got autoripped MP3 copies in my Amazon "library" of CDs that I bought as gifts for other people - so Amazon have broken the law on my behalf!

+1!

Eh? Isn't it the other way around? Ripping, like taping before it, had been illegal for yonks, but the government has recently said it is (or will be) OK to rip for personal/family use. This is the case in a lot of other countries, with the exception that there there's some compensation for the creators. The recent campaign by the artists' representative bodies has succeeded in getting something back for the creators (how remains to be seen) to bring us in line with general practice. Addendum, here's a summary from BASCA's website: [color=#006400]The UK Government introduced measures in October 2014 to change the law to enable people to copy copyright material they have lawfully acquired for their own private and personal use, under the ‘Copyright and Rights in Performances (Personal Copies for Private Use) Regulations 2014’.[/color] [color=#006400]The EU Copyright Directive permits Member States such as the UK to introduce such exceptions into domestic law, but on the condition that rightholders receive fair compensation where more than minimal harm is suffered.[/color] [color=#006400]BASCA, the Musicians’ Union and UK Music applied for Judicial Review in November 2014. The High Court announced on 19th June 2015 that the Government had acted unlawfully. By quashing the regulations the High Court has now decided that the measures introduced in October 2014 are no longer in force.[/color] So it was legal from October 2014 up until a few weeks ago. Now the ball's back in the government's court to come up with a scheme that includes rightholders' compensation.

+1 for DAW. I was in a very similar position, I used to use a Fostex cassette thingy, then had an extended sabbatical. On my return I saw DAWs as a bit overwhelming and went for one of these: I got some good use out of it, but once I'd overcome my DAW-phobia, working with software was [b]so much easier[/b]. If you plan on doing any sort of editing it's virtually a no-brainer. Most entry-level interfaces come with some DAW software bundled, usually a cut-down version. Starting off with a reduced feature set can be good as you won't be distracted by all the bells and whistles! After playing with that for a bit you'll be in a position to make an informed decision about what you want from a full-featured DAW (or even if you need the extra features). Good luck!

I can see it fitting in very nicely as a sofa-side noodling machine. But is it overpriced for a MIM?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438503194' post='2834887'] Ahh yes, Carmina Burana. What a woman. [/quote] To muddy the waters further, what was that ad/film/whatever that synched Pink Floyd's Any Colour You Like with film of surfing?

"Alterations have been made to the citole at several points in the past, including attempts to convert it to a violin" [url="http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pe_mla/c/citole.aspx"]http://www.britishmu...a/c/citole.aspx[/url]

I've exercised my civic duty! Excellent crop this month, chaps.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1438356622' post='2833897'] Dual account is fine... but you might get a few looks [/quote] I don't think he was planning to order a celebratory cake...

I'm looking forward to the The Beatles Curse, playing all of your favourite fab-four numbers with lyrics altered to include as much swearing as possible.

Welcome, from the is-it-or-isn't-it-in-Kent land of Bromley! [quote name='pjb13.bass' timestamp='1435866661' post='2813258'] [b][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Alex and the lovely Claire at Barefaced[/font][/b] [/quote] Wot, so are you saying that Alex isn't lovely?

Darn. My shortlist is four tracks long. Time for some whittling...

Darn. Short-scale GAS is building up...

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1438217929' post='2832682'] It's taken a while to get this done due to various issues around the sound files we had from this gig. The recording was very much just for posterity and not intended to be used by us for any sort of promotional effort, but it turned out so well we thought we would have a tinker around with it to see how good we could get it. Anyone familiar with the Bowie catalogue will know that this song has been performed in various guises over the years. Our version is a heavy nod towards the BBC gig from 2000. Given that it was our very first gig, I'm fairly chuffed with it. More songs in due course. [url="https://soundcloud.com/warren-byatt/stay"]https://soundcloud.c...rren-byatt/stay[/url] [/quote] Your chuffedness is not misplaced - great work!

So the answer to Lenny's question would seem to be "No."

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1438166618' post='2832169'] I'm not saying don't learn to use a plectrum but it is not essential. Two of the guitarists I regularly play with never use a plectrum - fingerstyle all the way. [/quote] Yep, I play rudimentary guitar when I have my songwriter hat on. I struggle with a plectrum, so my strumming technique uses the index finger and thumb nails: my right hand is as if I'm holding a plectrum (very loosely), so on downstrokes I hit the strings with my index fingernail and on upstrokes with the thumbnail. (There's probably a name for this technique!)

New truss rod cover though

Since MB now do a "budget" Blackline series, the inference is that yellow is the premium colour, so expect a higher resale value down the road

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1438013380' post='2830855'] The Sad And Tragic Failures [/quote] Or, Sad and the Tragic Failures.