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I loved Waterfall by Wendy and Lisa. I really coveted Wendy Melvoin's white Gibson ES335. Great song too.

It did remind me how important Bill Bruford was to the early Yes sound. Imagine what another drummer would have done with that opening riff.

I got 4 minutes in and then realised I had heard it before somewhere. Life is too short.

Fcuk off 😀

I have seen this somewhere but can't find it.

Definite improvement with the new pick up. Early days but very promising.

There are always variables. At some point, you just have to commit.

Took delivery of the Kna today. Have a gig next Sunday so will report back.

I had the same dilemma with a Gibson. ES175. it was in its case 363 days a year. Sold it to buy an Ovation Custom Legend which I pretty much play every day. The Gibson was a nice guitar but I don't regret getting rid.

Billy Jenkins Voice of God Collective.

I love pit work but can rarely do the full sequence of shows so rarely get to do it nowadays.

Haven't bought a bass magazine for years. Gave my back issues away years ago. They have a place and it is great to share one's enthusiasm for our chosen instrument but one magazine is plenty.

They lost me at 90125.I recently revisited Big Generator and it does nothing for me. I have not heard anything after that. I keep thinking I should be never get to it. Howe is a scrappy guitar player but somehow it works. Like Steve Hackett.

The problem I have with things like Moondance is that they are discussed by uninformed people as being representative of the genre which is, to my mind, a distortion. Add the fact that the original performance of the tune by VM is very weak and you can see why it draws criticism. The truth is, VM has made millions out of it and there are 1000s of covers. Why would he give a rat's what I think?

I think you damn well should be the Emperor of the Universe, Dad. You could sort it all out once and for all.

Jazz, like all genres, is a broad church. I like what I like and don't like what I don't like. Sometimes I listen to things that I might like but then don't. Other times, I listen to stuff I have never heard of and love it. Sometimes, I listen to stuff I used to like and find that I don't like it anymore. I even listen to stuff I didn't used to like and find that I now do. It's complicated being me. What I don't like is non-Jazz being called Jazz e.g. Moondance. I personally don't like the 'Jazz as nostalgia' movements e.g. Buble et al or 'X plays the music of long dead Y'. Trad Jazz can be OK but can also be a bit icky. The most important thing is that none of this matters because I am not the King of Jazz or Emperor of The Universe. So carry on liking whatever you want to like without fear of censure from the arbiters of taste. Even if it is not Jazz at all but cabaret with a saxophonist involved.

I like good Jazz but I don't like bad Jazz. The best thing is, I get to choose.

I have modelled my sound on the sound JB had on Cozy Powell's Over The Top LP. Bought an Aria SB700 because he endorsed the range (before I knew how all THAT works). Just a lovely musician.

That's just greedy.

Reading dots can take you to places you might otherwise never go. I value it considerably as a learning tool, for recording compositions and for reducing wasted time in rehearsals.

Mods have opinions too. Some of them are unpopular (the opinions not the mods. Although.....)

Apparently Iron Maiden at Donington in 1988.

I don't think I ever made a live album but I am in the audience of a couple of Live at Brecon Jazz videos of the Pat Metheny Trio and Vital Information.