Bilbo

Great sound.

Anyone know who the guitar player is?

My wife turned me on to this last night. Monster groove.

I came up with this. I was trying to get a medieval vibe. I was working with my newly downloaded Sibelius 8 and am still finding my way around the sounds etc but this is close to what I was hearing. What you are hearing here is literally the Sibelius file with Sibelius sounds etc i.e. no external VSTs or acoustic instruments.

Have you TRIED moving around with a double bass? I can do it but not whilst playing

I always thought that it was Colin Hodgkinson from Back Door.

I 'm thinking. I 'm thinking!

I can now go to my grave happy. Now I have to find a bloody picture for April.

Weird. Nearly 500 views and only 10 voters!

I convert everything to pdf already, Wolf. Always have. Good advice.

One more voter than participant. Grim.

I do try to avoid the obvious but also have a bit of a downer on VSTs and drum machines at the moment which forces me to think within my limitations as a player. Glad people like the results.

Voted myself in the foot.

The difference between a four and a six in range is less than an octave. Lot of fuss about nothing, if you ask me.

Semi Pro but the percentage varied dramatically. If I am honest, I would add another category ; struggling artist or artist with aspirations. I do a decent number of gigs but I don't pay myself that often in order to ensure that I can get the best players I can. The money isn't the driver but hobbyist isn't a fair description either.

My instinct is to agree with you, Higgie. I have just pressed the button on Sibelius. It is the industry standard for a reason.

Another fan here. Crash and Burn era. Great LP.

Interestingly, I used to tape Lps etc like everyone else but, I have to say, the ones I liked, I always ended up buying. If I didn't buy them, I probably wasn't listening to the tape either!

Sibelius First only allows for 16 instruments. Fine for many circumstances but I know I would be frustrated within weeks.

I am in. A bit scrappy in the performance area but there you are. A bit of fun. The opening guitar line is a variation on Teddy Bear's Picnic, which is the extent of the 'inspiration'. https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/has-anyone-seen-a-glacier-mint-anywhere-near-here

I run a regular Jazz gig in Felixstowe in Suffolk and have done for about 5 years. I learned a long time ago that there is absolutely no relationship between the quality of music and the number of people who turn up to see it. I can put on a big name name and no-one turns up or put on some relative unknowns and the place is rammed. It's a lottery. You can influence it but you can't control it.

Schindler's List - John Williams Map Of The World -Pat Metheny Lord of The Rings - Howard Shore Lord of The Rings - Leonard Rosenman The Killing Fields - Mike Oldfield

The cultural context of TOTP was very different. We all watched it and we all talked about it. Now there is very little commonality in our media experiences and I think we have lost something as a consequence. Twelve year olds don't discuss pop music any more. Too much porn available.

I was a couple of days away from pressing the button on a Sibelius subscription when someone drew my attention to Harmony Assistant which is a tenth of the price. They appear to be comparable in many areas of the software. It feels too good to be true. Anyone got any experience of HA?