BassTractor

I can well understand the relative rise in vinyl sales, but did notice back then that I didn't use the LP when I had the CD too, so I sold most of my LPs and bought CDs for the money. Still miss LPs as well as their covers, and have contemplated going back, also seeing a friend of mine has a great time with his LPs. Can't resist telling again (in short) that when I had summer jobs at Philips, with the calculations on board, I asked them for two tiny favours only: - Make the CD 12" like the Laser Disc, and keep the large paper sleeve. Answer: Nope! - Give us 24-bit / 88.2 kHz. Answer: Nope! I never manage to feel they were entirely right in this. But what does this teach us? Back in the days, Philips were not especially inclined to do boys with summer jobs any favours!

Some lyrics sites get it right though, as exemplified by these lyrics to Siberian Khatru: I'll take you down Deep down to the frontline (Deep down) You woke up this morning Got yourself a gun Your mama always said you'd be the chosen one She said, you're one in a million You got to burn to shine But you were born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes When you woke up this morning All that love had gone Your papa never told you About right and wrong But you're, but you're looking good, baby I believe that you're feeling fine, shame about it Born under a bad sign With a blue moon in your eyes So sing it now Woke up this morning (You got a blue moon) Got a blue moon in your eyes (So sad) (Goddamn, a goddamn shame about it) Woke up this morning (You got a blue moon) Got a blue moon in your eyes You woke up this morning The world turned upside down Lord…

Well, at least you spent the last nine hours wisely! 😁 Twas just an old joke I remembered when reading Silvia's post. Real life forced me to be monogamous or ... er... zerogamous!

Oh. Hadn't expected anyone would think that of me. No, of course it was immaculate conception in each case: no girl would ever look at me and my four strings.

Stranger things have happened. My eldest son just turned 48 two days ago, the twins turned 48 today, and my youngest will turn 48 in two days... 😉

HB, Jack, and welcome to the club. It's not a party though: I was gonna write you're 9 months ahead of me, but then took out my pocket calculator...

When I was a kid I just wanted to buy a ticket and be passenger on a train one day. All we ever did was buy platform tickets. These days my inbox is filled with posts from people who seemingly can't see the difference between a Deltic and a Baby Deltic. 😡 😁

😟😟😟 I have to tell you I don't like that thought at all - even if it was only a 90% case. I notice It goes against every grain in me. You know, killing bad people for money doesn't contain half the fun and humour as does killing good people for money. 😉

Sorry about that, Jamie. Please accept it was not personal. I can understand your feelings in this, and possible feelings were the reason I tried to write about a pattern of possibilities, initially without mentioning names. I only mentioned you when I felt forced, and did so by writing that you might be entirely legit. Your posts was only one of several that made me see the possibility that Mick Mason already was back - smarter this time. I wished to remind people to remain aware, and said so. best, bert

I get the idea that @walshy may be talking about the earlier attempt by Mick Mason - one that lasted for 20 minutes. Jamie Snell OTOH is still unbanned on BC, and might be totally legit. It's just that I thought it best to still propose that people be aware, as in my mind, reading threads is not the same as asking for specific info - info that would provide a scammer with an overview over how much of this is keyboard warring and how much of it is action that actually has been taken.

"Dear Prowla, dear Walshy, Our sollicotors have now send the liable to Cort, so there! Please find attashed Prove of Post Kind regards, Mick Mason" NB not a dig at people with writing limitations; just a dig at this one guy.

Whilst I feel ashamed to admit it, I was never a koploper, and just wanted to compose and teach electronic music. Sadly, in real life I got to compose and teach electronic music. But in my defence: I did get out of it! Edit: Forgot to realise most of you guys won't know that "Koploper" (train) is derived from "koploper" (roughly: "front runner"). Twasn't a train I wasn't; twas a front runner I wasn't, though admittedly I wasn't a train either. 😀Pfffff.

Eight years ago, I liked the RedSub ones, meaning that comparing their 35W version with a similar Roland Cube, I much preferred the sound of the RedSub, and bought that one rather than the Cube. Dunno what has happened since, but still deemed it worthy of mentioning as the RedSubs are still being offered. This one's within your budget: https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/RedSub-BP20plus-20W-Bass-Guitar-Amplifier/1I8D No massive bass range, but the overtone spectrum still gives a good impression.

Yeah, they have been mentioned several times on BC, maybe even in a thread of its own. IMS people were satisfied with them.

Also, the fact that this is just a light hearted joke doesn't mean we're not all shïte. 😀

Last I read on their web site was that you had to subscribe to a certain mindset too, IMS. At the very least, you went through a process where the maker decided on whether you were worthy enough. Maker's prerogative, I guess, but it somehow doesn't sit really well with me.

@rubis

Oh, yeah. Through the years I've heard it covered many times, though I don't remember specifics. Hm. Must go online and check those out. Hardin too died way too young, at 39.

Often, I prefer Tim Hardin's originals to their way more famous cover versions, and enjoy them deeply whilst people around me laugh... ...but "Misty Roses" from Colin Blunstone's first album "One Year" is something else, in large part because of the stunning strings segment composed by Chris Gunning. Not everyone's cup of tea, but it nearly rules my world.

No cover-that-beats-the-original off the top of my head right now, but just want to relay that Rod Argent, when performing with Colin Blunstone in the early noughties often was asked: - "Why in the world did you play a Santana song?" Liked that, and so did our Rod.

Does it have to look like a bass? If yes, how about a Daisy Rock? Not all of them look like flowers or butterflies. In fact most look like basses. Good quality as well. If no, I see some bass ukes come well-regarded. I had an Ashbory myself, and whilst it sounded fantastic, I'd wager a guess that its fretlessness is a huge drawback.

Hm. My previous post generated confusion, so by way of explanation: As relayed earlier, I've been around hundreds of the best musicians on the planet, and hastily add that I'm not one of them. As far as I'm aware, none of them could do that at the young age the girl has in the vid. None. Fewer than one. So her ability is silencing, and I guess I worded that badly. Just for balance, and I can only hope to avoid heavy FLAK for it: she immediately changed the B to a B flat so as to keep this within her boundaries. That is a choice I fully condone, of course, but the notion that she needed to do it also is helpful in evaluating that what she does is not stretch the art of music, but stretch the task so as to fit her boundaries. Again: it still is impressive to a degree I can't even put to words, but she must be lauded for what she actually does, impressively, not for some imagining in our heads. @Oldman

Photoshop! 😉 Seriously: Kudos! I know fewer than 1 people who can do this at that age.

Rehearsal app? What a fantastic idea! I'll only be doing the gigs from now on! 😁

One I just remembered: Predictive listening, and then getting frustrated or enthusiastic. As an example: "One of Us" by Joan Osborne. When she sings "What if God was one of us" and repeats those notes in "Just a slob like one of us", everything is dandy. But then she starts with the same notes on "Just a stranger..." and, fearing another repetition, I'm drawn into the mindset of OH, NO! DON'T GO THERE!, but she (IMHO wonderfully) solves this with the slow notes on "on the bus" and with the linking to the next bit "Trying to make his way home". What could have totally ruined a song for me, is instead turned into a glorious musical moment. Similarly, where both Bach and Vivaldi set up some framework, and I predict trouble ahead and go into DON'T GO THERE! mode, then Vivaldi will immediately and way too fast hurry back to the original key, obviously not knowing how to get out of trouble, whilst Bach then comes up with a gloriously mind-exploding thing that goes even deeper. This is one bit of why IMHO Bach is a fantastic composer and Vivaldi is... er... not. I've never heard someone talking about this type of listening outside the classical music and jazz realms, but by definition, predictive listening exists everywhere and is part of our shared musical experience. Just take " I, IV, V, I " as an example. Do you recognise the OH, NO! DON'T GO THERE mode?