BassTractor

Well, that went well. 😡 So, just to help some people, I break all my ethical rules and "like" the page of an unknown-to-me band. Then Facebook immediately gives me my receipt: "You probably know Silvia" and "You probably don't know Jack".

Nearly literally what I, and I guess others here too, have experienced: someone with command over something (rehearsal room in our case) trying to decide in musical things, or else... 😡 (Yes, I left. Sadly the other two didn't right away. Luvverly they were too, and stellar musicians.)

Not a Black Friday deal per se, but as a Black Week deal, they don't come more convincing than this one: On the following page, you can get a £100 donation for a mere £10! That's a 90% discount!

I was a sacked drummer once. It went well. Cancelled their gigs and lots of other fun stuff. Salt of the earth we are, drummers. Seriously, I feel your pain from experience. Good luck!

It is to my ears too. Apparently it was made by our local "BBC", called NRK. It probably was broadcast at one point. Which reminds me: we lived in times when it was possible for national TV to give us for example a one hour prog gig... ...on Saturday... ...at 8PM. Whoa!

It would be interesting if you said more about why you ask the question. They're indeed a local band, and lack both large studio budgets, studio experience and a wide compositional scope - or depth for that matter. Not that I'm criticising them for it; one is what one is. As @NJE says, it's a bit generic sounding, and if they wish to develop, I think they do need to have harsh looks at these songs, and find out about how to improve them. The singer's not wrong to me though. I think this mainly is about lack of experience and lacks in production and mixing. Both singer and rest seem to me to be slightly overwhelmed by the studio situation, and for example the drummer seems like one who accompanies rather than one who drives. I'd love to play with that person though. Live, they indeed might be a lot better. Of course, if this is a band with 60 years of experience behind them, then I'd say "Carry on!", and scarper.

Nice. If you're interested in checking them out, the first four of these five tracks are from their '76 album "Where Do We Begin".

Methinks he made many luvverly albums under his own name as well as with The Group, and I also love much of the Wigwam stuff - a lot. That said, listening to his albums, and I think I've got all of them, I tend to feel a longing for something slightly more adventurous. Fun fact, in the late seventies or early eighties, I played in a Dutch band called "The Group". We were so famous that we sold at least 13 records, maybe even more than 15, and when I once told some Dutchman our band was called "The Group", he looked at me in awe and went: "You play with Pekka Pohjola?" Well, it's one way of hearing about a musician you later learn to appreciate! 😄

Aye, and even called that: "Made in Finland", though not officially. 🙂

Thought some of you might enjoy Swedish prog/fusion/folk band Made in Sweden playing live. Pekka on bass, but I think they were all good musicians. From a 1976 festival in Ålesund in Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63f2Wl5UIGQ

Evil 9 Sorry, couldn't resist. Coat is on. Door is open; will close it behind me.

Yup. That's why I kept silent (unbelievable that I even managed, I know 😀). I think it's a good idea to put many copies of the document in that envelope, as some offices will need a copy for their bookkeeping. I've been advised that six copies is good, and that number does indeed follow the logic of the exporting and importing process, but I often find many copies still in the envelope. All of that said, @owen, the most stupid thing you can do is to send a bass to Norway. The smart thing to do is travel to Norway and take the bass with you. That way you get to visit Norway - an awesome country. I visited Norway once. As a result, people at my workplace in Holland are wondering each and every day whether I will turn up.... ...and have done so for nearly 36 years.

Good if it doesn't happen in the UK. Just for clarity's sake: in Norway, if the number then is suppressed in the app, the bank can't reach others who have installed the app; those others can still reach the bank. Then somebody needs to notice this, and contact the app developer to get that number off the kill list. This thing of course is not only an annoyance; it can also have important negative consequences. In the case of my colleague for example, he bought my last stock cheaply off his last money, but never received the goods. Him not being able to reach me may have contributed to his going bust some months later.

I'm a simple guy. I just want more of your posts . . . . and your wallet.

That part is slightly worrying to me. In Norway, and I guess in other countries too, people report scam call's spoofed phone number, and that number consequently is suppressed in the anti-scam app. Result: innocent rightful number owners then can't call to people with the app. I had a colleague who was the victim of that. He tried to call me for months, and both of us were unaware his number was in the kill list.

Ah, but then again, you's brilliant despite the picture. 😄

Aye. The keys/synth fruitcake, like every keys/synth fruitcake, is brilliant, as of course is SpondonBassed. 🙂

Ha. Then imagine the look on the face of this very young female attendant in the record shop back in '69 or thereabouts, when this nerdy looking 12-year-old me, after having listened to one side of Yes' eponymous album answered her question: "Did you like that record?" with a disappointed: "Nah. They sing too much..."

Officially licensed lyrics-deaf, me. Just telling in case @PaulWarning wants to tally all of this.

Look at the picture, fer cryin' our loud! He's a wing/enginecompartment-holdtogetherer! ...and of course he dresses differently during winter flights.

You're gonna reel in a line with an empty hook. @dave_bass5 has no time to argue; he's out leisure-driving the band van today.

Ah! Mike Keneally, a great musician, and has some luvverly albums too. Also one of the loveliest blokes known to mankind. Acts like a normal human. Thanks for posting this link, steve-bbb!

You could just cover your whole body (or rather, roughly 50% of it) with wide black stripes - for example at an angle of roughly 45 degrees. Huh? Not bass related enough? Hammond-Hammond might disagree...

Love the roadworn look, me. Actually, as I'm an organ player by education, I tried to find me a nice 3-manual, 65-stop, road worn pipe organ, but sadly couldn't find one. To this day I can't understand the weird, prejudiced looks I got in every pipe organ builder's office. Sigh...

Don't know the theory about this, but did read that the 1.2V was specifically chosen so as to compensate for the rechargeable batteries' ability to produce a high Amperage. This is done so the Wattage remains roughly the same. I'm sure I'm using the terms amateuristically here, and likely wrong, but also guess that one gets the idea. From what I read, you then wouldn't need 7.5 batteries normally speaking. Though: some gear indeed specifically demands one type, and the manual then warns against using the other.