BassTractor

42. I learn it from a book. Seriously though, anything from 1 to 15, but the type of band I'd typically be a member of would have at least one long song (I remember a specific 20 minute one) and then try and make it diverse from that, like maybe three seven-minute songs and a funny two-minute ditty, or any other combination that does not involve 25 one-minute songs.

From my tiny laptop speakers I can't really hear the details, but whatever sound it it, I feel it's at least based on the sound of the Brazilian instrument called cuíca - a kind of drum with a stick mounted to its skin, and one rubs that stick much like some males tend to polish knobs. Another similar instrument exists in South-America, but I've forgotten its name, and Google didn't help me out quickly enough.

😮 What a terrible, terrible piece of music! Would've sounded soooo much better had it been written for voices, two wind instruments, typewriters and percussion! . Wait! 😮

Idunno! Weird stuff is happening on this site! First it's pop ups, now new cats up, and I guess it soon goes tïts up. 😮 Uh oh! Maybe I shouldn't have written that... ...and where in Hull is my HatCat avatar? Suddenly got something that moooves! 😮

's not a problem though. Just google "duncan the cat" and presto: a shiny new avatar within seconds! Cute and funny as well.

Indeed he has, and @ped writing yesterday or today that money's a bit tight right now and that he'd love to have 50 more subscribers every month, he'll certainly jump to the occasion and get this name change done. Kitty 4000 (formerly @Ricky 4000) is more than rich enough anyway, so it's a win-win! Me, I look forward to the new site that Kitty's dough will provide! Thanks, Kitty!

I'm guessing @Newfoundfreedom just was a bit unlucky with his choice of words, so I'm not trying to criticise him here. It's more of a general observation that I've had for decades: This thread again reminds me of the words by B.B. King and by a famous Norwegian folk musician, who both answered the laden question "...but what music do you listen to?" in similar fashion: - Music that inspires me. Most of the people who listen to my music tell me that the stuff I listen to is not Blues / is not Norwegian folk, but it is. It's just on another level - a level that guys like myself need to get our inspiration from. It seems hard for some to grasp that they have their own place in the inspirational chain, and that that place not necessarily is at the top of the triangle. Disparaging comments about people higher up the chain make you less modest than B.B. King was.

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Of course you aren't. You're a bass player! No, it's Jack who buys the pumps.

SWMBO never ever gave me any lip about any bass I bought - 16 in all. When I bought the first one, she remarked that it was a pretty bass, and after that she just didn't comment. Mind you, things were quite different when we were still married. 😄

This is what I wasn't able to write but would have wanted to write. Well done, and thanks!

Of course. We understood that much. 😃 ...but it was kinda like an open goal, and the goalkeeper being on holiday in New Zealand. 🙂 I just had to do something. No malice intended; just a bit of innocent fun. best, bert

Er... you like and want only the D and G strings? 😉

Zero 😮 , coz today I sold my last Bongo. 😥 Then again, when I get the money, I'm getting a new, cheaper, bass. Probably next week.

Another one that's not pretty, but still contains some design choices and fun stuff: "Kast alle papirene" by Norwegian band deLillos. Its title loosely means: "Throw away all the paperwork". The band "logo" BTW is printed on the jewel case, and for those people who just must have all the lyrics, the booklet was provided with another release. Still, with its design and colour scheme, I thought it a worthy contribution.

Too many fantastic covers in a thread about covers? Nah. I'd rather say you're now officially forgiven for your famous-album-covers-book faux pas! 🙂

Great, great stuff! Here's another rare one: the triangular cover for Willem Breuker and Leo Cuyper's "Live in Shaffy", IMHO beautifully designed by Ger van Elk. IMHO, sadly the pics don't do it justice. It's also about the quality of the materials and the inks used, just like in @bartelby's Ufomammut example. I've had this one on the wall for decades - as a piece of art.

That, dear sir, is as invigoratingly unacceptable as a good joke in a bad jokes thread! 😡 😂

@bartelby Wow. Just wow! Thanks!

Another special one where the idea seems to trump the demands on prettiness: "Pool" by Norwegian rock band Bever. This is how to design a cover when you're skint (though the iron was slightly warm for my tastes):

As per the title, I guess. Many record covers exist that are sublime in many ways, and many of these are also very well known. I was thinking we could delve into and post really unique covers that we love, but that are NOT very well known. Lemme start: Like Yes had Roger Dean, Swedish band Bob hund (stylised "bob hund") has their record cover designer in Martin Kann. For bob hund's officially untitled 1996 record, the cover read: "cover: Martin Kann" in Swedish, and indeed a photo of Martin Kann graced the cover. Ingenious, I though, and highly original. Of course, the record is now generally known as "Omslag: Martin Kann". I'll indulge in another one, also by bob hund: In 2011, their record "Det överexponerade gömstället" came with slightly different covers on CD and vinyl, one of them being of a yellow sticky note just stating: "I have no ideas for a cover. Sorry, Martin" 😁

A professional beggar, according to Wiktionary. Whoda thought! 🙂

Nice music. Cool thread title.

I'll never be able again to pull out my picture of a Daimler DS420 hearse when questions like this are asked. You won! 😊

We had a five piece ensemble and noticed a pattern: it would often be difficult to say yes to gigs due to prior obligations for some of us. We were all busy musicians with lots of commitments and depping. Our solution was to build a double quintet: two of each. If you hired us, you'd get a quintet consisting of the ones that were available on that night. Anyway, on most of our rehearsals, eight people turned up: two bassists, two keyboard players, etc... and... you guessed it... zero drummers. That very sadly was the end of our fantastic scheme.