BassTractor

Methinks its about time you othah numbskull's started to respec my noledges. It's diving! Scooby diving! (OK then: AKA Scubaru)

I think you misunderstand. He meant diving. 😐

Yes. Just like me.

They were great musicians though, and IMHO had many very well made songs. Also, Jan Akkerman could improvise with relevance to the song in question - nearly as if the improvisation was composed.

Aye. I've been confronted with that trick several times as a seller, even without the need for a physical return. These blokes (always blokes) would inform me beforehand they wanted the invoice for the cheap item (paid with bank card) and didn't need the invoice for the expensive item minus the return of the cheap item (paid in cash). Whilst I'm not in favour of cheating one's better half, I feel like defending some of these guys a bit - in some cases: some better halves are just terrible, and one tends to try and survive and compromise etc for some time - - especially when one had kids. Been there, done that (not the cheating bit) when I needed musical instruments to simply get bread on the table at all.

I knoooow.... and it also reminds me of the story of my friends - classical musicians - who went to the sauna and talked about music together. Some bloke there started chatting with them: "You're musicians, aren't you? So am I." My friend asked about what he was, and who, upon which he replied: "I'm in Focus. I'm Jan Akkerman." My friend: "Never heard of." Jan Akkerman: "😒" 😁

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The new job was just depping with some guys I knew and some guys I didn't know. So far so good. One of the lads had brought his granddad, who seemed a nice enough and modest man when we were having a coffee before the rehearsal. To my surprise (and admittedly slight annoyance) granddad decided to follow us into the rehearsal room and get seated just behind where I was to play the piano. He didn't do anything wrong, mind, but I just didn't feel it was the done thing. OK, so the rehearsal proceeds and after some time I hear a sound from behind me. Looking half over my shoulder I see that granddad produces a little harmonica and starts blowing into it. My OMFG annoyance doesn't get to develop to its maximum before I recognise timbre as well as style: OMFG! I'm playing with Toots Thielemans!... 😂

Didn't see this one coming. Nice though:

They rolled it from Gdynia to Gdansk, saving a lot of man hours that way. Fact.

Was gonna say my 1988 Yamaha TX802 synth box and other similar items, but the thread taught me to think outside the module, so... My school days recorder and my ca. 1970 flute. Used the flute just a few days ago, so I think that counts.

So this deal will in fact pay for the remt...

You're lucky. I've done some more digging, and... her name is Gerald.

Story of my life. - What? Another 65-stop pipe organ? - No, love, just one that had some fret work done. Great craftsmanship! Fast turnaround!" - ...

I have to rectify something. In a now edited post I said Kaspersky were dodgy from the start. They may well have been, but I wouldn't know. See, I've just found out I was instead thinking of a Norwegian company with a similar Russian-sounding name. Sorry for any possible concerns.

Exactly, and that's where the concern lies. (BTW, I wrote encryption software myself and am too aware of what software developers can do.) Thanks for a good post though, and for the tip on the offline managers.

We will never reveal how we managed to film you through the thick stripe of insulation tape over your laptop's webcam. 😈 BTW the script thing seems to be a thing of the past due to better protection these days, but it might come back, so I routinely switch off any preview window. Password managers concern me though. My daughter swears by one and it's Russian. Who is to say it's not the Russian mafia acting as the good guys for some time before getting nasty? I don't know the answer to this, but don't take the (imagined) risk. As a result I have all my passwords (different for each site) in an encrypted file on a memory stick. There must be vulnerabilities in my approach too, but I feel I'm doing what I can.

Stop giggling at our expense even if that's on-topic! 😠

Always willing to help, but Steve was rather clear about the purpose of the thread, and as a classical musician, I'm not savvy in these things (I always bought an extra seat for my 65 stop pipe organ on one side and for the other organ on the other side, and that was that). That said, If there's anything I can do, @Steve Browning, just send me a PM. You could also have my mobile phone number just in case. Oh, and if you happen to be in the extreme South of Norway, then I'll buy you an extremely expensive beer! (not as expensive as the £15 pint I bought next to the Notre Dame - they should've burnt that café to get even, not the goddemn church!)

My BC-approved stage name Bergen aan Zee Mother India might to some degree explain ticket sales...

Sad news once again, and my condolences to his friends and family. At the same time I do have to ask: who are you guys talking about? I don't know a user John Green or similar, or a user Secret Police or similar. What was his user name on here?

That is just ultra cool. Love it. ( BTW, similarly, a band I was in has unexpected references everywhere one listens or reads. Just google "The Group" and be convinced. 😁 )

With you there. Have never done it and will never do it. The opposite for me. I'm not even remotely interested in anyone's signature if they're famous, but if a friend releases something and wants to give it to me and make it personal through a little text ("Happy birthday, Bert" or similar), then I'd appreciate. Ha! In the 80s, when I tended to play with some famous people, not because I was good but because I was available, I broke the ice a few times when saying hello the first time, by handing out deliberately shoddy pieces of paper with my signature on, and when they asked what that was, I shook my shoulders and said I thought they probably wanted my signature. Loud laughter followed. This was max ice-breaking deluxe coupé, but the second time already felt artificial, so I dropped it after that. Nice to remember that first time though. 🙂

Indeed it's what really happened. It was an older upright piano, but was built so its height was low. Thus the piano fitted in a Ford Sierra estate - just.

Yeah, indeed that seems to be the general idea permeating this endless line of threads. I appreciate the thinking, but can't agree. One look at the names of the most successful bands seems enough. I was in a band called The Group. Awful name, for sure, but they/we got to record two albums, and the band was highly appreciated by its natural audience if not the pop station listeners. BTW, just to be sure: I'm of course not propagating the idea that one should use 0.0117 seconds on finding a band name.