bass_dinger

Thanks for that excellent tip....

In that case, perhaps the problem with the ZS10s is that they are not properly sealed in my ear canal? (I use the supplied "thin rubber mushroom", which fits but doesn't seal). So perhaps the difference was the memory-foam tips, rather than the in-ear device itself? Those memory-foam tips are a cheaper option than new The 215s were notably better - perhaps because of the tips, or perhaps because the sound was mixed by a professional PA company.

A quick question, if I may. I have a set of KZ ZS10 in ears which struggle to reproduce the low notes on my 5-string bass. So, I have decided to upgrade to a better set. I was loaned a pair of Shure wired earbuds, with disposable memory-foam tips, and plugged into a Sennheiser wireless unit. I really liked them - great sound, good fit. I asked band leader what they were - "Shure AONIC 215 Wired Sound Isolating Earbuds Wired", from this link. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08H5TK1H5?ref=cm_sw_r_cso_wa_apin_dp_0ZYQ4WXJCTBJ8960P2V7&ref_=cm_sw_r_cso_wa_apin_dp_0ZYQ4WXJCTBJ8960P2V7&social_share=cm_sw_r_cso_wa_apin_dp_0ZYQ4WXJCTBJ8960P2V7&th=1 However, there also seems to be a Shure 215 Wired Sound Isolating Earbuds Wired - without the AONIC. The difference seems to be that the AONIC has a microphone built into the cable, which I wont need for monitoring. So, am I looking for the non-AONIC like these? https://www.gear4music.com/Headphones/Shure-SE215-Sound-Isolating-Earphones-with-RMCE-UNI-Cable-Purple/51TW - purple for £77 https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Shure-SE215-Sound-Isolation-Earphones-Black/UDQ - Black for £105 And why are they priced differently?! Can anyone advise on what I should be looking for, and where best to buy them? Also, where would I get the disposable memory-foam tips? Robert

Was it Woolworths?

I had my lesson today. I seem to have developed a negative mindset, that tells me that I cannot play the piano. Certainly, I have given up on the three pieces that I initially selected - they are now frustrating me. My feeling is that, if I can't play them after a month of trying, then I am better off moving on to another piece.

The Strangler's keyboard. Old 'n Brown... And, at 12'10" a far better Golden Brown reference.

I am looking for some Boss Pedals spare parts - the rubber grommet that supports the thumbscrew, two M9 half-nuts, M9 thin washers (both to secure the input and output jack), 4 M3 self-tapping screws for the base plate. A spare base plate , and "bicycle chain" connectors to attach the pedal to the pedalboard. And, ideally, a Boss TU2 circuit diagram. I can find all of the bits separately but I can't find one supplier in the UK who does the lot. Can anyone advise? Robert

Same here, in my Kentish local authority. I think that Thames Water also give us a two-month payment holiday too. I may need to buy a better set of in-ears Replacing my Linsoul ZS10s with some Shure AONIC 215 Wired earbuds. I find that the ZS10s distort when I give the B string some welly, whereas the Shures that I borrowed for a professional gig, were clear and strong. T2 fail? I also want an ipad, to run Song Select, because paper printouts don't really work in my current gig. T2 fail again?

I took the Kurzweil apart and managed to clean the contact pads, and the keyboard now works again. Thanks to @BassTractor who encouraged me to have a go! I needed to take out the G and A keys to get at the A flat key, but once they were removed, the rubber contact pads were exposed, and a liberal squirt of contact cleaner got underneath the rubber contact pad and removed the dirt. I didn't even need to remove the rubber contact pads to access and clean the contact points underneath. Rubber contact pads are shown here As far as I can make out, the velocity of the note is worked out by timing the difference between the first and second signal from the first and second contact points. I am guessing that one of the contact points was dirty and so the system only registered one signal, which it assumed was infinitely fast (and so, the maximum loudness). The video here gave the details of what screws I needed to remove to get into the casing, and what to clean once I was in.

That shows the difference between ABRSM and Rock School exams. You are doing acoustic guitar grade 1, but turned up with a different instrument, and had a nice chat about that choice. ABRSM? You can't even choose which note to play. Play it, as written - note, value, dynamics. With regards to the instrument, ABRSM make no allowances for the fact that the student may have learned on a keyboard with no dynamics, but when they are doing the exam on a piano they are expected to play the written dynamics.

I read this out loud, to my wife. She laugh, with joy, at the wisdom and the poetry therein. I am now practicing...

That's what did it for me: the endless repetition of a single piece to get it just so, and the aiming for one single perfect performance. I am guessing that if @SumOne has played something 100 times on the bass guitar, it is because it has been gigged it 95 times. However, piano is frustratingly different, and difficult. I confess to have taken an inadvertent break from learning recently - I am simply not practicing anymore, because failure is so discouraging. I realise now, that I need to practice little and often, and work through the difficulties that comes from learning something new. Onwards and upwards...

Bits of violin - tail pieces, rosin, fine tuners, all free

I checked my diary in which I noted the conversation. "Has been adjourned until February 2026". I suspect that the clerk misread the date - she like me, reasonably expected the case to be resolved 6 months after it first came before the court, rather than 18 months.