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It's capitalism. The same as someone buying shares in a company owned by the state that's being sold off cheap by the government, with full knowledge that it's undervalued and the shares will be worth two or three times more within hours of the sale, i.e BT, British gas, Royal mail etc.

You like what you like. I love classical music, it lead me to the music that I now play myself. I don't like all classical music, the 'popular classics' I especially dislike. What I love about classical music is the soundscape that's produced, the way the instruments mix to create beautiful textures and layers of sound. Similar textures can be created in electronic music, but rarely to my ears in pop or rock, where it's melody that is important. Jazz is something else I can listen to, though I wouldn't call myself a huge fan. It is more interesting to listen to than standard rock and pop though. It's something I play quiet often too, mainly because I'm lazy and it's a gig I can just turn up to and play.

Seven.

The Phil Jones double 4 is amazing. The size of a shoe box, and 75 watts. It can also be used at small gigs too, if needed. There's currently one for sale in the marketplace

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1508850731' post='3394845'] "Though"??? My brother in law plays trombone in two brass bands and even the local competitions are brutal. I can only imagine how competitive, nerve shredding and nit picking a national comp would be. Respect. [/quote] It wasn’t meant with any kind of disrespect. The fact the guy played at the Royal Albert hall is enough for me to offer him the greatest respect. 😊

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1508846434' post='3394791'] National Brass Band competition. Now that's proper rock and roll. We won by the way [/quote] Bet it was still an amazing experience though.

Bass too commonplace? More commonplace than drums or guitar?

Gumtree? You do still get time wasters though.

Slightly off-topic. It's best really in the long run at least, to avoid playing scales in a 'box' pattern like this. Learn to play the notes instead, rather than a fingering pattern. Imagine if there was an LED at every fret on your bass. You have a button to press and it lights up every note in a given scale, that kind of thing.

All the time, both for fretting notes and muting.

They have KFC and Starbucks there. Not that I'd touch either, but it's interesting.

I’ve always thought they looked quite cute. Never seen one in real life though.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1508686616' post='3393789'] The term has been co-opted by many others but to me [i]a gig[/i] is a performance to an audience. [/quote] That's how I understand it too. It could be playing solo, with an ensemble or in a theatre pit, it's still a performance though. Same I guess with as mentioned for a DJ.

He's a member on here by the way. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/313296-my-first-youtube-music-clip-my-own-song/

Mines about 1mm at the 12th fret.