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Why not? I know lots of people who play more than one instrument. How good a musician is she? I know several bass players who have just a meagre knowledge of music and rely on TAB for the lines they play. On the other hand, all the keyboard players I know have a good knowledge of music. If she learns the parts then I don't see the problem.

The words ‘what an absolute mess’ spring to mind.

Is that on the same side of the road but back toward the centre? There is a pub there that has bands.

There are a few empty shops in the Custard Factory. I go there most days for coffee.

No, that's over the other side of the city centre. There's loads of work going on around Digbeth, it's for the tramway though.

The Irish Centre in Digbeth, Birmingham. I went to a few gigs there in the 1990s with my brother. It is, or was, just a few hundred metres from the college I teach at. Now, sadly reduced to a pile of rubble. Probably to make way for more of the flats and apartments you can see behind it.

From my experience with Fender basses, it would be quite easy to spot the difference between the fake and the real thing. The fake is almost certainly going to be better made.

The Darkglass Element and I believe a few of their other pedals will. I have their ADAM pedal. It does too but it's quite a large pedal.

It's as complicated really as you want it to be. I teach it on an evening course and start of very basically.

I did my PhD using Reaper and hated it. I was pushed into using it by my supervisor. Saying that though, many use it and like it. I've used ProTools and hated it too. I've used Logic for years and like it. I find it works how I want it to work. It's the main DAW at the place I teach at. Quite a few of the students at work use and recommend FL Studio. I quite like Ableton too. You can get free ‘lite’ versions free of charge when you buy bits of equipment.

I think they were quite surprised. Dan wasn't playing particularly hard. He was rather nervous. It was a shame Miles hadn't done the live drummer demonstration the previous day at the other campus.

It's how much less hard he was playing though and how much quieter he was. If you look at the chart on the sticker I posted a photo of, there was probably about 30 minutes of safe exposure before the level would start to cause damage. Believe me, I've heard far louder drummers than the student. I've left bands because they were too loud.

Indeed. I teach across two campuses and got to see his talk and demonstration twice at two venues. Yesterday though, when we went into the live room next to the classroom, and he did the experiment with the drummer, it really showed just how much more controlled the sound could be, and just how loud it was otherwise. I don't teach on the performance modules. If I did though I'd certainly be buying a set of customs to protect what's left of my hearing.

The students where I work had a really interesting talk from the guy who runs a company called DCA yesterday. They specialise in IEMs and hearing protection for musicians. They don't use latex in the moulding process. They have a tiny little laser scanner that takes just a minute or so to 3D map the inside of your ear. He did an experiment using one of the students playing drums along to music played through a normal fold-back type monitor. He held an SPL meter by the student’s head and got a reading of about 102db. He then repeated the experiment, this time the student used a pair of IEMs for monitoring. This time the SPL meter peaked at 85db. You can see why so many bands, at all levels, are switching to IEMs. I have tinnitus, particularly badly in my left ear. When I gigged a lot I invariably used to stand with the drummer to my left. He gave out these handy stickers.

Tbh, I'm not either. I know people on here do so thought I'd share it.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/16/rush-geddy-lee-reader-interview

Does he play with his feet?

We had a radio that would have been tuned to Radio 1 and later Radio 2. The only records or CDs were mine that I started to buy as soon as I started to receive pocket money.