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Just catch a train.

Do not use my Hermes, they’re awful. If it’s small enough then you’d have to go a long way to beat Royal Mail special delivery, it’s tracked and insured.

Isn't ProTools like that now; subscription and cloud based?

Standards as in standard repertoire, not necessarily jazz, but common songs or numbers for that genre; could be jazz but equally they could be blues or soul, punk even I guess. In rock it’d be alright now or you really got me. Valerie is standard in most function bands set lists, that kind of thing.

I’ve got a transcription of what is hip if you want it. It was an exam piece at uni.

Bits of this are about 3 years old, other bits were done in the last few weeks. An earlier version was released by a brilliant new cassette only label called RTR earlier in the year, they release some beautiful music; this, or rather the earlier version was just on a sampler that they issued: https://rustedtonerecordings.bandcamp.com https://soundcloud.com/user-987830578/abstract

It all depends on your requirements. A 5 has always made more sense to me than a 4 string, not just because of the extra low notes, more so the positioning thing, especially on reading gigs where you can pretty much stay in one position on the neck and concentrate on the part. A 6 string is fantastic for soloing and chordal stuff; I personally love the chord voicing possibilities that a 6 allows.

It’s easier if you play notes rather than frets or string numbers.

It’s a publicity thing. I saw at least 8 or 9 people sharing this on Facebook last night.

Can you check them out in advance, just to see you’re not wasting your time? Ask if they’ve got YouTube videos or whatever.

It’s entirely up to you. I do occasional solo bass gigs using an apogee one into a MacBook into the PA. It sounds great. If you’re using a Mac then you’ll at least have GarageBand, that has some great amp sims.

Nothing wrong at all using studio monitors instead of an amp/combo. Some Apogee gear only works with Apple so you need to check that it's OK for whatever computer you're using. I use an Apogee One which is cheaper than a Duet, if it's just you then a One is perfect. I use Adam monitors which are amazing and didn't cost the earth.

Something else from recent times. https://soundcloud.com/user-987830578/piano-and-string-thing-in-34

Nice track! I'm tempted to get a Status S2. I used to own a Modulus Q6 that I foolishly sold a few years ago, I doubt I'll easily find another like it. I like the sound and feel of graphite, and the Status basses look very, very nice.

Maybe they’ve had a breakdown or something, so your booking is unavailable?

Thank you .

I mean the end bits where they attach to the bass.

Are they leather?

I don’t do inches. I like the comfort strap; so however wide that is.

The original track here was an exam piece for my MA. It was later used by Birmingham's Barber Institute of Fine Arts to accompany a painting of the crucifixion by Odilon Redon in their 'Sounding Images' exhibition. Here's it's been reworked slightly. There's absolutely no real bass here; I do realise it's a bass players forum. There is however ebowed high F on a 7 string bass in places. A vibrating string produces a sound that just can't be replicated any other way. https://quietestrecords.bandcamp.com/track/a-further-work-in-red

Do you know someone who’s a student? Apple offer great student discounts, I think I got 40% off mine.

I've got a MacBook Pro, late 2012 model that I've had from new. It was fitted with a new SSD early last year. I use it for Logic Pro X for hours each day, it copes fine. If anything happened to it I would certainly buy another. I use iCloud as a backup, it also means I can access my files from any device anywhere which is brilliant. I've only got the standard 4gb of RAM and have never really had a problem, it depends I guess what you're going to be doing with it, I run some quite processor-hungry plugins in Logic sometimes without a problem.

It's about Queen, so I'm guessing if they bought out 12 films, you might find 5 minutes in each one that might be OK; a little like their albums .