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If you click on your picture in the top right it says how many points until your next level

155. What do you do to earn these "points"? Do you get a financial reward when you reach the top?

This and it's noted that no one disagreed with you.

I totally agree and if you read back to how the conversation developed you will see that my original post wasn't meant in any way to be contentious.

I've had many people tell me that I sing much better when I have had a few. I do agree, most singing teachers would baulk at this. Maybe it's a confidence thing as I do after all these years still suffer from bad nerves when I perform in front of people.

Having been the singer and bass player in our band for nigh on 35 years, I would love to find someone who could help me with technique. Trouble is my voice is probably not quite as good as it once was for range. Technique might on the other hand help in this matter. I used to find, quite wrongly I am sure, that a couple of pints would loosen up my voice. I tried singing totally sober a few times and always found my throat tightening after a while.

Getting ganged up on by the usual suspects is not what I hope Basschat is about. Please stop quoting me. I have unfollowed this thread for a reason.

Why am I still getting notifications on this thread? I unfollowed it as I refuse to be embroiled in anymore arguments about something that is a point of view.

That "sounds" amazing (pardon the pun) I have hated loud backlines for years as we suffered from lack of or poor monitors and creeping backline volumes. I would always find that towards the end of a gig all I was hearing was a wall of noise and the drums. I just prayed and stayed in time with the drummer and hoped for the best. It doesn't make for a tight band. Not when you could play together quietly and nicely in a rehearsal room.

Neil Peart too stiff. That's it. I am finished with this thread.

Welcome mate. Can you play like Charlie Watts by any chance? .............Just joking🤣

I'm sorry if I took this wrong but I assumed this to be a dig at ceilidh drummers as I never mentioned anyone by name. I thought you were generalising in a condescending kind of way.

Yes, but my point is that Charlie Watts keeps time (expertly) but doesn't play in a style that is that hard to emulate. Any drummer worth his salt should be able to keep a decent swing rhythm. I know you ridiculed my earlier post about ceilidh band drummers but some of these guys are very, very good at keeping swing tunes driving along.

I am in no way knocking Charlie Watts ability. I just think that to say it's World breaking and captures a very hard to execute style is wrong. I KNOW drummers who can play like Charlie does in the second clip.

If you can say which is better you are splitting hairs. Charlie keeps time expertly whilst Neil keeps time and is able to embellish with flair.

Thank you for the patronising lesson about music

Your argument seems to be you are wrong and I won't hear anymore about it. I happen to think that a MASTER of drums could capture swing. The whole argument has evolved anyway as Neil's statement was about the effort it took to play a Rush gig as opposed to a Stones gig. Swing was added and I went with it. I have been to Rush gigs and Neils drum solo was a display of differing styles and feel. Laterally, he finished with playing along to a big band tune which required quite a lot of swing.

I play in a covers band, or at least I did play in a covers band. We covered all styles, rock, country, pop (ish) and traditional. We had to capture every style and feel and people said we were good. We are doing that at pub level and people are saying it can't be done at professional level.

We could be here all day with this. I'm going for a coffee.

I have absolutely no doubt that Charlie Watts has feel when he drums. That isn't in question but what I find incredible is that people think that Neil Peart couldn't play with feeling. Like all he did was hit drums hard and fast. Im sorry guys but that to me is incredible.

I would like to hear examples of these bass players that can't hold down a root fifth whilst being able to faithfully reproduce Jaco's material.

You guys are talking as if swing is some amazing hard to capture technique. I know drummers up here who play in ceilidh bands that can swing expertly.

Neil Peart attended lessons with a drum guru who's name escapes me. This was well into his success. He just wanted to be the best and always wanted to get better and you reckon he couldn't capture the feel of Jumpin' Jack Flash?

I was quoting the great man himself. Not verbatim but that was what he said. I struggle with my drum parts these days, its not as if I'm Charlie Watts playing with the Stones

Are you having a laugh? Is he having a laugh? Neil Peart would struggle with the feel of the songs?