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[quote name='Bleat' timestamp='1452219686' post='2947819'] [url="https://soundcloud.com/foolsjourney/voyage-of-the-butterfly-boat"]https://soundcloud.com/foolsjourney/voyage-of-the-butterfly-boat[/url] Cheers James [/quote] Lovely piece of music. Nice themes and motives and builds well with the change of Instruments and arrangement.

Very sad news. Such a very versatile Musician, always had something different to offer.

Listening to Bela Fleck many moons ago, I was hooked. There are some seriously great players out there.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452436716' post='2949892'] Another thing that was prevalent if recording at that time was that engrs liked the cleanest track and this meant they wanted pick parts if they could get them. John Taylor never had a classic slap style then either so the pulls could have been off a pick part. Whether DD had the 'clout' at that time or experience to go against a call/suggestion to play it with a pick might have been a factor. I guess we will never know... [/quote] Just had another listen - there is at least one drop in, maybe more. But, 'drop ins' we're always around, long before copy and paste.

That's not BE. The line works well within the track and does drive along. Gets a little bit messy towards the end, especially the octaves. He was possibly running out of steam....lol..

Focusrite iTrack is fine, but it has no Midi I/O. If you need Midi control the Focusrite iTrack Dock is a better bet. http://itrack.focusrite.com/products/itrack-dock-studio Or as Bassbus said above, the Alesis IO Dock. http://www.dawsons.co.uk/alesis-io-dock-ii-recording-interface-for-ipad?gclid=Cj0KEQiAzai0BRCs2Yydo8yptuIBEiQAN3_lFi8IsLXrScnkL9NSIgelKxbO46aJt6DdGl1VZJViTrUaAlLN8P8HAQ Both great and only between £30/£40 more than the iTrack.

Sad news. Outstanding career. RIP. NC with an absolutely top, top house band. She always worked with the cream, and deservedly so. http://youtu.be/tDblVjyHr_U EDIT: Sorry, someone above already posted this tune (an older version). But, to my ears, they all sound great!

Voted. Good stuff folks.

Room acoustics play a big part also.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1450902291' post='2936920'] Yes, I tried that, too (well, 80 pieces and a piano..! ). It was rubbish, so I scrapped it. Maybe it's me..? [/quote] Been there, done it. Only in my case, the Piano ended up in 80 pieces.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1450907205' post='2936996'] it doesnt start until 8 seconds so technically its 7 seconds short [/quote] 'ang on. How do we know that those seven seconds are not Tacet bars?

Well, even the great John Williams needed help. He scored the new Star Wars movie, yet he needed the help of a 100 piece Orchestra to make it sound any good.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1450685551' post='2934765'] a 40mm u-bend? a good part number for that would be UB40? [/quote] Have you seen 'Das Boot'? Great film.

Ooops... Sorry, I have landed in the wrong thread. But, while I am here, Have a bump on me.

Bilbo leaving the above thread to iron his face.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1450524566' post='2933564'] Hmm... [i]This [/i]is outstanding... http://youtu.be/pINzrMgPUcc [/quote] Blimey, EM's technique is effortless on that, especially his bowing. Thanks for the link.

Mike Post (Hill St Blues TV Theme) and his 4 bars Rubato intro and then into the 4 bars tempo. Lovely TV theme that fitted superbly the emotional ups and downs of the show. http://youtu.be/JqWYKGkRBKw

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1450466131' post='2933182'] Good song writings not a skill u can learn it's a gifted ability which some have but most of us don't have, believe me if I had it I probably would'nt be sat here clicking away on a basschat forum. [/quote] Sorry, but I agree with BigRedX. It's a skill you can learn, like anything else. How good, really depends on much work you put in. Granted, some are better than others and learn quicker, reach greater heights etc. An awful lot of Film, TV and Media composers learn their art in collages and university. That goes for pop writing and Classical as well. Plenty of top writers over the past, who have not, of course, it was just plain hard work and practise and maybe for some, it is a thing that comes easy to them. But defiantly, it's there to be learned. Hundreds of these places exist around the world, and have done for a couple of hundred years. [size=4][url="http://www.rcm.ac.uk/composition/compositionforscreen/"]http://www.rcm.ac.uk...itionforscreen/[/url][/size]

Frank Sinatra and Quincy Jones on the "LA Is My Lady" sessions. Although FS seems to be struggling a bit, the Big Band build up through the track is fantastic. Star studded band! http://youtu.be/A9klGr3ELkg

I just noticed something under your name, Mykesbass. http://youtu.be/CPMpeNDIGdk

I think I am going to enjoy this thread. The Christmas thread had me thinking about those golden years productions as well, the art of Arranging seems to be vanishing in the pop world. I suppose that is more to do with the way things are recorded these days (possibly). http://youtu.be/I0NkhUOWzZg

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1450372774' post='2932180'] a decent bass player would have ruined most of the Pistols sound [/quote] How could anyone ruin that?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1450371880' post='2932162'] No, not Nelson Riddle but Ralph Carmichael I believe. [size=4]July 6th, 1960 (Session #9532; 14:00-18:00) Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 N. Vine Street, Hollywood California [i]Nat Cole (vocal), Ralph Carmichael (arranger / conductor)[/i][/size] [/quote] Ah...Ok. It's staggering the amount of talent that went through Capitol back then.

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1450365782' post='2932087'] I meant currently and artistically speaking, but fair enough! [/quote] It did cross my mind - But I couldn't resist. Happy Christmas!

[quote name='40hz' timestamp='1450362660' post='2932053'] Level 42 are what I'd call a 'bass players' band. Irrelevant to most others. [/quote] "Since [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_in_music"]1980[/url], [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom"]British[/url] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music"]pop[/url] musical group [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_42"]Level 42[/url] has released 11 [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_album"]studio albums[/url]. The band's latest was [i]Retroglide[/i], released in [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_in_music"]2006[/url]. The group have one [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_40"]Top 10[/url] hit on the [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States"]American[/url] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100"][i]Billboard[/i] Hot 100[/url] chart ("[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_About_You_(Level_42_song)"]Something About You[/url]") and six top 10s on the British [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_single_charts"]UK single charts[/url] ("[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Goes_Down_(Living_It_Up)"]The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)[/url]", "Something About You", "[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lessons_in_Love_(song)"]Lessons In Love[/url]", "[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_in_the_Family_(song)"]Running in the Family[/url]", "[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Be_With_You_Again"]To Be With You Again[/url]" and "[url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Over_(Level_42_song)"]It's Over[/url]"). [b]Level 42 have sold 31 million units worldwide[/b]." 31 million Bass players - That's a lot of Bass players in the World.