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Yep, the early days of Disco had a variety of tempos. A breakdown of tempos and named styles here. http://www.discosavvy.com/diversesounds.html

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1458904313' post='3011978'] EW&F came up on a suggestion from Youtube when I looked for Tavares but I though this would make a nice addition: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw[/url] [/quote] Pay attention. I posted that a few posts back...lol.. But, then again, always worth another listen!

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1458900565' post='3011921'] Appropriate thread for you given you live in "Yo" ville. [/quote] http://youtu.be/4ebdhWKDe1A

I was lucky enough to play in bands doing six night 'Chicken in a Basket' club residencies during the 70/80's, so it was a great time to be playing Bass with all these Disco tunes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLCIsbmnUU

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1458788942' post='3010912'] Its a favorite J5 record. The horns are great. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gvTrG-_NTU[/media] [/quote] Technically, when that was recorded they were called "The Jacksons". Not sure what the reason for the name change was. As with this track as well. http://youtu.be/bYPqZlhpbQo

They are all good!! http://youtu.be/fXmmWBzS-_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imYJpr09IgQ

Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, Patti Austin, Luther Vandross, Far too many to mention really. Teddy Pendergrass had a stunning moving voice. [media]http://youtu.be/2HhV3Slqtvw[/media] And he could dig in when needed. Brilliant. http://youtu.be/kEhpKaJg3rs

If you are happy with your mix and want to get your volume up... There are a couple of excellent limiters that will do a great job (both free). Just use on your final stereo mix track. Vladg sound gets a lot of good reviews. https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/ And so does Loud Max. http://loudmax.blogspot.co.uk

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1458639765' post='3009241'] [url="http://www.classicfm.com/discover/music/essential-life-hacks-for-musicians/dents/"]And one for fans of the relic'd look[/url]. [/quote] Very funny!

Yes, very funny. The Trombone brain is good as well.

[quote name='goingdownslow' timestamp='1458493754' post='3008031'] I'll bet he is never without a woman at the end of the night though. [/quote] True...His mum goes everywhere with him .

A few days ago, I won an online competition and picked up this prize from Embertone.... If I get time (busy, so unlikely), I might give it a run in this month's writing challenge http://www.embertone.com/instruments/leonidbass.php [URL=http://s536.photobucket.com/user/lowdown1957/media/image.png.html][IMG]http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff330/lowdown1957/image.png[/IMG][/URL]

Someone has put together a list of various free Kontakt libraries on one site. A huge amount to try out and other formats and samples as well. http://earmonk.com/free-sample-libraries/

Neil Stubenhaus, very versatile, as most first call studio players usually are. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Stubenhaus Albums and singles played on. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-stubenhaus-mn0000379683/credits

He is a nice player, good groove. Yes, he is great on the Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin gig. He can solo as well (particularly well on that damn 7 string) http://youtu.be/Z2POePj3-s4

Beautiful, stunning theme from "On Golden Pond", always gets me. [media]http://youtu.be/Qml75qpmpSs[/media]

Bonnie Raitt "I can't Make You Love Me"...Absolute Class. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo Don't make me blub, but a very moving tune from Luther Vandross "Dance With My Father". http://youtu.be/wmDxJrggie8

A German from Amazon, who was sending Emails to your iPad ?

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1457973099' post='3003547'] They were all the rage back in the day. Called Soundies, they were played on a contraption called a Panoram, where they would appear "right way round" (see [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoram"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoram[/url] and specifically [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Kehoe_and_his_Marimba_Queens"]https://en.wikipedia..._Marimba_Queens[/url]) [/quote] Ok....cheers for the link and info (The Bass player is also named). All Marimbas as well, no Xylo!

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1457966744' post='3003440'] Of course this guy is the all time winner [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnY7UH6z72w[/media] Phew... fixed [/quote] I was going to point out that the Bass player and Marimba players are all left handed... But someone in the comments has mentioned that the film is backwards. In the early Facebook/YouTube days, he was often making an appearance. So yes, the all time winner. EDIT: No Xylo

[quote name='morsefull' timestamp='1457875683' post='3002544'] Run run run JoJo Gunne. [media]http://youtu.be/buMg7cDtlls[/media] [/quote] Good grief...now this is very weird!! I was just about to post the same thing!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1457695660' post='3001004'] At this level it's pointless to just rehash the records. That's what cover bands do. The artists live show has to be so much more. Dynamics and arrangement do this. The arrangements and performances fit GK and the songs like a glove. Count me as a fan of this "overblown", exciting and lively style of playing and performance. [/quote] Absolutely.

If you can get to hear a pair of PreSonus E5's, have a listen. Outstanding for the price (about £200). Product Page. https://www.presonus.com/products/Eris-E5 Review (you won't find many bad reviews, if any). http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct13/articles/presonus-eris.htm One of my boys has a pair and they sound very good.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1457656356' post='3000797'] Why would anyone take LSD in the 90s. LSD was one of our 60s things. Blue [/quote] Excellent.

I agree with julesb, about the sound and use of headphones. Great playing all round, top stuff.