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Kate Bush was always doing something different, part (A lot) of the appeal for me. A very creative musician with good ideas always looking for something fresh, and I am glad that 30 odd years later she still operates in the same way.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1408903242' post='2534485'] Need to meet some people and get noisey again [/quote] You should do well with the noise thing (apparently), or so Sir Thomas Beecham reckons. "The English May not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes".... Lol.....

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1408825337' post='2533895'] I have this IT problem where the mix I finish in Cubase doesn't transfer in it's entirety when I do an audio mix. Some does but not all of it. So what you hear is an approximation of my mix �� [/quote] If you are using Cubase (not sure what version you have) why not freeze the VSTi tracks? This will leave you with an audio track (Disengaging the Vsti from use - no CPU hit), Then if you need to edit the original Midi track just un-freeze. You can use dozens of tracks without a CPU hit. Again, not sure what version of Cubase you have, but if it is a full version there is no need to write in Sibelius then export the Midi file. Cubase has it's own score editor (and it is excellent}. Any adjustments are directly related to the PRV, that way you are using your sounds (Miroslav?) and not the Sibelius sounds. So what you write is what you hear, including the various articulations. If you have 1/2 an hour, a good video using articulations and the score editor in Cubase. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPYGykRrwaU

Link for my entry this month. http://soundcloud.com/garrycribb/triumph-herod/s-1RrDZ

Playing Chic basslines, over playing, bad timing? That's all down to professional experience/attitude. They clearly didn't have any. No wonder they did not ask you for the gear use or indeed to say thank you.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1408541642' post='2531209'] ...assuming the penguins don't intervene [i]again![/i] It's not their unrelenting evil that perturbs me, but that funny walk they insist on doing. Damn their souls. [/quote] They don't half pen and ink as well.

Regarding 'slow speaking' strings, some of the sample libraries can be controlled with the mod wheel. Right down = slow attack, then moving up for a quicker or instant attack. This can be controlled and recorded after the note entry, or of course painted in the cc# lanes or PRV. As Dad said, nudging over as well, (but you are still left with the problem of slow attack, if not wanted). In fact if you have block chords, or even just double stops (which ever section), never have them both hit at the same time, nudge one (or more if chords) over. Apart from sounding more realistic, it can stop any phasing issues (especially on unison lines) when bounced to Audio.

When does voting start on this?

Will Lee's been doing that gig forever, and he does dep it out. Here he is hogging the whole gig (posted a few weeks back). http://youtu.be/RUPSilcJFrQ

Before you get serious with the Instrument, a few things you should take into account. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_jokes

"Phil Jones - No point playing that guitar solo pal, nobody's listening to you!" Lol............. Agree with what Doddy said. To be honest that video has nothing on the lounge Drummer. http://youtu.be/a9kPfelTEds

I picked up a Sadowsky Tokyo in Japan about ten years ago while on a show ( In Tokyo funny enough..lol..). It's pretty expensive out there, but a huge amount of high end basses in the shops. If you go to Tokyo, check out this place (Sadowsky). Oh, and take your debit visa card. http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/web-ikebe/Sadowsky_IKEBE35th/index.html http://www.ikebe-gakki.com/ec/srDispProductUpdateSearch/10379/3/11010000000/20140814/

Atlantic Crossing is a classic album. Some top tunes played by a lot of well known players of the time, and all very well arranged. Rod Stewart - vocals Pete Carr - acoustic guitar and electric guitar on Sailing[7] Jesse Ed Davis - guitars Steve Cropper - guitars Fred Tackett, guitars Jimmy Johnson - guitars Barry Beckett - keyboards Albhy Galuten - keyboards Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass Lee Sklar - bass Bob Glaub - bass David Hood - bass David Lindley - mandolin, violin Al Jackson, Jr. - drums Roger Hawkins - drums Nigel Olsson - drums Willie Correa - drums The Memphis Horns - trumpet, trombone, saxophone Cindy & Bob Singers, The Pets & The Clappers - backing vocals String arrangements by Arif Mardin and James Mitchell

Oh well....

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1407856517' post='2524718'] I could be flattered, but what witch am I..? [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Show us yer Broom.

Ha ha....Dad & Skol, up there with Cagney & Lacy...lol.... You pair of eagle eyed terriers!

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1407178193' post='2518114'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYHQpjs8kkc [/quote] That's great Rob. I love the way the arrangement builds up until the Tenor solo. The section writing is terrific, love the Tango vibe.

Rhonda Smith Gail Ann Dorsey Carol Kaye Esperanza Spalding Meshell something cello My fave would be Carol Kaye, loved all that heavy duty LA session scene. Plenty of aggression and attack in her playing.

Yep, love the whole big band thing. One of the only gigs I will go and do for petrol money.....lol. I was hoping it would be more across the board with a broader repertoire, Other than just the likes of Basie & Ellington etc (although great stuff). But hey, better than nothing and IS billed as 30/40's swing bands of the day. Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band are getting a real good listening from me at the moment.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1407092305' post='2517268'] Admittedly Never can say goodbye is the odd one out but at the moment it's my all time fave feel-good number. The band had doubts but it's a winner. [/quote] There was a few versions of that knocking around about the same time, done in different styles. Gloria Gaynor, Isaac Hayes and The Jackson 5. And it is a feel-good tune, punters love it.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1407084512' post='2517170'] Try 'La Mer' by Charles Trenet on 'em, Les. [/quote] One of my fave all time tunes. Particularly the big band versions from Bobby Darren and George Benson. I am the reverse of the OP, I was playing all those tunes in a function band when I was sixteen (1973), apart from Never can say goodbye, it was not even released then! (Well not the Disco version). It was a good introduction to learning all the Jazz standards, and not to mention busking. The only time I get to play those tunes these days is during dinner music (sometimes) at Corporate functions in the West End hotels.

[quote name='alibabu' timestamp='1406965693' post='2516227'] If you like Andy Narell (the guy on steel drums), be sure to check out his band "Sakesho", with the great Michael Alibo on bass: http://youtu.be/cpAw75qkBU4 The same Alibo also plays in Sixun, with Paco Sery on drums: http://youtu.be/lnSMDmtOx4s [/quote] Thanks for posting that, something for me to check out to day...lol. Great stuff.

I have lost count of how many BF albums I have. There is everything from out and out Blue Grass to Symphonic stuff. Here is a break down of albums since the 70's, it's worth reading, then going through YouTube etc. there really is a lot of variation. http://belafleck.com/discography/

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1406924181' post='2516016'] Playing the same thing night in night out can be boring, even if some people won't admit to it [/quote] I am quite happy to admit it, no problem from me with that. Although I am not sure I have ever fallen asleep....lol.....

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1406921306' post='2515976'] My band want to play 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' so I've just started learning it and I'm by the end of that rundown I'm on the floor asleep[/quote] Not sure why you fall asleep ( that's if it is the Nancy Sinatra version). Two Basses on that version to keep you awake, played by two top in demand players of the time (Carol Kaye & Chuck Berghofer). To be honest, it's just a typical pop tune of that era.