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[quote name='Telebass' post='1181165' date='Mar 29 2011, 06:49 PM']AC/DC - Back in Black AC/DC - Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) AC/DC - Highway to Hell AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Bad Company - Can't Get Enough Beatles - Day Tripper Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Black Crowes - Hard To Handle Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere Bryan Adams - Run To You Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode Clash - I fought The Law Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Deep Purple - Black Knight Deep Purple - Highway Star Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger Free - All Right Now Free - Wishing Well G'n'R - Sweet Child o'Mine Gary Moore - Movin' On Gary Moore - Walkin' By Myself Golden Earring - Radar Love Green Day - Basket Case Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way Judas Priest - Living After Midnight Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a Riot Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire Kinks - You Really Got Me Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll Lynrd Skynrd - Freebird Lynrd Skynrd - Sweet Home Alabama Motörhead - Ace Of Spades Neil Young - Heart of Gold Neil Young - Rockin' In the Free World Oasis - Wonderwall Queen - Hammer To Fall Queen - Tie Your Mother Down R.E.M. - The One I Love Rainbow - Since You Been Gone Robert Palmer - Bad Case of Lovin' You Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash Rush - The Spirit of Radio Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Status Quo - Caroline Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild T-Rex - 20th Century Boy Tenacious D - Tribute The Rock 'n' Roll Outlaws - Ain't No Sin The Rock 'n' Roll Outlaws - Wheels On Fire The Undertones - Teenage Kicks Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar Tom Petty - Running Down A Dream Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Who - My Generation Who - Pinball Wizard Who - Substitute Who - Won't Get Fooled Again ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'[/quote] Just chuck in 'God save the Queen' and you should be alright for a knee's up on royal wedding day..... Garry

[quote name='crez5150' post='1181054' date='Mar 29 2011, 05:30 PM']Any songs with Slap bass will go down great!![/quote] I see you are going for it today. Garry

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1177520' date='Mar 26 2011, 07:55 PM']When it comes to fees, remember that union rates are generally regarded as minimums, budgets are tighter these days but if you are working for established producers and signed artists then you can push prices up a bit. I do anything from a speculation for points up to set rates above union minimums depending on the job.[/quote] Someone above has said 150.00 for a eight hour day, but in reality you should be looking at getting that or around that fee for A three hour session [And that would be roughly around the MU rate, which would include porterage etc] 400 to 500.00 for a whole days work would not be unusual. But like you said Jake, it depends on the budget, the profile etc. And more often than not, you would be told the fee and its a case of take it or leave it. If its someone you know they would try and get the money up. Garry

[quote name='Harrythebassdawg' post='1177048' date='Mar 26 2011, 11:24 AM']Yeah it seems a wise port of call, I suppose I better get an MU membership then!...(although It would help If I had £100 lying around to join!)[/quote] What ever fee you get, Further down the road other payments could/can come your way depending on what the session was for and what broadcasts etc. So PPL is worth joining, they collect any other performance money that may be due to you. [url="http://www.ppluk.com/"]http://www.ppluk.com/[/url] Good luck with it all. Garry

As Doddy says Musescore is very good, and free, but it is full on [But you need to start somewhere] I use Finale - but they have a great 'Idiot Proof' starter with 'Finale Notepad' for $9.95 You can download the Notepad demo and see how Idiot proof it is. [url="http://www.finalemusic.com/NotePad/default.aspx"]http://www.finalemusic.com/NotePad/default.aspx[/url] Garry

Yep, for sure a real knuckle full, and so well played. Actually i quite like the High Standards album, JB playing some standards for a change. Thanks for the link to the Basso Ridiculoso site. Garry

Donation for Basschat is a good idea. Garry

[quote name='thebrig' post='1172480' date='Mar 22 2011, 07:26 PM']Why would reputable manufacturers produce USB audio interfaces with up to 16 ins/outs, if they don't work properly?[/quote] They do work properly. But the better one's are a bit more dosh wise. RME being one of the best and most respected around with really really solid Audio & Midi drivers. [And excellent converters] You will not see one bad review around. [url="http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_overview_firewire.php"]http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_overview_firewire.php[/url] Garry

Shame Jaco ain't around these days, You two could have made babies together. Garry

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1170043' date='Mar 20 2011, 09:13 PM']No, it has a fanny fretting it.[/quote] Wey hey - and we are off. Garry

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1168156' date='Mar 19 2011, 12:54 PM']I've never had any problems with rouge plug-ins myself,[/quote] I can't say i have had any problems with make up plug-ins either.... Garry

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1168023' date='Mar 19 2011, 10:30 AM']actually recent DAWs such as cakewalk 8.5 and newer come with an in built bridge app so you can use 32 bit plugins on the 64 bit version.[/quote] They do , but the J-Bridge has much more options for dealing with rogue plug ins... And can also do reverse bridge - 64 to 32 bit if needed. Garry

[quote name='Rumple' post='1167986' date='Mar 19 2011, 09:51 AM']The reason for Reason (sorry ) is I thought it might be more intuative when working with loops and samples. R.[/quote] All good DAW'S should be good for using loops and Samples and Midi. But Ableton Live really shines when using samples and loops. Comes with a huge library of sounds, loops and instruments. Garry

[quote name='OldG' post='1167944' date='Mar 19 2011, 08:24 AM']To use the full 8 gig of RAM, a 64 bit OS is needed (Windows 7x64) - and a 32bit DAW to be able to use all those free third party VST/VSTi's.[/quote] 64 bit DAW's would come with its own 64 plug fx, and 64 bit VSTI'S etc However you can run 32 bit plugs and synths in a 64 bit DAW using J-Bridge [very cheap] [url="http://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/"]http://jstuff.wordpress.com/jbridge/[/url] For what its worth i am running Cubase 6 on W7 and a quadcore 64 bit machine [all x64] with no problems or crashes. I went desk top rather than mobile, because i could use the PCIe slots for Audio cards. [url="http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_overview_pci_express.php"]http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_overview_pci_express.php[/url] If you want to tune W7 for Audio have a look here. [It says for Vista - but is also used for W7] [url="http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/ts/detail.php?Index=31969&Keyword=vista+optimizedfalse"]http://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/ts/det...+optimizedfalse[/url] Garry

[quote name='Oscar South' post='1165777' date='Mar 17 2011, 02:18 PM']Well?[/quote] Wishing.

[quote name='lettsguitars' post='1165282' date='Mar 17 2011, 01:52 AM']i'd strongly recommend the [b]waves[/b] and nomad factory plugins. also you mention singing, well autotune is a fantastic bit of stuff. d[/quote] Unless you want to use Torrents etc, the Waves plugs are very expensive, as are Nomad & Autotune/Melodyne. [url="http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=90"]http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=90[/url] The OP is better of investing in Soft synths/Modules. He made a point of wanting good composing sounds. If he is using Reaper, that has plenty of good usable FX, but does lack in The Synth/Sounds department. He would need to use 3rd party vendors for [good - realistic - Orchestral] sounds. Dance/sound scape sounds are easily achieved with the plenty of good free ones out there. There are also some good free drum samplers about. If you are on a tight budget just check the 'Free VST's' in the Recording sticky on this site, people have posted up some useful stuff. [url="http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=90"]http://www.waves.com/content.aspx?id=90[/url] Just a thought really. Garry

[quote name='Bloodaxe' post='1165229' date='Mar 17 2011, 12:37 AM']I'm not a fan of Disco either.[/quote] Larry Graham = Hardcore Funky Mother Village People = Disco. Garry

[quote name='JayPH' post='1165278' date='Mar 17 2011, 01:33 AM']I don't want to spend a penny if the midi controller won't give me realistic sounding instruments. [b]Midi Controller[/b] [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/53609-akai-mpk25-portable-keyboard-controller-free-hip-hop-sample-pack.html#sterling_uk"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/5360...tml#sterling_uk[/url] [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/28890-akai-mpk49.html#sterling_uk"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/2889...tml#sterling_uk[/url] T[/quote] A midi controller will not give you [realistic] sounds. It will just transmit the midi data. Some keyboards [and the ones you are quoting] might come with sounds, but they will not be great sounds, just General Midi sounds. And they will have to be recorded via the Audio out. Garry

[quote name='keeponehandloose' post='1164686' date='Mar 16 2011, 05:46 PM']Slapping the old upright is great- the styles of music where its used most very often dont have drums,that can only be a good thing surely[/quote] Agreed. And you don't have to change your strings. Garry

[quote name='thebrig' post='1164618' date='Mar 16 2011, 04:42 PM']As previously stated, I've just bought a new laptop, quite high-spec too! But I am going to try a Firewire/USB adaptor first, to see if it works with my existing firewire interface, as it only costs a couple of quid for the adaptor. If that doesn't work, then I will have to look at USB interfaces. Any suggestions for a minimum 8-track simultaneous interface would be most welcome. £400/500 budget.[/quote] To be honest on that budget, there are plenty of great USB interfaces around. And you have a good spec Laptop as well. Not sure what ins & outs you are looking at, but RME stuff is top notch. Really good stable Asio & Midi drivers that work great at ultra low latency, with direct monitoring as well. Garry

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='1164600' date='Mar 16 2011, 04:29 PM'][Pedant Point] Is that BIG {girl's pants} or {BIG GIRL'S} pants or what? [/Pedant Point] G.[/quote] What a horrible thought either way. Slim girls no pants all the way. Garry

[quote name='Jobo Pooks' post='1164203' date='Mar 16 2011, 11:13 AM']Your 5th fret would be A D G C "A Drain Guy Comes"[/quote] Should get a snigger from the ladies. Garry

What about that old ancient technique on the Double Bass..... 'Slap Bass'.... Is it still ok to do that? Thought i might check before i get all polled out. Garry

[quote name='ezbass' post='1164480' date='Mar 16 2011, 03:01 PM']I saw/heard her on the Yamaha stand![/quote] I misread that at first, I thought it said... I saw/had her on the Yamaha stand..... Garry

Everyone up for a "Thunder Thumbs" fest then? Or will it be the Vicar and Cucumber Sandwiches? Garry