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If you are getting a decent sound out of the Tannoys, why not use them?

When he said "something funky in A minor," you should of asked "why not medium rock and in C major like everyone else?" (Sorry, a terrible old Beatles gag).

Maybe overkill for the OP, but worth thinking about. £75 if you shop around.

Interesting picture...I think I might enter and focus on the Top Hat.

That looks like a Slide Cornet, or slide Trumpet....

I think he has so many children, people have lost count. No wonder he left a lot of space in his playing, he had no energy!! (Although below says different). Jas Obrecht says during an interview with him in 2013 "But that’s just the best-known part of Barrett’s story. He also found the energy to father 42 children". But it gets better......................... "It would have been enough to give each of his 52 children a little more than £1m for their father's unacknowledged contribution to the immortal sound of Bob Marley and the Wailers." https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/may/16/topstories3.arts

Well done, Bleat. I enjoyed that track...

Indeed. The amount of Coffee tables I have owned over the years, around the grand mark I would consider ' budget'...

I didn't realise how popular that little creation was..... Certainly taken over from the all night 'Cowboy Frenchy' at the Burger wagon, outside the Spitalfields Church, Whitechapel. A large Baguette filled with Sausage, bacon and fried eggs... A 2:00am treasure .

Voted. Well done folks.

Might be a bit 'smooth' for some, but when you put David Sanborn, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, Bob James, Paul Jackson Jnr and Paulinho Da Costa together..... The outcome will be a soulful, groove.....

Although, a bit on the commercial side, it does have groove & funk.

I know the OP mentioned that it is cables that he is after. But, upping you budget makes things a lot easier. One of my boys uses a Behringer iStudio (It works a treat). He then just uploads audio files (and Midi files) to Dropbox for someone else to pick up/download. These days, recording on an iPad couldn't be any easier. Plus there are plenty of free storage sites to upload files and share (even Google Drive) iStudio £75. (Includes Midi and Video functions as well). https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Behringer-iStudio-iS202-iPad-Mixer-Dock/PPD?origin=product-ads&utm_campaign=PLA+Shop+-+Behringer&utm_medium=vertical_search&network=google&adgroup=1+-+Product+Level+-+Behringer&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=33313d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=111959152399&gclid=CjwKCAiAqbvTBRAPEiwANEkyCO2GB7RZUZMlbBMicYEG5TibrB65QRB_LpfO-1gDsMOlUnIod-wscRoCeykQAvD_BwE And of course (mentioned below), Audioshare & AudioCopyfor native sharing between Apps on your iPad and Cloud storage.

Beat everyone up and close the thread. I like the Roger Daltrey stutter in your post.

Yes, you can. Although I think you lose the stats unless it's a Pro Account.

To be honest, the thread started out as just a bit of fun. But, any decent Keyboard player can 'Finger' Drum.

I got to meet him as well (Croydon mid 90’s).The act I was working with were his support band for the night. Top guy and terrific musician. R.I.P.

"The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes".

There are a couple of amusing Chuck Rainey studio/musician stories up on YouTube as well.

Here you go. Free Bass transcriptions to download...(actually, there are quite a few, free (Bass) transcription sites on the net - down in theory as well). Quite a few Chuck Rainey charts here. http://www.lowdownbass.net/transcriptions/ Although a Big Band site, some Tower of Power Bass charts in among the full scores. http://www.mindformusic.com/big-band/80-artists/345-tower-of-power A few Quincy Jones charts as well. http://www.mindformusic.com/big-band/80-artists/315-jones-quincy

Fingers For Hire !!

Yeah, I recently have found a couple of sites to download full orchestral/film scores. I can follow the score while listening to the track. A real learning curve for me, regarding picking up composing and arranging tips.

Up until recently, I was a full time pit/show player (30 years). Sight reading was a must for that type of work. Vary rarely would you have access to the score/charts before rehearsals. (Although for potential deps , the pad would get copied and sent out to them during rehearsals or early in the run). Depending on the show, rehearsal periods could be from two days to two weeks, usually in three hour periods/sessions, two or three times a day. The way I looked at it, come press night or opening night, you were not sight reading, you were looking at the dots (you had already played over the show/tunes many times and had become vary familiar with the charts, arrangements & notes) You had got through the ‘sight reading period’ and had taken most of it on board. Saying that, I did come across players who after several months, still had the heads buried in the charts. Having depped many times on shows as well, I found depping to be real hard for ‘sight reading’. No room for errors on the first couple of shows (no rehearsal crutch to fall on for mistakes). Going in cold, hopefully with plenty of preparation under your belt. Sometimes even sitting through one or two shows beforehand to get a feel for the show, arrangements and the conductor(s). On two occasions (two shows), I had to (what was called) ‘baby sit’ deps. They play and you sit next to them in case of any disasters...strange, but true and after speaking to the deps afterwards, very nerve wracking. Even Orchestras usually get good rehearsal time, so the actual sight reading diminishes. On the Scoring stage for films, that is where sight reading is heavy. No time for serious rehearsing. So yes, reading notes and sight reading are two different beasts. The more notes you read through practice, the more fluent you become.

Aaah, the subject of a lot of speculation over the years. Highfox, the answer, from the very man himself.... 'Tony Swain'.....Not sure from what article it came from (my son found it recently - He was transcribing the track). "There has been much speculation about this subject but as I also played and recorded the bass lines it is time to put the record straight! The Bass was played using an early Roland SH1000 made in the late 70's This was originally designed to sit on top of a Hammond organ so it looked like one! This was a monophonic synth but would play two octaves at once so using a combination of square and sine waves an octave apart combined with a lot of wrestling with a portamento switch to get the slides this is how the bass lines were done. No sequencer was used at all on the bass lines just a lot of sweat and keeping time which was helped by me also being a drummer! The synth was recorded through a Boss chorus guitar pedal (blue type) and then compressed a lot through a studio DBX160 a really great vintage compressor.The bass was very high in the mix but cut through because of the compression and the split octaves.Just an illusion bass was the best of two different lines recorded over two days on Analogue 24tk before digital came in. I hope this finally answers the question. All the Best Tony"