SpondonBassed

I saw "In his own Words". It didn't make me want to buy the book but it was very interesting in its own right.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1483035455' post='3204356'] I must be one of the few who doesn't like Cocker's rendition of With a Little Help. There's no doubting that he's a good singist, but I find the slowed down whining version doesn't tick the boxes for me. Which is weird, because I do like his other stuff. [/quote] I must be the second of the few then. Cold blooded murder, it was. I do like Joe's stuff for the most part however.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1483026711' post='3204253'] This may divide the room, possibly leaving me on my own in a corner, but I really like it. [media]http://youtu.be/jRk5Gjl_cAg[/media] [/quote] You may be right. I liked their treatment of the old Floyd tune. The rest of their music did not engage me quite so much. I did learn from the experience though. Now I know not to go into a lesbian bar asking for the loan of some scissors, for example.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1483025416' post='3204236'] I like Led Zeppelin's version of Stairway to Heaven by Rolf Harris. [/quote] http://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSq11SPBR_0VWgDF-lOmlyyp8Zh-pnfVzF5CCup1GzZAGOf1RKm

[quote name='Harryburke14' timestamp='1483046869' post='3204444'] ...Maybe they are under investigation from the Federalés for blue-blooded murder of our Queens Imperial English language. [/quote] Bleh! Heeheehee

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1483054542' post='3204502'] Nono, it was Liberache he lived next to, and presumably Liberpain was on the other side. [/quote] Belieberace across t'road?

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1483062923' post='3204535'] One of our brass players uses one, he has one of those clever Bluetooth page turning footswitch things too. I rely on memory personally ☺ [/quote] I might consider using a tablet reader to practice with but only with a hardwired footswitch for page turning and an A4 (minimum) size display. I have the onset of sight impairment so would welcome the facility to rescale tab and on occasion dotted score. I can't comment on using one onstage as I have never tried it. Can you provide linkage to the system he uses please? I'd like to follow up on that later.

Sorry to hear that. Have you considered asking the guitarist when he/she had their hearing checked last? Do this after you've had yours checked and can produce evidence of the damage caused. No need to point fingers. Have a friendly, round-table discussion and move forward because as a band this is a serious matter that has already affected one of its members' health. Good wishes for your continued performance.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1483067711' post='3204542'] Let it Beiber. [/quote] Hahahahahahaha. Good one. You are right however. Old farts like Blue, myself and possibly quite a number of members here just don't get him. What we get is the hype. Since the first days of radio and television, media has tried to channel the things that our youth are exposed to until that practice became unsustainable. Try and do that today and the Internet will rip the arse out of you. Now the media pushes stuff at you that has questionable relevance. If news of your behaviour is bigger than the news of the music you are putting out there, this will always happen. Look how Pete Doh! has been hampered by news of his druggie behaviour for example. People my age see him as a druggie first and foremost and are not inclined to get in to the music that his hard line followers enjoy. I think Justin is seen to be a cuddly stuffed toy to most parents and they simply wish that their daughters would grow up and move on. To put another spin on it; we can't hear the music for the pubescent screaming of little girls and boys who would accept being spat on by their idol as a sign of recognition. Now I think I've heard that somewhere before but being an old fart, I can't remember. Heeheehee. PS: Justin Timberlake had that in spades but then he also had the dodgy Disney company to limit damage from the media.

Nah mate, that's just Sheldon Cooper... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdD2tL71b7A

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1483017319' post='3204139'] I'll ignore that [/quote] Hahahahaha

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1483015408' post='3204108'] If it improves the quality of the performance. I`m all for using a tablet. Does [u]anyone [i]watching[/i] a band[/u] really care if someone uses a tablet? [/quote] I suspect the ones underlined above are the only ones who would know. They'd probably take it as part of the band's "character" too. Of course, most punters don't watch the band so why would they care?

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1483004644' post='3203987'] Where do you stand on using tablets onstage for words/chord changes? I'm in a new band where vocalists and guitarists use them. I'm old school and prefer to memorize my parts. [/quote] Only if you use them with a music stand.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1483021077' post='3204175'] Johnny Cash - Hurt, the NiN version is a favourite but Cash's vocals take it to another level. [/quote] Plus one.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1482998451' post='3203940'] You've never been to see Type O Negative then. Singer Pete Steele would play one whilst standing in guitar fashion, he was a towering bloke though. [/quote] Sadly, he is no longer with us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDSRNcP1Ug

Then again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJm4HM0or14

With a cello you can do this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxjE708qx3I I don't recall ever seeing that with a double bass

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1482963361' post='3203836'] A couple of my personal faves are "I want you back" by The Jackson 5 and "Breezin'" by George Benson....the latter is particularly good when guitarists want to go down the cover version route. [/quote] The Jackson Five music videos are a guilty pleasure of mine. Their recorded stage performances are the nads. It goes without sating that Michael's later work was superbly performed and produced but his first solo efforts still blow me away. The basslines are always wholesome and solid. Billy Jean is a tune I must put firmly in my rep (reaches for UBass).

My favourite; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-IU-NQ8c14

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1482990487' post='3203916'] Agreed Blue [/quote] Hahahaha, all is forgiven.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1482990427' post='3203915'] ...Many music historians are making comments about the similarities in the talent between The Beatles and Justin Bieber. The similarities are incredible. Blue [/quote] You what now? While I recognise that you sometimes get a "bad press" in this forum Blue, in this instance, it may be justified. How can you possibly defend such a statement? Are you saying that Boober is a pioneering four piece? Sorry my friend. I don't agree. But then, I suppose you had to be there.

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1482930121' post='3203572'] I'm pretty sure that by-laws have been passed denoting bull fiddling as a severely tuttable offence. [/quote] I larfed so hard I need to do extra laundry.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1482919273' post='3203465'] The violin would be the soprano fiddle and the viola an alto fiddle if you're thinking along those lines [/quote] That helps, thanks. Seems the Double bass was adopted by what I call the Fiddle family and became indistinguishable to the greater masses from the rest of the family as it evolved. Like the genealogy topic, Lots of families have little "secrets" in their make up.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1482920496' post='3203479'] Beautiful sounding Instrument. What's better than a Viola Da Gamba ? Two of them... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLeXWQTGn2M[/media] [/quote] That's lovely. Thank you. Ooh! Ooh! That'd be worth considering as a mod to maybe get the best of fretted and fretless in one electric bass. Where's Andy of AJR Guitars?

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1482915350' post='3203436'] Is that some new euphemism? [/quote] What? "Creosoting a rhinoceros"? I'd dearly love to know what it puts you in mind of. Hahahaha, no. It's a quote from Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave where he expresses the desire to creosote a rhinoceros rather than do something that I forget right now. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvm2xN0yJFs[/media] I don't know if this episode contains the quote but yooboob slung it at me anyway.