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spongebob

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  1. I've been enjoying 'Bar Rescue' on the tele - US bars do appear to be quite different indeed to our boozers over here.
  2. Got it on to record tonight. Not expecting much, but it's still music on TV...... Surely this series has to feature U2, one (or more) or the brothers' Gallagher's latest projects, or Coldplay? Those guys really need the exposure, we really don't hear enough about them.
  3. I must admit, I have close in recent months. Just dissatisfaction with bands/gigs/musicians. Music has always been my life - social life, what fills up my head all day. I started to think how, or if, I could live without it - and wondered how much I do it because of the love of it, or simply because it's just 'what I do'? I've played with other musicians for nearly 30 years, started jamming at 11...so all my life, really. I feel the band and gig scene has definitely shrunk, and the opportunities are less. However, I think you can reach a point when you feel like you've done it all - I could play the same gigs for another 10 years, and they'll be still screaming for Mustang....! Like you've reached as far as it'll go, and it's just an endless loop of repetition after that....with a Mustang soundtrack. As has been mentioned - do you play anything just to be out there playing? Or do you fill your time with something else? Bad patch, I hope....
  4. Saw this the other day on BBC, and it's also on the iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=Van%20Morrison%20-%20Up%20on%20Cyprus%20Avenue TBH, I enjoyed it. I've not listened to much Van in years, this has pushed me into catching up! Typical BBC, though - the camera spends a lot of time showing the hipsters in the audience, and Cerys Matthews. Oh dear! Van's band is relatively stripped down, and the certainly are a crack-hot bunch. Bassist plays electric and upright - not showy, but it's pretty tasty and fits in to perfection. All (I think, or most) of his back catalogue has been made available on the streaming sites in the last week or so (great news for subscribers like me!) so I might start digging a bit more of old Van The Man!
  5. Indeed! http://classicrock.teamrock.com/news/2015-09-09/lemmy-makes-live-motorhead-comeback
  6. Nektar - 'Sounds Like This' Double album, got it all - some tasty bass too, from Derek 'Mo' Moore.
  7. I really hope he's back on track. I've read some Motorhead forum stuff, in which quite a few are seeing the end of the touring band in sight. I'm 50/50 on this - I've been a fan since '87, I hope Lem will be back, but even I was left speechless when he started to sing 'Ace Of Spades' when they played 'Overkill' at Glasto! Thought they sounded good besides that. Was it a tech glitch - or was did he really think it sounded okay? I just get concerned when bands start to regularly cancel, and the excuses start to come out - sickness, lung infection.....makes you wonder if there's more to it. I sincerely hope not - I'd rather see them continue in the studio knocking out brilliant albums like the new one (their best for a good few years - and I've loved the recent ones) than continue to tour and slowly decline. Lem sounds great on the new songs. ....and I've just ordered my 'new album' t-shirt! Let's hope that normal service is resumed.
  8. I was watching the 'Standing In The Shadows Of Motown' film last night. I found it interesting when they mentioned the tone of the drums - the fact that even they had a 'tone' or 'note' to them. I find that pretty much most, if not all, modern productions leave me cold - they all sound to me like they've been made in either an aircraft hanger (wide and spacious, no feeling), or that everything is squashed together (love Rush, and the album, but step forward 'Clockwork Angels'). Modern drums go puffffttt, and cymbals shhhhhttt, whereas we all know proper cymbals go tssssst! There's science here, chaps! ....and that's before the modern bass tones - no definition. Rant over!
  9. Certainly some awesome playing going on there. Must admit, I'm not keen on his tone (sacrilege, I'm sure) - and the less said about that pointy monstrosity in his hands the better...sorry Ox fans!
  10. Great player, still inspires.
  11. Just read this on the NME site. Very upsetting indeed. I just hope it ends well - Lem back on his feet doing what he does best - even if it means touring a little less. Lem is one of the reasons I picked up a bass, and remains so. A great rock 'n' roll band - pure and simple. On a happier note, the new album, 'Bad Magic' is awesome. It's certainly one of my faves of the last 10 years. They sound like a band 40 years younger. Maybe he could spend more time in the studio? I can't see it though, as Lem himself once said, if you're not gigging, you can't call yourself a band!
  12. Still got this bump! Still only £35. I can't believe it either!
  13. Very nice - I do like a red bass. Nice to see another Rickresourcer on here as well, LOL!
  14. I had about 4 years off some time back, was back drumming instead. Got the chance to join a band I liked, so got practising! Gave myself 2 weeks of playing a lot (I was on annual leave from work) - and got the gig. Not saying I was Jeff Berlin on the day, but I got through it without any cramps or finger pain! It does take time, but I don't think you can ever truly forget. I do remember trying to play stuff I'd recorded with another band 5 or 6 years previously, and at first not coming close. That was a shock, it is amazing how quick you can lose ability in the hands. Not forget, but not be physically able to play what you could easily before.
  15. I'm going to give this a final, Bank Holiday weekend price drop to £825. Free shipping within the UK. I can't go any lower on here than that. If there aren't any takers, then it's Evilbay for this beauty!
  16. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1440852986' post='2854347'] I fell weeks ago... ...usual problem, though. [/quote] Too many gin and oranges again Mark?!! Just to add I have sourced a potential bass to purchase - so I must have tempted fate yesterday! As such, I would like to get this moved on. If there's no forthcoming interest, it may well be off to the great auction house we know and love. .....but I'd much rather this went to a BC'er, given how good it is.
  17. [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1440697652' post='2853115'] Free BUMP from me re this bass - it was the soundclips that forced me - yes forced me - to go and buy one of these basses in my fave black/maple combination. The nicest recorded Precision tone I`d heard in a very long time. The quality of these basses is amazing as well. [/quote] [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1440705393' post='2853197'] If it sounds as fantastic as this one, you will be a happy bunny. Bump. [/quote] Thanks guys. It really is a bass I can't fault, I've just never really bonded with the mighty F. If I didn't need the funds to go elsewhere, I'd certainly be keeping it. But we all know how it is......! Still £850, free postage in the UK. I'm on the hunt for the replacement - struggling to find one at the mo in the right bracket - so this will here on BC until some lucky buyer falls for her!
  18. [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1440624007' post='2852552'] Reopened Fender Precision - American Standard Bump. [/quote] Many thanks. TBH, I'm just not using it - and I've got terrible GAS for another vintage R*********** to go alongside my '74. Not found one yet, but this would free up some funds.....!
  19. I like the album. Some very good stuff on there. Proof that there are some excellent new records being made! I keep meaning to listen to his other solo stuff. I'm a big fan of his last solo album (Renaissance) as well. I'm kind of working backwards!
  20. [quote name='gusmacricostas' timestamp='1440179800' post='2848936'] Hi mate Really interested in this one Are you traveling/commuting to London at all ? cheers Gus [/quote] Hi Gus Sorry, no plans to. Can drop off in Ashford maybe? Surely worth a trip for this price?!! One last bump.....
  21. How Did You Know It Was Me? (It's a Barry White track, fans!)
  22. [quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1439815262' post='2845951'] But lately the old girl has been coming out for more gigs, and sounds divine. [/quote] Great to see the vintage getting some gig time. I always think if you're going to have it, might as well use it! How about a picture?
  23. This thread has got me wound up on the OP's behalf! Absolute cheek of the highest order, in the imagined hierarchy of musicianship in which the rhythm section gets looked down on. Never fails to grind my gears.
  24. He's been playing an old Rickenbacker 4000 of late. Saw them back in '96 - support was Strangelove - remember them?
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