Richard R

That's not a song I know. However it's a nice riff, I will have to look it up.

🎶

That sounds excellent!

And I shall hopefully recognise the song when you tell me what it is. That first phrase rings a very, very distant bell. Though it also sounds like something The Redhills play, and they aren't that well known. 

2 minutes ago, DJRAY said:

We'll see about that guys 😁

I waited about 40 years before signing up so I assume the first 8 years have passed long ago.. sort of.. 😉

@ped, have you been out in The Tardis again, setting up websites in 1980?

Actually,  NO, NO,NO, a thousand times NO!!!

Missed this the first time round, surprised Sting didn't get mentioned earlier.

Here's an utterly marvelous rendition of Solsbury Hil by the man who played the original guitar line.

Anyone who is counting beats should just stop and listen  instead 😁

Q was the publication when it came out. Well written,  funny, and covered music I liked and music I didn't, but then went off to explore.

But as others here said, it seemed to get narrower in focus, less interesting, and the last time I picked up a copy two years ago it seemed rather dated. Sad to see it go though.

On 19/07/2020 at 16:29, SimonEdward said:

Hallo! and welcome.. they say the first eight years' here are the worst ~ but it get's easier after that. 😮

Does it? 6 years more to go...

   @DJRAY

Oh yes, nearly forgot -  check out the Events thread,  as it looks like the Big Fat SW Bass Bash is happening later in the year. 

Rumble 40 is a nice little practice amp 👍

In annswer to the second part of your post. There are lots of online lessons and what have you, some free some paid. StudyBass.com is one of the best free sites, especially for getting the basics right. That means a proper position so you don't injure yourself and understanding what a bass can do musicaly (other than sound awesome).

Scotts Bass Lessons has a lot of free stuff which is good. His style is a bit manic, but what he says is spot on. The subscription works out just under £100 per year, or four face-to-face lessons, and is also structured well. Getting a few face to face lessons is well worth it at the start as well.

The one thing that will make more difference than anything else is playing with other people. Hard at the moment,  but seriously nothing beats it. 

Enjoy the ride. I've only been playing a couple of years,  work gets in the way of practice, and I can't play with the band as I am the sound engineer. So I am utterly carp compared to where I could be, but still enjoying myself.  Rock on with Paranoid!

Welcome aboard.

I live in Birmingham,  and went to Bournemouth only once in 1988. However I have bought various bits of gear from Absolute Music, and also bought my bass from there two years ago. Sight unseen used, lurking at the dusty back of their website, on a hunch it would be good. It was set up almost perfectly. Amusingly it is still on their website!!

https://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/keith-brawley-kb-24-artemis-custom-bass-guitar-with-gigbag-pre-owned.html

Just now, 4000 said:

Sorry to hear that. Oh well, that’ll save me a few quid!

Maybe I should review it again at the end of the week, when I have played the whole lot though again? I played Yes yesterday and didn't have a problem with it.

🙂

2 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

So, out of sheer monkey curiosity, where did you find Sugar Pie Honeybunch?

Was it under F for Four, or T for Tops, or numeric 4?

It would have been under F  if the artist was The Four Tops.

1 hour ago, 4000 said:

That boxed set looks lovely. 

It's not as good as I hoped, or the reviews said it was. Whoever remastered the recordings for CD was brought up in the 90s with the loudness wars, and squashed the dynamics out of the mixes. Passages that were really quiet on the original are brought up louder and the overall range is reduced. 

It was a birthday present,  and it is great in the car. But I almost cried when I first got it, settled back with headphones  on and played one if the discs - it sounded so harsh and brittle. 🙁

By coincidence I have arrived at Y in my alphabetical play through my CD collection. This little lot is up next:

I saw the 90125 tour and remember more than anything my chest cavity resonating with the bass as closed the show with Wurm and the light gantries folded down around the band. Great gig.

The problem with YesSongs is the bloody awful production, it sounds like it was recorded from a phone box outside the venue. The fact that everyone still loves it just shows how good the performances are!

Looks very sharp!

On 15/07/2020 at 20:06, Stub Mandrel said:

Yes it's true, nothing is happening...

I'm waiting for some 1200 grit wet and dry to arrive., hopefully not before Friday and ideally Saturday to make sure the paint is at least six days cured.

I've filled, primed, painted and lacquered a bit of 1/2" plywood about the size of my hand to practise sanding and t-cutting.

If it all goes horribly wrong, I can always relic it....

And you will have a filled, primed, painted, laquered and reliced piece of ½" plywood about the size of your hand.

Which is nice.

2 hours ago, Monkey Steve said:

The challenge is to see if I can work my way through the alphabet for a different country for the bands.

I love that sort of structured challenge to listening. I am still working my way though the CD collection alphabetically,  and am about to hit Yes. 

I don't think I have enough range of artists to do your challenge 🤔 

1 hour ago, meterman said:

Actually, Stephen Stills in that video has given me serious tie GAS.

I never knew it was a thing but I've been gawping at vintage ties on ebay already. Constipation I already have so I'm okay there.

But yeah. Tie GAS, who knew???

Tie Acquisition Syndrome surely?
Of course you then have to buy the shirts as well, because you need the correct collars to go with that sort of tie.

Of course we do!

Dead impressive BTW! 

Did you make it on a bench?

On 28/06/2020 at 17:36, PWitz said:

Thank you S!  I did find this Goddard video yesterday and it was helpful to a point.  The band auditioning me follows me on Facebook and suddenly sprang this audition on me with some pretty obscure songs.  They were like man we love your guitar playing so would you consider switching to bass and auditioning in 7 days.  Needless to say panic mode!!  Again S appreciate the assist!! Peace brother.

 

They obviously think you're more than competent. 

So come on then- how did it go??  Did you enjoy it, did you and the drummer lock in? Have you come over to the dark side?

Don't be a stranger 🙃

Welcome aboard 

17 hours ago, meterman said:

I've watched this clip probably hundreds of times and always thought Tom Jones should have gone to Laurel Canyon instead of Vegas.

Superb live band with Stills on Hammond, Dallas Taylor killing it on drums and Greg Reeves' deep bass grooves. The look on David Crosby's face when Tom starts singing is great, and Neil Young's guitar fills are spot on. Love it 😎

 

If ever there was a case that musicians should be heard but not seen, that is it! Fantastic song, great performance, but Neil Young's constipation and Stephen Stills' tie - aaarrrghh!!

1 hour ago, Si600 said:

Do you want WIP photos or are you happy to have the finished creations artistically staged and photographed?

I think just the finished items. We can pull back the green curtain on other threads,  but this should just be artistically finished items, which were created on a bench.

I am impressed.  Especially since I cut the top rail of a home made compost bin ½" short less than an hour ago!