RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

The Grandmother was my first synth . Great sounds. Terrible power supply ! The pitch wheel is a bit ‘ fragile’. The nuts around the inputs on the rear are plastic , not metal. It took me a while to get to grips with patch cables, and making ‘proper’ and musical sounds 😬. It’s great for early Tangerine Dream , Klaus schulze stuff which I love . Lots of droney watery sounds if you like that kind of thing . About 6/7 months after buying it , Moog Sirin came out , which is desktop and has presets . No modular .sounds very similar otherwise.. Plus you have to have a midi keyboard to use it . It’s discontinued now and expensive .initially I was a little disgruntled as a compact Moog is better for space in my small musicroom .However although the Grandmother has no presets , you can do more with it imho. There are quite a few official tips for the Grandmother from moog on you tube , and lots of unofficial ones. It may be worth checking those out, as id imagine you more or less have the same controls on your model 15. The only other thing i’d say is if you can afford to do so , try and get either a DFAM or Behringher edge to go with it . Hope this helps

One thing i did gather from Geddy is that he really hated the steinberger .

Nice ! Apparently , it’s based on the Moog Grandmother . I have the Grandmother so don't need to get this . The one thing I do like about this is that it is more compact and desktop friendly , unlike the Grandmother . Looks a blast ! Have fun ..

Good point . It’d probably be the same price . Doubt if a Geddy Minitaur would be made . If they did, they could probably put a Tom Sawyer preset in there 😬

Purchased a padded bag for my moog grandmother . Huge saving ..Great service . Would use again

Saw a few youtube clips today ! The Andertons one is very good . £5000.00?? I’ll wait for the Behringher Leddy Gee.

It seems so much is done on MPC and groove boxes these days , plus synths and software . There will always be a retro angle on things . Turntables back in fashion etc. Maybe upright , EUB and quirky basses like old Kubicki and Steinbergers will always hold their value . It just takes something in a film to make certain instruments fashionable . So many basses and guitars made in Indonesia these days . Doubt if they'd hold the value . Much more lighter basses and guitars out there, and the beginner basses are really good quality these days compared to the past . Synths were losing popularity in the late '80s / early '90s but those 'vintage ' synths cost a premium now . Get a Moog Liberation and keep it ! For gigs you can get a cheap Begringher version . Maybe Keytars will be the next collectible thing 😬

Daisy Rock ? Badtz maru ? Dean Pace ? Those Ibanez basses with kaossilators in ?

The pizza album ? 🍕

With the way things are at the moment ,maybe it's time to put your foot down ..

Great stuff ! Enjoy ..

Why not stick with GarageBand ? As for interface , Behringher Uphoria Umc 22 is cheap and cheerful .only 2 inputs and no midi , but is straightforward to use .

Mmm.. I think of nerd bass as something more complicated , Steve Bailey or Michael Manring territory. Mainly 6 strings , fretless , lots of wood like Zon or Warwick . Micheal manring is a genius , but his playing in front of live audiences is extroadinary. He seems to keep adjusting the tuning every few seconds . You'd expect somebody to shout out "leave it alone ". Having said that , I wish I had the chance to see him .

I was thinking for quite some time of tracking down a Squier Badtz Maru bass. Two main reasons ; 1) to see how I get on with a short scale for a change . 2) It's odd, collectable ( for some meaning I'd get my money back if I did sell ) and would be a bass just to pickup and noodle . However , the more I looked at it I see it as really a kiddies beginners bass( which it is ) with awful tuning pegs and bridge .For the extortionate prices they go for now , I took a different route .. I got a Squier Mini Bass instead , and for the £110 I paid it is brilliant ! I've just got to think of a sticker / stickers to put on the scratch plate . It also saved me having to change the bridge and tuning pegs if I did get the Batz Maru . That's the kind of bass where mods can only benefit the bass.

Seems like the wheels of confusion are still spinning . If Ozzy is as sick as constantly stated , one wonders how/ why he is able to have his own set before the headliners. Will he be sitting on his throne , or be a hologram!.? Possibly both? Will the other bands just play solely sabbath songs ? It'll probably be a really good gig bar one or two bands , if you're into outdoor gigs . I'll probably watch the pay per view , if the price is not outrageous ..

Could be wrong , but with social media I imagine it'd be a lot harder to avoid these sort of problems . Two instances of band name issue spring to mind from the '90s ; 1) 2 bands called Wrathchild . Eventually became Wrathchild uk / Wrathchild America. 2) my friends band at the time got contacted by someone , who told them another more established band had the same name . Problem solved by my friend's band called " the ----s " People moan more these days it seems , so maybe an entirely different name is the best way to go . ( until someone else has it

Quelle surprise . Plastic surgery is an expensive business for celebrities 🙂.

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Wow! This seems to be unravelling from the Black Sabbath performance , to another ozzfestt to what looks like "a tribute to "Show.(If it still goes ahead ) No doubt the DVD / record/ cd / download releases will make it sound and possibly look like a very energetic show. More money for Sharon . The poor punters killing themselves to give . ( to charidee:)

...and motley crue 🙂

Pinterest may provide some inspiration

You've done well to be in the same covrr band for so long imho . . I think being in gigging bands is like a job in itself . Trying to book rehearsals with band members going on holiday/ looking after the kids etc can be a pain . Then there may be times when band members are in more than one band . Booking gigs and following 5hem up can be messy. I think the best feeling of all is playing in front of people . A great rehearsal is great too . I don't miss it at all , but it took about a month to realise that . When the fun stops stop 🙂 wishing you all the best anyway