EdwardHimself

There's nothing wr[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1320417290' post='1426642']It was not so much his playing that prompted me to post. Yes, it leaves a lot to be desired, but you have to start somewhere. It was his inability to accept constructive criticism, and his hostile reaction to it, that surprised me. Being young and rebellious, having "issues" etc, is one thing, but there is no excuse IMO, ( except that is, for bad upbringing) for his hostile reaction.[/quote] This. I mean there is nothing wrong with being a sh*t bass player (I was pretty crap when I was 14) but there is just no need to act like an idiot just because people are offering you criticism.

[quote name='orys' timestamp='1319844197' post='1419392']I am not wanting to call you "less cultured". After all you are still main source of musical influence to the bands allover the world. [/quote] Maybe not, but I think that's the implicatios of what you're saying. [quote] What I was trying to say is that if something is played in national media here, you will propably find this in other countries as well. I am not talking about some local, niche bands. I am talking about mainstream. And as for mainstream - what mainstream you have here, can be heard elsewhere. What mainstream they have elsewhere you want hear in British radio, unless is in English. In that sense, you loose chance to listen to something which is popular amongst other nations. [/quote] I wasn't talking about "local-niche" bands either. There are "mainstream" bands that are played in this country that most people in this country have probably heard of, but no-one knows of them outside of this country. So your point that "mainstream" in this country will all be heard elsewhere i do not think is true at all. It just so happens that the national mainstream bands and the international mainstream bands that are heard of worldwide sound pretty similar in this country. That's hardly our fault. I'm sure there are "mainstream" bands in other countries that won't have been heard of in this country, but I doubt they would have been heard of in any other country outside of their immediate reigon either. I have been to spain on a number of occasions and I can't say that at any point in the hours of radio I've been forced to listen to that I ever heard any bands from eastern europe or scandinavia being played on their mainstream radio. [quote] I am afraid you are wrong on it. I know lot of music which is nor Eastern European, nor Anglo-American, altough so far nothing from Thailand, Belize or Ethiopia. Just as example my three latest discoveries: Alerta Kamarada (A reagge-ish band, I think they are from Columbia), Tinariwen (the Beduin band from Morocco) and ZAZ (French girl). I was also given a nice mix of Madagascarian music some time ago (now thats exotic, but actually very nice to listen to). The problem with that music is that you won't hear in the radio, and since you don't know the language, it's hard to look for something like that yourself, unless someone recomends it to you. And I have to say more than 90% of such music is recomended to me by my non-British friends (Eastern European or French). [/quote] I think you might have missed my point on this one. As I said before, given that the people on this forum are musicians, they're bound to take more of an interest in music than the average joe down ' pub. May point is that will joe public in poland have heard of this music? As you pointed out, you won't hear it on the radio. That's what I meant. Of course you won't hear it on the radio, because it's not something that's familiar to the general public.

[quote name='orys' timestamp='1319794421' post='1418592']Hm, i can't see it as a problem. OK, you dont' undersand the lyrics, but the music might be good anyway. So you have a choice of knowing the music without understanding the lyrics, or missing the whole lot... People from other countries listen to Anglo-american music (as it dominates the market) often without understanding, so as they are used to listen to music in foreign languages, they also listen to music in other languages as well. And it's a great prompt for many people to start learning the language - my first words in any language I speak were from the foreing songs. And then by listen to the songs I know a few words and phrases in langugages I don't speak as well... I do understand that you here are not used to other languages, as English dominated the western culture and there is a plenty to choose from, but still it might be worth to look what is behind the corner. My job involves a lot of driving around Europe, and I often listen to the local radio stations. When I come back to UK, I have a feeling that they play the same 50 songs all the time... European radio stations play music in various languages, so they have much wider choice of "basic hits" ;-)[/quote] Personally, I don't mind listening to bands in other languages. That's because I can identify with music as well as lyrics, being a musician. All I'm saying is that people who aren't as interested in music just want some familiar lyrics on the radio they can relate to. I don't think it's fair to say that people in Spain or Finland or Lithuania listen to more music than us here in britain. Almost every country in the world has "national" bands that people find popular as well as this "Anglo-american" or international english singing set of artists that are played on the radio alongside each other. The only difference is that here in britain, those "national" acts, the ones that aren't generally well known outside of our country, just happen to sing in the same language as the "international" artists. I don't think that makes you any more or less "cultured" or whatever you want to call it than us. The thing is that you're bound to identify with eastern european music since it's where you're from, but how do you feel about music from Thailand, Belize or Ethiopia? My guess, is that to you and your fellow countrymen, they're just as foreign and unfamiliar as eastern european music is to us.

I thought i heard something.

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1319725124' post='1417786']No Rammstein yet? 'Kay, then! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2AhVRiZ3N0&feature=fvst[/quote] I was going to post it but i thought it seemed a bit obvious. Gr8 band.

I listen to a few bands from outside the UK and US, although admittedly most of them sing in english. It's usually quite difficult to relate to lyrics that aren't in the language you speak. That's the problem.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1319651331' post='1416929'] Good man. And any mistakes you do made can be blamed on the new bass ;-) [/quote] obvs. That's what new basses are there for right lol.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1319638998' post='1416746'] I just said that. Well, 15 hours ago. [/quote] 3 rigs in 1?

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1319582000' post='1416151'] [/quote] That's like 3 rigs in 1 lol.

looks great.

Not my sort of thing but hope you enjoy it

[quote name='kevin_lindsay' timestamp='1319548877' post='1415565'] Chris McIntyre is relocating from London to Edinburgh in the next few weeks. This will save me a fortune in air and rail costs. [/quote] srs? He must be good! Lucky you

That's great news SS. Personally if I hit a wall I just tend to wait for it to fall down but it's probably not the best way of improving quickly.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1319527821' post='1415101'] Anyone heard a drum solo that was more than just an opportunity for a fag/toilet break? Just wondered. [/quote] I agree that drum solos at gigs can be a bit of a waste of time, just like a bass solo would be having said that, I do think a lot of bands tend to add random crap into their sets to fill into the gaps, good as thing as any to have I would have thought? [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1319482331' post='1414771'] EH is simply saying that in the time he's been playing, he has generally found it more tiring to play the drums than play the bass. Entirely uncontroversial point and one to which most of us would subscribe if we've done it. [/quote] Indeed skank. I'm aware that at age 20 I might not have the same experience of music as many on here. I don't think that invalidates my opinion though, I can only tell you things from my experience. For example when it was 10°C in my room still having to take my sweater off when I'd finished playing a song on the drums because that's how hot i'd gotten.

[quote name='ojplaysbass' timestamp='1319501027' post='1415049'] it surely can't be that i'm turning into a grumpy old fart - i'm only 26! [/quote] I'm 6 years younger than you and I'm already a GoF so possibly

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1319479912' post='1414724'] 5 years of playing..??? I'm sorry but that says it all. [/quote] 5 years of learning and opening my mind towards all aspects of music, not just being a bass player is better than 25 years of being set in my ways.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1319471813' post='1414527'] Big kits are for big stages and big egos. [/quote] Don't be ridiculous. That's the same old crap as saying "basses should only be 4 strings" or "guitars should all be tuned to standard". As I said before I'm sure your drummer's configuration works perfectly well for what you're doing in your band but that doesn't mean it works everywhere. Certainly for the songs I do i find myself playing all my drums and cymbals and one point or another, they shouldn't be played all the time but even if you only hit it once then it serves a purpose and it's better to have it there and only need it once then need it and not have it at all. [quote name='mckendrick' timestamp='1319477088' post='1414656'] I'll take that as an insult. [/quote] In my 6 years of playing bass I'm yet to experience the type of full body fatigue that drumming brings on from playing the bass. It's not supposed to be an insult, bass has it's own set of challenges

You decedant capitalist pig! lol jk. Looks gr8. Seen a few of these before, a guy built a load of them. Mostly tenor guitars.

[quote name='goingdownslow' timestamp='1319449230' post='1414069'] I was expecting to see pics of the surgical procedure. [/quote] you people are sick. Then again I did just watch a youtube of marcos simoncelli's crash so I can't exactly talk. Gr8 gig. Glad the thumb held up

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1319468921' post='1414447'] I tend to like one mounted and one floor tom plus decent cymbals. Am a sucker for a great crash but also agree it is the hi-hat that makes the funk....and it isn't anywhere as intrusive. Going round the kit fills more than once or twice in the set would piss me right off and as with bass slap, the general rule is one bar is more than enough time to say something. [/quote] It depends what type of music you're doing really. If you're into something a bit heavier then sometimes a big buildup or finish can be quite beneficial.

Firstly, not a lot of people play the drums; they're too loud, too expensive (not just to buy, but also you're constantly having to replace sticks and heads and suchlike) and you get a whole load of blisters and sh*t. Most people would rather play other instruments. Plus the ones that do play drums, like me, are mostly mediocre at best. That's because the noise and injury issues I pointed at earlier put a lot of people off doing real hours practicing. Not to mention you need endurance to play a lot of songs, not just in your fingers or hands, but your arms and legs and maybe even your body as a whole. The only way to improve on that is to do hours of excercises. Boring, boring excercises. Unlike scales, you actually need to do these excercises to play even simple things like the offspring, bullet for my valentine and foo fighters. There is a BFMV song I practised for over a year every day and I still couldn't hack the 8th notes on the hihats all the way through the song. My point is this; finding a good drummer is hard, because [i]being [/i]a good drummer is hard! I remember an article in the guardian a few years back that I think summed it up really; there are a dozen wannabie superstar performers and guitarists out there for every half decent drummer when you're starting out, but as soon as you make it big, the drummer becomes the most replaceable member of the whole band (usually). The really good drummers are usually either in multiple bands at once, chasing bigger more established acts or both. For your second point, yes. A lot of drummers as i said before are not really that good but unfortunately they try to cover up their lack of talent by playing stupidly complicated beats and fills in the most innapropriate places. I would like to think I am not one of those type of drummers. I try to play what the song needs. Being a multi-instrumentalist I think helps, seeing as I tend to have a more detatched view of each instruments' role in the song. The thing about being a [i]really [/i]good drummer though, is that you don't have to f*** around with a load of fills and stuff to show you're good; just playing a simple 4 bar beat and putting your own [i]feel [/i]on it is enough to show everyone you're really good. My advice would be to keep looking. I ended up taking up the sticks myself simply because we could not find a drummer but obviously I accept that it's not something that everyone can do so I would only reccomend this as a last resort unless you would actually like to take up drumming. It's like finding a marryable bird, you know they're out there somewhere, you just have to keep on looking

Looks nice. I think the problem with that wood though is you can see the layers on the contour at the bottom.

Who told you i was a bassist!? Welcome.

I switched out from a 3 piece to a 2 piece a couple of years back. No one wanted to sit on the loveseat anyway.

[quote name='JDH' timestamp='1319286735' post='1412260']Maybe it's time to go back to Alnico or ceramic... [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/26/rare-earth-metals-technology-boom"]http://www.guardian....technology-boom[/url][/quote] I'm not sure how much tighter regulations on recycling this woman wants. Companies are already paying twice as much to dispose of old technology as it cost in the first place.