Nail Soup

Snappy summarry! However, I do think there is one common link which ties the music together. It is the making of a form of rock which a) draws on German heritage/ideas and b) does not copy the style of UK/US rock music. None of the bands bundled together under Krautrock sounded like UK/US rock. No-one applied the term to e.g. Scorpians, so the term was at least somewhat selectively applied.

What do you basschatters think of Krautrock? Any fans here? Can you give any good examples? And what do you think of the term 'Krautrock' itself?

To answer my own question......... A lot of electronic reggae sounds really good. Normally I can see/understand how different musical genres have progressed over time, but it's pretty hard to see how reggae morphed into dancehall.... reggae was based on some pretty nuanced musicianship, and dancehall was based on some pretty crude electronics, without subtle timings and dynamics. However, dancehall worked and created some good sounds. I just can't quite see it as part of the reggae story somehow!

Already loving the band name, song titles and the stills from the two videos! Will take a listen later, but expectations are high 😉!!

Good tune, but they look very bright eyed and bushy tailed considering they have a bad hangover! I'll have what they drink please!

Not an expert/fan of Metallica, but from what I can gather Jason's issues in Metallica had nothing to with any lack of ability as a player. Seems like like some kind of in-group bullying ☹️.

We don't use music to set up the PA, but we may play some music for the audience. We are covers band, so rule is not to play anything in our set, and preferable not the same bands even. And one lesson we learnt early on....... do not soundcheck (if the sound check is just before you start) with the same song you will start the set with 🙁....... the audience will get confused!

...........and then you open the set with "Merry Xmas Everybody" 😀

Cuts Across the Land, debut album by the Duke Spirit. I love the sounds the two guitars make in this band.... everything else is great too though!

So the pick wears down and the point goes round. Do you throw them out when they stop being pointy?

Rates very highly! I heard Kirsty’s version (ie the original ) of “They Don’t Know” the other day. I’d kind of forgotten all about it, but it sounded fantastic!

Just followed the "25 greatest basslines" link in another thread and saw these things....... never seen them before. Don't think I'll be taking them up...... but might be useful for some people

So it doesn't seem like people are choosing the music to match their band's own genre or sound......... is that right? Or are some of you doing it with music which roughly matches your sound?

Bob has made it into the Times quiz this week......... the questions are normally pretty hard but the ones on popular music are never very taxing😃!

I’ll be recording this !

Ahem

My band does not currently do this...... but sounds like it could be a good idea! I'll be watching the thread with interest.

Another important thing about a pick other than thickness is the grip. Don't want to drop it don’t want ‘rotating pick’ syndrome. The Dunlop’s are pretty good in that regard.

Like @ahpook I use Jim Dunlop 0.88mm for guitar and bass. Ukulele - no pick. Many years ago I went to a blues guitar weekend, and the first thing the instructor did was walk round the room and feel everybodies pick. [Insert joke about missing 'r' here ]. The more easily he could bend your pick the more dissaproving he would look. A really stiff one would get an approving look. [continue joke here ]. His point was that a flexible pick is just absorbing your energy - you should just use a harder pick and apply less energy. Not sure if that's a widely held wisdom.... interesting to see comments here.

Music comes first for me..... I'd rather see an OK-ish live band than watch TV. And there are plenty of great ones around......

I think a lot of band names like that would not get chosen in the post-google age!

You've won two competitions in your life... would be a better story if the Peter Perret comp was the only one !!

Thats more like it!

Good song! Fancy digging through your entire archive in case you have some other recomendations?

I was looking at some banjo roll advise sites when I tried to take it up - a couple of them actually said you'll need to silence your banjo while you practice rolls for the sake of your family etc. So I think the banjo mute idea is the way to go. BTW - in the end I did not have the patience to learn any rolls ☹️.