TimR

Interestingly I was working in Holland and returned in the company van full of equipment including an absent colleague's tool box. The van was searched by the drugs dogs. Luckily not very thoroughly it turned out when we got back to the factory. We weren't impressed.

It wouldn't take long for a super computer to write every single permutation of music. I suspect if that happened the copyright laws would be adjusted. Maybe they won't apply to computer generated music as manufacturers and operators of lathes do not get the patents of the items designed and made with them.

£32,000 to account for inflation seems a fair price.

The latest SBL podcast is quite interesting. The AI can create music, but it's really a tool and needs a human to refine it and make it into something reasonably listenable. It's like any computer, someone has to program it, sense check and debug the output.

See the current AI thread.

Certainly with houses, it's a complex game. People are limited with what the mortgage will lend vs what the house is notionally worth and then what they have agreed to potentially sell their house for. If you don't agree a price, then you may not be able to buy the house you want or even sell the house you have. Unlike a bit of consumer electronics where most people have a pile of cash ready and waiting. Maybe I've done a gig and have £50 in my pocket and want to buy a certain pedal. If it's £50 including P&P, fine. If it's more, then there's no harm in asking. If someone makes an offer on a metal box that's just sitting in my cupboard, then that's £50 I wouldn't otherwise have. I'm not going to put it on for £55 and expect to sell it for £50, and it will depend how many messages I get as to whether everyone is offering me £45 as to whether I let it go or hold the price amd wait another day. You can always say you have had a few messages and will get back to them if the others don't work out. And it also works the other way, I've sold cars where I've had 5 people lined up to come and look and one has made a higher offer when I've told them I have someone coming later to look at it. It's one reason to wait a day before replying if someone immediately contacts you.

Absolutely hilarious evening. Was asked on Friday night to stand in to play corporate drinks background music. Received set list, mostly standards or tunes I've played before, a few curveballs, but stuck them on Spotify and listened to them on my way to work on Saturday morning. Decided I could have a better look on Monday morning - which didn't happen for various reasons. Had a quick run through of a couple of songs at 4pm and started at 5. About 50 people turned up and were mostly gone by 6:30. Was good to meet new musicians who didn't take it all far too seriously, lots of interesting endings, missed bridges and extra choruses. Sounded great and they loved us.

Buying a house?

Only in shops. Every car I've bought or sold the price has been negotiated. Even at a car dealers 'shop'. What happens when you guys go for a job interview? You just accept whatever is offered or is there a discussion on what you're expecting?

Yes a simple, "No, that's the price, take it or leave it." reply is easy enough. Takes seconds. The pedals I've bought I've paid the asking price. I'm not going to haggle to change the price by £5. Anything over £200 I'm probably going to put in an offer. I don't understand how that would offend anyone. That's often what happens on the second hand market.

I am also suffering the keys players left hand problem. It's just a musical maturity thing. I've had to talk to keys players before and explain why it doesn't work and the way I've done it is to say that we would need lots of extra practice to make sure we are exactly together otherwise it'll sound a mess. In the same way as backing vocals need extra practice. These things don't just happen. Make it a two way problem rather than suggesting the keys can't play what you're playing and that's their problem. I did have the same problem in a two guitar band where I had to diplomatically tell the guitarists to play different parts as it sounded a mess. They had more fun working out what to play instead and it sounded 100% better.

I bought one of these, that has a compartment big enough for my Warwick iPro but also all my leads and my Tablet, and other bits and pieces. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076M85W1K/?coliid=I1J85TUPEASG7I&colid=8M7DXGXY9TOP&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apann_lstpd_SFRJJTXQ48AGVBP91G7P&language=en_US

That monotone adjective laden voiceover 'man' and 'woman' are dreadful. The AI doesn't understand the words or know what they mean, it just knows how to pronounce them. Hopefully it will improve exponentially or the algorithm learns quickly that people don't want to listen to them.

Some interesting stuff here. Has he come round to it?

Ikea Hack?

Yes. I use BOSE that have a wired connection as well as Bluetooth, but there's too much latency on them.

Ultra low latency Bluetooth. Apparently consumer level airpods etc are 500ms (i struggle to watch video with them), and those are 7ms. Interested to see how noticeable that is for bass.

What headphones are they? Not Bluetooth?

The cost to me of creating content is zero plus my spare time. I already own the tools to create the content. Laptop/phone/free software. Recording is not the reason I have purchased the above or the instruments I own. I guess it boils down to why you are making recordings. Is that you're sole aim, or are you a live musician first. I've just spent an hour playing in a recording studio for a songwriter. I still have no idea what he intends to do with what he has recorded. I don't think he has either. I haven't spent any money doing it and I had the evening free. He is unlikely to make any money from the recording and even if he does, good luck to him.

Spotify's cost of creating content is certainly zero.

I use BandMix and haven't needed to pay. I'm not sure what paying gets you?

@Dave Evans Your "about me" runs to 9 pages. Your "philosophy" also runs to several paragraphs. You need a single paragraph on your Home page that says who you are, (where you live, what you play, what kind of music you play, (age?), how long you've been playing) And that's it. Even your 2 posts here are extremely long winded and difficult to follow. When people contact you, what kind of communication are you doing yourself, because I'm already disuaded due to what my first impressions are. And you could be seen to be spamming Basschat with you website. I'm trying to be candid while remaining helpful.

There's no stereo image to create a 'sweet spot'. If everything is backline and only vocals are PA, you'll get different effect wherever you stand. There won't be a stereo effect anywhere created from the PA.

I don't. All the adverts are full of old people's music.