Leonard Smalls

I'm currently running my helix into a stereo 2x750w Crown power amp, one channel is bass (4x10) and one octaved up with guitar Sims (2x10). There's sufficient to drown out guitar and drums should I turn up to above 11o clock. Recommended to all bass players!

Funky and shouty!

Mine too... Perhaps the yungman has sigs turned off in his display profile?

Though I'd like to distance myself from the above apostrophe... Spellcheck can be deeply shitstainical!

Having just made a start, I suspect Finland might be the only takers... I've got a weird bit nicked from Chopin, and some jazz. Maybe a lovely blonde wig and some "oo eeoo da doodoos" might broaden it's appeal!

I was thinking of doing a ditty for next year's UK Eurovision entry...

This was my issue! I didn't want Paul McCartney to get money that should have been going to Ini Kamoze or James Blood Ulmer!

I've never quite understood how the licence system works... If I were to release a cd with only original songs written by my band would I require a licence? Or would a licence be useful only If it's likely to be broadcast lots? And if so, how would the PRS know? I have a playing music licence for my garden centre which contained 1000 songs from a hard drive. I asked the PRS if they'd want a list of what was played and how many times - they said no. And If I were to release an album containing one cover, would I need a licence? Or would I just need permission from the copyright holder?

At a party in about 1983, with members of the future Utah Saints and a Conflict roadie present, a m8 and I wrote and played a song accompanied by a Roland drum machine. It signified our state of mind at that moment, and was called "Wrecked As A Fart"... I'd never actually played a real bass before, just twanged along to Bootsy records on a knacked acoustic guitar I'd taken the top 2 strings off!

A bit of Defunkt, with the amazing Kim Clarke on bass... Awesome live band!

Lovin' my ugly 'un! Parker...

This is a Unicorn Bass!

Me and a coupla Kates had a Stanley the other day - we went for a Pauline. It was pretty Johnny B! Kate (Bush) - mate Stanley Clark - lark Pauline Murray - curry Johnny B - good

for @Lozz196 and @cheddatom: Kock Off Terminal Age Headticks

Added! Peter Andre's cover isn't quite as good...

Both on our garden centre playlist!

Our band are doing the Royal Blood bit, but with the addition of an extra bass player and a guitar. I think all bass players have a duty to only play in 2 bass bands. Unless they can get more in!

You hum it, we'll play it! We're Choked, in my sig...

You've obviously been to see us! We thought ProgPunkFunk (or is it PunkProgFunk?) was a genre that needed more exposure...

He actually suffers from the rare condition Tweedfaciatis, where the facial skin takes on the appearance of a tweed cloth cap

An actual photo in full 2 bass glory!

Dear Ms. Trellis I would like to postulate that, perhaps, you have become immune to, or perhaps attuned to, or even consumed by the insidious evil present in Mr. Smalls "work". As an example, I'd like to present "Now That's What I Call Music", which appeared to absolutely no fanfare apart from its own chaotic and atonal aural assault 2 months ago. Note how carefully it was placed between almost normal offerings in order to inveigle its way into the minds and hearts of reasonable God-Fearing folk - this is where the slippery slope begins, and in order to halt the slide into an enjoyment of the sort of "music" that frightens small animals and ensures no repeat visitors to one's house, I would recommend a diet of Syrup of Figs and Burt Baccarach or failing that, a competent exorcist. In trepidation Anne Robinson

Indeed it does! But playing any song exactly as written doesn't require much creativity - making the song your own does. I have this argument with my mother a lot - she's only into covers and thinks nothing really good has been written since Beethoven's 9th 😉. I've pointed her in the direction of Jacques Loussier's covers of Bach's Italian Concerto, which I contend is how it should be played and JS himself would be proud, but she thinks it's blasphemy to mess with someone's choon!

That's an argument against any covers at all! 😁