EssentialTension

I regularly played through a MAG300 and two 1x15" cabs between 2004 and 2009. They sounded good to me and never broke down but some people don't like them. You'll have to decide for yourself.

And in the 1070s, Alan Tarney was bassist with The Shadows following John Rostill's death.

Oops, double post.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1503847215' post='3361157'] Thanks Dave, will check those links out this evening. [/quote] By the way, parental advisory on some of the lyrics ...

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1503484261' post='3358561'] They should familiarise themselves with: Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass Puretone - Addicted to Bass Theme from "Seinfeld" Because when they tell people they are a bass player, the first question nearly every faft ducker will ask is, "ooh, are you [i]all about that bass[/i]?" A smaller subset of people may instead ask, "so are you [i]addicted to bass[/i], wha-oh-wha-oooh?" In either case, they will probably grin inanely in the assumption that they are the first person to have ever asked a bass player that question. And when people see them carrying their bass guitar, a large number of them, having got past the two obvious questions above, will then ask, "ooh, can you play the thing from 'Seinfeld'?" Possibly while doing air-slap-bass in a manner not unlike Alan Partridge. [/quote] I'm unfamiliar with those three pieces and I have never been asked questions about them in 45 years - perhaps I need to get out more.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1503672320' post='3360217'] Sounds great - is he local to you, do they gig? Would an old fart like me get in to one of their gigs?! [/quote] The band, called Euphony, haven't been gigging this year due to them all (that's now eleven of them if and when they can all make it) having other things to do in various parts of the country. They haven't played London or Brighton since last summer. But old farts were allowed, although I've had to pay like anyone else. If you're interested though, you can hear two EPs at Bandcamp, from 2013 as a six-piece group and 2014 as nine-piece group ... [url="https://euphonybrighton.bandcamp.com/album/mistakes-ep"]Mistakes EP - 2013[/url] [url="https://euphonybrighton.bandcamp.com/album/outside-in-ep"]Outside In EP - 2014[/url] ETjr and his muso mates did steal from my vinyl and cd collections but the thing is they were also listening to a massive variety of world music and European classical music now so easily available on the internet which is an echoed of the earlier comment about listening to everything. [quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1503484855' post='3358570'] Musical answer... "everything" Band situation... "everyone else" [/quote]

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1503829493' post='3361059'] I wasn't taking the piss. Offence taken. [/quote] My apologies ... My information is check out, for example .... [media]http://youtu.be/RJF1eSUcJac[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/5xGlI11JwFE[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/v3OzptqCDvw[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/smWtcKlWFoo[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/Q5jZXE3bNPg[/media]

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1503650719' post='3359896'] I liked that - would have preferred something else to happen, but was like an updated dub. [/quote] Lots of influence from Dub in Drum 'n' Bass and related genres and sub-genres. ETjr plays in a 'Gypsy Dub' band.

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1503592386' post='3359517'] I quite enjoyed that - the sort of thing you might listen to whilst going for a run or cycle. Got any more? [/quote] No offence meant, but given the general negative reaction to newer genres of music in this place, I feel uncertain whether you are serious or taking the piss.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1503608912' post='3359720'] Drum n Bass is so late 90s... [/quote] Well you could be correct about that because when I asked ETjr for some examples, his initial examples were all 90s ... but I demanded 21st century examples.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1503570306' post='3359231'] If that's all ET jr. needs to know, then he may be asking the wrong questions ... [/quote] 'Uncle, I want to play bass, who should I listen to?' 'Well, I could certainly make plenty of suggestions, but who have you been listening to that has made you want to play bass?' 'I like Drum 'n' Bass ' 'Well, you'll want to learn to sample and to use a synth, as well as pickup bass guitar and/or double bass, but let's ask your cousin, who is a Drum 'n' Bass promoter as well as a musician ..... ' '..... apparently he's got a long list of stuff for you but he says Skream's Dutch Flowerz is all you need to know in four minutes.' Or is Basschat just too rockist for this stuff?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1503563760' post='3359117'] Recommendations for 21st Century music include Leonard Cohen. [/quote] The past is not dead ... it's just moved on.

Skream! - Skream - 2006 Track: Dutch Flowerz - according to ETjr, all you need to know in slightly over four minutes ..... [media]http://youtu.be/yBv4kWsi4TE[/media]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1503563760' post='3359117'] And no one recommending drum'n'bass. [/quote] Even If - Calibre - 2010

[quote name='gs_triumph' timestamp='1503497730' post='3358728'] I have added these to my Spotify playlist in an attempt to drag myself out of the nineties [/quote] You might even like any of it .... but that's not the point is it? Good luck.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1503495173' post='3358697'] Who listens to albums nowadays? [/quote] I do. And so do quite a few young people I know. But listening to albums was always more of a muso thing - hence the non-album albums for people who don't like albums, such as ...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1503495633' post='3358701'] Kids listen to all sorts. [/quote] That's my experience too. And in this internet age it's all so easily available.

[quote name='oldbass' timestamp='1503495312' post='3358698'] Dont have kids so Im wondering from all the dads on here. What do 11 yr old kids think when you put on Dark Side Of The Moon?. [/quote] When I had an 11 year old he was listening to Pink Floyd and learning Comfortably Numb; but at 23 he's saying 'actually, Pink Floyd are often a bit sh*t'.

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1503491516' post='3358657'] Does anyone on this forum ever listen to anything that was released in this century? Most of these suggestions would be what the kid's grandparents grew up listening to. [/quote] On the other hand, why not get your youngsters to do the recommending? It probably means you are going to hear something new. Six this century albums my 23 year old recommended to me: Blindfaller - Mandolin Orange - 2016 You Want It Darker - Leonard Cohen - 2017 Fun Machine - Lake Street Dive - 2012 The Brightness - Anais Mitchell - 2007 Congolese Funk, Afrobeat & Psychedelic Rumba 1969-1978 - Verckys & L'Orchestre Vévé - 2014 Black Messiah - D'Angelo & The Vanguard - 2014

'Dad, I want to play bass, who should I listen to?' 'Well, I could certainly make plenty of suggestions, but who have you been listening to that has made you want to play bass?' 'I like .............. ' 'Well, let's get you an instrument and a few lessons to learn some of that stuff and see how you get on.'

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1503430780' post='3358230'] Ooo look..! A bee..! [/quote] The answer to my original question is maybee.

Someone get some more popcorn please.