leftybassman392

I feel I should thank the OP for starting this thread. In following it I have been reminded of some of the music and musicians I listend to as a much younger man, most of which almost certainly wouldn't be popular around these parts. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXJWO2FQ16c or perhaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hPkJW95jsw&t=147s I've posted them as links, partly for brevity and partly because I feel fairly sure most around here won't have the stomach for them (they're both over an hour long). No offence intended, but they require plenty of commitment to get through. Thank you @Mykesbass.

Does this count as an instrumental?

Evan Parker. That is all.

Twerp!

In the interest of clarity, the 'ghetto dweller' comment wasn't aimed at you (or anyone else particularly). It's just that from some of the posts I've read on this thread there seems to a bit of a 'I haven't tried it because I don't like it' vibe surfacing from time to time. And while I'm here, it could be that in saying 'anything' to my host I could just as easily be checking out his/her musical taste. Just sayin'...

Well that would be me then... After close to 30 years in the music business, there's nothing that I wouldn't listen to at least once. Twice is a different matter of course, but then I already said that some time ago. There do seem to be a few ghetto dwellers around these parts. I can't think why anyone who thinks of him/herself as a musician would refuse to listen to something they haven't heard before sight unseen (so to speak), whatever the genre. Call me {insert vaguely offensive adjective here} if you must, but it's an attitude I simply don't understand.

Surprised nobody's posted this yet:

It's a matter of perspective I think. In technical terms, digital recording is demonstrably cleaner and more analytical than vinyl. That ship has long since sailed. On the other hand, vinyl has a certain sound character that many listeners find very appealing. A limitation made into an asset, so to speak. You pays yer money, you makes yer choice. Personally I'm happy to listen to either.

My work here is done.

Depends what you think of Frank I guess. I like him, but then I've never been - how can I put this delicately - downwind of him under duress. An alternative take on it would be that I suffer uncontrolled paroxysms of anguish at the thought that I might have unintentionally offended somebody for real.

Only joking. You're one of my favouritest people really. Just don't tell the others, ok?

Well I wasn't, but since you've raised it... Are you? Asking for a friend, obvs.

Wasn't talking to you! Twerp!

Are you on the level?

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...which I suspect says more about us as musicians than we might like. Everybody's entitled to their opinion of course (and like everybody else here I have a list of things I don't want to hear any more of), but if I wanted a checklist of stuff people hate I would spend my time on soshul meeja.

To OP: @Mykesbass, this thread can contain stuff you actually like that you suspect others might not. Is that correct?

Ah yes, bagpipes. I forgot to mention that I like bagpipes too.

There is no style of music or style of playing any given instrument that I intrinsically dislike. I love music as an activity to play, record and listen to, and like to think I can give anything and anyone a fair shake. That said, there's musicians and/or musical performances that, having heard once, I have no wish to listen to again. This means that (among many other things) I like Jazz in all its many forms, I like slap, I like rap, I like opera, and I have no issues of principle with the use of any specific recording technique or technology (pitch correction software being a case in point that has come under discussion on these forums in recent history). You're welcome.

@fretmeister Thank you for your contributions to this thread. I'm not interested enough in the outcome of the case to care much either way, but it is refreshing to hear from somebody who knows how it actually works.

Haven't tried it but it looks like a decent idea. I'll have a closer look at it some time soon. I do a lot of voice editing in my role as lead sound editor for my local talking newspaper. I use Audacity most of the time but have a sub to Adobe Audition for those special jobs that need a bit more polishing. Thanks for the links chaps.

Call me a hard-bitten old fart cynic, but I feel a 'tonewood' thread coming on, so I'm going to bow out. Have a good one guys.

Not in and of themselves, no. OP is making massive assumptions about how the instrument is to be used. So many factors to consider here that the question is entirely academic.

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