Mykesbass

Dripping with Soul, and some lovely grooves going on. Aretha at her absolute Gospel finest.

Interesting. It was pretty much saturation on my feed for a while. I'd love to know what sort of budget they had.

I think we all now know @lowdown's Mastermind specialist subject 😎

Me and a colleague (late 80s) were obsessed with Johnny Staccato. Great Big Band theme by Elmer Bernstein, and even a stylish clip (blink and you'll miss it) of some double bass playing.

I used to put very small amounts on FB ads and made a highly focused target audience. Got nothing from it. There are a couple of bands who I have become aware of due to FB ads - When Rivers Meet are the ones I can name. No idea what they are like as I haven't listened to them, however, I have seen them climbing up the festival circuit bills.

He kept that quiet! Really good to know (apart from OBBM's cables being so good I don't know if I'll ever need another)!

Darned sight better than Yesterday.

Nooooo!! Now if you had said Superman, Black Lace I would have wholeheartedly agreed.

Some great names here, but all highly acknowledged albeit in their specialist fields. Unlike another example here of Andy Partridge who had some huge hits in the mainstream, but whose name, and musical contributions are somewhat overlooked. But then that's the joy of discussions such as this one.

Martyn Ware - Impressive discography as a musician - Heaven 17, Human League, BEF, and producer - Terence Trent Darby, Tina Turner, Scritti Politi etc.

Oddly for me (an atheist) it is choral music rather than Opera that can really have an impact. Mozart's Grand Mass in Cm, and Thomas Tallis Spem in Allium are two very different but great examples.

Going for the Duke Ellington approach of only two types of music...

So much great stuff to choose from in this genre. Thanks 👍

Good job the rugby is in France this weekend!

Occasional Spotify user here. I only use it for reference and anything I want I will buy a physical copy. Have a real problem with their business model and sound quality. An example was listening to Searching For the Young Soul Rebels - I couldn't believe how bad it sounded. Bought the CD and it was every bit as good as I remembered.

Just seen the rest of the pictures. That's a great bass with no caveats. When you do add the caveats of your then lack of knowledge, experience, and the lack of available knowledge and resources 50+ years ago, this is absolutely exceptional.

Cracking story and a cool looking bass.

That's one hell of a line up.

Pffft, go for the 6'41 12" version 😎

Time to post a suggestion of my own - Vocalese: Lambert Hendricks and Ross King Pleasure Bob Dorough

One at a time? You'll never walk alone.

Update 2 - the importance of promotion: seeing on Bandcamp the Andy Rourke credit I realised I had liked your stuff before, but with so much else going on I had forgotten. You need to keep reminding people (especially those of us of a certain vintage) 😆 Keep up the great work!

Update having listened - you really do not need to be ashamed of 'self-promotion. This is great!

Don't be daft, you're on national radio in a nation with a very fine heritage of music. You should be dead chuffed and promote it and much as you can! Off to listen to it now, and congratulations!

If anything, slackening off the other strings will be the bigger problem as the tension across the neck will be way off kilter. Semitone up no problem.