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Umbrellas There you go, it is in fact real.... have fun ! James 🤪

I sent it a few seconds ago, no response as yet though ! 😧

"A massive thanks to everyone who voted for my tune!... I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for my mum, the cat, my agent, my PA, the office cleaner, my neighbour's gerbil etc etc …" It was extremely close this time! It's great to listen to all the different interpretations... I love a bit of diversity me. 🤩

Vic Reeves and George Dawes were doing this sort of thing with the "club singer" style on Shooting Stars way before this bloke attempted it. 😒

Usual tactics... blind panic... Just a tune really, not cutting edge or experimental, sorry. It is however typical of the "fools journey" sound. I prefer to go for accessible emotion. It comes complete with the painting inspiration and my "star traveller" artwork which I thought was quite fitting. The Artist's Passion PS sorry about the various wonky bits and rubbish mix !

My new black Gretsch Junior Jet II short scale monster.

To be fair, Clear Tone Instruments has had the monopoly on selling sub standard guitars and basses on ebay for too long. About time there was a bit of unhealthy competition out there. You never know he might even include a free sample of that sh*te he must be snorting .. plus a free brass nut upgrade.

The Trace Ah250smx brings back some jolly memories for me. Was in my early 20's playing in a loud rock band. There were 2 guitars, one playing through a Marshall Superbass 100w to one side and to the other side having to deal with a Hiwatt 100w valve head. Also had a hard hitting drummer at the time also.I can't remember what I was playing through but I stood no chance volume wise. I really needed something more powerful, and as things were moving forward with bigger and better gigs I just happened to come into some money at the time so off I went to the music shop to investigate the options. I remember Hartke was just starting to make a name over here at the time but didn't do much for me when I tried it out. They had that awful Warwick stuff also. Did nowt for me. Then I had a look round the corner and saw the new Marshall DBS stuff and I was in love instantly . It sounded absolutely killer, looked amazing, but the problem was the cost... That rig was around 2 grand if I remember correctly! Next to it was the Trace Elliot stuff which I didn't know much about but was within the price range. I plugged into the 250SMX rig and it blew me away (literally)… Needless to say it was purchased on the spot. Fast forward to next band practice which at the time took place in a medium sized hall with a big stage. I really wish I had a camera to take a picture of guitarists faces when I bought in my new rig (with a bit of help), and setup up on stage … a Trace 1x15 , 4 x10,and a Trace 250SMX It was truly monolithic.... "ok lads when you're ready ….1-2-3-4 …." Needless to say it solved that volume issue forever anyway. ** EDIT Just noticed it's my 100th post 🤩 … I've only been here since 2007 to be fair though. 😐

This has nothing to do with being young, female and attractive. I am going to prove it by uploading a video to You boobs … errr I mean YouTube of me playing my best average renditions of "Sex On Fire" and "You Sexy Thing". I will be naked while I do this. I will be expecting a thread to start shortly afterwards, commenting on what a seriously groovy player I am, and that it has absolutely nothing to do with me being a slightly below average looking white male in his mid 40's being naked. (I'm single by the way).

Pretty much any song from Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree album for me.... Very Summery feeling and one of their best in my opinion.

Had a proper brand new, bought from a shop sort of NBD. It's a short scale Gretsch Junior Jet II in black. For the price these are stunning instruments, in fact I literally did say "wow" when I first sat down to play it. That certainly has never happened before. 😎

An excellent read for drummers and proper bass players apparently... not really to my taste if I'm honest.

Congratulations on winning the composition challenge discreet , well done ! I officially recognise you as musical champion of the universe for the next month

A not very common sort of rip off though! Not like the multitude of Fender Precision and Jazz bass rip offs I see on a near daily basis

Tanglewood, specifically this one. This is my second as I always regretted selling the first one I had. It has active pickups and sounds fantastic.. cost to me : £40

Thanks a lot BreadBin ! … choking up ? That will be furballs mate

A last minute effort using my usual tactic of blind panic and desperation ! So to briefly outline the scene for this one: Wartime, a young lad has lost his family and is wandering round in a daze taking in the sight of the rubble that used to be the street he lives on. Suddenly he notices a badly injured cat, approaches it, then gently picks it up. He can see the cat is dying but gently comforts it in his arms, stroking it and talking to it to sooth it until it passes away in his arms. I think the point I am trying to make with this piece is to illustrate how humans are so capable of creating so much destruction and mayhem, yet so capable of displaying deep compassion and caring.... or something like that ! You can all go and cry into your pint down the pub now * no cats were harmed during the making of this music, I did however have to feed mine a few times* Enjoy ! The Fragile

*~*~* Congratulations to Bilbo! Well done, a great tune and well played also *~*~* I liked something in all the tunes this month so was a really hard choice this time.There was certainly a lot of errs, hmmms,ahhs not forgetting Oooos going on while I made my choices. Thanks Mornats for the kind comments also! I am really glad you liked the tune.If you can get a piece of music to hit the spot in even just one person then that is a victory of sorts imo! I appologise to everyone else for not including a talking polar bear , but to be fair how many polar bears speak with a strong black country accent ... none that I've talked to anyhow!

Sorry, no talking polar bears in this one. Open to your own interpretation I think. A real slap dash effort guys, noticed closing date so did this all today in a blind panic! No polar bears were harmed and no baby seals clubbed in the making of this music. Cheers, James

So your initial idea was a slap bass solo then ?

These ESI Unik + are superb monitors, what I am using now... and ....come in official Basschat colours! what more could one want ?

The pic is of John Cage performing his follow up track " 4'34" of horrendous noise"

First my appologies for the late reply... hectic at work and my internet decided to suddenly not work the last couple of days! Thanks for all the votes guys ..I am so glad you liked it and had a good effect on you ! suprised I won as last time I looked I had 2 votes... I was feeling not well and couldnt hear a damn thing while I was doing this, so to have actually produced something worth voting for is nothing short of a miracle! We are all winners really as it takes a lot of work and a lot of balls to put our souls on display for all to see/ hear... and we dont have long to do it, so hats off to everyone. Just to let you know the fiddle player was taken outside at dawn and promptly shot...I personally couldnt believe how bad that was, I guess others didnt notice Cheers, James

You're welcome

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