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Our band frequently runs one number into another, making the play list up as we go to keep the audience, especially when we're really cooking. There's also a comment I remember reading around here a while ago that it only takes 5 seconds for a dance floor to go cold. There was some agreement on that at the time. I can also easily imagine other members of my band getting more than a bit peeved when the bass player says 'hang on a second' for yet another time. Still, that's just the band I'm in. I dare say the mousemat hoky koky may work well for others and fair play to them.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' timestamp='1333449973' post='1601752'] Our drummer once picked up a camping table in a bag from my garage instead of the mixing desk [/quote] Absolute classic Last year, we get a phone call from our drummer while setting up at a golf club. He says "I've met the DJ, where are you ?" He was completely set up at the other golf club five miles away.

Did a gig alternating several times between my 6 - string bass and a Mandolin. Playing the Mandolin was like holding a pencil

The only problem with the mousemat solution is that it can't realistically be changed between songs Is there a cheaper version of some king of selectable damping ? (and not the palm of your hand )

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1333311384' post='1599968'] That's a Cathy Dennis classic, isn't it? Excellent, but I find it so catchy that my mind just rejects it altogether after having me hum it a couple of times - very musically 'cloying', so to speak. Edit; did you capitalise He - referring to Bono - on purpose? I know he's God to someone, but... [/quote] Ah, yet another Baldrick moment, now corrected. Thanks BJ

Bono apparently said this was one of the best pop songs he'd ever heard http://youtu.be/c18441Eh_WE Myself, I'm compiling a list

Thanks Clarky, what a great way to start Sunday, listening to BB

Start with nailing simple chords i.e. E, A, D, G, C in majors, then add the minors and the 7ths. Get friendly with barre chords. Then find songs that use those chords ie rhythm guitar stuff playing along to some Beatles songs / melodies to get you going. Simple ones are Norwegian Wood etc. By the time you're doing that you'll probably be doing Rebel Rebel, Smoke on the Water, (please don't do Sweet Child of Mine) Stariway to Heaven etc Wonder how long it will take before you're doing Country finger picking ?

The RW's have become my go - to basses, both jazz and precision. There was just a slight niggle at the beginning about the finish, with some ideas like 'I'll get it done when I have the cash'. Then it hit me. What I'd been after for years was a bass that played, sounded and felt great. I realised I now owned that bass, free and clear. Happy day

Largely agree with Bilbo and a few others here. Classical composers and conductors treat musical tempo is a flexible entity, as have some rock bands. For instance, 'WInd Cries Mary' by Hendrix occasionally stumbles along, but the whole band stumbles together, so the fluctuating tempo evolves into something many of call 'feeling the beat' or the song. Other songs almost make a feature of a granite solid tempo, such as Toto playing Rosanna. I've noticed the problems tend to emerge when members of the ensemble don't play together, be it one person or many. Then the topic of tempo tends to come to the fore. If I find myself in a situation of disorganised, unintentional, erratic, fluctuating tempo, I tend to set my tempo and stick to it unless there is a collective agreement to purposefully alter it. In these circumstances, the people with erratic tempo soon become quite conspicuous and often uncomfortable, which often prompts them to shape up.

Lovely bass that. A picture doesn't do justice to that instument at all, it's quite impressive up close. Glad it's gone to a good home Len

The old "It'll be great once the room fills up" scam. Does it equate to "It'll ride up with wear" in the rag trade ?

HI David, sitting here in Loughton !