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Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - The Beatles

I remember going into the couple of record shops that were in my town when I was in my late teens and pretty much buying anything that was on the AJ label, confident that I'd almost certainly love it. A couple that jumped into my mind when seeing the thread were The New Jersey Kings (just a rebadged JTQ I think) and Emporers New Clothes:

I'm very much a beginner on bass (not that I play any other instruments) and so maybe come at this from a slightly different angle. I only saw the below video today as it was in Youtube's suggested video list and I think I recognised his name from seeing it as a thread title here. It's clearly not 'music' in the sense that you'd buy it and listen to it in the normal way (on a hifi/in the car/walking the dog) as you might the original track but I found it enjoyable on it's own merits. I can also see seasoned pros being frustrated by the parlour games that are clearly on show earning respect, popularity, and a good few quid from those of us who perhaps don't know any better. However, I would say that I found it inspiring in a way that I'm not sure I can put my finger on. I've no desire to be able to replicate it for its own sake but, watching the 'show' made me think about how the instrument is just a means to an end: there's a fluidity and a naturalness to the playing, switching of styles etc. that opens up the instrument from a machine that I currently try to manipulate to have a reasonable playalong with All My Loving, say, to one where it's just an extension of an idea in my head. I know he probably spent ages comimg up with and rehearsing what he does but the naturalness is what inspires. For all those who have cups of tea that are not him then I have a feeling this might be the worst example I could have picked for a first view:

Ian Brown I'm pretty sure it was his first tour as a solo artist. I think we'd heard that he could be a bit ropey live but wasn't prepared for just how incredibly bad he was. It actually made me wonder if he had really been the singer on the SR album(s).

There have been a number of times when we've been trying to work out what the specific lyrics to a song were but have just not been able to agree by listening alone. No problem: hop onto the internet and look up the lyrics. Trouble is, there occasionally seems to be disagreement between the sites and it seems to be just a consensus formed by the majority of users of each site. I realise that they are probably 99% correct but it occured to me that the lyrics of a song must constitute part of the copyright and so will have to be written down somewhere as official lyrics (actually the official lyrics not just a website claiming them to be official.) I think there must be a few people on this site that have recorded and copyrighted their own material and so will have gone through the process making the lyrics of a song 'legally' their own. My question then is: where do these copyrighted lyrics live? Surely, they have to be public in some sense otherwise there would be a million 'gotcha' lawsuits. If I wake up tomorrow with 'Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away...' in my head and decide to turn it into a song for commercial release, there must be a process I can go through to not end up on the wrong side of McCartney's lawyers.

2 Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden

Oh dear! Sorry, I thought I was making a joke. I guess putting the mojo into an instrument is the real fun though and you got to start afresh.

Hi Honey! So glad you're home. You know how, while I'm watching telly, you sit on the sofa and noodle away on your guitar? Well, I've got some terrible news...

I'm actually not doing too badly with it, the notes and the timing are pretty much there, to my ear at least, which is really more testament to the quality of the instruction than anything. It's just the speed of the song that will take some time I think - I'm nowhere near it yet. I've just (a couple of hours ago) invested in a piece of software called Transcribe which lets me play the actual song itself at a slower speed but keeps it in tone(?) so hopefully I'll work it up to full speed eventually. I've also started on another song after having seen one of the recommendations in this thread that is demonstrated more than taught by Constantine Isslamow. It's 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton - again selected because it's such a great tune. He has a free and clear transcription of the bass line in a link in the video and a clear shot of him and the bass (both hands) that make it very easy to follow. The resources that are available to us, especially those of us who are beginners, is astounding really.

I've only just bought myself a bass (about 2 months ago) thinking it looked like the most fun way of trying to stave off dementia as I plummet into middle age. Loving it so far but I was going through various Youtubers to see how best to start with it. Then someone suggested I pick a song that I like the bassline to and find a tutorial an learn from there. I settled on Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and found the video below. In retrospect it's probably a bit too advanced for my first go at 'music' but it's definitely a fun journey. I thought I'd hit a goldmine with this guy but unfortunately there isn't too much on his channel that's as good as this for someone who wants to learn a specific tune. He has plenty of good stuff but I was hoping he'd have a hundred songs to learn in the same style ready and waiting for me to get into. Unfair of me really as it must have taken ages to go through the one song like this. Better ears than mine might tell me he's not that good but he sounds excellent to me.