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[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1499498362' post='3331850'] Chart music is a tiny part of the totality of music. It may have a high profile, but it is an irrelevance. The "future of singing" is safe. It just ain't in the hands of western chart music and its purveyors. [/quote] +100 Anyone wishing to reassure themselves as to the future of singing could do worse than come along to the Union Chapel, Islington tonight (Sat 8th July) to check out [url="http://laboratoriumpiesni.pl/en/"]Laboratorium Pieśni[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFOpZAjlBkk[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkxKfDmKzrk[/media]

Somewhere I have a slim volume called Remarkable Names of Real People. I haven't seen it in some years, but a few of the entries stand out in my memory: Heidi Yum-Yum Gluck Zita Apathy Mrs. Belcher Whack Whack and my personal favourite... Gaston J. Feeblebunny

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1498816319' post='3327222'] IIRC the only benefit of cassette tape over vinyl was convenience. Once CDs arrived it lost it's USP. [/quote] You are forgetting the recordability side - rewritable CDs came along a lot later and were still more of a faff to use (though far better quality) than cassette. I'm sure many of us will have memories of making "mix-tapes" or of borrowing friends' (expensive) LPs to tape.

Not sure whether to be depressed that people are so gullible, or pleased that this will boost the value of my 300+ vinyl collection (all purchased before CDs were available). Got to get round to selling that stuff one of these days. I will keep a handful just for the cover art / sentimental reasons.

It's times like this, when I'm staring at a laptop trying to think of hedge-related puns, that I wonder whether I could have done more with my life.

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1497095619' post='3315822'] Do you hook it up as interface to PC. I'm after a di guitar pedal for recording as I don't get on recording guitar straight into focusrite. [/quote] Haven't tried it yet, but yes, you can do that. Will give it a go when I get my studio back together (probably later this week). You can see the full manual (you don't get a paper copy with the unit!) [url="https://3e7777c294b9bcaa5486-bc95634e606bab3d0a267a5a7901c44d.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/product_documents/documents/1822_1394663351/RP360-RP360XP_Manual_5041674-B_original.pdf"]here[/url].

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1495752885' post='3306409'] And...? [/quote] Pretty awesome . Sadly its arrival coincided with having my music room redecorated, so all my gear has been piled up in another room and not very accessible, but I've been giving it a good run through its paces this morning and I have to say I am very impressed. Works great with guitar and bass and plays nicely with my Yamaha FC-7 expression pedal. These days I am only playing out with acoustic instruments, so this is just for the much-despised "bedroom noodling" and for recording when I get the studio set up again. All the amp models and fx I am ever likely to want/need, looper, drum patterns (though you can't use the looper and the drums at the same time for some reason). Very tweakable - you can move the order of fx in the chain, add and remove fx (up to 10 at once), assign any 3 to the footswitches in stombox mode, etc etc. USB interface for recording, headphone out, aux in (both on mini jacks). Solidly built. No on/off switch though. At £80 I can't think of a reason not to buy one if you're in the market for a multi-fx. EDIT: I forgot to mention that I wasn't too impressed with the tuner - it's too sensitive and the little arrow whizzes up and down while the note is still ringing, making it very difficult to be precise, but I'm happy to tune by ear at home, and I have a pitch black tuner anyway so not a big deal for me.

Laboratorium Pieśni at the Union Chapel, July 8th.

It says "temporarily out of stock" on the site - as it did when I ordered mine on Tuesday - but mine is being delivered today. Bargain!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWUMx79mz_Q[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtX2HPBMcsQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pVoABljzRA[/media]

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1494701248' post='3298023'] Modesty. Perhaps you could start a thread on mixing, mastering, eq ing, compressing etc. So we can learn from master Dad.😊 [/quote] Everything you need to know right here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0m3n9mPssA&index=3&list=PL5Um7IgR_gBkYl_TIbLr4qWY0ekO1Qnbi[/media]

Can they even hear each other? Sounds like a total mess to me.

Dress appropriately..... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6IyVzmetPg[/media]

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1493462118' post='3288503'] The internet is responsible for killing a lot of culture and livelihoods. [/quote] Like the printing press, putting all those scribes and itinerant storytellers out of business.

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1491852685' post='3275918'] Will fixing a wheel to the log get it out of trouble then? [/quote] Well that's just silly. Surely you're going to need at least one each end?

Frigg in Guildford next Sunday (preceded by a Finnish fiddle tunes workshop - I'll be taking my nyckelharpa). Then Faustus in Clerkenwell on Thursday 6th

[quote name='pbasspecial' timestamp='1490290181' post='3264028'] I don't remember getting my knob out or taking a sh*t on the floor . [/quote] Maybe they thought that if you can't even remember that, you'd probably struggle memorising the set list.

Tricky one. On the one hand there's the opportunity to have all those hundreds of hours of solo practice honing one's skills finally appreciated by a receptive audience...on the other hand, the gig sounds pretty good too....

How about during? I remember seeing Henry Cow play on a Sunday afternoon in Southend - probably 1977ish. About half way through a tea-lady wandered across the front of the stage with a trolley full of tea and biscuits. The band were into one of their long "free impro" sections and one by one came to the front of the stage to help themselves. I recall being a bit miffed that we didn't get any. Rock'n'roll.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1483725451' post='3209652'] I think I'd struggle with anyone under 40-odd. Does that count? [/quote] Is that inches tall or stones in weight? From an ad on Bandmix: [i][color=#101010]I'm looking for other members who are preferably no older than 30 (as im 22), who have similar taste musically and who are pretty openminded.[/color][/i] [i][color=#101010] [/color][/i][i][color=#101010] [/color][/i]

[i][color=#555555]vitriolic noodle vendors[/color][/i] [color=#555555]Now that's a great band name.[/color]

No No No

Sold a Zoom MS-60B pedal to Andy. All good - recommended.