Earbrass

Led Zep at Earls Court, May 1975. Very echoey (?) venue. Extremely loud - felt like your ears were distorting the sound through overload. And they played for 3 hours. I had ringing in my ears for weeks afterwards.

Sold Pete my cajon. He said he'd pick it up the very next day and was as good as his word, despite having to drive all the way from Wiltshire to London to do so. Deal with confidence.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1457304111' post='2997275'] I am thinking of it series of solo double bass recordings so I don't have to worry about anyone else!! [/quote] Actually, I think this is quite a sensible approach, despite being made (partly?) in jest. For those of us with minority musical interests, finding like-minded musicians to play with can be a challenge, and finding audiences even more so. I think we have to ask ourselves what it is that matters most to us in our music. Being a jazzer, you're clearly not in it for the money, fame and glory, and from your remarks in the OP I sense that gigging is not in itself the be-all and end-all either. If your main motivation is to produce music you really believe in, without compromising your ideas to suit other players or the fickle tastes of the gig-going public, I think sometimes you have to plough your own furrow with whatever musical resources you have at hand. It can be a lonely road, but if you succeed in creating something individual and powerful, maybe other musicians will be drawn in to your vision and want to play along, and using resources such as youtube and soundcloud you can, if you're both good and lucky, reach a larger audience than you ever could playing small gigs in your locality.

Well, if you're prepared to extend "Lapland" to the Sami regions of northern Norway you also have the fabulous Mari Boine - some of that stuff is really quite jazzy too!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1457303793' post='2997271'] ... nor many from the nether reaches of Lapland.... [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqubyHoF4Rs&list=PL4BxjbiG30HO9S_cXCgIiw41zbr8T36Bm

Blonde on Blonde would get my vote as one that works. Arguably his greatest.

Musician. One of the instruments I play is the bass guitar. I will often refer to it as a "bass", but that's just shorthand for bass guitar.

Did this ever get sorted? I've been worried.....

I'm guessing 68 is actually [color=#141414][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][i]Louis Armstrong plays [b]W[/b].C. Handy.[/i] Don't see the point myself - if you want the [i]music[/i], get the CDs - way better audio quality. This just looks like an exercise in faux-nostalgia to me.[/font][/color]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1454015471' post='2965559'] I'm a bit surprised; I had always though that one had to 'be there' to 'get it'. [/quote] ..but [i]remembering[/i] being there means that one really didn't get it at all

Not exactly the same situation, but similar in some ways: when playing for morris, we not infrequently find ourselves having to supply an extra 8 bars (or cut some out) when the dancers screw up. It's all part of the fun and keeps you on your toes as a musician.

Would a Korg X50 be a possibilty?Looks like you could attach a strap to the end handle bits - might be a bit heavy. Or there's always http://www.rolandus.com/products/fr-3x/

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1453997920' post='2965176'] Just seeing all those Finnish names here makes me miss Finland so much [/quote] You should come!

[color=#e6e6fa]I think it's started already...[/color]

Pekko Käppi, Antti Paalanen and the Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band at the Tavastia club in Helsinki at the end of March. Antti Paalanen and the Esko Järvelä Epic Male Band were fabulous at the Kihaus festival last year, but seeing Pekko Käppi will be a new experience for me.

...or apple pie?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1453218098' post='2957519'] No, north of the river and east. But strangely I do live a stone's throw from Brockley, in Forest Hill... [/quote] ...that's why I thought it might have been the same place.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1453114600' post='2956394'] I went for an audition last week which turned out to be at a small terraced house in a densely-populated urban area. The rehearsal room was a large shed at the bottom of a short garden. There was some rudimentary soundproofing. The band have been playing there weekly for about a year and have yet to receive a single complaint. I will say it's a country band... might well be a different story were it any flavour of rock band. So you could be OK. [/quote] hmmm sounds familiar- wouldn't be in Brockley by any chance? The band I was in a few years ago rented a rehearsal space a few times that sounds a lot like this...

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1453208320' post='2957368'] ... in an elitist manor...[/quote] That'd be Earbrass Towers then. We're not really that elitist - I believe one of the footmen went to a "comprehensive" school - imagine!

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1452962724' post='2955153'] On a serious note surely the OP can edit the thread title to omit the capitals as I suspect that gives the title some life? [/quote] Yeah, he could change the title to "The last person posting in this thread is a big girl's blouse" - that'd shut 'em up....errmmm...oh bugger, I didn't really think this through, did I? PS what[b] is[/b] a cookie anyway?

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1452875173' post='2954362'] Well, one of the biggest musical events of all time will be taking place in a couple of months. It involves the greatest musicians in the world at the moment, and is being put together my Paul Mcartney, Mick Jagger, Elton John and one or two others along the way. It will rival anything else that has been staged in music history, and will generate millions in revenue on the day of, and in the aftermath of the event. It will be a 'tribute' to one of, if not the greatest musical genius of the last 50 years. All those fortunate enough to be a part of this event will not play any of there own material, yet this ' tribute ' event could rival some of the biggest televised events of all time. To get a ticket for this show, will be little short of a miracle, and you will undoubtedly be in the company of a cast of superstars, just grateful to be audience members.... [/quote] I don't have a problem with tribute bands in general (though I'd never go to see one myself), but I have to say, that does sound utterly ghastly.