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[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1382093727' post='2247778'] ....but what's your opinion on the roll of the Bass Player. [/quote] It should contain bacon. That is all.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1380055838' post='2220334'] And, now I know what the Clangers' Music Boat is [/quote] They're returning to our screens in 2015 apparently - should be good: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24523203

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRgg5k7G6Vg[/media] and if you liked that..... (ok, not pop/rock, but.... wait for the changes at about 2.35 & 3.45 - Monty Alexander is playing the piano and the melodica) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxZsdWIuQRs

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1380801418' post='2230696'] did they tell the staff? [/quote] they did, but they were a bit crotchety.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1380663140' post='2228782'] These stats only seem to be available if you get the pro version of Soundcloud? [/quote] Not so - I only have the free Soundcloud account - you still get basic stats including number of plays in each country. To see them, click on your track to get the "one track per screen" view. To the right there are three numbers - plays (next to a triangular "play" icon), likes (next to a heart) and messages (speech bubble). Next to that it says "more stats". Click on this and it takes you to a tabbed stats screen. Top tab is overview, with the world map. Next tab is "Counts" - this is where it lists plays by country. By default it shows just the top ten, but there is a "Show All" option at the bottom of the list. To the right (for all tabs) is a date field which shows the period the stats are for - it seems to default to the current week, but you can change this. The third tab (Sources) shows no data unless you have paid for the upgrade - I presume it gives details of the users who played your track.

I've had just one track up on Soundcloud for about 2 years now, and it's had 475 plays so far. What I've found interesting is the geographical distribution of those plays. As I would expect, there are more plays in the UK than anywhere else - I have a link to the track in my sig on here and on another UK website. What surprised me was that Japan is the second most popular listening venue, way ahead of the third (USA), and that SE Asia in general had more hits than I was expecting. My top 10 countries for plays are as follows: UK 181 Japan 122 US 29 Germany 22 Indonesia 20 Taiwan 12 S Korea 6 Chile 5 Netherlands 5 Australia 5 No plays at all in Russia, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia or the Indian subcontinent. I was wondering whether this is simply a reflection of where Soundcloud is most popular, or of the appeal of my track in particular. What are other Soundcloud users' experiences?

Not really a fan of the original, but... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc

What about an East African 1980's Madonna tribute: Desperately Seeking Sudan.

It's the recession. People can't [i]afford[/i] frets. I blame the tories.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1375900255' post='2167200'] I didn't see it as any of those things. Rock was a music of rebellion but also an art form -- something to listen to. Disco was about partying -- something to dance to. Rock music was progressing as was the musicianship. Solos and wild experimentation were a growing part of it. Disco was about precise rhythm, repetition and simplicity. Rock lyrics spoke of angst, revolution and insight. Disco spoke of Love to Love Ya Baby and Boogie Oogie Oogie. When disco emerged, the clubs that hired rock bands switched to DJ's. So naturally, to the rock crowd, disco SUCKED. [/quote] +1000

[quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1375228515' post='2158693'] Strictly speaking there isn't really an equivalent for chi in English: ΙΧΘΥΣ. In the circumstances icthus probably replicates the sound of the Greek word as well as ichthus. In Greece very often chi is translated as a H, and would be pronounced the same was as the H in Ahmed. [/quote] I cannot, off the top of my head, think of a single Greek-derived English word in which chi is transliterated as "c" instead of "ch". Anyone?

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1375041713' post='2156111'] Icthus is greek for fish... [/quote] Ic[b]h[/b]thus is greek for fish.

[quote name='hen barn' timestamp='1374700778' post='2152238'] My old drummer was a Phil Collins fan and used to play in a band called Jenny's house!!!! Brilliant!!! [/quote] Should have been Jenny's Sis.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1374530792' post='2149890'] I don't think coloured vinyl is cool anymore, is it? [/quote] Being the proud owner of a 33rpm 7in EP of "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny" in BRIGHT RED (vintage c.1963), I beg to differ.

Soft Machine were guitarless in several of their line-ups in the early seventies - as for example on Soft Machine 6.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1374491239' post='2149221'] But ultimately, my all time coolest of the cool is my Camberwick Green / Trumpton LP ([url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAMBERWICK-GREEN-TRUMPTON-2-x-1960s-LPs-Freddie-Phillips-Brian-Cant-/380573602628"]this one[/url]). Had it since I was knee high; still in mint condition and chock full of nostalgia. Well, I think it's cool anyway [/quote] You win. It doesn't get any cooler than Freddie Phillips / Brian Cant. I have the complete Camberwick/Trumpton/Chigley on DVD.

I still have tons of vinyl. Not sure what's "cool" though. Could it be something from my stack of 70's dub - [i]The Best Dressed Chicken in Town[/i], perhaps? Or perhaps some Professor Longhair? I've got a Sun Ra disk somewhere - no idea of the title. Or maybe the classic Gerry Anderson story LP "A Trip to Marineville" / "Thunderbirds Are Go". There's an EP of nursery rhymes in there somewhere featuring the voice of Boris Karloff, among others. But perhaps pride of place in "cool" terms is the album of Russian Folk songs performed by the Red Army Choir: "[i]Kalinka![/i]"

Aaaaw, I was expecting a "For Sale" thread...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1373358701' post='2136526'] [b]My publishers, [/b]Equinox, have a release by Georgina Gregory called 'Send in the Clones: a cultural study of the tribute band. [/quote] Yeah, we see what you did there .

Not exactly a tribute, but there used to be a "heavy-metal" klezmer band called Guns 'n' Moses.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1372360186' post='2124897'] 'What's the matter with him, why doesn't he play? Play Sparky, Play!!!' 'My time is up I will no longer play. For. You' Oh the drama of it! How I loved it and how I regret giving away that little 8inch record. You had to turn it over in the middle just as it was getting exciting. Kids today don't know they're born etc etc , mumble mumble. [/quote] Still have that on one side of an LP somewhere - the other side is Sparky and the Talking Train.

I agree. Recording comp is a good thing, and kudos to those who take part, but trying to guilt-trip members into paying attention to it is silly and counter-productive, as is the title of this thread imo. (I have voted on this month's BTW).

Voted last night. Well done to everybody for producing a track against the clock.

Following on from the "I think I've fallen for another instrument" thread, I just discovered the Finnish Kantele. I should warn you that you should skip to 5.00 minutes into the video, as the first section contains footage of a slightly sinister-looking man doing unspeakable things to a harmonium, and is not for the squeamish. The video concludes with two men playing mandolins, which is very jolly in its way, but the section beginning at 5.00 is, i think, something a bit special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuuDQOyUqDU

Just discovered this thread.... as a keen Mari Boine fan, I'm going to suggest you check out some Saami (aka Lapp) music . Culturally, this is first or perhaps second cousin to the music of native North Americans, who, after all, originally migrated into America from Siberia before the Bering Strait separated Siberia from Alaska. The Saami language and culture is related to that of the tribes of northern Siberia. I posted a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/23966-what-are-you-listening-to-right-now/page__st__2759"]track[/url] on the "What are you listening to right now" thread yesterday. Here's another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNxNvded2g