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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcAVPGpeQck

What I find is that I need to consciously pay attention to where I am in the tune (if I get distracted or start thinking about something else, I will sometimes lose my place), but that doing the same with regard to the actual notes I'm playing is fatal - if I start thinking about what note comes next I'm very likely to balls it up. It seems there's two quite separate processes going on, requiring different bits of the brain.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1371481333' post='2114367'] Debate is always good, trouble is someone's got to pay for the platform. In the real world, we'd also be getting stiffed for the tea and biscuits. [/quote] I don't appear to be receiving the tea and biscuits (though I do recall getting a message about cookies - haven't seen them yet though either). Should I upgrade my browser?

The Warwick 'Polo' ??

John Wetton (King Crimson era) Gjermund Silset (ex Mari Boine band) Lemmy (Hawkwind era) Mike Howlett (Gong) Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) Colin Hodgkinson (Back Door) Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) Roger Glover (Deep Purple) John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) Chris Squire (Yes)

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1371035528' post='2108838'] When you start worrying about the overlap between GG and OT, it's time to switch off your computer and go outside for a while. [/quote] "outside"??? Is that still there?

As I've posted many times before in similar threads, my only bass is a s/h Peavey Milestone III that cost me £50. It's light, well balanced, has a great neck and sounds pretty much the same as a Jazz (I had a (Japanese) Fender and got rid, as it was no better).

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1371039589' post='2108938'] I've never tried it [/quote] Never tried it??!! That was always part of the ritual when I was a kid - any new single me or my brother acquired would go on the Dansette and after a few plays at 45 it would be auditioned at 33, 78 and 16 (yes 16) rpm. I seem to remember the Stones' Little By Little (B-side to Not Fade Away) was particularly good at 33. We had to make our own fun back in those days.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370988002' post='2108450'] From what I just read , it's kind of like The Shadows with clinical depression . [/quote] So you could get the same effect by playing the 45s at 33?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84aWlfQRkfY

No mention of the New York Dolls or Iggy and the Stooges, either. Despite my earlier posts, I do recall having a brief period of liking the Dolls - think I've got Too Much Too Soon on vinyl somewhere.

Talking of making young girls scream...our morris side often has a big impact on small children (we look a bit scary in black masks and black tatters) - either they love us or we scare the c**p out of them. Back in April we were dancing in Oxford and a woman with two small children in tow stopped to watch. One of the kids was absolutely petrified, screaming and crying, but the woman kept a tight grip of her hand, and made her stand there and watch - I felt quite sorry for her. We had fun afterwards imagining the conversation......"but MUM!!!!, you don't understand....I've seen this on Dr Who - they [b]WILL[/b] eat us !!!".

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1370946549' post='2107716'] The difference is, a half century after the fact, a generation far removed from the hype is listening to and enjoying this. Why is that? Oh yeah....it's good. [/quote] But they're not screaming at it, are they - they're listening to it. The ability to make teenagers scream and the quality of the music are totally unrelated - it's just that in this case, as it happens, the band had both. [quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1370950358' post='2107763'] Excluding all enjoyable aspects from it doesn't make it more artsy. It just makes it less good. [/quote] Do you scream and wet your knickers when you're enjoying yourself?

My friends and I were well into the long hair hippy/rocker/dope scene at the time - that was exotic and magical as well as deeply anti-establishment, and a world we aspired to join. Punk to us was just ugly and stupid. I was born about five years too late, I think.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1370877477' post='2106739'] Not necessarily - I was a teenager at the time & I didn't get it at all. It just seemed like another fad to me, like Rollermania a few years previously. [/quote] +1 I was 16 in 1976 - I thought it was all sh*te.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1370875940' post='2106711'] It was more about trousers than anarchy. [/quote]

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1370872368' post='2106636'] Personally I'd prefer a bass player to be in tune and playing something that sounds good... [/quote] You snobby elitist.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370652657' post='2104109'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]So what do you reckon punk is?[/font][/color] [/quote] (in its original and purest form) Music played by people who can't play, and don't care, for people who can't tell, and don't care.

Saw Mari Boine and band last week. Fabulous gig. Guitarist and drummer played sitting down, bassist, trumpet player and Ms Boine stood. Last month, I went to see Lau at the Union Chapel - all 3 sit to play (guitar/vox, violin, accordion). Given the choice, I'd opt for sitting, but it depends a lot on the genre and general vibe of the gig (and available stage space). EDIT: it occurs to me that at both the gigs I mentioned, the audience were seated too - I wonder it it's less appropriate to play sitting if your audience is standing??? Just a thought. Though the Proms would suggest that this shouldn't be taken as a general rule.

Nice one, thanks for posting.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1370441202' post='2100893'] Though the II V 1 progression comparison was pretty funny. [/quote] [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370441769' post='2100908'] What is funny about the II V I progression? I've never found it funny, or indeed very interesting. [/quote] [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370442680' post='2100929'] Please do expand on this. The funny bit i mean. [/quote] I suspect it's the idea that the II V I progression is in some way particularly characteristic of jazz - it's one of the simplest and most common progressions in western diatonic music (and therefore also common in jazz, especially the kind based on "standards"). But I could be wrong. And I'm not taking sides. In fact, I was never here. You've not seen me, right? EDIT for thread relevance: yes, the doc looks very interesting. Thanks for posting.

I've sung avante-garde opera in the shower, but only when the water suddenly runs cold.

For me, weight is just as important as pickup configuration, neck dimensions, scale-length etc when choosing a bass. Think mine is about 8lbs - I wouldn't go much above that (but then I'm a nine stone (ish) weakling ). You're never going to play your best on an instrument that you're not physically comfortable with.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1370343528' post='2099304'] Is it just me that is slightly [s]disappointed with [/s] relieved at the content of this thread. [size=4]From the title I expected photographs of a bare legged Bilbo, or at least in a kilt or something.[/size] [/quote] [quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1370343528' post='2099304'] And Bilbo, bring back the carrots! [/quote] I suspect he'll have to prise them from Skank's cold dead hand.

Keep the motor, and you could have your own Leslie-style cabinet, with fast and slow spinning options.