Earbrass

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1331826717' post='1579563'] However I have something which IMO is far important in my sig - a link to my music. [/quote] +1

Maybe check [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/170594-puke-on-instruments-looooooovely/"]this[/url] thread? Sorry, someone less fatuous will be along shortly to give you a sensible answer.

This probably won't be to everyone's taste, and there's no bass content, but I'm finding this quite mesmerising. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgPOCvEFFpM&feature=channel[/media]

Soprano is definitely my favourite of the sax family. I really like some of Lol Coxhill's playing - eg the [i]Fleas in Custard[/i] album (though some of it too "squeaky bonk" out* for me). *[i]squeaky bonk out[/i]: [i]I picked up this phrase from [url="http://www.janettemason.com/"]Janette Mason[/url], with whom I once studied jazz piano. In the spectrum of "out-ness" that jazz encompasses, "squeaky bonk" out is at the extreme end. [/i]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1331649183' post='1576528'] Sure.... that'll get the fire started... [/quote] Is it just because it doesn't look right, or are they really no good? I just thought it got closer to a db sound than an eb can, but eb skills would be much more easily transferrable.

What about using a Kala U-bass? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNPx6RS8PiM

Be good to hear more. Nice work.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1330614235' post='1560405'] I'm sure that the majority of people that will turn up (which I'm guessing will be mostly teenagers)will instantly recognise it and be inspired. [/quote] OK then, how about the "Deal or No Deal" theme?

Lord Of Light (Hawkwind - Space Ritual) might be suitable. Good bass riff but pretty simple.

"To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....” ― [url="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1020792.Antoine_de_Saint_Exup_ry"]Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[/url] Perhaps it's not about waiting for "the one" to appear, but about making the one you have "the one" by getting to know it inside out.

I think there's a lot to be said for sticking with one instrument as far as possible - getting so familiar with its feel and sounds that you forget the instrument and concentrate on the music.

Try asking [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7371959.stm"]this[/url] chap?

But we had Noggin the Nog....

[quote name='Jam' timestamp='1329495570' post='1543412'] Just recorded this for a friend. The new floor in the conservatory has given the room some great acoustics. Just a little bit of a longer piece but you get the idea! [/quote] What a fabulous sound. [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1329953080' post='1550495'] This isn't a video either. I recorded it on a 4 track Fostex X-26 about 20 years ago. Drums were programmed on an Alesis HR16, bass was a Bass Collection SGC Nanyo DIed through a Marshall JCM900 twin combo, guitar was the same amp and an Aria Pro II super Strat with a Kahler. [url="http://soundcloud.com/silddx/no-feet-allowed-1992"]http://soundcloud.co...et-allowed-1992[/url] [/quote] I rather like that - especially the second half. You're really quite good at this guitar lark, aren't you?

I sold Thomas a Crate Powerblock amp. Nice guy, great comms, no problems. Deal in confidence.

I do find it annoying when newbies post their stuff for sale and then bump their ads several times a day - I see that as disrespectful to other forum users.

[quote name='Mog' timestamp='1330018487' post='1551571'] Come on Nige, thats comes across a bit condescending. [/quote] Only a bit? Must be one of his good days.

Nice one Skank.

I think it depends why you are playing. If you are trying to earn your living from music, then it might be worth sticking at the db because it's a rarer skill and may get you more paid gigs. If you are primarily playing for the love of it, then I'd say play the instrument(s) that you feel enthusiastic about.

Sold Ron a Boss Drum machine. Instant payment, good comms, no problems. Recommended.

Knowing when to stop.