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As an alternative approach - as said you wanted plugs to go under your over ear phones, have you considered over ear headphones that are themselves hearing protectors? I've been using these since joining my latest band and am very happy with them. You don't have to do the wireless/bluetooth thing, they also have a jack socket, though it's just a 3.5mm one. You don't need to power them if you use them wired. I find the level of attenuation is comparable to the industrial style ear-protectors I use for lawn-mowing and using power tools. If you just want to hear the signal that's coming to your phones anyway, they're great.

WIth the possible (and I stress possible) exception of the shakey egg and the triangle, I struggle to think of any musical instrument where paying more for a "premium" model reaps a smaller advantage than is the case for the solid-bodied bass guitar.

Really? I am surprised, as I've been told that everyone in the Wisconsin area speaks very highly of you.

I don't really get this. If OP's band aren't happy with the standard of performance they can achieve using deps, why would they accept bookings for gigs when not all members are available? Is it only OP who is not happy with the performances using deps, or is the drummer pulling out of gigs he had previously agreed to?

If you want to play along, and like harmony and counterpoint, then I'd start with baroque music, as it tends to have strong rhythm, making it easier to keep time with, and the harmonies are generally not too obscure. Can't do better than JS Bach.

This one's a reverse Lemmy - the fairy mayor from Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom, with an uncanny resemblance to the then Mayor of London:

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My first gig playing keys & weird noises for space-rock band Litmus:

And now for something completely different.... I play nyckelharpa for a bizarre two-person border morris side called Huginn and Muninn. A week or so back we performed along with several other border morris sides in Clacton-on-Sea, at the premiere of the film Morris Men, having been extras in the film about a year earlier. This was our first outing since one of our dancers sustained a bad calf injury at Box Hill Bedlam's day of dance in Dorking in June. This is our most ridiculous dance, always a crowd-pleaser. I give you "Huginn and Muninn Get Lost in the Stormclouds".

With regard to style, note choices and timing, what I thought was that OMG LOOK AT THE DOGGIE!!!! AWWW HE'S SO CUTE!!!!!!....sorry, what were we talking about?

It's a F a n n y

https://www.nme.com/news/music/ian-brown-fans-share-anger-stone-roses-singer-sold-out-leeds-gig-no-band-3316932

I love listening to these guys talking about music. They've really opened my ears to a lot of stuff.

Mrs. E and I recently sat and watched the BBC recording of the Stones live at the Fonda in LA, recorded in 2015, where they performed the whole of the Sticky Fingers album. I am by no means a dedicated Stones fanboy, although I've always really liked some of their music, but I thought it was a fabulous performance - not fabulous "considering their age", but just plain excellent by any standard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0018zwr/the-rolling-stones-live-at-the-fonda

"Did you see Fred about the tenner he owes you?" "No, I think he's pinking me" (Pink Floyd ; avoid)

Have we had Pubic Enemy yet?

One for @BigRedX: The Errortones

Uke Ellington C*nt Basie

Judas Pries Roy Music Prius

The Inkpots (one for the oldies) Cram

Ed Zeppelin Rank Zappa