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[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1431367860' post='2770597'] I know a great drum tutor in New Malden. Do they really have to be a she? [/quote] Ditto- a friend of mine and world class drummer is in Kingston, just a bloke.... (Throughly top bloke too)

Ellie Goulding/ Florence and the Machine The guy shouting in the video above isn't being anything less than sincere although judging by the party being replicated in the film I wouldn't want to be his neighbour. Ol' Flo and Ellie though are insincere and are trying to pass off lack of talent as a singing style- and that rubs me up the wrong way.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1430928876' post='2766079'] Thread titles like this one are another good excuse to play this track - with the ricketiest, rickiety, Rick sound you ever heard [media]http://youtu.be/RzZNaSik4Ic[/media] [/quote] Sounds like his amp decided to turn it down for him! Bands do play too loud though in my view. If you are watching punters at the back of the room having to shout in each other's ears then you're just entertaining your own ego not your audience.

[quote name='seymourfluid' timestamp='1430927246' post='2766053'] Try this. https://youtu.be/XqS2N5jeWzM [/quote] Proved contentious earlier!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1430861445' post='2765441'] I think it's a few months away yet. Final design stuff to be finalised yet but a lot of the core work is all done now [/quote] Thank you. Time for a bigger piggy bank then!

Thank you for this review. No need for 800W for me but they are bringing out a 400W version. Seriously need for one of those!

Those blue notes- just out of tune....

Band on the beat https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1dbBvxKDa2M Band behind https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-6_0YqgeI They just hit that one slightly different that just adds that moment of tension that makes it that little bit more sweet/sour flavour. Pretentious- moi?

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1430747283' post='2764200'] Is this pretentious? [media]http://youtu.be/XqS2N5jeWzM[/media] [/quote] Game set match redstriper! On to more musical myths that need debunking! Ringo was a shi# drummer, anyone?

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1430684311' post='2763734'] This is interesting - when you look at the audio, to what extent are the notes played by the different instruments actually in different places? Does the drummer tend to define the beat, with the other musicians in front of or behind that? For what it's worth, I've often thought that although we talk about playing in front of or behind the beat, for bass players at least, it might also be to do with how sharp an attack we put on the notes. A slap or a plectrum pick has a much more precise attack than a softer finger action, let alone a double bass note. In jazz, the DB player might well be going at the note on the beat, but because of the soft attack and the tone of the instrument, we hear it as being somewhat behind the beat. [/quote] We don't look at the waveforms, we listen to the song! Interesting what you saying about the double bass speaking slowly, somewhere in the Carol Kaye technique column on her website she says jazzers should push, especially when walking. I checked this with the drummer I was working with, a hard core jazzer, and he agreed, on or behind sounds lethargic in his experience. With regards to where the beat actually is, it is implied of course but different genres have different approaches. Funk famously has a heavy beat one but if you listen to parliament or JB they have a way of hanging on 4 that really makes 1 seem that tiny bit late that just makes the tempo roll. Jerry Wexler, someone who really understood musical time, got booker T and the MGs to really hang back on 2 and 4 for Wilson Pickett's in the midnight hour, which invariably you don't hear when it's covered. Latin music is mostly written in 4 but if you don't feel it in half time it's going to sound stilted. I'd love to learn more about African rhythms, they mess my head up etc etc. In my view rhythm is the principle ingredient of music, just watch how people respond to different rhythms, yet the one thing we practice the least. We'll spend ages learning about off axis response and mechanical coupling from the barefaced website but its pretentious to discuss the way we play the notes we expect people to listen to.

This is the joy of making music though isn't it? If you have an instrument that feels like it's letting you play and you enjoy the experience it's a wonderful thing. Bonded with my ASAT instantly and use it for everything. Likewise my cabs, stupidly attached to those, just need the right type of amp to crop up.

I know what you mean, assuming it's legit. That record is 91/92 or thereabouts though, so if it's real the chances of it being pulled forward is unlikely. The little fluffs here and there are interesting and just reinforces my belief that audiences are interested in character and drama in their music more than the invention or technical facility of the participants.

Drummers rushing fills is getting ahead of the beat true, but that's playing out of time. Most bands speed up or down (if they're off click) and that's fine too but playing ahead of the beat etc is how the note placement of the individuals binds to create the overall effect. The silly thing is, if we were cooks/chefs the interaction of the ingredients wouldn't be a pretentious subject at all! I heard this clip on NoTreble and was surprised at just how far ahead the bass gets, especially for someone who is considered funky, normally associated with being behind. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLBZD5Gbqk

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uAXJ-3dAMH8 Try this!

[quote name='redstriper' timestamp='1430594857' post='2763014'] great - start a thread and let's talk [/quote] There was a thread on here not so long ago asking, 'what is feel?' Or groove or something. Might be worth dragging up. For what it's worth, any studio work I have done has been dominated by pros talking about the rhythmic approach. I sometimes get work with a small production team that has some real, genuine full time pros where we back singer songwriter types who want a fuller sound. Top of the menu for each song, regardless of the tastes of the client and demands of the producer is the tempo and feel of the track. Once we think we've got the master take the first thing we check is whether or not we've played ahead, on or behind the beat. How's that for starters?!?!

I'd rather listen to a pro describing how their music works than a weekend warrior saying they need this bass or that bass for their sound! It seems crazy that most people will read for hours on what gear to use but then just go, oh the music bit, when I'm playing, that's just me. Nuts. I was watching a questlove video the other day and he explains how he has had to learn how to play behind himself to do the d'angelo records. Software companies have spent a fortune developing quantising grids, or top producers spend ages shuffling waveforms around to get the music happening- quantifying rhythm is what we should be talking about on musician forums, not so much 'I use these strings to play the dog and duck!' Sorry, ranting.....

[quote name='bootsy666' timestamp='1430168568' post='2758661'] https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/132041529@N07/17293397785/ [/quote] Monster! Looks like it bit the headstock off.

In an extraordinary piece of blagging and luck, I did a session with Dave Weckl this way! Unfortunately it was recorded prior to my meagre attempts, and I didn't end up on the final recording regardless, surprise surprise.

Got the lmt500 and a similar bass to yours. I use mine in a wide range of musical genres and can't recommend the Aguilar db112s highly enough.

I don't have kids but teach classroom music. My top tip is to leave the instrument out of its case. Kids then pick it up for five minutes here and there as well as proper practice. Helps you keep it sneakily in-tune too. Grades are fine as goals but my dad taught me and performances were where it was at. He'd say if you can get some barre chords down then you can sit in at church or whatever and that really floated my boat. At work if we don't have a performance scheduled the attendance and quality of rehearsals drop like a stone.

Anything by Florence and the Machine. Impersonating a man shouting is not singing. Anything with Ellie Goulding. Just get the vowel out for the love of Pete!

If you need a dep, never book one who's blonde and female. You'll never get the gig back.

Very lucky with one band to have 2 good frontspeople- both great singers and have a natural rapport with an audience. Another outfit the singer thinks he has charisma and good repartee. He doesn't. Gets great gigs but if he gets on one boy can he kill it. 3 hour gigs with 5 minutes of 'banter' in between each one. If he's disciplined he's actually much more interesting.

Thank you for your replies. No cab it is! Harry