Lord Sausage

I've only met two. One who I bought a Fender jazz 62 re issue fretless off. Met him in Sutton Coldfield. As we know the whole midlands is a very weird place. I've never seen him again on here. And the legendary Risingson. Who was playing the aftershow party of a tour I'd just completed. Great player, we ended up shitfaced in a casino!.........gambling someone else's money!

blackmore and coverdale probably stayed as succesful in various guises

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1398618189' post='2435791'] Metallica still slated heavily for Saturday night headline slot which I couldn't be less excited to see if I tried so I'll most likely be elsewhere watching something a lot better! [/quote] Like down the local watching any pub band play Sex on fire!

Just been spraying the first coat of primer and a bastard fly landed on it. GRRRRRRR!

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1398444200' post='2434238'] Funnily enough, I was umming and erring on whether to be a little bit critical this month and seeing that Lord Sausage seems to be on the same wavelength as me I will. There is absolutely no doubt there is some great playing and great ideas every month in this competition and I have supported it every month for a good while now, but what his Lordship says is very true, there is a tendency to forget the compositions side of things. Way to much cool riffage going on, not enough sections as said, but also, not enough attention paid to a top line - I'd love to hear some more tunes! So keep up the good work, but if you're after my vote you now know what I'm after next month! Cheers, Mike [/quote] I initially didn't put mine up for entry as it isn't finished and there was no vocal or melody development. But Skol asked to put it in and i didn't feel strongly enough about it to say no. I did enter one month that had melodic development, counterpoint. Returning themes etc. Got very few votes. Not that I'm bitter. ha ha

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1398442121' post='2434198'] Daft thing is it'd cost you a small fortune to buy them direct from 'W'! [/quote] Madness! cheers!

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1398440947' post='2434175'] I bought a full set. I paid a lot more, but they came with a free set of pups, strings, body and neck. They're light-weight and stable; don't need re-tuning much. I'd buy them for another bass without any hesitation. [/quote]Thanks pal. A great help as usual

Anyone ever bought these. Are they any good or is the price a giveaway to quality? http://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_bass_tuner_machine_black_left.htm#bewertung

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1398212386' post='2431782'] No good for me, I'm scared of the dark and spiders. [/quote]ha ha. Nice one centurion. like it, like it!

Voted, was my favourite and had a bit more compositional elements than the others. I enjoyed them all, but a few could have benefited from different sections within them.

It takes me a list of random threads!

Just got the boy, tim higgins and mike bass left to listen to. Will do tomorrow, then vote.

What the f*** is K metering, how do you do it?

I'll get involved next time if i like the track. just noticed this thread today, won't have time to do it by end date.

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1398149712' post='2430839'] Good stuff. Looking forward to seeing this finished; as I'm sure you are too. [/quote] ha ha definitely.

Neck finished. Not perfect but very good. Happy. Will post pics soon.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1398013225' post='2429541'] [/quote] Cheers. I meant i only play gtr and a bit of bass on the track. I mainly a bass player but play geet......... and dabble badly on other instruments. Also i meant i thought it would be boring as an instrumental that's why I've added no melodies or anything.

Anyone know owt about these pick ups? http://www.thomann.de/gb/dimarzio_dp549.htm

Ok here is my Non Entry. I repeat Non entry. Reasons 1) its unfinished as it needs hip hop vocals which i don't have time to source and record. I think as an instrumental it would be boring. So this is kind of a backing track 2) I wouldn't really regard it as a proper composition as it's mainly samples.I only play gtr and bit of bass. It was just something to dip my toe back in the water of this as i ain't done one for over a year. I've just put it up to show a bit of involvement. https://soundcloud.com/dreaded-ted/04a

Right, I'm back on it! Today I have started buffing the neck using the first of three compounds from Rothko and Frost. The first one has bought it up shiny and smooth already so can't wait to see how it will end up. Was just going outside to use the second one but it's started pissing it down, so will leave for a bit. The plan was to get it finished today. Can anyone recommend a decent standard polish for when I've finished? (silicone free) Once finished i will move back to the body, I've already re-sanded it using 320. I haven't gone back to the wood. Just roughed it up then I'm gonna do the whole process again. primer, paint,clear gloss. Hopefully i will get it right this time.

I like this he did with half Duran Duran and chics drummer. Well 80's but cool. http://youtu.be/rgYqIvnPvqQ

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1397158355' post='2421352'] Ditto. The only reason it was formal was to be clear! Either way, music theory is FUN :-) [/quote]Word!

You say Hemiola, I say potato! i ain't arguing pal. I said this if you remember. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Obviously wiki isn't definite proof, neither is someone with a weed addled memory. [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]But it seems correct.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Why is everything so formal, it's just a discussion [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's just I've played it off a score where it's mixed meter. In the end though it doesn't matter. As long as you are getting the 6 then 3 feel it don't matter the rest is just semantics. Music is passion not academia![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I apologise if this comes over as arsey, it's not supposed to....it's just sometimes i do. [/font][/color]

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1397073407' post='2420470'] Actually it's not quite correct :-) It's a hemiola and they are not the same thing. An alternating meter would be written as 3/4 followed by 6/8 (or visa versa) but that is not the case with 'America'. That particular piece features a hemiola and is written as a continuous meter of 6/8 but the accent of the beat changes so that it SOUNDS like two meters when it's not. It's actually a very specific musical device where three beats are placed into the space of the two that SHOULD fall within a compound time signature. Two sets of three quavers (or two dotted crochets) followed by a crochet, two tied quavers, and a final crochet (changing the two dotted crochets into three crochet sounds through accenting changes). The accents lie like this; (ONE, two, three, TWO, two, three, ONE [two], THREE [one], TWO [three]) In reality it would be counted as: (ONE, two, three, TWO, two, three, ONE [two], ONE [two], ONE [two]) Apologies if that got a bit too music theory geeky for anyone! [/quote] Wiki disagrees. To be honest i did too as i was sure hemiola rhythms were played at the same time. We did some latin percussion lessons at college. i couldn't quite remember as i smoked a lot of weed since then ha ha. Plus as i said when i played song from west Side Story at a theatre gig i'm sure the score was written alternating. Obviously wiki isn't definite proof, neither is someone with a weed addled memory. But it seems correct. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(West_Side_Story_song"]http://en.wikipedia....Side_Story_song[/url]) [color=#252525]From a technical standpoint, the alternating of 3/4 (three quarter notes) with 6/8 (two groups of three eighth-notes), while the value of the eight-note remains constant, is a distinctive characteristic of the song. This rhythm has been called both a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiola"]hemiola[/url] and a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(music)"]habanera[/url], although it is not really either. The "two" and "three" bars alternate, but they are not superposed, as in a hemiola. The alternating two and three is similar to the aria "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habanera_(aria)"]Habanera[/url]" from [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen"]Carmen[/url][/i], but "America" lacks the distinctive characteristic underlying rhythm of the habanera form. The composer's tempo instruction is "Tempo di [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huapango"]Huapango[/url]"[/color]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1397050061' post='2420119'] There is much music written that has varying emphasis within the composition, all encompassed by a common time signature. I would not expect the TS [i]alone [/i]to give all the information required; that's the job of the notes and annotations within the piece. That the TS give a reasonable idea of how the piece should be approached would be enough, I feel. Sometimes even the annotations are not sufficient, either, and the final 'feel' is given by the conductor or band leader. This is not necessarily a Bad Thing, and can, indeed, be intentional on the part of the composer. All is not to be interpreted as literally as seems to be the impression given here, imo. A TS will not [i]always [/i]be 'counted out' in the same way throughout the work (although most often it will be, indeed...). [/quote] Exactly!