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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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That's nothing. Before all the safety hoo-hah about carbon monoxide not being good for you my band used to use a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle with a harmonica in the tail pipe when doing Taxi Grab from Jethro Tull's Too Old to Rock and Roll: Too Young to Die. That's a bit easier to control with a hand throttle, though.
James Corden too. Swore an oath the Her Majesty to bring the USA to heel, one guest at a time.
Of course automatic gearboxes help a lot, while shifting from one tuning to another during a gig.
If you want to play U2 songs you have to tune your bass to EDGE
No, Dm is the saddest of all keys. D# is the best key for metal.
Ab mixolydian is the funkiest of all keys.
The best southern rock bands include one musician playing the chainsaw.
why is it, most bands stopped using large stringed instruments when we all know there is always room for cello!
That’s why the Electric Light Orchestra were ahead of their time... they knew there was a place for the cello - so much so that they used 2, and even threw in a violin for good measure!
ELO was so called as they used standard hollow cellos, not solid body cellos. That what Lynne's short-lived Electric Orchestra used, but a hernia later and he learned his lesson.
ELO was originally a collaboration between Jeff Lynne and Shakin' Stevens. As a tongue in cheek nod to the co-founder, the original name was the Epileptic Light Orchestra
They called themselves Electric Light Orchestra because they did intend to use the whole orchestra as part of the show, but they realised they didn't have room in the rehearsal space for a horn section, woodwind section, or a triangle player, so when the 2 cellists and the violin player were first to arrive at the rehearsal room, they realised there was no room for anyone else, so they were the only ones they kept from the orchestra
That's the story they tell, but in reality, Jeff Lynne couldn't do the math to figure out everyone's share. It was easier to fire people until the $100/gig payed everyone without owing anyone.
I'm a member of a Twitch group where a vendor showcases their songs for the week, & it seems like every time I tune in they're talking bull at one point or another.
The most recent one I can recall was specifically about basses.
They had a bass there with PASSIVE Rockfield pickups, but since it had two batteries in it they exclaimed that the pickups were VERY Active!
I tried to correct them, as I'm known to do, but was ignored. Commented about it the next day on their FB mention of the stream, still nothing.
So these idiots had just broadcast to hundreds of people completely false information & led them to believe battery = active pickups, which is so FALSE!
myth busting - just because your bass has a battery, doesn't mean the pickups are active
The most recent one I can recall was specifically about basses.
They had a bass there with PASSIVE Rockfield pickups, but since it had two batteries in it they exclaimed that the pickups were VERY Active!
I tried to correct them, as I'm known to do, but was ignored. Commented about it the next day on their FB mention of the stream, still nothing.
So these idiots had just broadcast to hundreds of people completely false information & led them to believe battery = active pickups, which is so FALSE!
myth busting - just because your bass has a battery, doesn't mean the pickups are active
Corden went to work and immediately developed a segment called Carpoul Karaoke for MI6.
Corden's plan was to entrap the FLOTUS by mounting an automobile onto a trailer, pulling up beside her on the sidewalk and singing Hasselhoff's version of "Jump in my Car" - a song developed by Australian Secret Service as a mind control device, known to soften brain cells.
The plan worked. Not only had FLOTUS got into a neutered car incapable of causing carnage while "driven" by a fat Limey more used to driving on the wrong side of the road (violating his 94th Amendment rights to raise arms and sing "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" - written by a registered blind person - whilst in no control of a vehicle), she had failed to notice that Carpoul Karaoke was an anagram of "UK OK - Palace Roar" which the British Tabloids wasted no time in propagandizing as unconditional surrender.
In a humiliating treaty not seen since Agincourt, the USA were forced to hand over Meghan Markle to "spare heir" beirdy ginger Harry who was subsequently crowned Henry IX of Malibu. The outgoing administration left a blueprint to ensure this never happened again, but only "change name to Carpool Karaoke" was ever enacted by their successors.
Of course batteries = active pickups. And more batteries = more active pickups. I know a guy who has 5 batteries in his bass and I have seen him take home two or three girls on more than one occasion. So clearly batteries = active pickup(s).
that's why I play a passive bass..... played an active bass about 21 years ago and picked up this girl.... and she's never left!
Harry writes a good song, though, like "One" which he said was "about one's relationship with an actress".
He's also going to become mayor of Simpleton. His father is hoping to be king for a day.
Active bass just means you are playing too many notes because the energy from the battery leaks into you and makes you overdo it.
Ozzie never meant to bite the head off a bat - he was just trying to get some more energy during a gig by licking a 9V battery and got confused.
Ozzie never meant to bite the head off a bat - he was just trying to get some more energy during a gig by licking a 9V battery and got confused.
