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Lest everybody get all confused... I think the OP was referring to a bass drum, not a bass guitar or whatever. And while a lot of people refer to it as a "kick drum", a lot of us, especially those who did the marching band thing, use the term "bass drum"...

I pretty much agree with Greg's choices... But where is B.B. King? And IMHO...the line between a great solo (any instrument) and self-indulgence is a very thin one...

Anything more than 15 seconds that sucks...

Lots of drum stores (and possibly online) sell felt strips especially for this purpose. That's what I use...

A mixer output is going to overload the mic input on your computer, which can lead to a variety of ills. See if your sound card has a line input. If it does, plug your mixer into it. If not, try going from your bass directly into the mic input, bypassing your mixer...

Basically, you're talking about muscles, just like any other muscles. And just like any other muscles, regular, structured, exercise will make them work better. But since your vocal cords are pretty much a finite length, you're probably not going to gain more than a couple of notes at each end...

Others who were very popular regional bands - gigging every night, packed houses. And they are probably the guys who are still sane and enjoying what they're doing...

How else do you explain musicians/artists "making it" while much better musicians/artists don't "make it"? Why does this asinine question keep coming up? I've been hearing it for 40+ years and the answer is still the same: It's not about musical talent, it's about marketability, i.e. having...

Just to throw a little more food for thought on the, well, you get it... As I've mentioned before on here, I was a radio DJ from 1967 through 1978, and during that time I came up with this game plan, philosophy, whatever... Always be exactly one-half step hipper than your audience and you'll...

Allow me to throw out a few thoughts... One common thread in many of the posts I read is: "I play the music I want to play, I don't care if nobody wants to hear it." Guess what, Bucko...NOBODY DOES WANT TO HEAR IT!!! And we wonder why everybody is spending time on Facebook et al instead of...

Also, Hosa IIRC makes a cable especially for connecting gear to the "return" side of an insert...

I see the "S" word didn't seem to get mentioned... I don't even remember who gave me these guidelines back when dinosaus ruled the earth, but it's still very good practice: 1. Track for the artist. As was previously noted, most artists have a "sound". Keep the core sounds of the band fairly...

An anecdote first, then a question... A whole lot of people who first started singing in the period between 1965 and the early 80's sing a little bit sharp. Back in those days a lot of people learned to sing by singing along with the radio. Problem was, we were running our turntables at 46-47...

When I started playing in the mid 60's Zildjians were the only game in town. A lot of the ones I like were actually marching band cymbals that had been "liberated" from various HS bands (but not by me, I only received them). At that time, a lot of the Zildjians that were in the Arkansas music...

One point that hasn't been mentioned is the limited number of "writes" you can do to an SSD, which is what you might call a "hittable" number (as opposed to life cycles far beyond most normal usage). The situation is improving, but for right now, it's best to think of an SSD as a "read only"...

Keep in mind that much of the bass recording used a Fender Bassman cabinet, which had 4 x 10" speakers, although bass was often DI'd to the console. And remember that back in the vinyl days the level of the bass had to be constrained to prevent the cutting head from jumping out of the groove or...

Don't know if it will help any at this stage of the game, but back in the 60's we used felt strips to muffle and kill the ring on our drums. About 1" wide on snare and toms, 2" wide on the bass drum. You put them across the drums, under the head, beside the first set of "off center" lugs. A lot...

Don't know if it would still be feasible, but back when dinosaurs roamed the earth and I was in high school, we used to be able to rent small halls like VFW huts and American Legion Halls. Back then a couple of "dads" handled security, a couple of "moms" worked the door and sold soft drinks, and...

Miroslav, You are totally in the wrong here...get over it... Here is your very first post on this thread: Well maybe he's working on pre-play identification methods...but I'm not sure how to tell if I have sticky tape by just looking at it through the plastic bag...so how does one decide...

Miroslav, It is you who is way out of line here, and I hope the owners of this board will reconsider your moderator status. I have been in IT for 22 years. I was on the old "dialup" bulletin boards back in the mid-80's. I was "on" the Internet back before it was "the Internet", back when it...