Notes_Norton

Afternoon Delight

My One And Only Love - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

(A classic for sax players.)

20 hours ago, Bapu said:

@Notes_Norton I had a similar experience with Tiger Direct back in the 90's. I ordered a computer and after 10 days of not receiving it (was supposed to be 3 day shipping) they offered to overnight me a replacement one. That same day I received the computer and I seriously thought "Wow that was faster than a day". 

The next day I received the 2nd one. They never asked for it back or charged me for that 2nd one. 

I remember Tiger Direct. I've done business with them before, when I was using desktop computers.

Nowadays, I use nothing but ThinkPads and I get the software of my choice (without bloatware) from the factory.

Tiger Direct always treated me decently.

I hope your luck continues and you end up with two basses :)

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Lucky Seven - Chris Squire

If she screams in a vacuum, does she make a sound?

And is vacuum the only word that has a double u in it that isn't a W?

I've had problems with MF myself.

Fortunately, mine ended up good. I hope yours ends up well, too.

When the Parker Dragon Fly (now MaxxFly) first came out, I ordered one from MF.

When it arrived, it was a MIDI MOJO fly, worth almost 3 times what I paid for.  I called MF, informed them of the error, and they said they were out of stock for DFs and had no date for a resupply. They said I could keep the MIDI MOJO.

I checked with the FTC, waited the required time to be sure if they changed their mind, they would have no case to get it back.

I sold the MIDI MOJO in Ebay, took the money I got from the MOJO, both the Dragon Fly from another dealer, and with the money I made selling the MOJO I paid for the DF and still had $800.00 left over. So I got a free guitar and $800.

Best deal I ever got.

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Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

I Can Beat Your Drum  - Fever Tree

1 hour ago, pwalpwal said:

the thing that caught my eye was "Our DAW Rebuilt From The Ground Up" - -which i assume is a marketing exaggeration?

They drank lots of coffee, thus the grounds.

"Also Sprach Zarathustra" - Richard Strauss aka "Theme from 2001, A Space Odyssey"

becan becan becan

3 hours ago, Bapu said:

BandLab is a web based collaboration/creator tool. It's a stripped down DAW not to be considered a replacement to CbB but does integrate to CbB (or so I'm told).

It existed before they bought the Cakewalk assets. It is now being improved upon (and it looks like they might be using some of the CbB tech, IDK).

Thanks Bapu,

I did get the announcement in my in box.

I'm assuming CbB is Cakewalk (???)

I got the message, clicked on BandLab and was a bit confused as to what it could offer me.

Since I'm neck deep in writing/marketing aftermarket products for Band-in-a-Box plus learning new songs, making backing tracks from scratch, rehearsing, being  band salesman, and gigging for my duo, (not to mention wasting time typing on a few forums), I don't need to add on-line collaboration to the mix.

Not that that is a bad thing, there simply is only so much time in the day.

Good luck to the nice folks at BandLab, I hope it's a success for them.

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Cowboy Star - Ambrosia

It wasn't me!!! My guitar got drunk!

On 7/20/2021 at 1:07 PM, Bapu said:

Done

Thanks! Nice looking axe.

Tales Of Brave Ulysses - Cream

lyrics
With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing

And that's all about temptation

Foreign Affair - Manhattan Transfer

The Kenny Rankin Album - Kenny Rankin (Nice light jazz guitarist - vocalist)

How about a picture of your Alembic?

I'd like to see that.

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White Room - Cream

I played bass for a few years during the psychedelic era, when saxophones were out of favor. I owned a Fender P Bass that I bought used.

Before that I doubled on bass in groups when there was no sax part, the bass player switched to rhythm guitar.

I sold the P bass and now own a 'lawsuit era' J Bass. I haven't played it in years, though.

That Casady bass is good-looking, and probably easier on the shoulder than a P Bass.

Enjoy your new toy.

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