There is a huge amount of musical talent within the Funster community. I could start naming them, but I know full well I will miss someone out and I don't want to upset anyone! Suffice to say there are a lot.
Any fellow Musos on here?
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I thought as much hence the thread. I remember Mike (Makems) telling me he often did Funsters music meets etc. Do you still have them? Michelle doesnt go in for that kind of thing but I do.
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Here's one I did recently if anyone is interested. I'm a massive Gary Numan / Tubeway Army fan. In fact we went in May to see the 45th Replicas / Pleasure Principle Anniversary tour and it was excellent. I wrote this as a bit of a nod to Gary and that 79/80 era which was often about the rise of the machines etc. Gary was quite prophetic with the advances and worries about AI perhaps.
Don't get me wrong. Im not a technophobe after several decades working in IT but the story of this song is all about it getting into the wrong hands. The Numan sound was deliberate.
Don't get me wrong. Im not a technophobe after several decades working in IT but the story of this song is all about it getting into the wrong hands. The Numan sound was deliberate.
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Thanks for the interest.
After trying various holidays (all-inclusive, random hotels, AirbnB etc) we have decided we hate flyingn anywhere. It has become such an unpleasant, uncomfortable experience but we have discovered we love no-fly cruises and like to get away as soften as the budget will allow. We have 5 cruises booked over the next 12 months including 5 weeks in January to the Caribbean and back and another 5 weeks around the Eastern Med.
It isn't just the visiting of far-flung places we enjoy but the whole experience of being in a very nice hotel with excellent restaurants that moves from place to place.
My wife has some mobility issues so we have to be careful about shore trips andIn fact we sometimes don't get off the ship if its somewhere that requires a lot of walking.
By some sort of weird coincidence I lived next door to his Grandparents (from his Mums side) until I was 14, I used to call his Grandmother Aunty Bob growing up, I think her name was Roberta but her Husband called her Bobby, so Aunty Bob she was
, they were a lovely couple. I only remember Gary as a small child visiting his grandparents, although later on I was friends with a guitarist (later a successful record producer) who went to school with him, he wasn't enamoured with Gary's music at the time but was pleased that he had done well.Subscribers do not see these advertisements
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The original Funster band back in 2012 started by myself and my ex, Barrie.
Mike makems had bleeding fingers after 4 hours of playing
I also had a bladder that had taken cramp after 4 hours - I stood at the urinals a full 10 minutes before I could piss!
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Brilliant!! Mike (Makem) has a really good voice. Taking on an Adele song!! Bravo!!!
There is some old footage of the 2014 Fruitcakes / Facts meet somewhere but I think the quality was awful.
I remember thinking we would probably just play for an hour or something but I think Mike had us playing for more like 3+! It was my first and only music meet I organised. Well I say organised, as said if Mike hadn't turned up with all his gear and himself it would have been an absolute comedy of errors.
There is some old footage of the 2014 Fruitcakes / Facts meet somewhere but I think the quality was awful.
I remember thinking we would probably just play for an hour or something but I think Mike had us playing for more like 3+! It was my first and only music meet I organised. Well I say organised, as said if Mike hadn't turned up with all his gear and himself it would have been an absolute comedy of errors.
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I like that. I loved Gary Numan .
Your tune is like a Numan/Ossie vocal
Cheers. That was the idea really.
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I'm a singer/ songwriter also. Ready and willing to play at the drop of a hat. Would love it if you kept me in mind for any potential future 'stuff'.
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So just thought I would update this thread. After our four month tour I'm back in the home studio (well my old office) trying to record some of the stuff I did while away I penned on my phone and pratting about with a toy guitar. Funny how they turn out. Not always as you thought they would. Two so far in the couple of weeks we have been back. One is some more nonsense about machines taking over the world (bit early Numan / Early Cure ish) and the other is very dark and possibly a bit controversial. I wrote it in the aftermath of the dreadful Southport murders whilst watching the boats sail away at Burgh Island in South Devon.
Happy to hear any opinions from anyone, good or bad. Virtual rotten tomatoes also welcome.
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There is nowt like a good musical get together with a few jars and maybe a barbecue, especially when the sun is shining, and it's even better if our continental cousins join in.
On one occasion I ended up playing guitar with a French group, at the wedding of one of the group members relatives, in a local salle des fêtes, on another I accompanied a Dutch lady and a German chap as they struggled through 'The House of the Rising Sun' while they performed on stage at a campsite on the Costa Brava.
On other occasions I have played along with musicians of various nationalities, abilities, and dubious antecedence, sometimes for free beer and a couple of burgers, sometimes just for fun.
For me, meeting up with like-minded folk, during motorhome trips, is just the vicar's knickers !
On one occasion I ended up playing guitar with a French group, at the wedding of one of the group members relatives, in a local salle des fêtes, on another I accompanied a Dutch lady and a German chap as they struggled through 'The House of the Rising Sun' while they performed on stage at a campsite on the Costa Brava.
On other occasions I have played along with musicians of various nationalities, abilities, and dubious antecedence, sometimes for free beer and a couple of burgers, sometimes just for fun.
For me, meeting up with like-minded folk, during motorhome trips, is just the vicar's knickers !
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I play bass but usually carry my Irish whistles with me when away in the MH, just in case…they’re a bit more portable!
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Although the 'genre', if that is the right word, is not really 'my cup of tea', the quality of the production, the performance and the overall effect of each of those numbers is really good.
There must be some quite decent software involved in the production of those videos, and a fair bit of imagination.
My efforts are more Middle of the road', and nowhere near as imaginative.
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It would be a boring world if we all liked the same music! We had band practice last night we've got a gig on Friday. We play mainly jazz and blues anything from Ipanema to blue bossa and need your love so bad to Mustang sally. We're a nine piece with a mix of up to three guitars bari tennor and alto sax drums bass and vocals ( but not all at once) it means we've got a pretty wide range of stuff we can cover. We only started playing together just before Christmas.
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Hey thats really good! Not my sort of music normally but I loved it and it was amusing.
My actual "Videos" are generally either just me in my crappy man cave studio or whatever I can nick off the internet. The kit I use to produce the music as about as basic and cheap as you can get. Pro Tools First (Free) DAW which does come with Xpand!2 Virtual instruments for my Midi Keyboard which was twenty quid off ebay used and just an M Audio interface for the guitars and a few pedals. Thats it. Even the computer is a knackered old i5 I acquired FOC.
This might make you laugh. We have been having wall to wall sunshine for two weeks now on the Isle of Arran and more forecast so I Recorded this shorty on my phone yesterday. Watch to the end
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And the difference recorded in the man cave studio With ten zillion guitars, bass, reverb and echo and a half decent mic. Actually. I prefer the one above. 
Video shamelessly nicked off the internet.
With ten zillion guitars, bass, reverb and echo and a half decent mic. Actually. I prefer the one above. Video shamelessly nicked off the internet.
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I will look out for you if your ever at a rally in case i can get any tips. Currently (trying) to learn Bass..
No plans to be a rock star but happy to stand at the back and look cool (ish)...
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And the difference recorded in the man cave studio
Video shamelessly nicked off the internet.
Good old Fogerty and Credence !
Big fan of that sort of stuff. Well done, mate !
Still on the weather front,........no pedals, no FX, just an old EKO acoustic and a Fender Precision bass, with some audio tweaks from Cubase.
This could get to be a mutual admiration society.
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Yeah it could!
Another good one. Did you write that?
This was one of my favourites I wrote myself. Bit dark though. I don't think I was in a good place at the time. I often use drum loops but much of the heavy manic drumming in this was just freestyle using the midi keyboard as a drum pad.
I think it's a bit Pink Floyd ISH.
Yeah it could!
Another good one. Did you write that?
This was one of my favourites I wrote myself. Bit dark though. I don't think I was in a good place at the time. I often use drum loops but much of the heavy manic drumming in this was just freestyle using the midi keyboard as a drum pad.
I think it's a bit Pink Floyd ISH.
I like the song, you clearly have talent. But (there is always a but) the drum track doesn't do the song any favours, it's too intrusive. I'm sure you could re-do it much better than that. So there's a challenge for you
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Thanks. Drums are always a pia. I was quite pleased with them on that one though.I like the song, you clearly have talent. But (there is always a but) the drum track doesn't do the song any favours, it's too intrusive. I'm sure you could re-do it much better than that. So there's a challenge for you
Try something much more upbeat then. One extreme to the other. If you don't like the song, the dancers are worth watching. I vet and interview each one.
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Thanks. Drums are always a pia. I was quite pleased with them on that one though.
Try something much more upbeat then. One extreme to the other. If you don't like the song, the dancers are worth watching. I vet and interview each one.
Very good, maybe you should go on BGT?
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