I had the original -it eventually died and when I moved to York I gave it to someone who said he would fix it and sell it on but i don’t know if he ever did. Even broken it would probably be worth a bit today!

On March 10, 2026 at 7:55 pm William Heins said
joegyork If you like prog and folk then you must know Strawbs and Gryphon 🙂

A lot of demo stuff here- https://www.reverbnation.com/daylight

Certainly do William. Gryphon are still going though I have never manged  to see them and I don’t own any of theirs or Strawbs’ albums. My favourite folk /…Read More

Sounds exciting!

ELP were one of my introductions to rock / prog. As a teenager I had gotten into classical music after hearing Holst’s The Planets in a music lesson and around the same time Peter & The Wolf which made me realise that music alone could tell a story.

Other than that I was more into pop heavily influenced by my older sister – The Hollies, Marmalade…Read More

Appease who?

Am I correct in thinking what you’re saying is that you feel eg with Dolly Parton, a country artist, and the various hip hop artists being inducted is that these genres are clearly not rock — as Parton herself pointed out when she was nominated. Is that right? Basically, stick to rock, not country, hip hop, jazz, EDM, and other gen…Read More

@WilliamHeins what do you mean by

‘I had hopes that it was going to be a real Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame but it seems to be Jann Wenner’s social engineering project sadly!’

Thanks @LinkedMusicians that sounds very interesting. Just ordered and and downloaded the Vaults Icky Bass too

Very cool. I like it. It has a very cool vibe to it. As we discussed in OPEN MIC, we share a lot of similar influences. I love The Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division and other influences you mentioned. While I can hear those influences in your music, I think you and your band bring all of those influences together to create your own sound, which is…Read More

By coincidence I was listening to Melissa Etheridge for the first time for years and I had forgotten what an astounding artist she is so she would get my vote! New Order / Joy Division would be my second choice

English folk singer (and composer of my favourite album of the 21st century ‘Songs From The Floodplain’) Jon Boden’s remarkable reworking of Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds Of Love’

On February 25, 2026 at 4:33 pm Brian said
Very cool.  Just learning about the “PresetShare” site was worth the visit.  I don’t have the patience or brain capacity to build patches from scratch, and sifting through hundreds of presets is a buzz-kill.  Best to find something “close” and tweakable using a search like this.

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5 to 7 will make it in.

My picks:

• Jeff Buckley. 1 million percent. He was an incredible talent. And yes, I was a fan when he was alive and turned my wife on to his music shortly after we made, and he passed away less than a year later.
• Joy Division / New Order. They were incredibly influential. Even Billy Corgan claims them as his greatest…

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On February 25, 2026 at 9:54 am jude77 said
I know I say this a lot, but it’s amazing what we are able to get for free.  For someone who is on a tight budget these are great days to be making music!

Exactly. I’ve spent a ton of time compiling the curated lists of the best free Kontakt and non-Kontakt sample libraries and sampled instruments, be…Read More

Some of you are naming multiple bands. So I’m not complaining — I just want to join in!

While my top rock band would be The Beatles, here are my other rock bands I would love to reunite for one show (this is pure fantasy, so that includes members who have passed on):

Jeff Buckley – he and his band were perfection, but I’ll take any combination…Read More

Pink Floyd – I will forever regret not going to see them in Manchester (UK) and instead going to see Genesis in Leeds on their Invisible Touch tour. They were deadly dull and only played a short medley of their older stuff

Renaissance – I suppose they are the same genre (prog rock) but totally different sound and epic songs – sadly I think only…Read More

@mrfigg Have you done the trial of Analog Drift? If not, you have to! And then share your thoughts. Again, I realize this stop is very subjective, but I love it and I rarely use delays.

@LinkedMusicians I’m afraid I am too tied up with moderating my Facebook pages and gig organising for Love Music Hate Racism to take on anything else

Great band!

With all that’s going on with NI’s insolvency, I’m certain that many music producers will be researching alternatives like Soundbox, UVI/Falcon, HALion, SoundPaint, Musio, etc. It’s a very good time for these companies to step up their presence.

On January 29, 2026 at 10:28 am jude77 said
I guess it depends.  If someone like OTS had a big sale I would be all over that.  Likewise if it was an obscure instrument I had always been looking for I’d be in (“Oh wow! Look here’s a model of a 1966 Farfisa organ with a dead middle C note just like John Lennon once kicked over”).  Otherwise…

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On January 28, 2026 at 11:45 pm Brian said
I have seen recommendations in a few forums to keep a list of your registered software products that involve NI.  It’s easy enough, so why not keep a copy.

I only use Windows, so no idea about other platforms.

If you run Native Access and select SUPPORT from the bottom left, then click “Create a Supp…

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Fascinating discussion here and on other threads – a worrying time. Thanks particularly to Peter for his insights from someone who has been involved in the industry. Let us keep our fingers crossed!

@fretman I’ve known from developers and pro musicians have told me about various issues with libraries. I can’t say which ones told me about various libraries, but the problems are not that rare. Although I will share one because of the developer’s ethically problematic practices of using his contractors to attack his competitors and make shill…Read More

On January 24, 2026 at 11:11 am fretman said
These guys are really scratching the old skool jazz itch. Their demos really sound great, IMHO. If I understood jazz, I’d be all over these.

I absolutely love jazz. I haven’t released some jazz-y stuff I’ve recorded. Attempting to pull of triplet-based stuff like shuffles and jazz drumming is the m…Read More