2017/10/18 21:10:20
jamesg1213
I'd forgotten all about this early '80s show, 'Rock School'. Quite bizarre really, and they couldn't have found more stilted, embarrassed presenters if they tried.
 

 
Vince Clark from Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure at about 7 mins in..what a horrible, cold looking studio he had.
2017/10/18 21:50:49
Glyn Barnes
Never saw the show, I was working in Holland at the time, but I had a book they put out. It had some useful tips if I recall correctly. I will have to look for it next time I am in the loft.
2017/10/18 22:01:38
bapu
"Synths will obliterate the need for real musicians" ~said every session player in the 1970s.
2017/10/18 22:22:19
Seth Kellogg [Cakewalk]
I think this is going to be our #TBT facebook post 
2017/10/19 08:57:30
synkrotron
Don't know where I was... Don't remember this at all!
2017/10/19 12:15:36
jamesg1213
synkrotron
Don't know where I was... Don't remember this at all!




Started in November '83 according to Wiki.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockschool
2017/10/19 14:20:20
craigb
synkrotron
Don't know where I was... Don't remember this at all!




Hehe...  That's about how I lived through the 80's too! 
2017/10/19 14:32:07
KenB123
I remember this program being shown on our local PBS station back around that time period. I recorded the episodes because I thought they were done quite well. It may seem dated and elementary today but at the time it was informative and entertaining. I probably still have them on VHS but I seem to recall missing one episode because the PBS station decided to show that one episode at a different time. And unfortunately they never replayed it.
 
I also recall one episode where they discussed amplification for reggae bass players, where you either use two amps or two channels, with one channel providing the note definition (i.e., using treble/mid) and the second signal flow being mostly the low-end sound range. Kind of like a sub-woofer. I always thought that would be worth experimenting with if I were a bass player.
 
(Nice mullet on the female host).
2017/10/19 15:07:34
jamesg1213
KenB123
 
 
(Nice mullet on the female host).




Did a little search on Deirdre Cartwright, she's a very accomplished musician by all accounts. She was in an all female band called Painted Lady who later became Girlschool. Somewhat wooden TV presenter though 
2017/10/19 17:08:38
bapu
Heh heh, Jyemz sed wooden when talking about a gurl.
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