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The genie is long out of the bottle. Influencers earn their living from clickbait, whether that be players or personalities. Debating the pros and cons is pointless. Good luck to them but it's a game I have no interest in playing. Other than to lament its existence to other bass players!!

There is a separate thread about AI, probably loads of Rick Beato content. But she is right, not because it's better, but because it's easy for people to use than spend a lifetime becoming an expert musician. It won't matter because pretty soon music tracks will all be 30 seconds long in the same way as songs reduced down to 3 minutes in the 60s. And when no one knows how to play instruments we will be worse off. Demolition Man stops being another dystopian Sci-Fi film.

We also share the luxury of having our own dedicated sound & lights guy. Daryl

Ooh I see. Might wanna check Sandberg or the Sire V6 and P6 then. As far as I know they are the lightest even on 4s.

I'm neved sure how real any of these influencer on influencer spats are. Reminds me of the Twitter 'beefs' of around a decade ago where celebs would insult each other on social media with the result of all parties getting some free publicity from the inevitable ensuing media attention. I'm not suggesting it's that cynical in this case but I doubt either Mohini Dey or Danny Sapko is too devasted at the thought of all the potential new content they might generate from their 'conflict'.

Alex bought my Akai midi pad controller. The deal was a breeze. Highly recommended. Many thanks.

I don't subscribe to Spotty, maybe these can be found there, too. Somewhat strange stuff.

F*** Christams - Eric Idle The Season's Upon Us - Dropkick Murphys

Agreed 100% - when I watch a gear demo I want to hear what the instrument/pedal/amp does and sounds like, not how fast and pointlessly the reviewer can play. A word which is sadly underused in this day and age.

From this post, you must be a whole lot of fun to work with. Most players play a whole lifetime of gigs without getting “screwed” by sound engineers or coming to blows with a sound guy. I was a sound engineer (FOH) for 40 years working the international touring circuit mostly. The first time a player threatened one of the crew, they would get an introduction to the head of security, who quickly defused the situation by either compliance, or the act was cancelled. It almost never happened because this kind of behavior simply wasn’t tolerated at this level. Nothing screams immaturity like an act or its members throwing a “toddler temper tantrum”. Yup, the higher quality venues and the better acts generally end up with better backline. I don’t recall seeing junk more than a couple times a year at most, often it was really good gear.

Before I read this thread, I knew his name but nothing else about him. Based on the two videos people have linked, I think he's funny & makes some good points and Mohini (sp?) and her feller are insufferable twunts. I can see his style might turn some people off (See also: Jimmy Carr, Peter Kay, Stewart Lee etc) but I like his shtick. ETA: I'm not going to comment on his dress sense... I've worn many, much worse outfits

Growl(er) — Johnny Kidd & The Pirates

Agreed with others it is actualy a surprise a bass player not knowing that song, but I suppose everyone has to hear something the first time some time! I wouldn't (and didn't when we did it) play it as an open A, but I think she does, but also bends the previous note so it is not on pitch

He actually got on stage and played a few songs with a band I’m filling in for next month so I’ve got a little extra bias. Just seems like a top chap.

I never said anything about not paying them - I think artists should support artists. I mean you could quite easily get a group of art students making a video for an AI song to show off their work, and that would be the same thing.