Vinny

Depends on the song, I suppose. Super Massive Black Hole = 1, Hysteria = 11. (well I can't bleedin' play it, anyway!)

Thanks for all the advice, everyone, we've decided to go with these [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_iem_100_863_mhz.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_iem_100_863_mhz.htm[/url] (and shove His Loudness's amp up the front!) They'll be with us next month - It would have been a lot sooner if you lot hadn't kept telling me how good Classic Vibe Jazzes were!

[quote name='Doddy' post='1076873' date='Jan 3 2011, 10:17 PM']If you go down the in-ear route,there is no need to use much volume at all on stage. One band I work with doesn't even use amps.The only sound on stage is from the drums,the rest of us use Line 6 Pods. It sounds just as good out front through the PA and we all get a good sound through the in-ears,which don't have to be loud. Edit...In fact,in the last 2 or 3 months I've only used an amp twice.[/quote] Bloody good point, that. I know there's no need for that much volume behind the pa as such, but the only worry I have is that Steve the Biblically loud one uses an ancient amp full of valves, springs and cogs and stuff which sounds absolutely fantastic, and it really is a sound worth keeping (even if he doesn't know where the volume pot is!) So his amp could easily be moved forward up towards the pa speakers, but how would we know without FOH if his effects ramped up the volume on the amp? We are quite proud of having a good balance. Well, 5 of us anyway!

Orrite, all. I'm in a 6-piece band and we're thinking of going down the in-ear monitoring route - mostly to save on boot (and floor) space. I always wear ER-20s when playing and was wondering if a PHENOMENALLY LOUD guitardist (it's the law) will mean that the monitors would have to be so loud as to cause ringin' of ears? Also, does anyone know of a good system that has 6 ...erm... 'outlets'?

Substitute, earlier this year, age 38. Di'd into the PA using a Rumble 60 as a monitor. Thought I'd be nervous but was quite shocked to discover I couldn't give a monkeys. Still am quite surprised when we go on now. I always think 'why int I bovvered?'

Episode 5 - I've had that conversation word for bloody word!! (I even turned to the kid's Dad and said "the force is strong wit this'un' FREAKY!!

[quote name='Bilbo' post='926653' date='Aug 16 2010, 04:37 PM']I was moved to leave before the start [/quote] So is he sometimes!

[quote name='Bilbo' post='926602' date='Aug 16 2010, 03:57 PM']It doesn't swing, there is no internal logic to the lines and the sound sucks. Apart from that, its grrrrrreat.... If a player is playing a line in, say, A minor, it is not enough just to play the notes in an A minor scale. They need to start somewhere and go somewhere in a logical and musical way. THe logic is defined by strong notes (1, 3, 5, 6 or 7) and weak notes (2, 4) and by the creativ euse of chromatics (everything else) but just playing ABDCEF or G in any order is a bit crap. When you are trying to swing, you need to get a sympathetic sound. The bass on Moondance is a kind of clunky ping ping ping ping ping that sits serparately in th emix and doesn't help the rest of the ensemble gel at all. His timing is also uncontrolled and fails to groove in any way whatsoever. The only good thing about this performance is that almost anyone with a pulse can improve upon it. It is, of course, against the law to try.... If this sounds like a jazz walking bass line to you, I suggest you listen to anything with Ray Brown on it before you do anything else.[/quote] Oh, dear My band have just informed me I have to learn it! Should I turn myself in now or after? (and thanks for speeding the whole process up with the above, by the way, it means I have to listen to it less. Its just a HORRIBLE song! It DOTH suck indeed!)

I tend to agree with most of the posts on the subject of "awful", I don't ever remember seeing a band and thinking 'Even I'm better than him' etc. Having said that... Snow Patrol, anyone....?