OldGit

[quote name='OldGit' post='433866' date='Mar 13 2009, 04:25 PM']Can you set up one of those paypal charity things ?[/quote] or I could promise to not not pay a rednose collector near me?

[quote name='solo4652' post='433788' date='Mar 13 2009, 03:29 PM']Paypal, cheque, banker's draft, cash, postal order - we're not fussy.[/quote] Can you set up one of those paypal charity things ?

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='433635' date='Mar 13 2009, 01:52 PM']Even more exciting would be 'Chris Squire in "I play a Squier" shock'.[/quote] Well it's not possible to read the headstock, but as it 1977 it may well be on of the super rare made in the US Squier's that guy in germany advertises fror over £1000

Well he did in 1977, in rehersal .. There has to be cope for a semi-trib band with better lyrics, maybe some that make sense to mere mortals?

Yeah The guy who runs Bristol Rocks came along to one of our charity rock barn dances, didn't dance and wrote a [url="http://www.bristolrock.co.uk/BandPages/JelliedReels/GigReview/GigReview.htm"]Curate's Egg of a review of Jellied Reels ... [/url] I was tempted to use this quote n our publicity "It was like hopping into a TV set from Midsommer Murders, although disappointingly... there was no murder. "

[quote name='Rich' post='433308' date='Mar 13 2009, 10:01 AM']Don't do it! Last time I did it, the sneaky buggers made me take a solo [/quote] You got to play my Shuker P5 though [attachment=21937:si_rich3.JPG]

[quote name='solo4652' post='433269' date='Mar 13 2009, 09:08 AM']Michael Jackson (not playing because he died years ago).[/quote] hey I just [b]knew[/b] that was a Michael Jackson look-alike selling out 40 dates at the 02 Arena this week .... or maybe this one.. It's the psudo military uniform that's fooled them ... Genral Sir Michael Jackson. [color="#000000"]Oh and by the way, absolutely great idea![/color] Please don't play Siberian Khatru by Yes for me How do I get some rednose money to you?

[quote name='Tom Android' post='433274' date='Mar 13 2009, 09:17 AM']Thanks for the lovely bass Si! A pleasure to deal with.[/quote] You are welcome, Tom. Nice to meet you too... Come to a gig sometime? Dep for me on Mustang Sally so I can showoff on sax?

Nice man and very good communication. Nice tea too

Ah we are not alone in noticing this ... Janice Long just played them back to back "It's intentional and not a rip off" The cynic in me says yep sure, once Nile had called ... Mind you the singer has a fabulous voice and the production is great.

Keep the faith mate. Things work out.

[quote name='paul h' post='432921' date='Mar 12 2009, 09:36 PM']Very cool....but the love of sunburst will come with time! My idea of heaven used to be Jake E Lee's electric blue Charvel and I just couldn't understand "brown" guitars. Then sometime in my 30's I developed a love for bursty sun'ness! Looking forward to seeing the fabled pink SX! P.[/quote] I think he's secretly doing a pink sunburst check on that one

Is it me or do these two records sound somewhat similar?

Just found out why there's not a JJB sig ... he declined their kind offer which happened along once Jon had made the Shuker JJB. Some how I suspect he was not quite that polite though.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='431769' date='Mar 11 2009, 06:33 PM']I just stumbled across this thread, I now own the bass in the OP it's nice to read about it [/quote] Is it pink yet?

Thats a good idea, specially if you host booted out youtube play alongs .... There's a few transcribers on BC. You should put out a call in the theory forum PM me if you'd like some website pointers to make it work a bit better for search etc ..

I use a BEHRINGER AB 100 foot switch. It's an anoyingly piece of kit - changing the battery is terrible andit east them, the power cable falls out etc But it's cheap and avaiableand it but it does have two level controls and you can use it for one bass and two signal chans or amps as well.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='425670' date='Mar 5 2009, 12:33 AM']...err... but there's nothing wrong with a top C tuning...? You don't have to have a bottom B just because it is a 5. BGM have got it right in this case, Vic's 5 string bass is strung E-C.[/quote] You missed the smiley there, I think

[quote name='TimR' post='429773' date='Mar 9 2009, 08:22 PM']Thanks for your advice. Two names? I'll take it to the band and see what they think. Might be easier to have two different bands [/quote] Ha ha Good luck. I had a look at your site and there's quite a lot you could chnge to help your site be found and then to convert site visitors to bookings. PM me your objectives and I'll go through the suggestions and maybe you can just avoid the agents completely. Cheers, OG

I'd start with a paper pack and go and see them in person. Phone up and book a meeting with the promoter or the place, take paper info with good photos, a list of covers like you've posted here, your Myspace or web space url and phone numbers and email address, and then ask for a date. Be realistic and don't tell them it's your first or second gig either "We can add a few gigs to our normal schedule" Get a firm date and have an answer to the "What's your fee?" question. The answer will depend on the venue and type of gig. Ask on here for guidance but don't under charge unless everyone understands that's a one off trial and next time it will be full fee. Demos can be great as a record of your playing to impress/annoy/embarrass your kids with but it may just end up on the pile in the corner of a gig booker's office so I'd not do that yet. You will probably make a better recording once you've been gigging together as a band for a while and if you do a decent one you can sell them at gigs. As you have a first gig lined up you can use it to create a lot of effective publicity stuff. A YouTube style short film is easy to do and says a lot more about how good you are on stage than a demo CD. At your gig make sure you have good stage lighting. Then get a few friends along with normal cameras that can take Video (most can), full batteries and empty SD cards Agree with everyone that they will film one number (your best one, preferably) and then set up one person to film the whole tune with a camera where they can see the whole band (the "wide shot"). Ask the other two or three to film shorter clips of the singer and lead instruments (during solos) and for a verse at a time, the whole solo etc. Also get some crowd shots of them dancing. (these are the "angle shots" and "cutaways") Then using the free programme Microsoft Movie Maker you can make a very good film of your playing that one tune with cut away shots, different angles etc. It's not hard and will be very effective. Here's one for Rich's band. It was done with pro gear, a desk recording and pro editing tools but with the stuff I mentioned above you could make a similar thing. Also get your friends to take loads of pictures (without flash) of you playing and these live shots and a YouTube can form the basis of your future marketing. If you can get one gig and you are good, ask for another straight away on the night and get a date even if it's months away. Also get a copy of gig-getter the book on how to get loads of pub gigs. [url="http://www.gig-getter.co.uk/indextest.htm"]http://www.gig-getter.co.uk/indextest.htm[/url]

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='429035' date='Mar 9 2009, 08:04 AM']I've seen the videos :brow:[/quote] Was that "Wayne Cares"?

[quote name='Nicholls' post='428774' date='Mar 8 2009, 06:50 PM']Hi I was wondering whether there are any other bands that have songs with nice bass lines,[/quote] No, that's it for interesting basslines.