OldGit

Please write in and support the Globe in Cardiff Send your thoughts to: Paul Shone. Operational Manager, Licensing & Strategic Services. Cardiff Council, City Hall,. Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3ND The situation: Our new and brilliant venue is under threat. [url="http://www.theglobecardiff.com/"]The Globe, Cardiff [/url] is a venue created from a long shut small cinema in a cool area of Cardiff (must be, I live there) It's a great gig to go to as an audient but also as a player. Pete Academy is plying there in a few weeks with Nearly Dan, Rich with the Soul Destroyers in the Spring (I hope). We've had The Hamsters, Seth Lakeman, Johnny Winter, Blockheads, Otway, we have Oli Brown, the Blues Band and loads of others coming .. and that's just he old fart music. Various other really cool events have happened there for youngsters, local bands, open mics, folk, blues, drum n bass etc .. However.... Two people have complained about the noise and that's enough to get its licence revoked. Fortunately the appeal against the decision brings a stay of execution for a few weeks, maybe as long as the new year. This [b]MAY[/b] give the owner time to save for and implement the long planned extra sound proofing and make it OK again. So, if you want to play a great venue in Cardiff, please consider writing to the guy above to express your opinion. We're sympathetic with the people who can hear the music in their homes but totally support giving The Globe time to react to the problem and sort it out. They are not ignoring the inconvenience they are causing but need a little time to implement the plans. We lost The Point early in the year in similar circumstances and to loose The Globe as well would be a tragedy for arts and culture in Cardiff. You can copy these points if you need to... If you are physically in the Globe they have a petition but individual letters and cards will always have a bigger impact than a signature on a petition. Thanks, people ...

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='612102' date='Sep 29 2009, 03:47 PM']Oh, aye.. if you can , set up right next to the drummer and watch him like a hawk.[/quote] The one big tip I picked up from a deppin' thread recently was that drummers tend to take a big breath before a "feature" like a roll or whatever. And the drummer's features happen at marker points in the tunes so yup, watch the drummer, and the singer and the guitarists hands, and your large black ink floor-mounted cheat sheet ... all at once

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='611788' date='Sep 29 2009, 11:46 AM']I got a pair of ER20's just in time for a dep gig over the weekend with the loudest old-skool blues band I have ever heard. Great, great fun, but without the ER20's I probably wouldn't be able to hear anything now. I was very pleasantly suprised. Mind you, I'm not sure wether I'd be able to get away with wearing them in my other bands which are more dynamic and are heavy on the BVs. We'll see...[/quote] One on the drumer side might help

[quote name='The Funk' post='611938' date='Sep 29 2009, 01:39 PM']Thanks! Just did a little search about him. Apparently he was Carole King's husband at the time. Bass player married to very cool singer-songwriter - makes me think of Larry Klein-Joni Mitchell.[/quote] "So far away" oooooooooohhh lush.

We had a go at this topic in July .. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=54875&view=findpost&p=543777"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=543777[/url] Some good stuff there.

Best rider and other stage requirements by a mile is [url="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html"]Iggy Pop's[/url] 18 pages and includes an idea for a reality TV show.... "Shine stage lights directly into Mr Pop's eyes and he will find the lighting director after the show and eat his entire family"

[quote name='nash' post='611447' date='Sep 28 2009, 11:21 PM']That is sweet. Si apparently the globe has lost it's music license[/quote] Sorry thread derail coming up... Ok Don't panic ... It's had a cease and desist due to noise complaints BUT they are appealing and whilst that goes on so do the gigs, or so the local rag says. the appeal is for more time to sort the extra sound proofing out. This was planned but needs a bit more funding. [url="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/showbiz/2009/09/22/cardiff-s-globe-has-live-music-licence-revoked-91466-24747523/"]Read all about the retired vicar planning to spoil 30,000 people's fun[/url] Ok, thread back on track again

Well they arrived, ent back to getthe strings I'd asked fro fitted and got stuck in the postal strike ....... Eventually showed up at the factory and were back inside 3 days. Not bad service but not quite as good as fitting the cords in the frirst place. Two gigs in and things are working out. I still have to sound check and set levels without the plugs in but once we get going I stick them in. They are brilliant when playing. I can hear what I'm playing much more clearly and the rest of the band Ok. The only down side is that when singing I can hear nothing but my internal fold back so a bit of adjustment has been needed so I make sure I play the right notes when singing cos if I don't I can't hear the error. In between numbers (which can be quite a long time for us whilst we set up the dances) I take them out to make the talking and hearing bit easier. I have to hear the heckles They were an absolute God send at the first gig I used them. The DJ was hitting 120 Db in a small (empty) room whilst we were packing up. We measured him. The band managed just 105 Db when playing .. drums, cymbals and all ...... Well worth the dosh IMHO

[quote name='OldGit' post='611400' date='Sep 28 2009, 10:44 PM']Ha ha nah, don't be daft. Mind you we are not famous like you .. Bob Harris name checks eh? Wow! Can I get your autograph when you play The Globe? We ask them to tell us if there is or isn't food for us so we can get a sandwich beforehand if needed and we suggest that buying the band a drink is good practice but they don't always have the capacity to worry about us as they are generally very busy with their wedding or fundraising stuff ...[/quote] Having said that last week we played a wedding where they had a cheesecake... Their wedding cake was a huge stilton topped by a huge french soft cheese wheel and a heart of cheese.... We all went home with wedges of fabbo cheese, Grommet

Ha ha nah, don't be daft. Mind you we are not famous like you .. Bob Harris name checks eh? Wow! Can I get your autograph when you play The Globe? We ask them to tell us if there is or isn't food for us so we can get a sandwich beforehand if needed and we suggest that buying the band a drink is good practice but they don't always have the capacity to worry about us as they are generally very busy with their wedding or fundraising stuff ...

[quote name='eude' post='611361' date='Sep 28 2009, 10:23 PM']I've already been Shuker'd, twice! Eude[/quote] Yeah It's like herpes.. Once you've got it it never goes away, it just hibernates in your brain and then erupts given the right stimulation

[quote name='eude' post='611296' date='Sep 28 2009, 09:22 PM']Hot Damn! You 'orrible lot are not doing my GAS much good! I'm really digging P Basses at the minute, please please stop! Eude[/quote] Oh dear .. What have we done?

Damn Just realised it's Jah Vs Tara Fitzgerald in real time .. Sorry Jah ... I'll catch him during work tomorrow ... I can turn it up then

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='611113' date='Sep 28 2009, 06:45 PM']Visions of you --- Ace stuff Big bass, nice girl, Eastern feel :wub: B[/quote] Sinead O'Connor, no less....

[quote name='nash' post='611220' date='Sep 28 2009, 08:33 PM']haha. you are correct. i can't wait to the purplebust beast to emerge[/quote] What are you getting?

[quote name='nash' post='611199' date='Sep 28 2009, 08:12 PM']i've be wondering who's got the nice 5 string P on jons site. EMG's are the DB's. i can't wait to get my Shuker jazz. putting the deposit down pretty soon.[/quote] There's two and you've spent about 6 hours in the car with one of them ...

[quote name='lonestar' post='611120' date='Sep 28 2009, 06:53 PM']Why oh Why did I go and look at these. Now I really want one and I've got no money[/quote] start saving

Loads of Custom P basses on Jon's Site now .. Just our two 5 stringers though [url="http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm"]http://www.shukerguitars.co.uk/pbassgal.htm[/url]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='611009' date='Sep 28 2009, 05:06 PM']Thanks Russ, just noticed in the pic that the control plate on the Jazz doesn't cover the cavity completely. I really hope I can fix that tonight cos it'll drive me mad otherwise.[/quote] That's to let thoese wrong notes escape

[quote name='sturm' post='610986' date='Sep 28 2009, 04:48 PM']bollocks im at evening class, hopefully it will be on the iplayer[/quote] They always are..

[quote name='NickThomas' post='610989' date='Sep 28 2009, 04:52 PM']It was a hit? I must've missed that one :-)[/quote] Yeah .. top 40 .. I think that counts .. Number 35 in 1991 ... Probably sold about 20 times as many copies as todays number ones do

Jah Wobble is on Radcliffe and Maconie tonight Radio two, 8-10. He has a book out ... Here's his hit :~) I really like his Chinese Dub stuff too ... Specially this version of No, no, no. It works surprisingly well.