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Yes, I regularly check out West Midlands Bands and Musicians and the Telford and Shropshire Musicians one as well, I think I will probably have more of a chance on these than on JMB and BandMix/ Thanks

Thanks Phil, you talk a lot of sense and I will take a lot of it on board. I am open to trying other genres and will give anything a go, providing I can play it adequately of course. For a small market town, Bridgnorth does have a lively music scene but the problem I'm finding is that lots a local musicians are in multiple bands, so if just one local bass player is in three or four different bands, that means that those three or four bands already have a bass player. making it harder for someone like me to find a band.

That's my problem, I can't sing at all.

Yep, I think you are right.

I know these are a bit genre specific being old-school RnB/pub-rock, but would I be better off using these videos as demos? The audio isn't great, but at least they do show me playing in a "live" environment, warts and all. I'm open to playing most styles, but I can't find any live footage of myself playing other genres. Pack, Fair, and Square.mp4 She Does It Right Stupidity mp4.mp4 STUPIDITY live at The George, Bridgnorth August 2019.mp4

Thanks again for the comments, and I have to admit that some of you have confirmed what I have suspected all along, and that is: Age has finally caught up with me and I now look old and tired, which is probably putting people off. My videos are uninspiring, and that sitting down whilst playing isn't helping, but the problem I have is that I don't have much footage of me playing live, and those that I do have are mainly of my last band Stupidity, which specialised in old school pub-rock, which is my favourite genre, I also like classic rock a lot too, but I am open to playing most styles. I did find this video of me at a jam a few years ago, but I have to admit that I was extremely nervous because I had only just learn't the song a couple of hours before the session, so I didn't really know it that well and my playing isn't great. Cowboy Song (Swedes).mp4

Of course, I look on JMB every day and I'm always applying to ads that appeal to me, but quite often they don't even reply, or if they do, they then take days, sometimes weeks to get back to me.

Thanks for all the great advice so far, I really do appreciative it.

Having just read Count Bassy's thread "Facing up to Reality", I can relate to what he's saying big time. Sorry, this is a bit long-winded. Simarlarly, my last proper band played our last gig in December 2019, since then, I have put so much time and effort into trying to find a new band, or form one myself, I've put countless adverts on Join My Band and BandMix, and the amount of timewasters that apply is unbelievable. I've been doing for nearly five years now, and I still haven't found a band, and for this reason, I have just listed two top quality basses in the "For Sale" section because I just can't justify owning them if I'm no longer in a band. In my ads, I describe myself as a solid player who is reliable, happy to learn the songs at home so that I'm fully prepared for gigs and rehearsals, I have good gear and transport, I clearly state the type of music I want to play, and I can provide links to my playing if required. When covid first started, I began recording a few bass covers for a bit of fun and uploading them to the bass covers channel I created on YouTube, and I still keep adding to my channel on a regular basis. The tracks I play along with are either purpose made tracks that contain no bass at all, or are the original tracks with the bass removed using special software, so the bass parts you hear on the recordings are my own, I play through a Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD Audio Interface straight into Reaper. I only took up playing at the age of 55, never had any lessons, I just listen to a song and learn by ear, I know I'm not the greatest bass player around, and I know my level, which is only local pubs etc, but am I that bad a player that no band wants to give me a go? This is the link to my YouTube channel that I usually send to anyone who asks for evidence of my playing, if you think that I'm doing something wrong, please say so because I'm 73 next week and I've decided to call it a day if I still haven't found a band by the New Year. I have no ego whatsoever, so you can be as brutally honest as you wish, I do tend to shy away from the better bands because I lack self-confidence, but the "not so good" bands don't seem to "want me for whatever reason. https://www.youtube.com/@thegeezer284/videos

This! That for me is what sets Lakland apart from the equivalent Fender models.

I've shipped a bass to Northern Ireland on more than one occasion and there's never been any charges, and on all occasions, they arrived at the buyer's address the next day, which has not always been the case when shipping to mainland UK.

Don't tell everyone, Patent your idea.🤐

I'm in Bridgnorth which is about 15 mies from Wolverhampton, I moved here ten years ago from Hertfordshire and I've found the the music scene to be pretty good up this way, although I am struggling to find a band at the moment. It might be worth looking here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/westmidlandsmusicians/

I agree, so I've decided to contribute as well. This is my Lakland USA 44-51 which I first purchased from a fellow BassChatter a few years ago, I stupidly sold it on in 2023, but I missed it so much that I tracked it down and re-purchased it in June of this year. The beautiful birdseye maple neck on this bass has a 38mm nut, and for me, it's an absolute dream to play, I've owned around thirty P basses over the years, but this is by far the best of the lot. As well as a couple of photos, I've also uploaded a sound demo (please excuse my playing). 😉 Paranoid - My Bass Cover.mp4

Glad it worked out for you. Every P bass I've ever owned has had a J neck fitted to it, for me, it's the perfect combination.🙂

I love Lynyrd Skynyrd and saw them at Knebworth in 1976, but I dislike Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird, and yet I liked them at the time. Maybe it's because too many of the cover bands I've seen over the years play them badly.😉

The reason it's on page 1 now is because Aidan63 commented on my listing pushing it onto page 1. I can't bump it until just over 24 hours, then I will update the situation.

Now that makes sense, but if that is the case, it makes no sense at all to have a bump system that only lasts 36 hours. I'm bumping it every couple of days thinking that's all I need to do to keep it visible to everyone.🤔