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Great gig at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow last night. Good turn out. 1st gig in 18mths so all a wee bit nervy. New backing vocalist had her debut and that made a huge difference to the overall sound. Guitarist took on some keys duties too and all seemed to go well. Few issues with electrics at my side of stage and had to run an exxtension all way over to other side. Thought my Mesa was knackered with nothing but loud crackling coming thru. Tried the venues own bass backline and it was doing the same. Sound check took a bit longer than we expected as Engineer was not the usual one. She appeared very young but to be fair she did a pretty reasonable job considering she probably had no idea what 70's Glam Rock was 😂 She asked me to turn the bass amp down at sound check and it ended up i could hardly hear myself on stage against the drums and guitar. Using the Mesa Mpulse 600 into Subway 210/115 cabs with my Sandberg VM4.

We did consider that but with us all living in different parts of Central belt it makes it difficult going round everyone to collect and drop off. In the old days we would all just meet at Motorway services and leave from there with a van but these days you only get 2-3 hrs allowed in services without extortionate parking fees. To make it worse the road that we load / unload was closed off when we finished. Had to get them to move the barriers to allow us to load from back of venue. Dave

Got our first gig tonight after 18mths in the middle of Glasgow with the 70's Glam covers band. COP26 has meant many roads closed, Orange walk parade in George Square at moment, probably football traffic from Parkhead, and a sink hole has also appeared in city centre with roads being closed off, road outside the venue is now a bus gate so no cars allowed to enter. NCP car park next to the venue will cost us £26 each for over 6hrs parking. Plus general Saturday shoppers traffic. All this to contend with before i even get to the venue. Sometimes its not worthwhile gigging. Dave

Curious as to outcome of the original question by @bubinga5 ??? Dave

You might be able to find some youtube clips on how to play this. Maybe its beyond some people's skills. Who am i to judge others ? 😂 I'd be happy to send you my notes on it. Dave

Awwww Nawwww not again. Another tern in this thread. Dave

This thread is taking another odd turn. 😂 Dave

Think you might be taking it a bit too seriously. Dave

The measure of a bass player is on how long it took you to learn it ? Dave

WOW that's like 3D imagery. Bit scary with Halloween time coming up soon. 😂 Now that i see it in bass notation it becomes a lot clearer. Not sure why i was so worried about learning this song. Looks pretty easy when you see it laid out like that @ubit Think i'll play this tomorrow night for first time in Glasgow with the Glam Rock band after 18mths silence. (nice wee gig advert slipped in there) Right i'm away to learn it. Dave

Just a bit of fun about the song 4'33". I had no idea what the song was till i youtubed it. Dave

Its good to see the fretless solo in that score. Makes for a refreshing change.

Yep there's the bit i couldn't get. All sorted now. 😂 Dave

Has anyone found a bass tab for it yet. ? Dave

I struggled to hear this when i did my youtube search. Its quite a forgiving bassline at the start but it fades into the background the more you hear it. Have to say i was rather taken aback by the lacklustre ending. Its a style i've been trying to learn for many years and been so disappointed by my own results. Dave

Is this the John Cage version ? I struggled with the bass tab on that one. Dave

Let us know how you get on with it. Dave

What is this 4'33" you talk off. Never heard of it. Dave

This is who we use The trees do block the audience view tho. Dave

Dont you guys have a line of security in front of the stage. ? 😄 Dave

You do realise that if i'm at any of your gigs i'm gonna stand at the front and continually talk to you. Dave

I jammed it once when i was asked to come on stage for a song by another band. Managed to play it all except for the low octave in the solo. I didnt know the song well enough to pick up on that low octave. That was back in 80's. Dave

I was never a big fan of slow songs in a set when doing covers but playing them allowed me to learn more feeling in a slow song. Playing a couple of notes per bar is easy but getting the right feel to a slow song can make a lot of difference in the bigger picture. Currently doing Waterloo by ABBA and its been quite a nice eye opener. That guy was good. No matter the song i like to learn a bit about the bass player to understand his style and thought process when playing. That's invaluable when doing tribute bands but its a bit geeky. 😄 I've played in bands that the music was nothing that i would ever listen to in every day life. Tried the function band once and it just wasn't for me. I prefer cover bands that want to play a style of music i enjoy. That can be anything from classic rock to punk to Prog. I've not had a lot of success with pub covers bands to be honest. I find too many debates and fall outs thru song choices altho i generally go along with majority when deciding. I will voice my opinion if a song just doesn't fit with what the band are trying to achieve. Dave

I've ran out of likey emoj's today cause this thread has been one of the most interesting i've seen in a while. Dave

I think that was @TimR's point that he has already listened to the songs on the radio or elsewhere that he knows them in his head. Once you know the songs like that its far easier to learn them. I found that when i was learning the 70's Glam songs because they were the songs i played all the time as a teenager that when it came round to learning them i was getting thru them far easier than i thought. Dave