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Easthouses Miners near Dalkeith. A nice venue and staff very friendly and helpful too. I'm more used to old analogue desks. We've been using a pa hire company on a few gigs and will be going down this route from start of next year. At the moment we're half and half so not using our own desk every gig. Dave

Last night was our first gig in 4 weeks but things starting to build up as we head towards Christmas. 🎅 65th birthday party, always difficult at these trying to motivate the audience to dance but we had dancers up early and altho not a full floor it was encouraging. By the end of the night we had the floor pretty full. Considering we haven't played in weeks the band was spot on. One or two very minor mistakes that only we would notice so that was good. Had trouble with drums going thru digital desk. We were getting incoming signals but nothing going out the front. We eventually managed to get drummers vocal mike going and then his bass drum but we were now at doors open time and had to leave it at that and get the sound check done. Digital desks are way over-complicated for my liking but it looks like part of his grouping or his drum presets are somehow muting. Overall everything was well balanced out front tho. Bigger venue than we expected with a decent sized stage so all good there. The tone i had was spot on for me. Deep but not boomy with that little bit of growl when digging in. That Handbox WB-100 and Barefaced 212 set up is just sublime. Used the Sandberg VM4 with MarloweDK as back up. Dave

Come on Daryl. Its sad when your highlight from a gig is the food but i get and appreciate where you're coming from. 😂 Dave

Seems an odd positioning of your bass cab there @tubbybloke68 ? Angled inwards towards the drum monitor rather than out front. Any particular reason. Just curious. I do like those Yamaha TRB basses. Dave

I've heard you guys. No-one is a few notches above you guys. Dave

And everything is good again Daryl. Dave

Don't make him feel any more embarrassed than he already does Steve. 😂 Dave

We all learn from our mistakes Daryl. Bet you won't do that again 😂 Dave

Keep romance out of the workplace Daryl. Its never gonna end well for either party. 😂 Dave

Same here Daryl, i'm just a bass player 😂 Dave

I used to but these days not so much. Well never really. Dave

If its working, don't change it Daryl. Think you're under-selling your importance in the band. Good reliable bass players with a personality that's easy to get along with are few and far between (except for BC members of course). The main reason bands replace someone is usually because they are unreliable and not putting in the work. Most bands i know are happy to come and go a bit if someone is struggling a bit whether thru age or injury. You're doing just fine so stop sweating it. You're a good'un. 👍 Dave

Yep i've been in that situation a few times but always been amicable as far as i can remember. I did leave an amazing Deep Purple & Friends tribute band because the guitarist and the keyboard player were almost fighting and it was close to blows at a rehearsal. They were all from a very rough area of Glasgow. An area i would never go near under normal circumstances. I decided this wasn't for me and there and then said i'd had enough, packed up my gear and said i'm not prepared to be in a band that behaves like this. The singer and the guitarists brother who was listening at rehearsals both tried to coax me to have a think about it first. The band were good but not for me. After 6mths they got in touch and asked if i would come back as they couldn't get a replacement that plays the way i do. Nice compliment and i did return but the guitarist wasn't learning his solos for the rehearsals and i eventually said this wasn't going anywhere now and its just not for me. I had nothing lined up to fall back on. This was 2012-13. All of the band remained in touch except the guitarist who took a huff but for me he was the issue in the band. It was his band too. Don't think i was in another proper band again until 2016 when i retired from work. That was the first Glam band. Dave

Ooohh that's an interesting one Daryl. From memory i don't think i left for another better opportunity. I have left bands because things weren't ideal for me. I've left bands mainly because they weren't working but punk band faded away because the Glam band was getting busier so i guess that's similar. I was replaced in a band because i auditioned for an already gigging band. I did actually get offered the job but refused it when i found out they wanted to do midnight recording sessions on weekdays when i was working in morning at 7am. That was never gonna happen. Wish they had told me this upfront. Dave

Can't get the link to open @Si600 Dave

I think it was well known that Lizzy tuned down to Eb. Or so everyone told me back in the day. No social media in them olden days 😂 Dave

Valid point. Never thought of doing that. Cheers Dave

That sounds like a good day out. I'll see if i can get tickets Daryl 😂 Have a great gig sir. This one will bring back the happiness after the last one. Honest. !!! Dave

You did what you were paid to do Daryl. That's what professional musicians sometimes have to accept. 😎 As difficult as it must have been, you did it, you got paid. Job done. On to the next one. Dave

I'm a recent convert to Joni Mitchell probably in last 10yrs. She has some beautiful songs including this one. I prefer her "Wild Things Run Fast" era but i'm sure i'll end up listening to more of her earlier albums too. So much talent. With regards simple bass lines, your comment reminded me of my first bass lesson back in mid 70's. Simple times Rob. Dave

My favoured toned basses tend to be from mahogany type woods altho it may well be its the combination of woods and electronics that give me that particular tone. Harder woods tend to be heavier in my experience and as i've grown older not so practical in longer gigs. Its a bit of a trade off these days. My Warwick Thumb is gorgeous to play and has a wonderful tone but not sure i could wear it for a full gig these days. My Sandbergs are my compromise. Reasonably light and the tone is OK. I guess i could replace the pick ups and pre-amp for EMG actives but for me its not really worth the money. Sometimes I would prefer my Sandberg VM4 to have a slightly warmer and fuller tone but not enough to make changes and other times the tone is just sublime in certain venues. I think amps and cabs have a big say in how my basses sound too. Having heard myself with different basses thru the same rig i have noted that they generally all sound quite similar in tone so maybe that old saying of "its all in the fingers" is possibly true. I just sound like me. 😂 Dave

Afraid i'm not on Instagram and it wants me to set up an account. Dave

Hopefully you'll get some decent work from it Daryl. All the best sir. Dave

Appreciate your reasoning and i wish you all the very best with whatever comes along. As long as you stay on BC cause we'd miss you. All the best Dave