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Sorry to hear of your loss there. Never an easy time and our thoughts are with you there. Sounds like a combination of band members needing to extract the digit and do more and over-whelming workload. I think you're making the right decision in talking with your boss to ease back a bit. I made the mistake of keeping it to myself and suffered no end of stress related issues until i was asked by works nurse to see a stress therapist. To be fair it worked and i felt great after the sessions were all done but once you get back to the day job it just restarts and there's no way out. I was lucky that after 40 yrs service they wanted redundancy volunteers and i was the lucky one that got selected at 56yrs old. Best thing i ever did but i realised that work isn't the only thing in life you should focus on. It needs to be more balanced. My work ended up being my sole existence for about 10-15yrs. Its all i seemed to do. We used to always book a 6hr session on a Sun 11-5pm. It makes the rehearsal a lot more relaxed when you know you have time to get thru your full song list. We take sannies and coffee in too and of course cakes. Have a wee lunch break around 1-2 ish. Anyways take care and hopefully things will pick up once you confront those that need it. Dave

New you couldn't stay away from the big stages Pete 😂 Dave

My exact thoughts too but didn't want to mention it and cause more problems for him. Most of our gigs run on a little but that's usually because we just put too many songs in the set list but we all enjoy it. I forgot to mention the Bingo and raffles do tend to run over and our 2nd set invariably starts late. Depending on how nice the club is to us we will either just do the full set or we cut it short and finish dead on time we initially stated. Dave

Any car is uncomfy after 10hrs drive before a gig. Dave

Is that a statement or a warning ? 😂 Dave

Nice Stingray. Got a notion for one at the moment but need to get some more gig money first 😂 Dave

when you know its time, you know and i wish you all the very best in whatever else you get up to Lozz. Hopefully not giving up bass completely and you'll still be on BC as normal. Dave

I had a similar "flap" issue with my bass rig. When i dig in i was hearing that speaker flap sound from my bass rig. Its something i've had a while but just thought i was pushing my rig too hard. However i started using my Keeley comp at every gig meaning my bass level never increased to the amp. It pointed more towards my Sandberg VM4. I decided to lower the pick ups a touch just to see if it made a difference and low and behold the issue has now gone. I generally like a reasonably low action but not enough to get fret buzz so i'm typically 1.75 - 2mm at 12th fret depending on bass. I only experienced it when really digging in hard in the heavier rock songs. Oddly enough there are some songs i miss the distortion / flapping sound as it suited the aggressive tone. 😂 Dave

What's this ? Giving up gigging. I reckon you'll miss it. Always take a large 18" gym fan and have it at your side of the stage. It makes a world of difference even on a minimum setting. Dave

Meant to ask if you were using an amp or DI to desk. ? Can't quite see what's behind you in the vid. Dave

Love the catchy wee bass line in Crazy Train. Dave

Some nice wee bass bits in there. Liked that. Bass sounds nice. Dave

Nice choice of songs there. I use Money as my soundcheck as it covers all 4 strings and isn't busy and the SE can easily set things up to it. Got that tip on here somewhere. Dave

Was it not a bit weird playing on the sidewalk ? Dave

I'm guessing you were booked by the restaurant otherwise you were just "busking" 😂 Dave

Its an odd one Daryl as when it was first suggested in our band we all thought it was an excellent advertising aid for posters and sending to venues as a part of a package to get bookings. Doesn't cost a fortune to hire someone maybe at one of your more high profile gigs. I don't really understand why they wouldn't be up for it ? I'm lost on that one Daryl. Dave

Sad day for music. He did it his way and won. Huge respect to the legend that is Ozzy. RIP and condolences to the family and close friends. We will all miss you. Dave

Would the band not be interested in some pro vids to use for advertising on social media and to get gigs. Sometimes you need to fork out a bit of cash for the band. Even a good mate with a Go-Pro or Zoom could do the job. I've found some phones have a weird sound system that focuses on vocals and drops the background noise and when singing stops the guitars and bass volume comes back up to normal. Not sure if that's something you select on your phone ? Dave

They are good but i'm using my all valve Handbox WB-100 more these days. Dave

Its weird but with TT800 i find my Sandberg Marlowe sounds better thru the Subway channel rather than the Boogie channel but my VM4 sounds better thru the Boogie channel. Not tried backing of the neck pick up tho. I'm normally full on both on my Marlowe or my Jazz. Dave

I only ever drink bottled water at gigs these days. Don't miss the drinking while gigging days. What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?. At least you seem to be on the mend @Stub Mandrel. Dave

An amazingly talented band. Dave

Great song that i once played in a band. Had another great song we did that i just loved the bass part. Let It Roll by Little Feat if you fancy giving it a try Rob. Lot going on in the song with horns, guitars and keys and i found it hard making out the bass part. Dave