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Helped this band
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[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1490773990' post='3267762']even if most of them probably only know Cult of Personality because it was on Guitar Hero.
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<ashamed hands up>

It really depends.
My fiancé doesn't come to many gigs I play at the moment, because most of them are either a) deps boring to her (and sometimes me) c)weddings. However I do a lot of the theatre work round here, and she usually comes to one night of any show I do that she hasn't seen before - e.g. this week she came to Bonnie and Clyde

I'm going to disagree. I am bored of sultans of swing. It is my least favourite track by DS.


However then you have something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EyoXb4DtHA

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1487630604' post='3241424']
No backups for me apart from cables + batteries.

Where would it stop ? Anything could go - cabs, amps, pedals, ...i'd need a bigger boat

Just one fretted and one fretless. Thats it
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For functions:
Given that my rig is 2 of 2x10 - I have a spare cab (depending on venue I rarely use both so one becomes a £600 amp stand)
I carry my cables in two Laptop bags - each one also has an amp - so I have two working amps with me at all times
I then carry two basses
So yes.

I play in a function band of professional musicians that doesn't rehearse, and we do a different set every gig with different musicians - sometimes two in a weekend with a different lineup each night.
It works, we're all very good - you have to put the work in before and are expected to be right on the night - some guys can't hack it, some guys can - I have a repertoire of about 400 songs from ipad for chord progressions but generally know all the basslines.
The biggest issues come from singers who write stuff like " Song X in C#"
Some singers mean it is in C#, some mean the first chord is C# etc - commnunication is key!

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Oo, Priscilla, I've got that show in October, is it any good? Just had the roasting of legally blonde and want every show to be as much of a challenge!

Slightly detached means there needs to be a fraction of silence inveteeen the notes. A slight lift of the fretting hand usually creates the desired effect.
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Not massively challenging, but full on. I've not done legally blonde so can't compare, but definitely easier than hairspray. There's 36 pieces in it and is just constant. Sounds great with a good horn section though, a good portion n of it is standard function tunes. (endless amounts of I will survive!)

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Any more detail about the actual part - what note values are you playing at that point?
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I've attached from the score - its "Go West" in Priscilla (Queen of the desert)
[quote name='TKenrick' timestamp='1487156998' post='3237553']
In terms of articulation, you could interpret it as being the mid-point between playing staccato and playing the full note value; this is easiest to play when you're dealing with crotchets (although it depends on tempo, obviously!).
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This seems sensible as the mark is basically a tenuto combined with a staccato.

Simply put, what does playing slightly detached mean? It's in a show I'm doing but have no idea of how I'm meant to articulate it!

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1487012530' post='3236268']
Indeed.
Any 'pro' session or pit gig, the Conductor or MD does the telling off, or dares tell a snarling Rottweiler Section,
that they have played what sounds like wrong notes.
The Rottweiler section, other than the odd split note, vary rarely drop a clam.
Well, that's what they tell you anyway.

If you are on a reading session, pit show or backing a turn.
Take along a sharp pencil and a rubber (not a durex), a proper rubber.
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(and not that sort of pencil)
or several sharp pencils

Funny this came up as I was enjoying some PG live stuff last night. I noticed the funk fingers are available again after decades without.

The wedding band is going dammed slow this year. Had 35 bookings last summer. Currently sitting on 4. Mo idea why and had nothing but positive feedback last year.

Hi Roo
Is it your band that are advertising under the name Saluki on JMB?
Your posts on join my band personally instantly turn me off because it sounds very restrictive. I'm also a little bit further away (huntingdon) but thats moot.
Otherwise, the only thing I would say, is put the link to the demos on JMB - they're pretty good.
In terms of finding decent musicians, you need to just get out there, get playing and meet people. Get to the jam sessions, learn different styles - itt will enhance your ability in your main style. At the Jams you will work out who the best musicians are etc and you'll also get to have some idea of their personality too.
Regards

There is no right solution, just the solution that works for your band.
The paying the person who brings the gear I've done in the past but they got fed up of having to load so much stuff into their car twice a week and unload it at 2am. And having to arrive and set up early.
Kitties / pooled gear works if you set it all out in writing and are mature about it.

Its well played, but I dont see the point. It juts misses the whole point of uptown funk. ie that it is funk.
Any well drilled function band with a horn section will do it far better, and is something great to play in when everyone knows all the little riffs etc that are there.

More common on DB!

I have a similar quandary - I'm in a band with some great musicians who are great friends, we have great fun rehearsing but never gig. This is because we are all in very busy working bands separately and mo one has the time to take the lead on bookings. We enjoy it and I don't mind the 5 quid and two hours every couple of weeks.

This is my long term "dream bass buy" but not yet financially. GLWTS

Ha, I also offered a bass but was going to let borrow my "cheap dont mind if it gets damaged" naff 4 string
I'd think that given the acquaintance who asked , you'll probably be fine.

I think also , a lot of people know some theory but don't know they know it.
Eg if you're playing a song in F Major , you probably instinctively know that a Bb sounds right, as does a C

seems like an excuse for me to record the ska version of 7 nation army, or the version of auld lang syne we're working on tonight ahead of NYE

I notice in a couple of posts you said your guitar player wouldn't play - is he unkeen on the same stuff as you or not capable enough to do the songs suggested?

+1 to garbage - Why do you love me would be my choice

I've gone twice - both G strings, but both on same bass within a week - the bridge saddle had sharpened into a pinch point.

The ska band - ive played our repertoire of 60 ish songs probably 200+ times and can do it in my sleep. Some weekends of triple gigs are the worst as get so sick of it.
I'm in another function band where there are no rehearsals and I'm expected to turn up and play them tight. For that structure and rhythm approximations win.

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I'm sure with the google calendar you can make certain events private and it just shows as busy to everyone else. Useful if you just fancy a night off.

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As I understand, that only works if I share the calendar with them, (which I suggested and was shot down)- if you send someone an invite to an event they have full visibility of the event.