borntohang

Played there Saturday afternoon. Not the most spacious of dressing rooms but did enjoy the general old-school roadmonster vibe. Beefy monitors!

I had longstanding issues with it that turned out to be due to my sleep posture - holding my arm under the pillow with my head on it was putting pressure on the nerves. I got physio exercises from a local sports therapist and made a habit of sleeping on two pillows with one behind my back so I was leaning backwards. Might seem an oddly specific cause, but you're asleep for 6-8 hours a day so it's worth checking!

He's written quite a bit about it on his blog which is worth a read.

Same. We did a bunch over summer and it took it out of me way more than I expected! Montreux in the heatwave was awful - spent the rest of the day laying backstage with my head in the fridge trying to cool down.

@jb90 P bass is always popular, but generally I'd recommend taking a passive or at least an active with passive defeat. You can always add a preamp to a track later but you can't take one off once it's recorded!

Apart from that turn up on time, be polite, don't take any gear you don't know inside and out, and don't get in the way. If they give you dots then stick to them; if they ask you to keep to the vibe then don't overplay; if they ask you to go wild then feel free.

Session bass can be a shaky gig cause so many producers can play enough to get through a pop session holding down root notes by themselves, so you've got to be confident of your ability to bring something more than that to the table.

Eastwood are good guys. We went up to the open day at Sound City and they've lent us a bunch of kit for the summer, so I've got a Map Bass on the way and our guitarist got an Airline 59 and one of the Rivoltas. Think they put a few of us up on there too. How's the balance on V? I thought about asking for one but I'd look like a tit because it's nearly as big as me...