Chrismanbass

he did a masterclass at my uni last year he came across as a lovely guy so far as advice just be on it make sure you know everything backwards simple stuff really oh yeah and don't forget to enjoy it you'll find you'll play better

maybe speak to flightcase warehouse about it but that may have to be a custom build job but they'll be able to help

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1365520034' post='2040625'] life is too short to worry about some stuff, just get out there and play! [/quote] +1

i'd put that down to inexperience not knowing your frequencies is a cardinal sin for sound engineers thinking that a bass needs less bass is counter intuitive but works a lot of the time when working on mixes both in the studio and live also rolling off everything below 80hz is sometimes a good trick as thats where all the mud comes from i'd put that down to a crap/inexperienced sound engineer tbh and indeed good engineers should be coveted and fuelled with coffee and beer i've found a lot of the guys who work the amateur band scene don't get paid much and thus don't really give a crap (imo the wrong attitude completely) but giving him a harder signal to work with isn't really making either of your jobs easier

i think sound engineers get a bad rep from a few unsympathetic unprofessional individuals i've found that most sound engineers are pretty competent musicians in their own right (i'd like to think myself included) and thus are very aware of the issues performers face the issue i have is why would you deliberately make your band sound worse? if a sound man asks for a pre eq di then i don't see how that is any different to telling a guitarist who turns up with a 100w full stack to turn down? they're doing it to make the whole band sound better? as an engineer i don't ask unless the signal i'm receiving is completely unusable (which is very rare) but i'm always bemused by the attitude that post eq is "your sound" and that nothing i can do could possibly come close to replicating that like i said before were not all bad guy's and some of us do really care about how the band sounds

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1365359880' post='2038544'] This is perfectly understandable in a lot of cases! I admit it's only in recent years that I've discovered the magic of getting a good bass sound that still sounds great in the mix. Nowadays though, whenever I gig I end up having such a good sound I get told to just turn my amp up and that I won't be through the PA [/quote] ime this is an all too rare occurrence but always welcome when it happens

i've found that people who charge premium prices are generally the guys who have played with this artist or that artist but a word of warning with those guys is that a) if they get a tour coming in your looking for a new teacher b ) i've had a few lessons where all they've been are anecdotes and very little playing which is fine but when your paying for their time its a bit of a waste c) because they're a great musician doesn't mean that they're a great teacher best to find a teacher who is full time and has a busy teaching schedule imo

sorry guys both of the artists i asked were really funny about not wanting them in public so i've drawn a blank

playing devils advocate here as an engineer i far prefer a pre eq signal purely because that gives me a blank slate to work with in terms of a mix of course i will be sympathetic to what the player wants to sound like but i find that theres is sometimes a huge difference between what sounds good to the player stood next to an amp (bear in mind that your cab is not an accurate reflection of the entire pa in the same way that your monitor mix is not the same as the entire front of house mix) and what sounds good out front in the mix speaking to a few of my engineer friends who are not bass players they've told me that if they have a post eq signal that won't sit properly then they will just eq back in what needs to be there which imo sounds far worse my conclusion: communication is essential good preparation on both sides helps (i regularly google the bands i'm engineering if i don't know them or their material just for reference) and if you give that engineer a good idea of the sound you want then generally he will do his upmost to accommodate that were not all bad guys i promise

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1365284866' post='2037748'] Chrismanbass: I HAVE to have one! I don't need it but it's so cool! Well there's that occasional stationary loving organised me coming out [/quote] i charge a 6% finders fee

one for the techies out there but is it just me or are the photos of this speaker not the same model? [url="http://www.dv247.com/pa-systems-and-live-sound/mackie-srm350v2-(srm350-v2)--48639?gclid=CO-sgJjptrYCFUbKtAodmhsAWg"]http://www.dv247.com/pa-systems-and-live-sound/mackie-srm350v2-(srm350-v2)--48639?gclid=CO-sgJjptrYCFUbKtAodmhsAWg[/url] i'm sure the back of the speaker and the photo of the back panel are from an srm 450 not from an srm 350 which is what they're advertising? chris

[quote name='bobbass4k' timestamp='1365275972' post='2037622'] How exactly do I jot down music notation? Assuming you don't carry staff paper around (not an unreasonable assumption), you have to draw a staff and then draw the dots, it's not very quick or convenient. [/quote] you carry one of these obviously all the cool kids have em now [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/josef_siggemann_noligraph.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...n_noligraph.htm[/url]

i'll have a word with a couple of artists i play for and see if they don't mind donating stems

not having much luck with it even the stuff they're advertising as featured songs are wrong? so either i'm missing something (entirely possible i am human) or its about as much use as those submit your own tab sites edit: turns out i have missed something it will work just on simple songs and only if they're in tune for example no woman no cry isn't tuned to 440 and so it gets confused and puts it in Db more complex stuff it seems to struggle with on balance its okay but by no means perfect

yeh i keep looking at the x32 and wondering if i can find the cash for it somewhere so how do you run the p16's from it? sorry if it seems like a silly question but i'm not familiar with it

they look awesome is that a fixed install or for a touring rig?

[quote name='Gazm' timestamp='1363027954' post='2007261'] I ordered late afternoon from their eBay shop, they arrived 2 days later. Not had any other dealings than that. [/quote] cool cheers [quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1363032616' post='2007409'] What do you use monitoring wise? As in - inbetween your desk and your ears? [/quote] monitor send from the desk with everything but bass in it and then a feed from my amp into a small mixing desk and then outputs of the desk into my wireless transmitter

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1363024483' post='2007164'] I must research this option... it sounds like this is the way for things in the future. [/quote] from my experience of using in ears i would go for something like the shure 535 or the cheaper option of the 215 (£75 my old ones) to get used to it and make sure your system works properly before taking the plunge on full blown moulds [quote name='Gazm' timestamp='1363025018' post='2007181'] I went for the Shure 535s from the same supplier, really pleased with them. [/quote] any comments on customer service? first time i've used them

been using shure headphones before but they're not perfect for isolating you from loud environments and so you have to have them pretty loud to benefit from the mix

just pulled the trigger on a pair of these [url="http://www.theheadphonecompany.co.uk/headphones/alien-ears-monitors-alien-ears-c3-triple-driver-monitors-with-detachable-cable.php"]http://www.theheadphonecompany.co.uk/headphones/alien-ears-monitors-alien-ears-c3-triple-driver-monitors-with-detachable-cable.php[/url] now onwards to a world of clearer monitoring and healthy ears C x

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1362352504' post='1998938'] I understand all of this from looking at it these past few months. Phil is an exceptional player, he has to be to land a gig that good. Hard work is essential to really make what is a fairly specific course worth it and get what everyone hopes to achieve out of it. Even if a career in music is impossible for me, the experience and the gains to my musical abilities will be more than worth it, and will be put to good use either way. Thanks for the PM offer, I'll probably make use of that, and likewise, if there's anything else you think I should know, I'm more than happy to listen to someone with experience of what I want to do. Liam [/quote] not a problem mate just go in with your eyes and ears open and you'll do well i don't believe a career in music is impossible for you or for that matter anyone who is willing to put in the work but it is exactly that a lot of work with for the most part very little reward apart from the satisfaction of knowing you're doing something most people don't get to do which is making a living from your interest

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1362351388' post='1998914'] Too many musicians wandering into music colleges and hoping for the best when they come out, like a degree affords you something and of course it doesn't, it's just a slip of paper in this line of work. [/quote] hence why i don't necessarily tell people i go to tech when i'm networking unfortunately its too easy to get tarred with the same brush before people know you

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1362350310' post='1998884'] I know there's a guy on here who went to uni doing bass and plays for Jessie J at the moment. [/quote] Thats Phil Simmonds he went to Tech Music School however i would say that he's the exception rather than the rule for us that study bass at uni from what i understand phil got that gig by being a phenomenal player and networking relentlessly the whole time he was at uni one thing i would say is that studying bass at somewhere like ICMP is not tantamount to a career in music, you will encounter many people who are there for entirely the wrong reasons and in some situations saying that you have studied at these places will actually hinder you getting gigs On the other hand studying bass is an incredible experience you will learn so much and become a much better player for it i'm in my final year of a music degree (not at ICMP but a competing school) and i don't regret a second of it of course i'm not trying to put you off just sharing some of my experience as a student in london if you'd like to chat sometime about it liam your more than welcome to PM me

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1362326401' post='1998394'] Erk. A bass followed me out of the show today. Mrs will kill me! [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200736-boys-if-your-partner-wife-has-a-one-in-one-out-rule-on-basses/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200736-boys-if-your-partner-wife-has-a-one-in-one-out-rule-on-basses/[/url] good advice/survival tips?