steve-bbb

see my current thread i can suppress the bass GAS but please spare a thought for those of us with GGAS .... 'General' GAS anyone who is a graphic designer will appreciate the allure of all things cute and shiny - shelf after shelf of gorgeous books that only ever get looked at (mind you a fair number of them are pics/design only so nothing to read - win/win!!) there is no cure!

surprised Jeff Berlin hasnt come on here and mentioned himself yet

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337500470' post='1660833'] True, and vice-versa. Hence the number of successful 'artists' with no discernible talent. [/quote] thank goodness for BGT redressing the balance! after all they do have talent it says so in the title!!

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1337497525' post='1660754'] In my experience you're either not as good as you think you are, or way better. Very rarely can you rate yourself accurately and neither should you. [/quote] this speaking as a 'visual artist' it is one of the most common things to hinder progress of art/design professionals is the misguided self doubt and excessive and mostly unwarranted self criticism of their own work - similar priniciple applies to musicians a healthy degree of self criticism is fine but dont let it get you down to the point where you devalue your own worth and talent consequently dont let it go the other way either or you could end up singing with The Faces

[i]ie this does not mean your backing band should work for free just so you can bring the wife and kids along[/i]

Notwithstanding all of the above... Consider this Does the financial hit you and the other backing musicians are taking (for altruistic reasons) equate to approximately the costs of having the missus and the nippers freeloading the bandwagon? If so then it doesn't take the brains of a bishop to figure out who is paying for the family holiday Hope you have better luck with your next musical venture

just stumbled across this - fantastic P tone - Adrian Belew Power Trio [url="http://blip.tv/abpt/the-adrian-belew-power-trio-at-rockpalast-1814965"]http://blip.tv/abpt/...kpalast-1814965[/url]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1337434147' post='1659901'] ...drummer owns the mains lead, etc ... [/quote] you wouldnt be trying to tempt the drummer to get his fingers near those little square holes in the wall would you now?!

[url="http://youtu.be/EaIZjqQHPAk"]http://youtu.be/EaIZjqQHPAk[/url]

just thinking out loud - sorry cant test this as dont have one to hand but would one of these thumb picks be able to be adapted? im thinking have it on your middle/first finger with the pick part between your first and middle finger so that it is gripped between the two fingers and you can then rest your thumb on the top of the first joint of the first finger hope that makes sense

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1337394892' post='1659375'] I experienced a fair bit of it earlier in the year when selling on here. A pattern emerged that put me right off dealing with newbies. [/quote] talking of which .... am i the only person thinking that access to the sale forums should be ringfenced until you reach a specified number of posts?

[quote name='2wheeler' timestamp='1337329603' post='1658072'] On the one hand, I bet this guy's wife gets a LOT of "headaches" and your bass just happens to be the latest cause. On the other hand, you could ask somebody to record you for a 20 seconds or so with their phone or something. This would be enough to see if the bass is really too loud but not something more subtle, like just not sitting nicely in the mix. Sometimes it is the cranky people that have the honesty to put you on to a problem, even if they do it the wrong way. [/quote] there is also the option that it could be an acoustic issue with the room and maybe mrs miggins was unfortunately sat in one of those 'high spots' where the acoustics resonate your bass frequencies out of proportion

[quote name='radansey' timestamp='1336922757' post='1652757'] Maybe I'll suggest he takes up ventriloquism... [/quote] my tingly spider senses tell me this may not be too far from the truth perhaps?? maybe Mr Miggins isnt actually too bothered, and perhaps it is 'she who must be obeyed' who is using poor old Mr Miggins as her mouthpiece as for the DFA knob ... turn it all the way up to eleven

replied to an ad about a month ago for a function band who responded straight away saying they would see how much response they got and set up auditions accordingly - so several weeks go by and get an email to confirm auditions and do i still want to attend - replied yes - then their reply comes back all of three days before the audition with the caveat check our facebook page for the songs we will be concentrating on at the audition the facebook page contains 22 videos - looking at their set list there is not actually a great deal that i am unfamiliar with and could happily just go in cold for 90% ...edit - i would add that in their favour it would be reasonable to assume that anyone who was serious about auditioning for a busy function band really should have a good working knowledge of at least two thirds of the set anyway to be able to hit the ground running so to speak working under pressure is not the issue here but is this not ridiculously unrealistic expectations? - am i the only one thinking this is a bit much? - if Brian May himself were to offer me the Queen bass gig im sure i could make sure I learn the entire set in a day if necessary - but a local function band?? really??

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1337253109' post='1657809'] Thanks guys we'll look into it. I don't think it's anything to worry about. [/quote]

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1337253272' post='1657819'] Hmmm. Cloudflare is supposed to take care of this... [/quote] just PMd you mister kiwi

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1337088380' post='1655169'] Sorry - does very little for me. Impressive and all that... but just rather dull and unfulfilling. Horrible tone too (at least through my PC speakers). Now [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjTvRe7-Zg"]this[/url], however.... Or [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWY8SEAqcQ&feature=related"]this[/url].... [/quote] get thee hence to a decent set of speakers and check the tone .... it's LUSH !

that ticket price will keep my car on the road for a couple of months so guess i'll just have to settle for checking out all the crappy mobile phone video clips

[url="http://youtu.be/TdT4t0ywppA"]http://youtu.be/TdT4t0ywppA[/url]

[media]http://youtu.be/GVV3ZAd8UV8[/media] edit - NWR on bass

[url="http://youtu.be/jE2AtlhRZMA"]http://youtu.be/jE2AtlhRZMA[/url]

you should be able to pick one of these up for around 300-400 used - rrp new is about 800 ish [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/105826-yamaha-appreciation-thread/page__st__100__p__1596464#entry1596464"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/105826-yamaha-appreciation-thread/page__st__100__p__1596464#entry1596464[/url]

[url="http://youtu.be/IoY0Qa0zU0A"]http://youtu.be/IoY0Qa0zU0A[/url]

and have a dish of those little foam earplugs at the door (if the health and saftey freaks will allow in case some punter thinks theyre sweets and starts to choke on one!)

tell him a short trip to the docs to get her ears syringed should do the trick