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... can some people be? [url="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/olympics-organizers-ask-keith-moon-to-play-closing-ceremony-20120413"]http://www.rollingst...remony-20120413[/url] or more likely (wheres the emoticon for 'cynical hat on'?) another cheap PR effort along the same sort of lines as the supposed confused three year olds email to the nice man at sainsbury re the tiger bread??? edit - obviously someone will get a huge pat on the back for this as a viral PR stunt like this is extremley cheap if it works well

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1334396992' post='1615556'] Hmm, wouldn't judge the shop too quickly - when I had a shop (a Fender dealer) it took me 4 months to get some US Jaguar saddles for a customer. Good job he had been in direct contact with Fender as to start with he thought it was me messing him around. [/quote] yup wouldnt blame the shop - my local shop here ordered me a 2U rack case for my head - took 4 months because of the supplier

do we have a result? ed-cant see the closing date ed-ed - im guessing today as you said 7 days 7days ago

radio2 steve wright in the afternoon this was just on [url="http://youtu.be/C8B8sNXpcGg"]http://youtu.be/C8B8sNXpcGg[/url]

[quote name='gt4ever' timestamp='1325255128' post='1481364'] i've recently joined a punk/indie band The FM as bassist. Good energy, great songwriter. This is one of their more commercial efforts from last year, great vid though. [media]http://youtu.be/PtbQHjbpU5E[/media] Rich [/quote] yes i saw that ad on kentgigs too - i do like the videos

i know the beacon court in gillingham has had stuff in the past but havent seen anything recently - the command house has a couple of weekender things going on in the summer (love music hate racism) - a mate of mine plays bass in a doom band and i know they have played a couple of BOTB things this year and last year but they are mostly metal oriented unfortunately the alexander down by chatham station has just changed owners and the band listing was cancelled/suspended(?) not sure if they going to carry on but the three mariners in rainham is back up and running again with live music good jam/open mic night on mondays at lower bell (blue bell hill) if youre anywhere nearby

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1334081223' post='1610695'] Good job she was wearing dungerees... [/quote] i just read that as dungerness

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1334136697' post='1611286'] Frustrating but a lot of things work on popularity rather than expertise. [/quote] you see ! ... back to mr cowell again

[quote name='bassman2790' timestamp='1334125631' post='1611113'] This may sound like sour grapes and I suppose a bit of it is. An acquaintance of mine, inspired by seeing my old rock covers band, decided to pick up a guitar and put a band together with some of his mates. They've been together a couple of years now and in that time, their playing and their performances haven't improved one bit. The singer doesn't have a bad voice but a lot of the set is outside his range and comfort zone leading to embarrassing 'I shouldn't have gone for it' moments. The rhythm section is very sloppy and three out of the four look like they've been given some really bad news just before they went on stage. That said, three of them are work colleagues and are very popular guys at the factory where they work. They were recently given a Thursday night 'let's see how you do' gig at a big local music venue. They were as decidedly average as ever. Now, whenever they play, if it's a Friday/Saturday night or in this case, just before the Easter hols, half the factory turns up for a works 'p*ss up' at the gig. I'd estimate there were between 120 and 150 folks in there last Thursday night. As a result, they've now been offered a support slot to one of the biggest tribute acts in the UK. It has to be purely based on the fact that they filled the venue because it certainly isn't because of their astonishing playing or performance. So I urge you all to stop practising those arpeggios and get out there and make more friends instead. You'll get more gigs as a result.....guaranteed Sour grape rant over [/quote] the answer as often does, lies in following the money trail the key to their popularity is two-fold - mates turn up to support (although many would argue that true friends would tell you to your face not to give up the day job) and the venues like them because all those extra punters they bring equals shedloads of beer tokens fyling at them across the bar in a twisted sort of way at an amateur entertainment level you 'could' argue that they are indeed reasonably successful but that might be a bit like saying that simon cowell is a well meaning philanthropist

this evening i am mostly having a club mix groovy type thing going on courtesy of the superb Susan Morabito (Eclipse part 1 and 2 to be precise) here is the podcast page im not what youd call a clubbing person by any means but this lady is very good at selecting tunes and her mixing skills are flawless [url="http://music3945.podomatic.com"]http://music3945.podomatic.com[/url]

i can recommend a good one if youre anywhere near north kent

[quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1334046853' post='1609921'] Played guitar in a punk performance band in Berlin. Chatted up a girl with big tits to do the bass part. Got up at her place went and bought a bass for her to use. Was a cool project. She moved back to Swizerland for rehab. Everyone eventually left, but the bass. This was later smashed by some arab kids in a squat in Paris, re-assembled, and sold in London. I miss it, it was a great bass. [/quote] [quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1334049636' post='1609966'] tried guitar a few times couldn't make sense of it. Then at a music practice my friends were having the bas player had got fed up with the singer, lent me his 6 string peavey and walked out... the rest is history! that is the best story ever! what was the bass? [/quote] [quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1334049454' post='1609961'] sounds like a potential film score [/quote] youve got to elaborate a bit more now - you cant leave us all in suspenders

[quote name='janmaat' timestamp='1334046853' post='1609921'] Played guitar in a punk performance band in Berlin. Chatted up a girl with big tits to do the bass part. Got up at her place went and bought a bass for her to use. Was a cool project. She moved back to Swizerland for rehab. Everyone eventually left, but the bass. This was later smashed by some arab kids in a squat in Paris, re-assembled, and sold in London. I miss it, it was a great bass. [/quote] sounds like a potential film score

[quote name='Stacker' timestamp='1334006711' post='1609672'] Ahh... ol' pencil-dick! Another **** to all who knew/know him! [/quote] WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY to much information there nearly put me off my breakfast

following a discussion at a recent audition just wondering how many bass players started out exclusively on bass and how many migrated across later my prediction for most popular choice is 6 string starter then on to bass

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1333971442' post='1608845'] Same here. My first and middle fingers are fine. If I discount my ring finger I can use my little finger ok but most of the time my ring and little fingers just move together. I'm currently trying to practice scales with one finger per fret just to try and get some control over it. (I did watch the one finger per fret video above and think it's sound advice btw. I just want to do this exercise to help with control over my fingers!) [/quote] i wonder how much of this is caused by starting out solely on bass rather than progressing across from six string? i can see this would be an issue if you were a young novice bass player never played a six string and were picking up habits from bass players you might have watched or inspire you? my first guitar was a nylon strung classical and i taught myself using classical tuition books with the left/right hand 1234/pima thing so using all four fingers on each hand was never a problem when i moved across to bass

[quote name='clashcityrocker' timestamp='1333963974' post='1608692'] Hi all,finally got my hands on a hartke lh1000,next is the 410 hydrive to go with it but firstly just wanted people opinions on using this amp with different makes of cab,was thinking maybe a markbass 6x10 for instance. I have been told the killer sound from the hartke head is a lot to do with the awesomeness of the hydrive cabs. Any advice would be great Thanks Si [/quote] not sure on the price of a markbass6x10 but have you considered possibly a pair of hydrive 410's ? i have one at present and it is awesome and was thinking of going for an extra hydrive1x15 but now im leaning more towards getting a second 410

ok its thread killer time surely the final answer is ....... Cliff Richard

nice to have a dog in here for a change - place is full of cats and monkeys!!!!

[quote name='Toddy' timestamp='1324641308' post='1476521'] [url="http://www.brain-salad-surgery.de/zemaitis_guitars.html"]http://www.brain-sal...is_guitars.html[/url] Ha ,, found it! [/quote] just read that - did greg lake really trash that heart acoustic?? for shame!

[quote name='alanbass1' timestamp='1324664870' post='1476903'] [i]i had one of his metal tops back in the '80's and stupidly swapped it for a PRS. The engraving was done by Danny O'Brien, did he work at the gunsmiths? I went round to his house a few times in the Medway Towns and he showed me the Bi-plane he was building in his garage!!!! A true ecentric and thoroughly engaging personality with his many stories - the one i liked best was of George Harrison leaving a crate of Champagne outside his door in place of the milk with a note asking him to sort his acoustic out 'it's behind the bin'..... [/i] [/quote] I visited him a couple of times as i live about 400 yards down the road - i was a bit dubious as a young 20 something taking my black/maple 70s strat up for some small repairs and setup but he couldnt have been more friendly and helpful - and yes you are right about the stories - had to laugh at the one about him telling pete townsend where to go in no uncertain terms - when PT asked why he refused he told him 'because youll smash it up'

just stumbled across another on youtube [url="http://youtu.be/s-c8X52Qg4o"]http://youtu.be/s-c8X52Qg4o[/url]

greetings from the estuary at the other end HH wow made me go all dizzy with remembering my mispent youth for a moment