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Thnaks guys - couldn't get online for a day and I did a quick handwritten transcription myslef but I will pass these on also. Cheers all!

Yeah, thanks for that but he's after the notation as it's for a 15 yr old to play in a concert / school production. I don't think he wants to sit and transcribe it - he's pretty busy at the moment I think. I'll probably end up having to do it ........if I can grab 15 mins!! If anyone has already transcribed it would you mind?? please! Hhe wants to rehearse it tomorrow apparently!

Hello all, just a quickie, and a bit short notice at that but a teacher friend is after bass guitar notation (TAB at a push) for this song for a school Christmas concert next week!! Nothing like being organised .......... Does anyone have anything? Thanks all!!

Like you've already stated - it does depend on who you are, where you are and the type of venue / gig. We're out on NYE - 3rd year running at the same venue. It's pretty local (which is good because my wife will be 8 1/2 months pregnant so I can be on call to shoot over to the hospital if needs be) there's a full house PA with eng supplied - it's a 'proper' venue so it's got proper gear. We also get looked after with meals etc. We're doing it for £1800.00 - it's nothing like double our normal fee but given the locality of it, the fact that the PA and Eng are provided etc we're happy with that. Re christmas gigs - we've got a load of party nights at a local(ish) nice spa hotel. Again, we've done this for the last 3 or so years and we do quite a lot of work there. We're doing them for roughly £900 per gig as they're all 1 hr sets, they're on consecutive days (its like Thurs, fri, sat and sun) so we can leave the gear set up - 1 load in and set up, 1 pack down and load out.

don't want to sound too 'gloaty' but I'm playing Wembley stadium on sat! Yes, playing my bass, in a band, inside, on a stage...........and getting paid too!! That's Murrayfield (twice), Old Trafford (twice), The Millennium Stadium, Elland Rd (also playing there on 19th Nov). It's a bit Spinal Tap, but I love playing stadiums!! It's the Rugby League Gillette 4 Nations - this sat is the 'big' double header: Wales v NZ at 1pm, then Eng v Aus at 3ish. We're there as usual as the RFL house band..........there's also some attractive cheerleaders...... ; ) anyone going??

I've played at Alexanders a few times. It's ok, quite nice. No stage. It's been a few years but don't remember any real 'issues'. Bit of a rubbish response really!!

alright mate.........

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1273070' date='Jun 17 2011, 07:12 PM']I bet it bloody does. That's going to end up in a few signatures I reckon.[/quote] School jokes are the best!! "I've dented my bell" "if I point my bell...." "I've a dirty bell..." Et al....

[quote name='Monckyman' post='1273005' date='Jun 17 2011, 05:59 PM']Can`t you use a mute for the Brass stuff?[/quote] Nope, well, not a 'standard' mute anyway - a mute colours the sound - it doesn't really reduce the volume (it does slightly) - there are many different types for different sounds / textures etc You can by specific practise mutes but even these aren't 'perfect' - not bad though. Ie - trumpet or cornets can have many including straight mutes, cup mutes, harmon mutes and so on for different effects. There is a system by Yamaha called "silent brass" - you insert a sort of mute into your instrument - it hardly lets any sound out to be fair, it has a pickup / transducer inside - this has a wire which is attached to a little amp type box with a vol control and some pre set 'rooms' - ie, church, concert hall, small room etc. There is a line out and a headphone out. To be fair, they're pretty good but the trouble with putting anything inside your bell is that it makes you play sharp - you're then compensating with your lip or tuning slide. Not ideal at all for 'standard open practise', but better than nowt I guess. As a tuba player, the cost of a Yamaha silent brass system was pretty prohibitive - plus, it's not actually been available for bigger instruments until recently. I started playing tuba at 12 - luckily we had a detached house and I could bugger off to a room away from everyone else. Other than home practise it was practise at school, college, Uni etc to keep disturbances to a minimum. Now I just keep my amp on low at home in another room. The wife is cool with it. In terms of band rehearsals, we're dead lucky in that our singer's folks' converted their double garage into a fully soundproofed rehearsal & recording studio for their 2 sons. We still have use of it 13 years on! It's 2 floors, glazed vocal booth, storage, wall xlr patch panels etc and it's FOC! Granted, we're DEAD lucky!

Carol Kaye Yolanda Charles Gail Ann Dorsey Suzi Quatro?!

from one newbie to another...........hello! *just noticed I'm "no longer a newbie...."*

you can see where Rose Tattoo got their influences!

A big + 1 for the 'get in touch with the other bands' re using gear - I assume that the eng will most definitely want you to share the basic kit if at all possible (minus snare, cymbs, pedal, extra stands etc) and possibly bass rig at least, so the right thing to do is get in touch ahead of the gig to sort / ask. Enjoy yourself, or at least look like you are...........nothing worse that a morose band on stage!! Don't mumble down the mic when speaking in between songs.........project and seem confident. Gives you good presence on stage! Take your time, have a pint of water with NO ice in it to sip between songs (or beer if that's your thing..........not mine when I'm playing though....personal preference). Tune - ideally have one in your loop / chain so you can silently tune between songs. Take a spare lead or 2. Get what you NEED in your mons.....be nice!! Easy.........good luck. Enjoy.

Hi all, I Play in the Rugby League's in stadium house band and we do all the major in stadium ents. This Nov Wales are playing Australia in the 4 Nations. We've been asked to propose some songs / bands with links to both countries. Can I get some suggestions of well known / popular songs etc?! It's a 4 piece band: 2 x guitar, drums, bass, 3 part harms and 1 guitarist also plays keys. I've already got AC/DC, INXS, Stereophonics, Manics ( Australia is the ideal song from them), Feeder, Super Furrys and Bee Gees etc I'm purposely ignoring Rolf, Waltzing Matilda etc! Any other decent suggestions? Cheers!

Tidy! A few North Walians!! Thanks all!