Silvia Bluejay

Good debate! As a social media specialist I may be biassed, but I do believe in bands having a presence where their existing or potential fans are. Before hitting the social media, a website goes without saying if you want to sell the band properly without having to post something new every 48 hours or so. Everybody and their mother is on FB, so that's a good place to start your move into the social networks. Twitter, youtube, instagram, soundcloud etc. can follow if appropriate. It is important, however, to put a little effort in keeping your accounts constantly updated with a stream of posts of various kinds (I do that for a living), while at the same time making sure to avoid spamming or annoying your audience with too much irrelevant info.

I think that most readers of the poster and on this forum are smart enough not to need any disclaimers, really. DISCLAIMER: this is not meant to be an insult to those who aren't.

Or more precisely, expressing political views in a subforum that actively asks users not to talk politics?

Yup, they've emailed that around too. Hopefully that's the last change by now!

We are NOT going to try and palm it off!

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Yes, thanks for the reminder, Len Linkies: For the tube: [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...?offset=weekend[/url] [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/livetravelnews/planned-works/calendar/default.aspx"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...ar/default.aspx[/url] For buses: [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/buses/default.html"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...es/default.html[/url] Many buses serve the area - just find the one that's most convenient to you. The earlier in the morning, the better, before the Kensington shoppers congestion sets in

Still a bit large for me little head, even with the velcro adjusted, but it looks good, and will be used in our photoshoots at the stand. Thank you Mick!

The band are back to this lovely canal-side pub for the first time this year.

LOL you bet I'm going to take a photo of that!

Please do! Here is yours truly again, modelling the one-off BC cap kindly provided by Mick The Greek. Come to our stand and have your pic taken too Have you entered Bass Gear's competitions? Details in my document linked to above!

Watch out for potential narrow battery housing and slightly bigger-than-standard 9V batteries - a combination that may give you trouble closing or screwing back the compartment cover and/or cause you to pull or twist some of the internal wires.

I replied, Maz, several days ago. Let me know if you haven't received it.

Veery interesting thread, even for a lefty with currently no money or space for a DB. Thank you guys, GAS still going, but a longer wait needed for me. Welcome to the forum, jrixn1

Look out for our backdrop on stand C1A

Brilliant! I'll descend on your stand with camera in hand and impending GAS between BC meetup sessions

Yup, got that email too. Get well soon, JB. ---- Right, here is a summary of all things Basschat at the LBGS with Bass Gear, as a non-clickable JPG just for you to read on this page. The link to a clickable, downloadable and eminently shareable ( ) PDF is here: [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90710763/Basschat%20%40%20the%20LBGS%202014.pdf"]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90710763/Basschat%20%40%20the%20LBGS%202014.pdf[/url]. So, er, please download and share! See you there!

Yup, but it will cost a little more. On the door tickets don't have a handling fee, though, while advance ones make you pay over £2 (IIRC) for the privilege of printing your own. [url="http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/visit/buy-tickets/"]http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/visit/buy-tickets/[/url]

Start a new thread with the photos, Chris, and I'll tweet it periodically to let our followers see the progress of the basses

They are playing there again at the end of June, and we'll be posting the gig here, so keep an eye out - would be great to meet you

The Dogs put on a big show at the White Bear in Ruislip on 21/02/14: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/12716952274/in/set-72157641398957894"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejay_my_photos/12716952274/in/set-72157641398957894[/url]

Wow! That's a unusual place. Love the photo

LOL! Photos now in the Live section

Info on Bass Gear's competitions for Basschatters at the LBGS, and visits from star luthiers here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230332-basschat-bass-gear-at-the-london-bass-guitar-show-loads-of-free-stuff-to-win/page__view__findpost__p__2374909"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/230332-basschat-bass-gear-at-the-london-bass-guitar-show-loads-of-free-stuff-to-win/page__view__findpost__p__2374909[/url]