BigBeefChief

The moderators actively encourage auctions so its definitely not against forum rules.

I'm gonna bring a high-class escort like I did to my school reunion. That and the rented Porsche.

[quote name='Linus27' post='591621' date='Sep 6 2009, 07:49 PM']Whats break angle Could you explain this please.[/quote]


Its the angle between the nut and where the string meets the post of your tuners. If its to "shallow" (ie the string is wound up the post instead of down), then the nut doesn't "break" the string enough and your left with the string making a weird noise.

Does that make sense?

I'd go with Skank and say break angle over the nut isn't sharp enough. Had the same thing myself. Makes a really weird noise.

[quote name='dangerboy' post='589565' date='Sep 4 2009, 12:09 PM']What do you sound like?[/quote]



www.myspace.com/gimmeshelta


Can't view it at work properly, so not sure how much/what music is on there.

Probably a bit pub-rock for a lot of you guys, so feel free to slate it.

[quote name='coasterbass' post='589550' date='Sep 4 2009, 11:58 AM']If you let us know where you're playing maybe you might get a couple of sales out of BC [/quote]


The last thing I need is people who can [i]actually [/i]play bass watching me.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='589526' date='Sep 4 2009, 11:43 AM']You're always on a loser for this sort of thing in London. There's so much free music available, and so much of it is of a decent quality, that no one is going to pay money to see an unknown originals band.

Sibob told me his (covers) band were playing O'Neills in Richmond a couple of weeks ago. I went down there, spent two hours listening to some VERY high quality musicianship, it cost me a couple of slightly over-priced pints.

I live in Chiswick. There are three music venues (that I know of) within a 10-minute walk of my front door. Only one of them ever charges, and usually all three are free entry.[/quote]


Sorry, maybe I'm not explaining myself properly - I have absolutely no interest making money from playing a gig. I don't do it for that. What I don't want to do is pay to play.

My ideal gig is to be booked, obviously encouraged to bring as many people as possible, but not pay for the priviledge of playing 30 minutes in some south London dive.

Prompted by the recent Water Rats thread and my experiences of gigging in London, I was wondering where you guys play?

Currently, we seem to be very good at booking "pay-to-play" venues, ie we have to shift 40+ tickets (often at 8 f***ing quid a pop!) or we're out of pocket. Venues such as:

Monto Water Rats
Brixton Jamm
Dirty South


Other venues that we play that require less of a financial committment include:

Tommy Flynns
New Cross Inn
The Bridghouse 2
12 bar club
The Bull and Gate


It seems currently though that the vast majority of gig's we're "offered" (read "sold") require us to spend the 2 weeks proceeding it trying to sell expensive tickets for the 30 minute set that they allow us! To be honest, I object on principle to doing these gigs, and I've been close to jacking it all in on a few occassions.

So what do you guys do? Do you not play these gigs? Do you play them but have such big followings that selling tickets is not an issue? Are we looking in the wrong places?

Got a gig tonight for example. We need to flog 40 tickets at £8 a go. We've got 30 mins. We're on stage at 11:20 (how does anyone get home?). Oh, and they want us there for 5:45 for soundcheck. f***ing madness.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='587738' date='Sep 2 2009, 05:40 PM']Mmmm.... A bit extreme perhaps. Tell you what - leave the wife at home and take the dog and the bass [/quote]


Or shoot the wife, leave the dog at home and take your bass?

Either way, someone has got to get shot here! Them's the rules.

I'd say leave the bass at home, shoot the dog and enjoy your wife.

What a load of sh*t. Not surprised though - that's "super-groups" for you.

No idea who the lead singer is. Had to Wikipedia him. I know the bass player and I think the drummer is in a Tenacious D video?

[quote name='mrcrow' post='581773' date='Aug 26 2009, 07:20 PM']what about dick van dyke...changed his name from penis van lesbian[/quote]


Is that true??

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='581721' date='Aug 26 2009, 06:44 PM']Have you considered [edited] ?[/quote]


This post sums up in one sentence my entire time on BassChat! Which ever mod did the editing I salute. Good work sir!

I love that reason for edit!

On the subject of set-ups, I just don't like to fiddle with stuff when I can pay a pro a small amount of money to do it for me. Plus, that dude at the Gallery is some kind of tantric sex God i reckon. Dunno, just something about him that makes me think he can f*** for 8 hours and ejaculate "internally" or something. That's gotta be worth 30 quid.

The cabs are probably doing the rounds in a number of covers bands throughout Europs, the heads are in the loft, and the trainers are on Jeff Berlin.

Ha ha!

I hardly think hard drugs are stupid. All those particpants can't be wrong.

Have you considered [edited] ?

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='581585' date='Aug 26 2009, 04:34 PM']The other problem is that years of singing and playing violin have left me with perfect pitch (or near as dammit, anyway). If I hear a note, I immediately hear it as a C#, or F or whatever. I don't think in intervals -- I think in notes, and I know the intervals between them.[/quote]



Similar story with me actually.

[quote name='JPS' post='581273' date='Aug 26 2009, 12:42 PM']It was a favour to a friend of mine who is a vicar.[/quote]


You gotta be careful with Vicars who ask for favours.

We still love you regardless Clarky.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='581228' date='Aug 26 2009, 12:07 PM']It is often dull and tedious[/quote]


Yeah, that's where we struggle. After a dull and tedious day at work, it's difficult to find the motivation to pursue a dull and tedious hobby.

It's ok for you Bilbo, in your cushy gravy-train riding public sector job, its all champagne lunches and snorting cocaine out of chorus girls arseholes. You get all the excitement you need during working hours thanks to your huge expense account and running tab with "Madamme JoJo's Happy Endings Massage Parlour". Us grafters have to settle with a pot noodle and a w***.

My two favourite Jazzers, Art Stilton and Pup Napkin were destined to become Jazz musicians the moment they were christened.

Sorry for being a bit slow here, but are we saying this [i]isn't [/i]John Entwistle's bass then?

[quote name='Linus27' post='576561' date='Aug 21 2009, 11:47 AM']They did not look poofy like Duran Duran, Kagagoogoo, Spandau Ballet, they looked cool.[/quote]


Racist.