SICbass

To be fair, it is really lovely there. The owners are a couple who are super nice. We're well treated, decent pay and a very appreicative audience so it should be nice. The only issue now will be bagging that parrot and getting it back through customs... now where did I put that folding cage?

Well, we're off to Norway on Wednesday for four gigs (Thursday-Sunday) in a tent. Regulations there are a bit looser than here in Germany - possibly because of their much lower population density and hence lower infection rates. The government website states that events up to a maximum of 200 socially distanced guests are allowed. Where we'll be, in Laerdal, is a small town at the end of a fjord where there's a caravan site. In all honesty I do have some reservations about this, but being as music is my sole source of income, what else am I gonna do? This may end up being the only work I do for the rest of the year.

Congratulations, how was it, playing again? Weird or a relief? I haven’t played since back in March. We‘re supposedly playing 4 days fron 16th-19th July in Norway. After that it’s anyone’s guess for the remainder of the year.

🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️ Maaaaadness!

Well that can’t be right because it would imply that.... Oh, wait...

Playing bass in a band will get you girls.

And then, of course, there’ll be the whole patenting debacle with those good ol’boys over at ZZ Top. Nightmare!

Why?

It really is worth a bit of time and effort - @Quatschmacher is super helpful. Give it a go 👍

I hadn’t heard of them before this thread. They were that cheap? I thought 79 quid sounded reasonable.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/sue-ryder-precision-bass-guitar-£99-shipped-mainland-uk/1300990108 If you‘re still curious...

I'm curious, on what grounds?

Ahhhh, young love 💕

Not strictly a hit, but...

Gordon Giltrap - Heartsong

Good call.

From all accounts a very nice bloke. He did indeed have top-class musicians, not least of all because he paid very well indeed. If reports are to be believed, he even, on one occasion, funded the complete mortgage up front of a band member and allowed them to pay it back to him at a super fair rate.

Matt Rollings‘ contributions are also not too shabby

I may have an open air gig on August 7th. An island in a sea of unemployment.

Why the rush?

....walks away whistling tunelessly and trying to look disinterested.

Joyous!

It just seems to me that promoters can’t afford to run venues at 50% capacity which is probably an over optimistic estimate of what it would have to be in order to observe social distancing properly. Also, it’s my understanding that the 1.5-2m rule is for up to 15 mins in enclosed spaces. Not a couple of hours like most gigs or shows. The tough bit is trying to work on a new source of income with a five year old and an 8 year old with adhd at home 🤪... ho-hum...

I saw what you did there! 🤓