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  1. bass_dinger
    I wondered that too. I discovered that a number of members are on different threads, which I never visit. So, I never see them because they are in different "rooms". But 50,000? A lot of missing people.
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    I have looked, and found nothing from the modern hymnal that fits. However, I was once in a ukulele band that did a swing version of Tainted Love, and realised that the chord sequence of Tainted Love was the same as that from Seven Nation Army, Stray Cat Strut, and Sweet Dreams Are Made of This. Thus it is my ambition to find a Worship song that uses the same chords. However, I am stuck with playing the bassline to a U2 song, to every worship song written in the past 10 years. So in both cases, I still haven't found what I am looking for.....
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    In a church band with a pianist and three guitarists on a rota. I decided to move to bass, because I fancied it. No particular reason - it just felt like a gap that needed filling. I was offered a 5 string bass, which I preferred as I wanted to learn a new instrument from scratch, rather than think of it as a guitar with the highest two strings missing. For me, the tipping point was realising that slash chords (C/E) and bass runs were easier to play on the bass than the guitar. Add to that the fact that I could download midi files for songs, and print and follow the written music for songs, and bass began to feel like home... Oh, and the revelation that basslines were not just the root note- thanks to Come up and See me, make me smile. Bass - more rewarding than guitar, and easier to play.....sometimes
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    The organisers don't seem to understand the division of labour here. 1. They are doing it for charity. 2. The band are doing a gig. Putting the words "charity" and "gig" in the same sentence does not automatically mean that all participants will want to give their services for free.
  5. bass_dinger
    Username @Risk101 confirms actions.... How are you - and how long before you are fully functional again?
  6. bass_dinger
    Or you could just put it down to their bumbling incompetence, and acknowledge that they only saw how serious the issue was, once you left. You now have the option of talking to them - whether you do so will say more about you, than them.
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    For your own sanity, you have made the right decision. Well done. It will also show the leaders what happens when you are not pulling it together. As for people not changing, they certainly won't if the leaders enable this sort of bad behaviour. We had the same issue in our church - the assumption that the quality of the music was down to luck. Sometimes good, other times bland and a struggle. Lockdown saw the need to form a smaller core band, and after a few months of that better playing, the leaders did not want to go back to the old team. They got used to excellence. It can happen, but you may find that you need to join a band or another church, to satisfy your expectation of more commitment.
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    Thank you, one and all, for tempting me to spend less money! But I still quite like my solution - even though it is profligate and pointless, with no chance that it would make me a better player...
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    Reports like this - of excellent quality and exceptional support - make me want to buy an Ashdown. Actually, I have bought a weeny acoustic radiator). And I have used their repair facility twice, for the church's Electric Blue, and mine and the church's pair of Acoustic Radiators. I mean "it makes me want to buy another Ashdown bass rig of my own".
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    But my solution is prettier, neater, and more obsessive! It allows me to sort my basses alphabetically, by place of purchase! One day.... But with money and space an issue, I am more likely to sell basses, than buy cases for them all!
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    I have 5 basses, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin. All are in different or no cases (including two Hiscox cases - the ones that 5 fat men can stand on). I would like to buy matching Hiscox cases, and some sew-on patches. Let me explain. I bought one of my bass guitars from Cambridgeshire. I will buy two sew on patches showing Cambridgeshire, place one on the bass strap, and the other tied to the handle of the case. Thus I will know what is inside the case, from the outside signs. What an utter waste of money. I shan't do it. But I just wanted to write it down, to see how silly it looked in print!!
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    Expensive, but necessary. Warm rooms and hot water are always a good choice. I also needed a new boiler, multiple car repairs, new tumble dryer, new washing machine. I would have preferred to buy a new neck from a custom shop, and a better mandolin, and some Hiscox cases. However, on this occasion, family members come first. We both made the right choice. Boiler, not bass.
  13. bass_dinger
    Dadness. Shawaddy Daddy.
  14. bass_dinger
    On Sunday, a new keyboard player was added to the rota. All was well, although for one song, she did not change key midway through a song ( the chords were not given - instead, the band had to work out the new chords in their head on the fly). She played in the original key, while the rest of the band played in the new key. Nobody noticed (apart from me, and the former worship leader). In other news, the set up has been changed, and each musician now has a behringer P16 mixer, to add to the PC screen with chord charts, and a small monitor. So, this is the difference between equipping the band (we did not train the keyboard player), and buying equipment for the band (new kit, better kit). Happily, I really did not mind about the wrong notes - I am learning not to mind.
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    This, above, is how I would do it. It means that he has removed himself from the group. Whereas this makes you the appear to be the problem (of course, you are not, but the leaders might focus on your stated refusal to play with others). Let them not turn up - and then, when you are asked why you have no drummer, you can say that he did not arrive on the day. Then, your leader can deal with the miscreant stick-swinger himself.
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    In fact, Error Code 4 on the Vauxhall tells us that the car has overheated - we are between junction 5 and 6 of the M25, awaiting rescue. All is well, albeit not what I expected or planned!
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    On my way, with Mrs Bass Dinger - she rightly spotted that my kit would not fit into a Ford Fiesta, so we are bringing the bigger car
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    Like these? @Nice Guy Rich, that all sounds like a great result. Well done to you, for seeing this through and being so positive
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    Blu tack the plectra to the side bout, or back of the headstock.
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    It perhaps works better for @Richard Rteam, as they all agreed it. For other churches, it is aspirational - something that we can use to inspire our own standards and behaviours. As for me, I plan to start doing this myself and hope that others will follow.
  21. bass_dinger
    You met one bassist and already decided that you need all this new kit!? Imagine what would happen if you attend a Bass Bash! Dozens of bassists, multiple permutations of kit, every type and gauge and age of string... Nevertheless, and in spite of the extreme danger to your bank balance, I think that you should attend a Bass Bash.
  22. bass_dinger
    You are right, she was pretty upset at the time, and has not played since. I was teaching (mentoring) her, and someone else wanted her to play bass (she preferred drums but that seat was filled). Week 1 decide a 4-chord song, learn where those 4 notes are, play it. Week 2, she forgot to bring her bass and had to borrow one, and practiced some more. Week 3, she played in front of 200 people. The previous bassist turned off the amp after his song, which we never do. She did not particularly want to play bass and two 15 minute sessions were not enough to learn band-craft. We no longer have this set up - if we are pointing at the fretboard to show where the notes are, teaching people how to play a C chord, and clapping out 4/4 beats for the drummer, it means that they are not stage-ready. Often, it is the parents pushing for their child to be involved in the band, and then using it as a free music lesson. I was once asked by a parent to fix a string on a child's guitar, then tune it, then asked how old the child needed to be to be in the band...
  23. bass_dinger
    They did not appear to spot it - she only had one song.
  24. bass_dinger
    There was no DI - the amp did not have one that worked. Nor was it mic'd up. We have all done it - played with our amp off. But we have the experience to hear that it is not working. It is the exaltation of youth - the view that it is good for them to play, even where they don't play well. Like a recorder recital at a school assembly, it's all about the taking part, and very little to do with the quality.
  25. bass_dinger
    No. When she finished her one song, she turned round to switch it off, only to see that the amplifier was not on. In mitigation, that was the first time she had played bass in front of the congregation (and the last), after just two practices (in which she had learnt to play the instrument, and learnt the song too).
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