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Having read the Cetera post in who are you seeing next, he mentioned going to see Living Colour sometime soon.

I had to give this wonderful track a listen.

21 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

How are you judging greatness? Hotel California must be up there if popularity has anything to do with it. Loved on a truly global basis. Nice enough song, but why is it just so huge?

Could also be something to do with the superb guitar solo on it 👍

3 hours ago, JapanAxe said:

I don’t see it that way at all. They actually offered dep work when they play closer to my area but I said I would be happy to travel to their area. I expect their ideal candidate would live in the same area, whereas I’m about 70 miles away. There was always the risk that the travel to gigs would at some point start to get wearisome for me, but not if it’s just the odd dep gig. I do actively promote myself as a dep, and we discussed that at the audition, so that’s all fine with me.

YMMV!

That puts a different perspective on it as you were actively promoting yourself as a dep, which you didn’t mention in your initial post.

I would personally view the outcome of audition three as a bit of an insult.

We don’t consider you to right for the permanent bass role, but you can be one of our deps, stuff that.

Sky Arts 9pm tonight (24th November)

Greatest Guitar Riffs

Part 1 of a brand new three part series.

My wife suggested I learn the bass line to this classic, so I have been listening to it a lot, lovely bass line, but I’m struggling to accurately get up to tempo at 114bpm, at the moment I’m comfortable at 90bpm, so a way to go yet.

On 21/11/2023 at 09:14, Al Krow said:

Not going to be often that my crew get invited to play a wedding at the Shard - so definitely one for us to remember.

 

 

Logistically it was one of the most tricky we've had to negotiate: moving kit from the loading bay, which we needed to pre-book slots for the two cars, then going off to park in a nearby car park while a member of staff plus one bandmate moved all the kit from lift 1 to lift 2 and then from lift 2 to outside the wedding reception room on the 34th floor. Then doing all that in reverse at the end of the night! The view was worth it though 😊

Fish & Chips, Burger & Chips probably £35 each in The Shard.

Surprised your plumber didn’t fit a Magna Clean filter in the new system, unless you have it located elsewhere or that canister thingy in the bottom right of your picture is a similar device.

53 minutes ago, dclaassen said:

How close is the sound?

The Trace gave me a snappier tight punchy sound I cannot seem to replicate with the MB.

The MB gives a massive fuller sound, several sound engineers at gigs I have played, have mentioned how good it sounds, which is nice to hear from the guys in the know.

35 minutes ago, dclaassen said:

My 15” cab is not bad…that 410 cab though…

Loved my Trace rig, best sound I have ever had, the downside was the hernia I had through lugging it about, especially the 4 x 10 cab, after this I moved over to the lighter MarkBass rig.

4 hours ago, dclaassen said:

First country gig

in about 40 years depping for Stevie Daniels at The “Rooster” in Warrington. Great pub, easy load in, happy dancing punters and complimentary drinks. Low ceilings made the mix challenging but got mostly sorted. Lovely time with some great guys.

 

That looks very much like the C*ck Inn in Werrington, I thought they had knocked bands on the head there, played there many times, lots of changes with management over the last few years made it very inconsistent with band bookings and cancellations.

Coverdale at his finest, unfortunately a pale shadow of the vocals nowadays.

Why the ridiculous delivery dates, it’s not a three piece suite that’s being purchased, it’s a small bag of strings.

Wearing a belt like lot 2 on stage, you end up with the damage to the rear of the Bolin Precision ☹️

19 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

You wouldn't care to elaborate on that, by any chance..? What didn't strike a chord with you (or struck a raw nerve...). 

I was thinking how I would describe it, then I read Upside Downers post, exactly Jingly Jangly but not in a good way like the Birds.

The vocals were pretty average, no real stand out features.

IMO, the first track on an album should be one of the strongest and grab your attention from the off, unfortunately this one failed with me.

One minute twenty seven seconds into the first track, I bailed out.

Not for me.

2 hours ago, Paul S said:

 

It's a nuisance, for sure.  Left hand is worse but right hand also not great.  My job was designing gardens and I drew the plans by hand but unfortunately I haven't been able to do that for some while.  One reason I retired early.  A good mate of mine is a GP and he is keeping tabs on it, thankfully.

Are you on any medication for the ET, I was prescribed 2 x 40mg Propranolol tablets per day by the Neurologist, it definitely helps.

On 30/10/2023 at 17:47, Paul S said:

I'm 66 and feel every bit as energised about a forthcoming gig and, on the night, playing as I ever have.  Next day is another matter...  

 

I have a low-level neurological condition called 'essential tremor' that makes my hands shake.  It's getting worse - a full mug of tea rarely stays full for long  - and I guess this will ultimately decide for me when to pull the plug once I can't play accurately any more.  Given that I don't play anything complicated that day is most likely a long way off  

I was also diagnosed with ET a few years back, paid privately to see a neurologist as I thought it may have been the start of Parkinson’s, my mother was also diagnosed with ET and then Parkinson’s in her later life, it’s definitely a genetic condition.

The ET started in my left (fretting) hand, which is getting progressively worse, but it’s now also started in my right hand, my playing ability has been slightly affected and I definitely cannot play some stuff I played years ago.

On 30/10/2023 at 15:58, Rayman said:

This ^^ was exactly my original point.

 

Its not about age, I’m 58 and still singing our original stuff. When my voice goes, I’ll have to stop. I understand that music isn’t my sole income, unlike someone “famous” who rely on the income. So I accept that it’s a difficult decision, but nevertheless, if you’re a singer who can’t sing anymore……. 

 

Maybe it’s more about genre? Maybe, as a rock guy, I see singers fronting metal bands who literally cannot hit the notes anymore. Maybe in other genres of music it’s less noticeable?

Have you heard Lionel Ritchie recently, that dispels the genre theory.

One other option is to see a top rated tribute band, the musicianship is spot on and the vocalists are of a younger age and can emulate the vocals in the original keys with ease.