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Tonight’s - Nile and Chic - bit weak, disappointing, awful high pitched female vocalist, I was expecting better. Second band, dreadful repetitive strumming riff all the way through. Third band, guy in red trousers, had enough and turned off.

I personally would not pick a new member for our band just based on three songs for an audition. If it’s a current covers band that is looking for a new member, you would provide the current full set list with keys (ours are always in the original) and say pick out 6 and play them with the band at the audition. My bass role in the current band, I managed 9 numbers at my audition and got the job. Our current vocalist for his first audition nailed 12 songs, he got the job.

Very rarely, although I did during the bass solo in Mr Big by Free and if you are playing the bass riff correct during the guitar solo in Alright Now, you also need to be in the higher reaches.

That’s not a bass, it just a guitar with fatter strings 😀

Yeh, what about his work for the teenage cancer trust.

Probably not reggae in the pure sense like eg Jah Woosh, but UB40 are listed under the genre of reggae.

Reggae - UB40 Funk/Disco - Billy Ocean with a fabulous backing band.

Just got back from a great gig in Peterborough, a proper live music pub with a really appreciative audience. Several local musicians in there watching us, as it was the first time we had played there, a couple of bass players came up at the end and complimented me on my bass tone, it was nice to hear.

Redrock our classic rock band in the 90’s. A bit of sadness when I look at it, as two of the guys are no longer with us, Chris drummer far left, killed in motorcycle accident and Pete vocalist striped shirt died from cancer.

Whats Moira Stuart ex Newsreader doing on the show, I thought she had retired.

Used to play Tightrope by SVR in a previous band, cracking song with a great bass line.

Pride and Joy - SVR ?

How about posting a live video of your band and let the ridiculous tribute band bass players see what makes you so much better.

The Commitments did some good covers, worth a look.

Our Free tribute band were offered Lindos Rock in Rhodes, Greece a few years back. Our guitarist was a teacher and unfortunately it was during term time and he could not get the time off.

Tower of Power, classy musicianship, great grooves. Shame, totally the opposite, dreadful. Snow Patrol, zzzzzzzzzz

Played in a Free tribute band for a few years, absolutely loved it. We ended up with Jeff Rich ex Status Quo on the drums. Used my by big Markbass rig and even bought an EB3 bass, bloody awful thing to play, headstock dive, but looked and sounded the part, I would have preferred to use my MM Stingray, but not authentic enough. We were fairly unusual that we were a 5 piece which included a keyboard player, about 80% of the Free recorded tracks actually contain keyboards, that gave us a live sound that was so close to the original. Would still be doing it now, but the vocalist decided to leave to form his own band with original material, the most difficult person in the band to replace, couldn’t find anyone else good enough and the band eventually folded.

Seven songs, should be a doddle, enjoy it.

Just the last 5 minutes to see what garbage has won.

2018 Eurovision winning song - utter garbage.

You only purchased it to match your sofa😀

Keen gardener, do you grow them from seeds😀

Our vocalist has his own rehearsal studio, zero miles for him, about a 32 mile round trip for the rest of us.

Entirely agree. If they are covers, I would play them exactly note for note as the original recordings with a bass sound as near to them as well. Do that and they cannot fault your playing, it could work both ways, they will be seriously impressed or you may make them look inferior players. By doing the above, if you do not get the job, it will be down to a personality thing.

Why make life difficult, they have requested you choose 5 songs from their set list. I assume it must be a covers band, if so they should provide you with the keys, it helps if they are in the original keys, in the terms of the arrangement they should tell you exactly which version, single, album track or live. You should do the 5 you already know and hopefully they match the keys and arrangements of the ones they do, if not, it will be pretty easy to move stuff about and remember before the audition. This will be your only chance to make a great impression and get the job, you will only most probably only have time to perform 5 songs, if you believe you can play these 5 songs to a high standard, you stand a great chance.