markbunney

Apple Music for me, and has been for years. I started using it when I got my fist iPod and have stuck with it ever since through iPhones & Mac etc.

I like being able access my playlists on my work Mac, as well as on my iPhone when out and about and in the car etc.

The rest of the band use Spotify, which is a pain for me as I don't really like it, and have to replicate all the proposed new song lists, setlist etc on Apple Music

I had it in my basket ready to order (as Andertons were offering free next day delivery on this when you normally have to spend £149) but have left it for now. I am trying to convince myself to not rush into it, even though I really want it

Good luck, and great thread idea 🤞

I just got an email from PMT about this as well, it looks great!

I was on the verge of ordering a POD express for home practice, but this looks even better, esp with the bluetooth streaming, and I can use it on my guitar as well

4 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Does the band have what your looking for in a band ?

Daryl

 

 

Yes it did, they had gigs lined up and a reasonable bunch of songs.
 

I didn’t like the whole setlist, but then I have never played in a band where I liked everything on the list - the majority was good though.

If nothing else, I am finding doing things like this is increasing my confidence with playing with new people, and learning different songs

1 hour ago, Len_derby said:

 

Bad luck mate, but onwards and upwards. Did they tell you why they turned you down? Always useful to know. It may well have had nothing to do with you or your abilities, in which you may not get an honest answer, The old ‘guitarist’s brother-in-law’ scenario.

They didn’t really say why, just that they had gone with someone else.

They said the singer had voted for me, but the guitarist and drummer had voted for someone else 😂

I can’t make my mind up on this. 
 

it’s just what I was looking for - a simple, portable unit with aux & headphones that I could possibly use at a gig, but then I keep thinking that if I spent more money I could get a Stomp that I could use with my guitar as well, and I could definitely gig with it 

18 hours ago, markbunney said:

 

hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon, one way or the other 

I got the “thanks, but no thanks” text this afternoon which is a bummer

Nevermind, I enjoyed the audition and playing some songs that I wouldn’t normally play 

Back home from audition. It went as well as could be expected and they seemed a nice bunch etc…..

Ended up only playing 2 of the audition songs as they were sick of playing Go Your Own Way that night 😬

Instead we played 2 other songs off the setlist that I had learned, so I was glad I had made the effort to learn them.

hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon, one way or the other 

Thanks for all the good wishes, I shall report back afterwards.

Re: learning 17 extra songs, some I had already played before, some were quite straight forward and some I just fancied having a go at so it’s not been too bad.

I’ve had auditions before that have not gone well before because I didn’t know anything past the handful of songs I’d been asked to learn.

I’m taking inspiration from Jason Newstead learning all of Metallicas back catalogue before his audition! 🤘

I have an audition tonight. They sent me the setlist, and said to learn three specific ones off it for the audition. I have learnt those, and am pretty comfortable with them, but Ive had a good go at learning another 17 of them just in case! 

6 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

 

ok so it still needs some cable ties tbh but I’m happy 

Awesome looking board!

can I ask why you have 2 Boss sy 200s?

23 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

 

Somehow don't think he is putting the effort in:

 

Lol I sent him the same picture and it wasnt very well received!

2 hours ago, TRBboy said:

That's nuts, it's an effects pedal with footswitches, surely you use it however you want, live or otherwise. Maybe they're getting twitchy that it's been received (so far) much better than the HX One, and might make that product irrelevant in their range.

You might be right with that. I saw a retailer this morning had the HX One on sale, and it’s only been out for a short while

Our gig was cancelled tonight as our singer/guitarist broke his ankle on Monday!

we have nothing booked now until the end of June, which is very depressing!

There are a few reviews/videos starting to appear for the guitar version, hopefully some more bass ones will start to appear soon.

I am v interested in getting one of these 

36 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Just arrived. It's great to have a Dingwall back in the fold.

Number 25 of 82.

Set up beautifully right out of the box.

Thanks to Bass Direct for a super fast turnaround

 

Thats lovely - am very jealous!

Have seen a few posts today on social media of people receiving these

I sold a bass to Frankie Poullain from The Darkness.

I had listed it for sale on Gumtree, and I met him outside my old office in Canary Wharf to hand it over.

It was an Epiphone Thunderbird, and he said that he wanted a cheaper one to play at home, as he was worried about leaving his expensive Gibson ones lying around with young kids in the house!

Teamup works pretty well as long as people fill in when they are off

Andertons have them for pre order for £199 arriving in April

1 hour ago, pineweasel said:

Looks like it, see page 10 of the manual

https://line6.com/data/6/0a020a40152f865e216d6d6b24/application/pdf/POD Express Owner's Manual - English .pdf

Awesome, thanks.

this looks great, I’ve been thinking about getting a HX Stomp for ages, but out off by the cost and the fact I would only use a small portion of its functionality

It doesn’t have an aux in, but can I plug my phone in through the usb socket so I can play along to songs?

Yesterday I visited a well known music shop in Brighton to try a few new basses.

I wanted to try some of the USA Fender Jazz’s they had in stock, with a view to making a purchase in a few months.

I didn’t really love the ones i tried, and ended up trying a Mexican FSR bass they had, which was less than half the price of the others.

I absolutely loved it, and was on the verge of buying it there and then, but when I went to see if there was anything that could be done on the price, I was told that the bass had already been reserved and wasn’t for sale 😭

Typically, it was a limited edition and they weren’t sure if they could get any more in.

Now the thing that surprised me the most was that someone somewhere had bought this bass, but it was still left out in the shop for anyone to try. I would have thought it would be taken off sale as soon as someone had paid.

If anyone on here has just bought a FSR Jazz, then I am very jealous!

Played with The 77s at Market House in Maidstone last night. It was our last gig with our outgoing drummer, I thought it might be a bit awkward but it turned out fine.

The place was packed, and we had a really good gig. It’s my favourite place to play locally, I have been playing at the weekly jam night that is held there, but it was nice to play a full gig there.

There were a couple of the other “big” local covers bands playing at other pubs in town, but it didn’t seem to affect our attendance.

we have a dep lined up for our next gig in March, and then nothing currently booked until June whilst we sort out a new drummer.

The only downside was having to load out in torrential rain.

we use Teamup, seems to work pretty well, although if I had a pound for every time a member has said they can't make something even though they are showing as free on the calendar.........