odysseus

A recent discovery thanks to reading a Henry Rollins book... and sure enough, KEXP delivered!

My smile looks more like a rictus, so I keep my bulldog-licking-the-p!ss-off-a-thistle face on at all times.

There is that... funding the GAS!! All my gig earnings got spent on gear! 😎

That's exactly what I meant with respect to inverse proportion. 🙂 I've done weddings, wakes and bar mitvahs for quite a chunk of cash years ago, but I have way more fun these days playing dive bars for peanuts.

If you find it.... burn it!!

Sounds like Frank Zappa's song Joe's Garage... "down at Joe's garage, we didn't have no dope or LSD... just a couple of quarts of beer... would fix it so the intonation would not offend your ear..." 🤣

I never thought of it like that before.... but it certainly rings true for me! 😄

Surfing With The Alien by Joe Satriani. I was asked to learn it by some mates who converted me from guitar to bass.

The principle of deferred gratification. 'Working' for free in the short term so you can work for money at a later date. Maybe you're not bothered about competing for less gigs? Not everyone is....and not everyone sees it as a grinding hardship either. Maybe the pubs will get jukeboxes in and sh!tcan bands altogether. I'm surprised more pubs haven't before.

I trust none of the 'no' brigade will be bleating about the lack of both venues and money in the coming months and years. I get it, I've got mates who rely on gigs. Most of them (but not all) seem agreed that currying a bit of favour with their regular venues might pay dividends in the long term. I can see both sides though. It's a bit of a b*stard situation.

Yep. My lot play originals for nowt or next to nowt anyway. We've all got different motivations.

Music lessons in school never taught me anything about music. But that was over 30 years ago.. maybe things have changed?

Can't go wrong with Floor Jansen.

Up like an angel, and down like a wounded ox.

Well... I've never heard anything quite like this before. Outstanding!

No. People are creative or they're not. Also, some people see music theory as 'rules'. I'd say it's more scaffolding - you can still hang upside down off the end of it with your undies on your head if you so desire. 😁

Another chilled set from Khruangbin. Laura Lee is a tidy bassist!

2 rehearsals in the last 2 weeks. Great to be back at it. We're not expecting to be doing any pub gigs this year. We're using the time to write new stuff. 4 new songs on the go already. TBH I think the break has refreshed us a little.

I played a Status in a rock'n'roll band for a while. BL looked askance at it but didn't say much as they'd had a series of jokers and alkies play bass previously. He seemed a bit happier when I turned up with a Japanese Geddy Lee jazz.

I can relate to this. I'm not saying my ideas were superb but they were certainly better than anything else suggested. Quite often in bands there is one person who decides that they are going to be choosing the name, and it's usually easier to let them get on with it. I just want to jam and write....

It's a no from me.

Nice work! Managed to source a cheap Tech 21 Midi Mouse. See how I get on with that, then maybe invest in something more comprehensive...

As one of my friends says, there's an ar$e for every seat....

Not for the blues players..... 😛