odysseus

Fair play, mate, I've been on both sides too. As long as everyone's happy doing their thing, then all is good! 🙂

My experience of playing originals is that you get to play festivals in front of people who want to see original bands, not some bunch of Man U shirts squawking for Wonderwall all night. If I wanted money I'd be playing Agadoo (and possibly Wonderwall!) in some function band. Nowt wrong with that, if you're in it for the wedge. We all got our motivations. Vive la difference and all that... 🙂

It's one of them. Gigging, recording and jamming tickle my gonads in different ways. Jamming is the one I couldn't do without, though, if I had to choose.

I would suggest that many 'big artists' are in the same category.... However, I think for our purposes, 'original' means 'not a cover'. I played in a mate's original rock'n'roll band for a while.... it sounded like most other rock'n'roll I've heard lol...

Yeah, there aren't THAT many venues open to original music down here, but as none of us are relying on it for the money (good job, as their ain't much!) we can avoid any crappy ones. Gimme a little festival over a pub gig!

"People don't want original music" They like it well enough when it's on the radio, and their music collections are full of original music, albeit from peer and corporate-approved sources. Strange world we live in.... If we're to give the punters what they want, how long before pubs just have juke boxes? - The punters can have Mustang Sally and the Crazy Frog all night, and they'll pay for it too... and no more having your in-the-doorway fag rudely interrupted by some bunch of posers with coming through carrying large objects....

Yup... Isn't that most of us? I live in Cornwall, so making a living from playing in bands is nigh-on impossible unless you're an acoustic guitar and vocals act and can bag enough gigs, and even then you're going to be looking for a girlfriend/boyfriend with a house. I can't honestly think of any local musicians that don't have a 'day job', even if it's just a bit of teaching or few hours in a music shop or studio. Maybe there is more opportunity in the cities? I can't comment on that...

Jamming and writing music is where the fun's at for me. Gigging I can take or leave. Fortunately my current band plays originals, and we mainly play small festivals, which is usually good fun. I played in crappy pubs on and off for years and, with the odd exception, I really can't be arsed with all that any more.

I've played a range of styles, and 45-105 have never let me down. But like the other guys said... technique!

Usually ain't enough room to swing a cat, let alone 4 of us move around in the venues we play. However, loading in and out of some of these venues can be tiresome due to no parking, flights of steps etc. 4 gym workouts a week, two mountain bike sessions and as much surfing as I can fit in keeps me something like it at 49. Just as well, as nobody else in the band does anything sportwise!

Only if I'm looking to buy. I've got a couple of mates who work in music shops, and it really boils their p!55 when people mess them around.

So.... a mid-teenager wants strangers to give them money..... what could possibly go wrong?.... 😳

There's nothing quite like getting hit on the cranium by a flying bottle of p!ss. Happy days.... 😬

Nice pair of strides there, sir! 😎

On his facey…. 😊

"My old man stuffed 17 candles up a poor slut's butt. Well done, dad" Not saying they're my favourite lyrics, but it was a bit of an eye-opener the first time I listened to Freak Kitchen's 'Porno Daddy. 🙉

If there's someone in the band who regularly doesn't do their homework, then I'm out of there.

I was at a Saxon gig with a mate, getting a couple of pints in before the set and some guy comes up to me and says, "Hey, you're the drummer from Saxon, ain't ya?" P*ssed me right off.... Nigel Glockler is about 20 years older than me... 😠

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That could well be why...

I'm a life member of SBL. To be honest, I've learned a hell of a lot and more than had my moneysworth. As for GW... I guess his time costs money.... if you don't like it, don't do it. It ain't for everyone. I didn't because I'm still working my way through a lot of other stuff, and I felt I didn't really need it right now. That may or may not change, I dunno.

Yeah I know what you mean. I loved RCHP up to BSSM but live performances always underwhelm me for some reason....

With those kind of influences, I'm sold already!! Umm.... last band I saw was my mate's classic rock band Loco, in Tyack's Hotel, Camborne. The last 'name' band I saw was Saxon at Falmouth Pavilions probably 4 or 5 years ago....

Surfing With The Alien by Joe Satriani. I got asked to play bass in a band because they knew I played classical guitar, and wanted a finger-style bassist.