BrunoBass

We play Snow Patrol’s ‘You’re All I Have’ as a first set opener. 
 

Verse E / A repeated, chorus A / B repeated, all eighth notes... 

Not much of a challenge to play, but it goes down well and is a nice easy way to ease into the set.

Yes, I’m a fan. I heard Stuck Between Stations in the back of a taxi in New York in 2007, bought the CD that afternoon. I enjoy their stuff but I find them heavy going over a full length album. 
 

Keyboard player Franz Nikolay has done some interesting solo stuff too.  

6 hours ago, MrBen said:

@Brunobass Not got to see Seth live yet - bet he puts on a good gig! Got very excited when I walked in to the Billy Bragg gig to see Ride merch as for a split second I thought that was an amazing double bill Then sad when I realised there were 2 stages in the venue 🤣

That’s caught me out in the past too - went to see Athlete and walked in to loads of teenage girls wearing Lans Del Rey tee shirts. 

Saturday’s gig was in one of our very regular venues. Without fail it’s always jumping and is somewhere I very much enjoy playing. However Saturday was dead, maybe because of the boxing? 
 

And then to top it off our perpetually joyless Man Who Hits Drums wants a band meeting this week; i assume he’s going to tell us he’s leaving the band...

10 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Mmm. Not as such, but there are a couple of songs in the set that in my head I see as problematic (they're not - I just know I have to be on point and can't relax) and once they are out of the way and after that I'm all smiles.

Exactly the same for me.

53 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

Hopefully they will play something from the first three or four albums and not poppy sh1t3 all night!

Yep they can’t play in Birmingham and not do Handsworth Revolution!

On 23/08/2019 at 21:35, BrunoBass said:

Frank Turner on his upcoming UK tour. I’m a big fan and have seen him many times. I play him a lot in the car, particularly on the school run and my seven year old son has become a fan too. So I’m taking him - all ages show, seated venue, can’t wait to give him his first experience of seeing a live band. (Apart from seeing my band, but that doesn’t count!)

I saw Frank last weekend in Birmingham with my boy, and booked tickets this morning for his next UK run in March, Aylesbury Waterfront, this time with grown up daughter. 

22 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

I haven’t seen Steel Pulse since June 17th 1978 thought I best catch up with them...

Steel Pulse, Brighton Concord 2, May 20th 2020

...just noticed Squarepusher is playing at the Concord 2 on the 14th May 2020 so albeit very far from reggae that’s in the bag too.
 

 

I’m seeing them at the Birmingham show, can’t wait! 

I went to my son’s school Christmas concert this week. His school has a very strong musical emphasis and as such has a superb music department. The concert showcases all the different departments, whether it’s a string quartet, jazz band, choir and many others. These boys are aged 8-10. Most interesting to me were the three rock bands that played. Considering how young the kids are the performances were amazing. 
 

Band 1 played Born To Be Wild, Band 2 played Rolling In The Deep (complete with expletive, which cracked me up) and Band 3 played We Are The Champions. One little lad played bass with all three - his Squier Precision looked massive on him but he played well, simple stuff but solid. Which is a great place to start. 
 

When I was 10 I was still tuning my nylon acoustic down til the strings went floppy and pretending to be Paul Simonon. 
 

I was impressed! 

Just now, BrunoBass said:

I definitely get that, there are certainly types of male that I don’t feel comfortable being in the company of and will actively avoid. Usually the alpha male type. I’m the least alpha male you could wish to meet and really hate the ‘Richard measuring’ dynamic that surrounds such groups of men. I’ll talk to and try to get in with anyone but I have a problem relating to them. 
 

 

I see the swear filter has been turned up to 11. What if you’re referring to someone actually called D*ick? 😂

39 minutes ago, musicbassman said:

Yep, the key word in my sentence which you omitted was potential - meaning that men are naturally on guard (i.e. making sure they don't show weakness)  in most social situations - and this could be seen as being socially awkward to an observer.

I definitely get that, there are certainly types of male that I don’t feel comfortable being in the company of and will actively avoid. Usually the alpha male type. I’m the least alpha male you could wish to meet and really hate the ‘Richard measuring’ dynamic that surrounds such groups of men. I’ll talk to and try to get on with anyone but I have a problem relating to them. 
 

We all have input.

Those of you in bands, how would you describe your relationship with your bandmates? One of the bands on our local circuit are always posting photos of themselves out together, drinking, socialising. Nice situation to be in I suppose, where you’re all close friends as well as bandmates. 

Personally I don’t see my bandmates unless we’re rehearsing or gigging. Not to say I don’t like them, we all get on well (most of the time), I just have my own circle of friends that are totally separate and a busy life away from the band. I have nothing in common with my bandmates other than the fact that we’re bandmates. I don’t feel any need to socialise with them. In fact if ever I left the band our paths probably wouldn’t cross much. I like them as people and I enjoy the camerarderie of being in a band but they’re definitely colleagues rather than friends.

2 hours ago, Grassie said:

I like a bit of Strictly. I could look at Amy (the Welsh professional) all day.....

Oh, yeah! The band! Fantastic. They should get their own slot on the weekday extra show, definitely.

That Amy though... what a beauty...

*Googles ‘Amy from Strictly’...*

8 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

The Exploited in Belfast, Saturday night. We were one of the support bands, which was nice 😁

Is Wattie back to full strength again now? 

9 hours ago, MrBen said:

@BrunoBass Seems there were a few decent gigs on in Brum last night. As well and Billy Bragg and Frank, Ride were playing too! 

Yes and also Seth Lakeman was in my home town of Banbury, literally about a mile from where I live. If I hadn’t booked Frank I’d have gone to see him. No good gigs for ages and then loads on the same day! 

I’ve spent all day waiting for FedEx to deliver work stuff that I need to take away with me overseas in a few days time. 17.02 and still no show...

No way to track when it will arrive, other than just ‘today’. 

Pathetic

Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls last night at the beautiful Symphony Hall in Birmingham. I’ve seen him many times over the years and he never disappoints. This show was a stripped back affair with a strong story telling element throughout. It was also my eight year old son’s first gig; I play Frank in the car on the school run and he’s become a fan. A special and memorable night. Excellent. 
 

My son’s school took part in Young Voices earlier this year so I travelled to the NEC to watch him sing, with many other school choirs from around the country. The band were awesome and I was particularly impressed with the bass player, a chap called Carl Stanbridge, who had a great tone and was absolutely spot on in the groove the whole night. Very good indeed. 

19 hours ago, Ant1972 said:

An odd one is "welcome to the jungle" by guns n roses.

One of those tracks that everyone knows and that has had a long life.

But... Didn't even manage to crack the top 20 in the UK singles chart. Which is pretty surprising, even taking into account that a lot of people had the track through buying the album.

So, as a single, it wasn't really a big hit.. yet it is still one of the best known rock songs.

Huge AND not huge.

Same with Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams. Perennially popular, didn’t even make the Top 40 in the UK. 

I’m going on Wednesday, can’t wait, massive Clash / Simonon fan.

My mum constantly calls Ed Sheeran Ed Sherrin. She’s thinking of Ned Sherrin, and is old enough to remember who he is. 

8 hours ago, Jimothey said:

I hope this isn’t too off topic with the OP but it’s kinda related but how did you know you were ready to join a band?? I really want to join a band but fear my playing ability wouldn’t be up to scratch and if I audition I’ll just get laughed at and told to jog on!! I don’t know if it’s a confidence thing or I’m just not good enough??..........

I joined my first band two weeks after I picked up a bass guitar for the first time. Luckily my band mates were similarly inexperienced so we were all at a similar level, which really helped. We all got better very quickly. 

I love this track, it’s about when Oliver Cromwell banned Christmas

https://open.spotify.com/track/6lKGvxssQaDKLK6EAGt5M9?si=6bR5UV1ATGaRmCstWLVkRQ

7 hours ago, Ant1972 said:

Might need to check your settings in Spotify and set Streaming to "very high".

This might be the solution I’m looking for - thanks.