SpondonBassed

If there is a significant market for that length of pub gig in this country, I'd be surprised. I would certainly not rule myself out for a go at it despite that. It's a worthy goal of achievement. Being a hobby bassist is disadvantage enough. My only two gigs were 35 years ago just before I quit to put in some serious effort with my apprenticeship. I returned to bass much later as an alternative to taking up smoking again. My age and general state of decay is a disadvantage to getting match fit without a good six months of graft to make it happen. To put in the effort, I'd need a carrot dangling in front of me. In other words, something guaranteed to make it worth the effort at the end of my fitness training. I don't see a carrot and I am not the beast of burden that some bands require their bassist to be. My hobby will never develop into a job, full stop. I think that there are a few clubs that put on extended live musical presentations but even those don't run four hour sets by one band. I believe it still goes that events of this sort are broken up between several acts. If anyone knows of a British pub or club that does feature a band playing for three hours or more regularly please correct me.

Then there is no chance of you getting your moob out, accidentally like, on national TV. We're spared, thank providence.

Speaking as an ageing part-time one, the recent and frequent exposure to snow flakes has most certainly contributed to the negative aspects of my own personal gitdom. Take meaning from that term as you wish. I quite enjoy a good fantasy however. I'm still a git but a happy one.

Aw shucks thanks. Heeheehee, I'm touched by your considerate comment. (What are you after?)

Oh man! I used to be a regular flier in the good old days of Duty Free shopping at airports. I bought packets and packets of high grade tape from those shops. Chrome, I think, was the flavour in favour at the time. I saved a bundle on backing up my LP collection.

Stainless steel should be the metal least likely to cause a skin reaction. I react to long term contact with a lot of metals. Stainless Steel, Gold and Silver are the least likely to cause irritation.

Semi-flats then? Quite bright yet thumpy widdit.

There is an issue with the photos. I don't see them either. I only ever use a lappy and all.

Yeah. ...and I recorded Take a Walk on the Wild Side on it. The VelvetUnderground meters were a twitchin'. So there.

CHOON!

I do like a bright lass. Lucky lad.

While folk are allowed to advertise themselves as Professional Dog Walkers it is a pointless debate.

No.

Have you sealed your knots? Or is that taken care of by the filling compound? It used to be necessary for pine doors and such. Sap discharge would be an awful thing to discover in years to come.

Why would I want to know anything about someone who can't place a simple advert without sentiment?

Why complicate things? All you need to do is shout 'Catch!' as you chuck it in the heckler's direction. You might have the hassle of having to fetch it back but you won't be bothered for the remainder of the performance, I guarantee.

Good man. There's a topic somewhere on the forum where you can show your material. Sorry I wasn't able to think of its correct title but have a look around if you've not found it already.

Those inspirational words caused me to scurry away to my development kennel and cook up a cunning design for bassists with a nautical bent. I call it the The Chapmanchor:

So... still a pink torpedo.

Good point. But given how long it took to copy LPs even with a double speed twin deck like I had, recording was a faff. What noise reduction bodge would you apply? What about the sleeve notes? Are you going to risk using a dodgy C120 for the longer LPs? Lots of potential snags. The volume of piracy today is far and above what was practical to do, let alone what actually done back in the days of analogue. I am of course discounting piracy for cash for this discussion. Now it's a couple of clicks and wallop! Instant gratification. The thing about instant gratification is that it is thin on substance. It's so easy to come by that it is not valued as much as something that you put at least a token effort into acquiring. I'd argue that music is devalued because there is so much of it and all of it is conveniently provided through a medium that is particularly well suited to almost instant copying. Now it's a case of easy come easy go. Volatile media on servers that are gawd knows where in the world can save your playlists and digital rights to music that you have bought but it can ALL disappear in one click from anywhere in the world (or orbit of the world come to that). You are powerless to prevent it. You must back-up everything. We never had that hassle before. You'd buy a thing once and keep it in your house. For digital files, the notion of making two three or even four (if you listen to anally retentive I.T. types) copies is abhorrent to me. The old way meant that when there was a power cut, you could at least still read your sleeve notes. If I value a piece of music, I have to own it on physical media. I use discs as a preference. I have all of my four track cassettes too. They were recorded from my LPs prior to my return to England because I didn't feel happy about shipping all that vinyl. I don't really think of memory sticks as physical media. I download lots of music clips from YT. I consider these to be disposable. I save songs that I want to practice with. I learn about new musical trends and discover old songs that I missed out on at the time of release. When I find something I like, I go out and buy it. Nowadays it's not easy to do that but as long as there are physical outlets in my area I will use them. I have a responsibility to my local economy too, remember. The other thing about old fashioned piracy was that it would often help the sale of LPs due to the poor sound quality of most home recordings. That's not a factor any more.

You and everyone else, that is. Even talented pros with a proven track record find it difficult to land on their feet like that. If you are in your forties you might get a good local residency or two on the back of your rep but the yoof have no chance.

I had a listen a couple of days after I'd bookmarked your link above. Great harmonies, interesting composition. Do you perform or is it all online?

Something has put me in mind of this character. If only I could put my finger on who what.

...because, lord knows, nobody has tried that before.

After Mr Albarn paid your bar expenses were things more or less blurry? Real-life vs life as seen on screens... no comparison. Sorry you missed meeting the big Z.