SuperSeagull

Some great stuff here. Just to clarify, we’ve dropped loads of new song ideas because the singer can’t do them, that’s just common sense. The set list has changed during my three years in the band because there is a desire to get more songs that people know and will sing / dance to. It’s how we go about that which is interesting, and yes I will give way more slack to someone who works their backside off to do all the crappy organisation stuff that comes with a band, and maybe I am in band where the person who does all that has the final say on the set list.

Having just questioned why we shouldn’t include some Oasis in the set I’ve been told Liam has a flat vocal delivery and it’s all just ripped off from T Rex who did it with style and panache. Personally I’d have been happy to sell out gigs like Oasis did with flat vocals and not as much panache as T Rex - suspect our usual pub audiences wouldn’t mind either. Hey Ho. Great ideas and thoughts in response to my original post - thanks all. Any bands in the Sussex area need a bass player? 😂

Which is my point - I love a bit of JST but your average pub punter will never have heard of her. They will know the words to the Oasis hits which is why I think its a better call.

But I guarantee we will be asked every other gig to play some Fleetwood Mac.

If the singer were saying I can't do that stuff I'd be more sympathetic but this is the guitarist saying I don't want to do anything by Fleetwood Mac or Oasis but I would like to do some Joanne Shaw Taylor 🤔

Setlist from our last gig. We've a desire to get more contemporary and well known stuff into the set - the band started as a blues outfit so it is a bit of a journey. Dakota, Rio, Don't You, Sharp Dressed, Jean Genie are the ones that really get people singing / dancing. Call Me The Breeze Wishing Well All Along Watchtower Sharp Dressed Man / Tush Rockin In Free World Above It All (Original) Help Me Knocking Heavens Door Dakota Downstream (The Rainmakers) Satisfaction Another Brick Creep Stray Cat Strut All Summertime (Original) Roadhouse Blues Keep Your Hands Mollys Chambers Cherry Wine (Original) Take Me To The River Walking By Myself No Tomorrow (Original) Ship to Wreck Shadow Play Californication You Really Got Me Taking Care of Business Learn To Fly Face Card Blues (Original) Johnny B Good / Medley Jean Genie Don’t You Forget Rio Loaded On Gin (Original)

Liking those rules....

We already do Rio, Dakota, Don't You Forget About Me so I think its more he has a blind spot on some bands.

Guitar x 2, me, drums and singer. I think that is the way it might work but the guitarist seems to have always had a veto - its been going 15 years so I'm a relatively newbie at three years.

The singer 😃 who is not the guitarist.

I'm interested in how those of you in covers band go about selecting new material. My band has an aspiration to refresh our set list but we (I!) keep banging up against our guitarist and band boss who simply dismisses anything by artists he doesn't like eg Fleetwood Mac, Oasis, Killers, or genres he similarly doesn't like eg anything vaguely punky. He is a lovely guy, a very good musician and he works very hard on managing gigs, rehearsals etc but has what I think is a blind spot in this area. I'm of the view we are entertainers, need to give the punters what they want which is stuff they recognise, can sing along to rather than more obscure numbers from 50 or 60 years ago. How do others do it?

Glynde. Near Lewes in Sussex and close enough to me that I should really go one year.

I love my TE Elf but it’s just not got enough headroom to gig with - does the TE1200 sound like an Elf just louder ‘cos that’s what I fancy!

Just down the road from you in Burgess Hill. Agree re Horsham and Crawley is also good, we play there often. But Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and pretty much anywhere east across to Eastbourne is a bit more challenging. We play one venue in Burgess Hill other than that it’s a struggle. Doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason why.

Am I the only person not to love a RM head? I had one for a while, seemed underpowered and lacking in character compared to my MB, TE Elf and old Ashdown ABM combo. Moved it on quickly. Each to his own I guess and there is clearly a lot of love for them here - maybe it’s my old ears 👂

Last weekend we did an afternoon set at The Bull in Horley for their annual bands and bbq event. Was disappointed to realise that we started at the same time as the FA Cup final kicked off but it went well including easing our new, soon to be, lead vocalist in with half a dozen numbers. Plus a photographer snapped a nice pic of my bass (and me!)

Very experienced, most styles. Currently playing in a gigging rock / blues band but ready for a change. Mid Sussex, Brighton, Crawley area.

An update. Back in the country and been exchanging emails with the ever helpful Rob at Status. After about 18 hours of playing the new Duracells were at 8.8v He hasn’t yet commented on the mA reading but asked me to check there were no volts registering without a cable in which there wasn’t. Also asked to look for any stray cables, twisted Jack socket connections - none that I could see. He has also asked for photos of the control cavity.

Nice venue. I do like that part of the world, we keep looking at whether to move New Milton / Barton way.

Pub gig last Friday. MB combo and 1x12 cab. Always take the Elf as backup. Status plus a Fender Flea J.

No! Been playing 45 years - still good to learn stuff! And appreciate people taking the time to share their knowledge.

Again, thanks. Every day a school day!

Update - there isn't one. Family life has got in the way of sorting anything over the last week and I know Rob was away from the office at Status. Gigged last night, voltage on both batteries was 9.27v pre and 9.02v this morning after a 2.5 hour set. Next week we fly to SE Asia for a few weeks so I'll get back to it when home again. Thanks again for all the advice.