musicbassman

Ah! - when i wrote this I thought you were asking about an individual muso doing a dep gig, not a whole band !! For a band doing a charity event the organisers are going to expect a 'special' rate, and it depends whether you have an interest in supporting the charity concerned. But it's reasonable for the promoters to make at least a token payment to cover some of the expenses and travelling time . If they won't do that then I would wave goodbye - after all, they wouldn't expect to get a hall hire or caterers for free, would they ? BTW, I think skidder652003 is about right for pub gigs - with a few exceptions, there's not much money left in that sort of business now.

Anything from £5 plus a drink to £500 plus expenses. A lot more information required - Type of band, Type of gig, Size of venue, Size of band, Playing level of band, (keen amateur, dad rock, semi pro, pro) How much you would guess they're being paid, How far away it is, How long you'll actually have to spend hanging around at the venue (can be a problem with weddings and functions) How much rehearsal time (if any) required, How much you'd like to do the gig (prestige, possibility of permanent position, other musos in the audience looking for a bass player) That'll do for a start... 🙂

'Agua De Beber' is a Jobim standard that's been covered so many times - I think she's slightly over egging it here, and the last note/notes are a bit - err - microtonal. This may not be everybody's cup of tea, Newfoundfreedom, but maybe you'd have to understand it in relation to the booming Latin scene of the early 60's. *Gets out musical history books* And maybe to understand 'Jazz' you have to try to learn the language a bit - otherwise it's like listening to poetry in another language - you get an idea of what's going on by the meter, but can't 'hear' what they're saying. You could try listening to Jaco's 'Donna Lee' again and don't think of it as random bass notes, think of it as an expressive language which you might like to learn ? Sorry if this sounds a bit pretentious, but it's the best explanation I can come up with. And at the end of the day, just listen to whatever you like that makes you happy !

Has anyone still got a Bells catalogue? I can remember getting overexcited about WEM PA columns...... and the Audiomaster....just look at all those knobs !!! Just 48 payments of £13/8/6d a month !!!!

I think what you are playing is spot on. F# G A F# E D C

I think you've slightly missed the point, mikel.

Well, here's a few ideas from the pros...

Well, assuming that it's a four string bass then the E string is tuned getting on for a quarter of a tone sharp ? The weird thing is that sometimes it sounds worse than other times. The bridge part of the song based on Bb just confirms it's only the E string that's out. We can surely only speculate as why nobody picked up on this. Maybe the studio air was so thick with waccy baccy that it interfered with the soundwaves... 😵

I wouldn't bother moving round here - i live near Portsmouth and I've been looking for a decent covers/functions band anywhere within a 30 mile radius for over 12 months now. It's not that I'm not passing auditions - there simply haven't been any good quality established bands looking for a bass player, apparently. And I advertise myself everywhere I can think of incl. FB.

Yup, come across this many times at auditions. The worse thing is there's always ONE member of the band (the guitar widdler or keyboard player) who will take your polite suggestion that their particular choice of chord is.... er... 'unusual' as a gross personal insult - so you won't get the gig anyway - you're obviously going to be a threat to their status in the band.

British legion Club, 1990’s. Gig on the Sat night before Remembrance Sunday. Band in full flow. Committee Chairman comes on stage shouting: “Turn it off” !! Me (in the middle of singing harmony part): “What” ?? Committee Chairman: (purple face like thunder) “Turn the music off !! All of it! Now!!” I indicate to the band to stop playing, the drummer the last to catch on, as you might expect. Committee Chairman: “You’ve broken the Remembrance Day Plate, the one we put the Ashes on, on Remembrance Sunday” Turns out that in the bands break, the drummer had gone into the dressing room and tried to switch on an electric cooker in there, to warm the place up a bit. But he’d only succeeded in switching on a high level grill which he’d unknowingly left on full blast and this had eventually shattered a large ceramic platter which had been sitting directly on top of the cooker. Realising we’d made some dreadful faux pas relating to the Remembrance Sunday Service memorial proceedings we were full of the most humble apologies . It was only later when talking to another Committee member I realised the Chairman had actually been shouting “the one we put the sandwiches on, on Remembrance Sunday” I wished my apologies had been a little less profuse.

For those technophobe BCers like me not suffering from perpetual GAS, please could you explain what this is, what you hope it might do, and why it's important ? I'm not being sarcastic, I'd genuinely like to know.

I was 16 at the time and I was certainly doing it wrong

Year: 1970 Place: large youth club in the wrong part of Exeter. Job: Dodgy local band with a stand in lead guitarist as we'd had a massive row the previous day and regular guitarist had flounced off, taking his homemade Les Paul copy with him. It became clear soon after we shakily started the first number that we were really there just to provide some background music whilst there was a massive brawl between two rival gangs of skinheads which soon took up the entire dance floor. It was serious stuff and we were close to trouser soiling in case the rival gangs decided to vent their frustrations on the band instead. We stopped after four numbers as the police arrived. I've never been so glad to have a reason to stop playing. It was the bands first and last gig.

It's a generation thing also - some people of my age (60's) both male and female are still unreasonably impressed if they find out I play bass and follow up by asking the usual rather naive questions. Whereas kids in their 20's or 30's who find out the same thing are completely uninterested. Or in one case looked up from her phone and said "Well, if you were playing in bands in the 1970's why weren't you famous ???" I didn't sleep well that night... 😳 😳 😥

Yup, this thread is turning into a secret confessional - oh, the shame we feel when we discover we've been doing it the 'wrong' way. It's like discovering that some people stand up to wipe their bums while others remain seated...

You lucky, lucky guy ! I, (and I guess many other BCers) never had any teachers even remotely like this at their school

Isn't it good to be on a forum where people can openly admit to possible gaps in their musical knowledge and don't get immediately crucified and name-called by others ? Meanwhile, I shall continue trying to avoid hearing "Top 10 Eurovision Songs You Won't Believe You Don't Know ! ", or something similarly clickbaity on YT...

Totally groovy !

Jeez - these guys must be about 40, and here they are still 'rebelling' against their parents with their stoner rock. C'mon lads, give it a rest, lay off the drugs and maybe try listening to some other types of music with what's left of your hearing.

Some of you may already know of Nahre Sol and watch her videos. I know of her via Adam Neely. She posted this piece yesterday about YouTube negativity - she has quite a large following and it would seem that the recent performance piece she posted didn't ...er...go down too well with some viewers The comments make an interesting read also.

I suppose that must also apply to an event that took place on 23rd June 2016...

Many years ago I came across an Irish heavy metal band called 'Third Effect' ...Oh, go on, say it....

It's just a form of pointless verbal vandalism. People who have no status or influence in their lives can resort to this - it's all they have to offer. It's a bit like local yoofs beating up the bus shelter, throwing litter around or throwing stones at fire engines - it's the only way to make them feel like they are getting noticed or are important. Apparently having your face tattooed is another sensible option sometimes chosen... .

So, here's Ced Mitchell doing a great bass cover of 'Make Daddy Proud' by Blackbear. Excellent playing - great phrasing, musicality and feel. And then, if that wasn't good enough, along comes Dunkan Robertson and does an even more incredible arrangemnt of Ced Mitchells' arrangement... Lots to like here, methinks, and anyone ever says bass playing is stuck in a rut, here's evidence to the contrary. Enjoy.