musicbassman

Use an octaver during guitar solos? I agree with Osiris that distortion can weaken or lose the low frequencies seriously when playing live.

It's all here.............

"Mummy won't come out of the bathroom" - 'Screen Kiss' from Thomas Dolby, An entire theme, concept, plot or novel in seven words. Genius.

Isn't he a bit young? - I heard that Kevin's 17.......

That's great! Thanks.

Hi - before the BS site was updated there was a very useful feature where you could click on 'Go to first unread post' or something similar, and this led you to the first post you hadn't already read in a topic. Has this disappeared? I assumed the 'unread content' button at the top would refer to the specific post you were looking at, but this is just a general link. Any suggestions, as it's difficult to revisit a topic and find new content without this feature. Ta.

Historical: Beatles - Revolver 80's: Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park to Memphis Current: Hiatus Kaiyote - Choose Your Weapon.

I remember asking a drummer at an audition whether he could read. He blushed a bit and said he could, but not very well even now, he'd had to have extra lessons at school.......................................

Yes, and Amen to all of the points above - but one more thing........... at rehearsals.................PLEASE PLEASE don't keep noodling around on your kit whilst we're trying to check out harmonies, or checking chords, riffs etc - JUST SHUT UP FOR FIVE MINUTES.......er......please ??? It drives us crazy!

I remember quite a few local bands/musos coming unstuck at the millenium, including myself - we'd agreed a massive fee provisionally with an upmarket country club but then they hardly sold any tickets - I think they'd assumed that people would pay £200 per head without really thinking it through - so they kept delaying signing a contract (we'd played there before and this was a direct booking, no agent) and then the whole show ended up being cancelled early December. So instead of earning serious money we ended up with nothing................ a bad way to start the new century! This was one situation where an agency gig would have made good sense.

Back in the '70's, one of the bands I worked with had just started a 3 month tour of the USAF bases in Spain. My Wallace amp - which was considered the Rolls Royce of amps back then - blew up spectacularly on the second night and there was no spare amp to use. I won't go into detail of the convolutions we went through to continue with the gigs, but it was not good. Also, around the same decade at a University gig..............the band was just about to go on stage when someone knocked a heavy ride cymbal over and it hit the stage at the exact point where the roadie had carefully gaffered down three mic cables, severing all three..................... I could go on..........e.g.. arriving at a gig 100 miles away and realising my bass was still sitting in my London flat................ ...................................... arriving at a gig and realising the roadie had left all the mic stands behind - we improvised with the club's cleaners mops stood up in their buckets and gaffa tape.............I'm not joking..................

Well, I'm not usually a big fan of rock, but what about this from Cardiacs? If you're not familiar with this, then the legendary 'impossible to play' guitar solo is at 3.24.

You have to distinguish between 'entertainers' and musicians. There's a lot of pretty egoistic stuff on YouTube to wade through, and some of it is bxxxxy annoying, but as a learning resource it's still unequalled. Where else can you compare 8 bass players each doing their own covers of even fairly straightforward songs like Steely Dan's 'Josie' ? The general standard of bass playing is so high now compared to the average player 20 years ago it still amazes me, and I think the internet is the main reason. And some players are so good they don't need to go attention seeking - just check out anything where Rob Mullarkey is on the bass - what a supreme talent!

i did a lot of high-end function work in London back in the '80's. I can think of two occasions where the event overran so much with after dinner speeches etc that the band never played at all. Obviously we still got paid, but it did all seem a bit pointless.

Golden rule for weddings - ALWAYS hide the drumsticks, as there'll always be someone who wants to come on stage and show off while the band's taking a break, especially after a few beers.

Hard? Call that hard? We used to rehearse in t'paper bag in middle of road.....................

......" We recorded our first album last night"............ - didn't take long then! ......" a karate themed memorial service for the Titanic".......... - obvious fake ad, but brilliantly composed, so internet win in any case. The cassette sellotaped onto the ad is just perfect.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1508870877' post='3395048'] I tried that... too many bum notes. [/quote] Yes, the general level of playing is pants ..........

Bandmix ?

I use the Vox and it's very good - but I use some decent Sennheiser headphones with it. Maybe invest in some decent phones first?

Can we just clarify something? Are we talking about taking the measurement with the E string held down at the first fret position when taking the measurement (like you would when checking if the truss rod needs adjusting) - or are we talking about the measurement with the string unrestricted - i.e just an open string?

Knower - Overtime (Live Band sesh) Sam Wilkes - bass on another level, or from another planet. It would take me a week to work out what he's doing here, let alone play it.

Just hope your singer doesn't sing as flat as the original....................

A Musicman 5 string I owned back in the '80's. Good to play physically, and I persevered with it for a good while, but it only ever had one sound, and that was the dead plank sound................. Possibly why they're still not worth a great deal now compared to the old 4 strings.