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  1. Richard R
    Do you, as a band, have any sort of written contract or agreement about how the band runs? If not then you are all, in law, equals in a partnership by agreement and all equally own all the common assets of the band. As soon as you started working together for a common cause you're in a partnership. By sacking you they have technically dissolved the partnership, and you now all equally own the assets. In particular the right to use the name. Court cases on this go on for decades (Bucks Fizz), but that is the case. Plenty of web sites on band law to reference. So you could very politely point this out to them, and ask that they pay you for the gig and then buy out your share of what they think the name is worth if they wish to continue. Since you hold the social media passwords, do absolutely nothing at all on those sites, nothing malicious especially. If there is no desire to pay you for the gig or the name, then you own it as much as they do, so after the gig do as you wish. If you do have a written agreement that takes precedence of course.
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    Hellooo! Where in Fife? My wife and I lived in St Andrew's for two years when we were first married and I absolutely love the East Neuk. I would have stayed up there, but it was a long way from our families and there wasn't any sensible work.
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    I have been caught out like that. I did service at church a while back during which we prepared and cooked two sponge cakes on the platform as part of the service. Used my phone as the countdown timer, plugged into the PA so everyone would hear the cakes were ready and I would stop preaching. Of course just before the end I had a phone call. From my mother who thought it was Saturday morning! Flight mode is your friend!
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    There seems to be quite a group of bass players doing other things with their feet at the same time. Reassures me it isn't such a daft idea.
  5. Richard R
    This bass has already been to Crack Convertors once... (with apologies to Mr. Shuker, but the pun was irresistible)
  6. Richard R
    Play it a lot over Christmas, then see how you feel in late January. Hopefully you'll love it because it certainly looks a beauty.
  7. Richard R
    Foot pedal was the plan. Ideally set up the sounds in order, to sustain until the next one is triggered, then tap foot at appropriate chord change. I already have a home-built foot pedal for turning music pages, so there is a high possibility for error in either direction 😁
  8. Richard R
    So end of April would be a better weekend then, not clashing with the wedding or the moved bank holiday.
  9. Richard R
    "master of bass around the world ". I like that 😁. In my case I have terrible timing and technique and am still a newbie, but lots of helpful people here who ARE masters of the bass. Welcome aboard!
  10. Richard R
    No to worry, thanks for the PM. I will try that and see what happens. I have a fist full of carols to learn in the next couple of weeks, so that will keep me occupied. Synth pads will have to wait until I have time after Christmas.
  11. Richard R
    Hi GisserD, Sorry for not replying sooner. Sent you If you do have a spare license that would be very much appreciated. My Scarlett is too old to qualify under Focusrite's terms. Rich
  12. Richard R
    Presto Music in Leamington, great little shop. 👍Not been there in years. All classical mind you.
  13. Richard R
    I might just buy it, but that spoils the fun. I'll need to transpose it too, as it's written for bassoon and piano and I think the bassoon is a Bb instrument like a clarinet.
  14. Richard R
    https://www.nemphasis.com/en/prodotti/steam-bass-analog-chorus.html 😉
  15. Richard R
    Not quite... But they are more similar than I thought when I read your comment!
  16. Richard R
    What does it play like now, have you fallen back in love, and will you please post pictures? Especially if Jon took any during the repair work 👍
  17. Richard R
    Hi all, Does anyone happen to have the sheet music or a bass tab for the Ivor The Engine theme tune? If not then I'll work it out by ear and looking at the "Sample" page image I can find on Google, but figured I would ask first 🙂
  18. Richard R
    Way cooler than those common or garden Marshall Fridges you see around. What are you going to do to disguise the pedal board shelves? 😉
  19. Richard R
    Very classy looking, much better than purple 👍.
  20. Richard R
    Weirdly, having read this thread, when I clicked on the OP's sound cloud link it took me to their performance of Tainted Love. Which was great, but I listened in vain for the Satriani interlude 🙂
  21. Richard R
    I was intending to use it as my Basschat secret Santa, as it's not a musical instrument and someone would have had to use it as their avatar for January. I am actually glad it's been sold.😉
  22. Richard R
    Interesting. So I can be discriminatory towards contractors, but not staff? That seems to be a pretty serious loophole. Most bands aren't companies employing people, though larger and more successful bands might be. They are however legally partnerships by agreement, so I would expect similar laws to apply. I am pretty sure that there are folks on here far better equipped to talk about the legal status of a band than I am, but I did do a bit of hunting some time back. This was the best article I found, but it doesn't mention discrimination. http://inchbrakie.tripod.com/audiotalk-business/id18.html
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    Thanksgiving? Well if you pay my flights to the US, I'll do my best 😁
  24. Richard R
    This is fantastic! But I could only play it at the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. ☹ GLWTS.
  25. Richard R
    BassChat is definitely more about the chat than the bass. The bass bit is the starting point, but it's the social chat that is really why we keep coming back. And the occasional cake.
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