PaulWarning

a bit of audience interaction is a good thing, nothing worse that long silences between songs or incoherent mumble from someone who is clearly out of their comfort zone, though on occasions as @asingardenof said it can go on too long, and please, no preaching to the crowd, it's bound to upset someone

Problem with Jools Holland is it's very eclectic, which is understandable, being about the only music show on mainstream TV, I record it and finish up watching 1 act if I'm lucky

I use a zoom multi effects B1on pedal, there was one for sale on here, anything between slight overdrive to full on fuzz and eq as well

our vocalist being a total attention seeker is good at inter song chat, trouble is he doesn't alter it much so we get sick of hearing it, but a least we know what the next song is, which is handy when he misreads the set list, we don't alter the set much so we always finish up the set with about 4 songs one after the other, which works well. Unlike someone else's comment I hate it when the band introduce themselves, I'm really not interested in the names of the band, especially if it's accompanied by a solo spot for each member, just play another song

I've got a pair of HD 206's, bit bass light for me, and they don't fit over my big ears easily

My sound has changed over the years, I used to like the trebly JJ Burnel type of sound but have realised that's not what gives the band umph, now I have as much more low mids as I can get without boom kicking in and not much above 5K Hz. Sort of occupies the right frequency area We played a festival in the summer with a full PA and sound man and I realised the bands with an overly loud bass drum were the ones where the bass disappeared into the mix because they didn't have enough low mids, and for whatever reason the sound man couldn't compensate

I applied, never got a reply, perhaps they're trying to tell me something 😄

I'd just register my songs with the PRS and put a demo on soundcloud, in fact I register all the bands songs whether I wrote them or not seeing as nobody else can be arsed to register them in their own names

started getting problems with our Digital Aggregator, Soundrop, first of all they took down one of our Albums claiming unusual streaming activity when they'd hardly been any streams according to their own figures. the latest statement show a lot of streams for one of our songs (by our standards) but we finished up with a minus net Amount Due. Trying to get to talk to a real person is proving very difficulty

Staying friends with band members is tough, in my experience.

would I be in a band with someone who voted Reform? yes, would I be in a band with someone who voted for Corbyn? yes. Do I think that people with a penis should use ladies toilets? no, do I think people who are born male should be able to compete against people who were born female in sport? no. But could I be in a band with someone who thinks they should, yes.

I got a pair from the NHS, the latest ones I think, bluetooth with phone adjustment and all that, I've got used to them now mostly (still struggle in noisey enviroments), certainly no intention of shelling out a few thousand quid on private ones. I did try some private ones on approval, about £3500, I don't think they weren't any better then the NHS ones I've got now, but that was a few years ago, never heard of AI hearing aids

I use a pedal and think it sounds better with than without, but it's subtle, once saw a band where the bass player had a board with about 6 pedals on it, his bass sounded muddy and wasn't cutting through, halfway through the second set one of his leads packed in, so fair play he quickly plugged staright into his amp, after his sound really cut through and sound clear. I told him at the end, he looked at me like I was something he trodden in on the local park

Heads up for anyone who's interested, just bought some DR green neon strings on Amazon at £31.15. There was a discussion about string prices a while ago but can't find it, is there any way of searching just 'content I posted in'?

so did you sack him just because of his drink driving? not very rock and roll

how thoughtless, he could've waited till after the gig

always helps when the bass is up there in the mix and that is well up there, too much tbh

where you play the strings is important, over the pickup is my prefered option, seen players play near the bridge with a pick, sucks the bottom end right out. If you want more bass, don't boost it, cut the the mids and treble

Do they charge a yearly fee or a one off fee?

just tested it, even I can notice the latency and it sucks the top end out resulting in lower volume than a cable, so all in all, bloody useless

When I checked, in the basket,the unit was still described as a Lekato WS-70 but the picture had changed to the Honiyo unit, I really can't be bothered to send it back for the sake of 8 quid, that's probably what they rely on, and it does work, haven't really tested out the quality yet, might be ok for home use

ordered a Lekato WS-70 wireless unit from AliExpress, under £16, what had I got to lose? I got to the checkout and the price was £8.30, I thought I'd got a new customer discount. The unit arrived today and its a HOHIYO A8, very flimsy but it works, but very dodgy practices, the original picture shows a Lekato but the check out picture (I've just checked) shows the Hohiyo, I shall complain but I'm not holding my breath

just had a email from Soundrop saying they were taking down one of our albums at my request, I never made such a request but the album been taken down already, funny how it happened after they put their prices up. I've emailed them about it but I'm not holding my breath

this is a problem and pubs change hands a lot, get a good crowd, management changes, don't like your style of music and don't book you, mind you that type of manager doesn't tend to last long, on the other hand we sometimes keep getting asked back when hardly anybody turns up, to the point where we make an excuse not to play there

just ordered a WS-70 off Aliexpress, for some reason the amount was down to £8.36 by the time I paid for it, I'm wondering what the catch is 😂