PaulWarning

I've no wish to go to Glastonbury, even Rebellion is too big for me these days, last time I went I spent most of my time in the pub round the corner, I can't remember the last time I really enjoyed going to see a (name) band, I usually get bored after 15 minutes  and leave at the end feeling thoroughly unfulfilled, yes, I've turned into my Dad

6 hours ago, Count Bassy said:

Went as a gang to see Gary Glitter at a club in Leicester around 1977, after our second year exams at uni (Lufbra). Brilliant show.

been to see the Glitter Band a couple of times in the last 15 years, memorable shows and yes they did all GG's big hits

1 hour ago, Drax said:

It’s not an either / or, we can still support independent music shops buying from them online. Matchetts is an online retailer, physical store in Belfast plus full fat e-commerce site. See also BassDirect, The Gallery.. 
There aren’t any bricks and mortar music stores that don’t also heavily rely on online sales. 

this is true, add Gak to the list, although I do all my bass related buying online I do try and avoid Thomann, I'd sooner support UK business

hi, it's a good time to live in Nottingham, if you're a Forest supporter

I hate shopping, finding places to park the car (or even worse having to use public transport) and having to deal with idiots, behind the counter and in front of it, I buy as much as I can online, except food (even than I mostly use click and collect)and clothes, it's convenient,  cheaper and there's far more choice.

I couldn't get on with the Smiths, Morrissey's style of wailing just irritated me, strangely I like some of his solo stuff, less wailing more singing

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

, but Presley's voice is amazing, not unlike Roy Orbison's. 

Orbison's voice gets on my nerves, great range, just don't like the tone

to borrow a quote from one of our American friends, re Elvis (Presley), you had to be there, most of us, even on Basschat, are too young, shame about all those awful films though.

I suppose I'm in 2 one is a fairly busy punk originals/ covers band about 40 gigs year, the other I do open mics with my partner on drums me on electro acoustic guitar and singing which obviously never clashes with the main band as open mics aren't pre arranged.

Our guitarist is in 3 bands, which causes problems, but we do have a dep, I'm never happy with people in more than one gigging  band, it causes problems if band A gets offered a good gig that clashes with another band that a member is in.

Another pet hate of mine is when  you see someone playing in more than one band at a festival, to me, it devalues the commitment of the bands.

I've insisted on using our dep when this happens at a coupe of festivals this year where the guitarist is playing in one of his other bands

3 minutes ago, DubDelay said:

If your band is let’s say ‘The Dublin Blues Wedding Band’ it’s going to be worth having an SEO optimised website at that domain as you will get hits from people searching for ‘blues wedding bands’ anywhere in Ireland. 
 

lol, we're a punk band who does mostly local pub gigs, mostly covers with a smattering of our own songs, we do occasional festivals and gigs where we do an originals set, but not many, all our albums are on Spotify, Verbal Warning if anybody is interested

2 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said:

Bagpipes are fine in their correct context

yes, when you can't hear the droning, the Real McKenzies are another example

5 hours ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

Every single cover of a Beatles song is better than the original

I think exactly the same thing about Bob Dylan and Prince

Just now, Hechtor said:

Ok, to be honest, if your SEO is done right, it can only help, especially if you run a very active blog and keep it updated about shows etc....

 

 

If I may ask, how much are you paying for the hosting ?

just been quoted  a renewal price of £86 for 1 year and £136 for 2 years, I tried a blog many years ago, in the end only one person was looking at it 😂

2 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Is there anyone here who supports the “bass should be felt and not heard” viewpoint?

(not me)

I don't but a lot of sound engineers seem to think so

The Who and the Stones have made some cracking singles, but never rated the albums much

our singer runs it, he doesn't seem to know how much traffic it gets, most of our audience is 50+

our annual payment is coming up for our website, wondering whether it's worth it or does Facebook do the job for free?

judging by some of the answers on here some opinions are popular, not unpopular, these twiddling Jazz bass players aren't worth listening too seems popular as is Oasis are rubbish, I agree with the former but not the later

PM'd

Spinal Tap BBC2 10.40 tonight, I think it's been a while since it was on mainstream TV

finally got round to watching about half of this last night while babysitting for my daughter who has Disney +, way too long, and it would've drove me mad working like that to write new songs, more tedious that watching the full 8 hours in one sitting I imagine 

I don't think there's a right or wrong way, whatever you prefer, it is possible to get a deep tone with a pick, Macca and Carol Kaye for instance, well I think they do.

I prefer a pick, I think it cuts thought the mix better and suits the style of music I play (punk generally) and having converted from the dark side that is what I was used to, and I've not had enough reason to change

most acoustic guitars manage without intonation adjustment, IMO it's overrated as a problem on basses, generally we don't play chords with loads of overdrive, unlike guitar players, so unless you've got perfect pitch (disclosure time, I've got the opposite, whatever that is) you or anybody else aren't going to notice, who does on fretless basses for instance? I once asked a double bass player about how accurate his playing was, intonation wise, his reply was "As long as you're somewhere near nobody is going to notice"

seem to remember a story about Bruce Springsteen and his band, E Street Band? being the pickup band for Chuck Berry

I use a Behringer UM2 straight into my laptop, then play along using Audacity, slow things down, go up an octave to make the bass stand out, the big game changer for me was when I bought some Audio Technica WS1100 headphones, head and shoulders above the Sennheiser HD 280 pro's I was using before