PaulWarning

and another thing, how come 90% of the time the support bands sound is crap compared to the headliners? not just quieter but the mix is usually all over the place

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1427451944' post='2730469'] Di on the bass never really helps unless you like the sound of your bass plugged straight in to a clean amp. Thats what's coming out front, your sound you created and spent years getting right stays on stage. Unless you fight your corner, hours sometimes on drums, play the bass mate, ten seconds for a level, right on to the guitar for twenty minutes. You have to sometimes collar them and say go get a ****ing Mic and mic the cab up and get the sound I have here out front. Often your sound is a mix of compression and slight overdrive creating sustain you realy on to play certain things. A dry DI, slight fiddle with the desk EQ and you are just a dull rumble with no sustain and there is nothing to put back in the mix to start with. Any sound engineer not willing to help, well not as if there is a shortage these days is it. A lot have forgotten that it is the artistes who are the important people in the room, the sound man has a job to do and that requires listening to the people he is supposed to be working for sometimes. [/quote]that's why I use an FX pedal, to get 'my sound' when the everything on the amp is flat,

am I missing something, what difference does it make? apart from being on the 'right' side of the string when changing to another string, like I start the riff to Babylons Burning with an upstroke, but all upstrokes, I don't get it

went to see the Stranglers last night at Rock City and the mix was great, no bass drum dominating the mix, don't think JJ would put up with that lol, mind you his bass sound didn't sound like him but you could hear it well enough

went to see the Stranglers at Rock City in Nottingham last night, enjoyable gig, but, his bass tone was nothing like I would have expected, they came back for a 2nd encore and did Peaches, sounded bassy and distorted, Walk on By wasn't any better either.

Why? I just don't get it http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Fender-51P-Bass-Left-handed-precision-jazz-51Telecaster-50s-70s-custom-/271798769459?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f48781733

I thought the idea of using rehearsal rooms is so you don't have to hump a load of gear about, basic drum kit, PA for vocals, amps for the guitarist(s) and bassist, means an equal split, if someone chooses to bring their own gear that's there choice, still an equal split

frustrating isn't it?, I send posters to pubs via the post if they're too far away to drop them in then turn up at the gig and they haven't even been arsed to put them up, then they wonder why their business is going down the tubes

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1426448043' post='2718160'] I heard an interesting programme on Radio 4 today talking social media, and Facebook in particular. It was reported that the trend to share every part of your life in intimate detail with a bunch of, what are essentially, strangers has been steadily losing its appeal for some time. It was mentioned that younger users are starting to realise that bullying can be an issue and that what they say 'now' may come back and haunt them in the future in both personal and career spheres. Got to say that its something that I've never been tempted to get involved with, but I can be a bit of a luddite when it suits me. [/quote]Our soon to leave guitarist hasn't got the message yet, he was saying on FB the other day it was a quiet day at work so he was in the toilets doing sudoku's, not the sort of thing I'd put on there even if I did post stuff [quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1426449763' post='2718178'] [color=#141823]From Facebook - "We've recently updated the way we measure how many people like your Page. Pages may see a decrease in likes after 12 March, when we removed likes from inactive Facebook accounts."[/color] [/quote] I hadn't seen that, mystery solved, cheers

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1426422188' post='2717838'] I deactivated my facebook about a year ago, by coincindence to this thread my mate said in the pub last night that he has seen quite a few people leaving recently, is facebook losing its crown? [/quote]Well I wouldn't bother with it if it wasn't for the band, most of time it's used by sado's trying to convince everybody else what a wonderful life they've got, when, if it was, they wouldn't be wasting their time on FB, rant over, well I have just got back from the pub, perhaps I ought to put that on FB lol

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1426417703' post='2717776'] I think there's some small print about drummers [/quote]

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1426415532' post='2717729'] Something to do with facebook removing as bunch of fake accounts recently I think. Iirc it says something about it if you look at your stats page? [/quote]right I've found it, they've removed a load of likes from deactivated accounts, I always thought they were removed at the time the account was deactivated though, they certainly were when our drummer deactivated his, happened straight away

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1426415597' post='2717731'] Maybe you had a bad gig... [/quote]oh we've had loads of bad gigs without this happening before lol

On my bands facebook page we suddenly lost 14 likes in one day, now I know some people cancel there likes for various reasons but to lose 14 in one day seems a bit much, we can't have upset that many people in one day surely, is it something to do with Facebook?

maybe Fender haven't got a clue how to get JJ's signature sound lol, there's been enough debate on here about it

I think it's been well documented that JJ's sound changed when his green P bass fell in half when he punched it during a gig, it never sounded the same after it was repaired, he said he tried hundreds of other basses and could never find one that sounded like it, although some people on here have got pretty close

[quote name='Spoombung' timestamp='1425203201' post='2704894'] Interested what people think if his current tone and how it compares with the past one? [media]http://youtu.be/SItRVpLjAI0[/media] [/quote]a lot cleaner and more like a normal bass these days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cje1W6iGesw

I use Hydrogen, you have to programme it yourself, but once you've figured it out it helps you understand what a drummer does, it's great for demos to show other members what you've got in mind and it's free, converts the drum pattern to wav form so you can load it into audacity or something like that, and record vocals /bass/ guitar and whatever else you want on to it

I always know if the Excuse is "Oh I haven't had time" what they mean is I'd rather be doing something else, if you really want to do something you make the time

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1425122771' post='2704143'] You are the only one registered with PRS, so you have no legal obligation to share. The money went on band expenses, so you have no moral obligation to share it. Yes, he will need to register with PRS and someone needs to fill in the forms if he wants any money. However, as far as PRS are concerned, you are the sole rights holder at the moment, and he can't just register and say he wants a cut - If that were the case, I could just write to them and say I'd like 50% of the Rolling Stones' rights please :-D This is why an agreed band split is vital. Everyone who gets a split needs to register individually and the PRS need to know the percentage split for each song. [/quote]ok thanks, at one time I did suggest we draw up some sort of agreement to split royalties, (we'd just made a CD and were all optimistic!) but no one seemed very keen on the idea so I didn't pursue it, To be fair to the guitarist he's not getting arsey about it, he just asked the question

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1425121294' post='2704118'] Do you have an agreed band split? Who did that £24 get paid to? You? The way I read it, you have taken ownership of the PRS thing on behalf of the band (for that year at least) so as far as PRS are concerned you own all the rights to the songs. That is your money, and you are not obliged to share it. Was there a verbal arrangement where you would act on behalf of the band then share out the money? In which case you have a moral obligation to share it as agreed. Talk to the band about who wants to bother registering with PRS and filling in the forms. Agree a split among those people and then everyone who cares about the money will get a fair share. [/quote]I was the one who could be bothered to claim from the PRS, as it was only £24 I kept it to help with postage etc, wasn't worth splitting it TBH. So, if the guitarist wants his royalties he has to get them from the PRS and not us is that right?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1425119920' post='2704103'] Really don't understand this - should take ten minutes tops to fill out a PRS form. That's £144. What did you get for the gig? It's not as if there isn't plenty of downtime at a gig. Then again, if the guitarist hasn't registered then he doesn't have any right to suddenly start claiming direct from the band - tell him to take a hike! [/quote]£144? don't understand that, I got £24 for the whole years gigs, but I suppose that's my question, can he claim royalties direct from the band?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1425118678' post='2704085'] Why not fill the forms in? You may say it is a pittance, but how long does it take? If you don't claim it your share gets divided up by all those who can be bothered to fill the forms in. [/quote]I did it for one particular busy gigging year when we played the Bearded Theory festival (our biggest gig) and got £24, it really isn't worth my time TBH, I've told the guitarist and he's never even bothered registering with them

the drummer and guitarist are quitting the band I play, no fall out, after 10 years they just don't want to gig 2 or 3 times a month any more, anyway last night the guitarist asked me about royalties on his songs if we carry on playing them with the new members, I said he'd have to take his chances with the PRS system, but seeing as we don't bother filling out the annual form to tell them how often we play them because i's not worth it for the pittance you get he won't get anything, is this correct?