PaulWarning

Since the last FB 'upgrade' I no longer receive notifications when someone leaves a message in band's inbox on our FB page, which means I have to remember to check regularly to make sure we're not missing out on offers of gigs etc, anyone got any ideas on how to get them working again? Google hasn't been much help

the song selection and the singers made all the difference, the reggae mash up, or whatever it was called wasn't good, why they persevered with it, given the drummers problems as well, I really don't know

yep, I think we can all see where this program is going, contrived TV at it's best/worst

I did have a Stingray, despite it being active I could never get the sound I wanted, I never touch the controls on my P bass, any adjustments are made via my Zoom B1on pedal or my amp, when I play through a full PA the Zoom gives me control over my EQ before the mixing desk

I notice you didn't post the one with a certain DJ introducing it 😄

I (with my other half) do open mics, the most popular song by quite a distance is Jilted John, never seem to hear it on the Radio these days 😄

banter is a tricky one, it's nasty if it's too near the truth and the people it's aimed at are lacking in self confidence, it's a thin dividing line between a bit of a pi55 take and bullying, getting a feel for when people are getting upset is important. Something that is difficult when written down in a post. I walked in the pub tonight where I'd done open mic on Friday, a couple of the blokes said "hope you've not bought your guitar again" but it was said in such a way that I took it as a compliment, they'd actually enjoyed my little set, if I'd been shite they wouldn't have said it, hopefully I read it right 😂

use different coloured cables or coloured tape on both ends of the cable (different colours for different cables) so it's clear which cables at the PA are connected to which microphones etc

never suffered with foot problems always wear Converse maybe I'm lucky, as well as print the set list big enough to read check out the next song before you've finished the last one so you're ready for those no break in between the songs moments

I've got a couple TE's non fan version, and I prefer them, they're quieter and lighter, (possibly because they're lower wattage), and like you say don't get full of sucked in gunk, never had any overheating issues with them

once saw her live, quite lively and she was really enjoying herself when the encored with the Ramones song "I Wanna Be Sedated" Roy Orbison is another performer who lacked any sort of charisma when playing live, made Bill Wyman look energetic

another invaluable free tool is Audacity, slow the song right down and move it up an octave (or even 2) makes the the most buried in the mix bass line stand out. I also find the bass lessons on YouTube are more accurate than tabs

There's usually a reasonably accurate tab of what I want to learn, and some rubbish ones, but they do get me in the ball park, I'm rubbish at starting out learning a song by ear but once I've learnt the basic chord structure I can usually sort it out. There's also a piece of software that attempts to show the chords and the bass line called Digital Music Mentor (never found an alternative that shows the bass line), very old but still available, it's not fool proof by any means but it does get you on the right track

it's a pi55 take, some people have a strange sense of humour

The serious collector will probably prefer Vinyl, but as we discovered when we produced our last album in vinyl most people who come to our gigs, which is where we sell most of our albums, still prefer CD's, it's a lot easier to carry home for a start, and a lot easier to put on your mp3 player/phone, which seems to be where the most listening is done, certainly in my case

Hate it when I can't hear the bass very well in the mix, live or on record, one of the reasons I took up bass was because of the early Status Quo albums (up to but not including Rocking All Over the World) where the bass is clearly audible. Somebody mentioned Never mind the Bollocks, a brilliant album, but I for one think it would be even better with the bass was a bit higher in the mix, mind you it can be hard to hear the bass when it just follows the root, Another punk album SLF first album is unlistenable, despite some great songs on it because it's so tinny IMO ymmv Another thought, whenever there's a remaster of an album, thinking Beatles and the Clash here, the bass is more prominent in the mix

so if the rest of the story is true, the owner of the store ordered him a special left handed one from the factory, I wonder if that was still £30?

I once bought an Epiphone SG that had horrendous neck dive, soon got rid. One good thing about neck dive is that it stops that really annoying habit some bass players have (well it annoys me) of letting go off the neck when they're playing an open string, with a smug look on their face

we found this, our last album was produced on vinyl and CD, we've sold far more CD's, while not regretting doing it on vinyl (it looks great on my lounge wall and I made a clock out of another copy 😀 ), sales were disappointing in that format and we'd think long and hard about repeating it

I think most of ours will be perfectly happy with a CD, just trying to cover all the bases

Cheers, so when I upload the CD to Bandcamp (we already have an account)we get 200 free codes that we could give a way with every CD purchased at a gig?

We've got a few Festival gigs lined up this year as well as the usual pub gigs, so CD's are the best bet, just that the last CD we released I did have people saying to me "I haven't got a CD player". I hadn't thought about a download code with the CD, I'll have to investigate how this is done, through our website maybe?

We're about to re release our long sold out first CD, remixed, bonus tracks etc. These days quite a lot of people don't have a CD player, so what's the alternative apart from downloads and streaming? which don't produce much revenue, and like a lot of small bands we sell most of our music at gigs Anybody tried selling them at gigs from a memory stick or something similar?

just goes to show, one mans meat etc, I rate my Hondo, same model, see bottom of the previous page, I certainly wouldn't say it isn't a proper bass, I'm reasonable sure it was made at the Matsumoku factory and fitted with DiMarzio pick ups

mine was a made in Japan Hondo professional, bought it off a mate for £40, flipped it as I'm a lefty, recorded our first album with it which has just been remixed and it sounds as dirty as hell, in a good way, for a punk band, I've still got it, it's worth so little why would I sell it? I can sound more like JJ Burnel with it than with my precision