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we've got a gig coming up that is iffy attendance wise, it was decided that if it's poorly attended this time we won't play it again, we do practice new songs, to keep things fresh for us and the crowd, otherwise there would be no point in practice nights, which involves going to the pub afterwards, most get dropped after a few outings when they don't go down too well, you don't say whether you have band rehearsals. The band is run very much on a consensus basis, but if someone really doesn't want to do something we don't do it, thankfully nobody uses their veto very often, well not since our last guitarist left 😄.

being a bit of a libertarian I've decided this is my position, if people are silly enough to pay the price that's their look out, personal responsibility and all that. If the massive demand is caused be touts buying hundreds of tickets by manipulating the online ticketing system hopefully they'll get their fingers burnt

I hate Stadium gigs, I'd rather go and see a decent Oasis tribute in a small venue, why is it that the bigger the venue the bigger the ticket price?

it's about time that added on fees that cannot be avoided are banned, why they can't be just incorporated into the ticket price? it's bonkers, I can't think any other example that this is the case, even Ryan Air extras can be avoided, with difficulty

Quite a lot bands are in the right place at the right time and many have a hit or two, but it does take a special talent to stay at the top for years and produce a string of top selling songs

I'm the opposite now, wouldn't cross the road to see big bands in massive stadiums, I'd rather go and watch a good tribute in a small venue. Back to Oasis, wonder how many who slag off their songs as simplistic have written a million selling song of their own, if it's that easy why not? not many know the secret of writing a hit song, Noel Gallagher is, or was, one of them, it is something that is indefinable.

we bought the cheapest ones we could find about 18 years and well over 700 gigs and ago they've had a few repairs over the years, replacing nut's and bolts that have fell out and got lost, but they're still going strong, we may have got lucky

Another Queen non fan here, though I do like We are the Champions, wonder how long before the Beatles get mentioned?

as a way of getting your music out there, yes, as a revenue raiser, no. Trouble is CD sales have fallen off a cliff in recent years, most people stream these days, for small bands the chances of getting back recording and production costs have severely diminished. We don't make a lot through merch but most of it is T shirt sales.

it's just filtered through to our Soundrop statement, we've got over 6000 streams for our most popular song, but that counts for nothing now because that's over a period of years. How do you get on popular playlists? edit, just found a blog on how to get on playlists

apparently songs now have to have a least a 1000 Spotify streams in the last 12 months to qualify for any payment, so small artists like ourselves will go from getting a pittance to getting nothing.

the problem I've got is I wear hearing aids, taking them out makes things muffled, use ear plugs and it's even worse, I have to take them out to understand what people are saying to me, I tried the ACS's but it was a pain getting them in and out, I just use generic ones now, wedge the one next to the drummer right in and adjust the other one as required, at least my tinnitus hasn't got any worse

I'm not surprised, all they asked was a simple question, talk about making life difficult 🙂

it does indeed

funnily enough, I was messing around with the 30 Hz slider on my Trace Elliot GP12 today, couldn't tell any difference whether it was right down or half way, so I left it right down

Always amuses me, kettle's don't have kettle leads these days 😀 Am I going to get an apostrophe alert?

3 amp would be safe enough

Rock and Roll will never die, don't know about that, but it's certainly not mainstream anymore

I'm only guessing here but in the old days, lads and lasses use to get together to make music, as you couldn't play all the instruments at the same time, now they sit in their bedrooms in front of a computer and do it all themselves

tbf I can't remember the last time I put an Album on and listened to it, I usually listen though my phone which in on shuffle, didn't realise how up to date I was 😂

not sure how streaming works as regards the charts but very few people bother buying CD's and especially singles these days. I actually bought a CD the other day then realised my new laptop hadn't got a DVD/CD drive on it, had to dig out my old laptop to put it on my new laptop and phone 😕

Facebook Marketplace is the wild west of buying and selling sites, although I did sell my Mum's car on there, cash on collection of course

we've had similar experiences, I wonder if they just get cold feet and pick any excuse to bail out

to answer the question, there's program I've used for years, Digital Music Mentor, it's old but downloads of a free version can be found (limited use), it's not perfect but gets you in the ball park https://digital-music-mentor.en.lo4d.com/windows it also has a stab at the bass line of songs as well, again not perfect but gives you an idea edit, if it's like mine script error box appears, just keep clicking yes and it opens eventually

I think it's important to stick to one genre, if you try and please all the people you'll please no one, in the band I'm in covers are chosen by consensus, but if someone really doesn't want to do a certain song we don't do it, after all if someone refuses to learn a song what can you do? besides kick them out the band, I've recently done this, the singer wanted to learn Ruby Soho by Rancid, but we'd already tried Timebomb, a more popular song, according to Spotify streams, by Rancid and it flopped and got dropped, so I wasn't going to waste my time learning it