PaulWarning

They didn't make Opportunity Knocks? 

They did release a single though, absolutely awful IMO ymmv

http://denimdisco.blogspot.com/2023/08/punch-on-road-bbc-documentary-1976.html

you have to scroll down a bit

I use a Zoom B1on with the Sansamp clone mostly, on occasions I left it in tuner mode which is bypass, nobody but me noticed so I could probably get away without using it until Ace of Spades, playing that without fuzz would not be good, I seen some try it, and it's not 

as far as I am aware this is what amp and speaker simulators do perhaps with distortion and compression as well

not a piano but I got rid of a bloody big side board and a massive drinks cooler (not at the same time!)by putting them  ebay, 99p start, buyer to collect

the Zoom B1 four has a high pass filter as well as a load of other stuff for around £80

On 13/07/2023 at 09:26, Franticsmurf said:

I once wrote a blog for our band website (now long gone) and I tried to keep it very light hearted, with references to pre-gig travel and post gig fast food preferences and the strange conversations we'd have - in other words mostly backstage/behind the scenes stuff. The website took care of the serious band and booking information. I saw it as an attempt to give the band a character over and above the business of playing music and it meant that the website was updated with new material several times a month. The blog developed a small following (maybe 20 views per post on average) but I can't say it boosted attendance at gigs. I wouldn't do it again as I don't think the return justifies the effort. 

I used to do a blog, like you kept it light hearted, not many people were reading it, just friends really, so I stopped doing it.

Most of our fans are old farts like us, so we just stick to Facebook, it seems to cover all the bases, (no pun intended) where as Instagram and TikTok seem to attract a younger crowd and don't do any more than you can do on Facebook as far as I can see, but maybe I'm missing something

sounds like he's using heavy fuzz mixed in with a clean signal, one of the Zoom multi effects might do the job

41 minutes ago, police squad said:

It's something I was going to learn do to.

To see if I could play differently but in the end I couldn't really be bothered with it

I was going to try and learn right handed, I found an encore bass left out by some bins which wasn't/isn't to bad action wise, but after a couple of attempts I decided it was just to much trouble and I can do some things right handed

I have enough trouble playing only left handed 🙂, John Otway plays both left and right handed guitar 
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=358951982112502

just thought of two more that make me change radio channels, John Miles - Music and Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy

immortalised by the Photos

I use DR's as well, I used to get them from the States but they don't seem much cheaper these days and not many suppliers seem to keen to avoid custom charges like they used too, I bought my last set off Amazon UK for about £32, I've just checked and prices do seem to have gone through the roof, here and the USA, £43 from Amazon, £38 from Thomann are the cheapest I could find

When I need some I just Google DR neon green bass strings and get them from whoever is cheapest

They do last a long time though, I probably buy about 1 set a year

3 hours ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

 

 

• Split the cost evenly between the existing band members.
• If someone quits then the rest of the band pay them market rate for their share.
• If a new person joins, they don't pay until the band decides to get new equipment.

 

this is exactly how it worked for the band I'm in, after 2 members left we agreed a value for the PA and me and the singer paid them for their share,  any repairs come out of band funds, of course in relies on people being reasonable about it, some folk aren't

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

I did try that. It was better, but still not enough to make me want to listen to more than about 3 songs. And those 3 songs will happily do me for the next few years.

 

The Smiths, Morrisey, and Van Morrison are the only three artists I've blocked from playing on my Spotify account.

 

Van Morrison just doesn't sit right with me. I had to study Tupelo Honey as one of a few pieces that might come up in the exam for my A level in music and explain how it was nice and made you calm because of chord structures, etc. It didn't though. It made me irrationally annoyed. Like the whole song was disengenuous. Thankfully I didn't have to lie about it, as it wasn't one of the pieces chosen. Apparently the exam board don't care that music is subjective!

exactly the same for me the only time I've really liked Smith songs was when Sandie Shaw did them

Horse with no name, every time I hear the line "cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain" I think why is 'for' in there? makes no sense, totally wrong, just sing the line without it.

I don't really see the problem, if you think Debbie Harry is past it, or anybody else, don't go and watch them, if enough people do this then they'll retire

I quoted the wrong post

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Of course its obvious, I said the same thing in the previous post.

 

But I still think they have to be positive as they own the video rights!

should've been @Doctor J's

5 hours ago, Doctor J said:

Ok

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/blondie-glastonbury-2023-setlist-photos-quotes-videos-3461148

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/25/blondie-at-glastonbury-review-debbie-harry
 

https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/blondie-at-glastonbury-2023-reviewed/
 

The point being some people liked it

there's a very similar conversation going on in the Glastonbury 2023 thread, 

15 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Pretty well all of the BBCs reporting is how great it all was and how nothing was wrong at all. I guess they have recording rights to sell to other countries!

to state the bleedin obvious, it's a lot different being there than watching it at home, being there the atmosphere has a lot bigger impact than sitting at home watching it on TV

surprised at the criticism of Glen Matlock, he was so low in the mix as to be nearly inaudible even through my 15" PA speakers, or maybe this was on purpose because he wasn't very good, I really couldn't tell, same with Tony James in Generation Sex's set, the only time I heard the bass well was in Elton John's set, on the ones I listened too anyway, which I admit wasn't many

12 minutes ago, madshadows said:

Put on Elton last expecting his vocals to be a bit ropey after seeing him singing live a while back on a TV show but he was terrific, what a showman and what an amazing set of songs, his band was fantastic and EJ was incredible on the piano, he's a bit dodgy on his pins nowadays but as long as his fingers and voice are working who cares, his band and him killed it performance wise, what a great way to spend a Sunday night !! 😎 

 

John  

yes his voice sounded good but his dictation was as bad as ever, not a massive fan, so not that familiar with the words, without subtitles I wouldn't have had a clue what half of them were

9 hours ago, 3below said:

Stingray 5ers in massive price hike following Glastonbury.....   no need to comment on the EJ mix, superb from the home TV perspective.

It was more to do with the mix than the Stingray, a Precision would have sounded just as good with that mix, once again a lot of performances suffered because of rubbish sound engineers, on TV at any rate

26 minutes ago, acidbass said:

Not bass related, but how many of the singers' voices sound absolutely knackered? Even the younger artists - I expected it from Axl!

Cat Stevens was exactly the same, as he proved when he had footage of him singing when he was young, and he's 74 now.

Just watched Blondie, telephone was dodgy but I'd rather have them there a bit the worse for age than not at all

I'm not convinced that our website is value for money, but the singer loves the perceived kudos of having one and he runs it (the band pays) so it's not worth the aggro of having an argument about it, I don't understand tictok but it seems to have traction, I'll have to investigate

I had to sort out some live tracks for the band I'm in, I just cut and pasted bits from other parts of the song where we hadn't made a mistake, no over dubbing, as such, required