PaulWarning

when anybody asks for money upfront alarm bells ring, especially when they say "we think you're wonderful we're sure we can help you make it" well if you think we're that good take a percentage of the profits then. Reverbnation are always trying to get money out of me, don't think so

been messing about with my B3 today, even with all the effects switched off (or the tuner engaged) there a noticeable difference between that and going straight into the amp, does it have a true bypass?

trouble is T & C can be long and full of legal talk (deliberately? ) that I lose the will to live after a paragraph or so, I don't bother with insurance apart from the really necessary stuff like Buildings and car, figuring that it's cheaper not too, otherwise insurance companies would go bust

used to get very nervous but over time it got less and less so now I don't get nervous, a bit apprehensive sometimes, but it's soon ok when I start playing, the first time I did an open mic on my own was the worst. All this performing to the public came in very handy when I delivered a very accomplished Father of the Bride speech at my daughters wedding , I've seen some poor blokes reduced to gibbering wrecks

must admit I found the sanctimonious bullying replies by the grammar nazi's a bit distasteful, wouldn't be surprised if the poor guy never darkens the Basschat forum again, wouldn't blame him

just have a chat first thanking him and asking if it's ok to alter the controls, thank him again afterwards, no need to go over the top, he's already said it's ok for others to use his rig after all. I once had the feeling that the main band wanted to use my rig (they obviously hadn't got one) but nobody bothered asking me so I took it off stage after our set, he soon came up asking very politely if he could use my amp

weren't they great? the way they used to cut the song in half if it didn't all fit onto one track

nah, minidisc will takeover

I use the Spotify discover weekly feature, to hear different stuff in my 'genre' it's worryingly good

I'm sure they'll be people who swear it improves the sound, they seem to have the capacity to fool their ears into hearing anything if they paid enough for it

Elixir Nanowebs are fairly noiseless, very smooth,and last ages, but not to everyone's taste

think the problem is there's a lot more classic rock songs around than the ones they play, I listen to Gold in the car (it's not available everywhere) plays oldies but rockier than Smooth, and they have the same problem, their playlists could do with being changed more often, it's almost like they don't expect people to be listening for a lot of hours

not a lot, it's the latest thing though isn't it? they've stopped scantily clad girls parading around at Formula 1, boxing is next, I was just wondering if, in another 40 years, they'd view the way women are used to try and make events more glamorous the way we now view racism in the 1970's. Personally I think it's an infringement of female rights by not allowing them to make their own minds up whether to partake in such events, history may prove me wrong

of course Pans People would never be allowed in this political Correct age, how degrading for women. you lot ought to be ashamed of yourselves for reminiscing about it

commercial stations target their audience, so PR aren't interested in the teens and housewives, they've got their own stations like Radio 1, Capitol and Smooth, if people don't hear what they like every couple of tunes they change stations, that's the price for having more stations, if you want more eclectic stuff Radio 6 may be the answer, but they'll be a load of stuff you don't like.

ah, the prog rock years, aren't they the ones that got all sniffy and said Punks couldn't play?

depends what you were into really, but the Old Grey Whistle Test was too prog rock for me when whispering Bob was in charge, once he went it improved no end, for me anyway, but it did have one major advantage over TOTP's in that the acts actually had to play live, which I always prefer to miming (which is also the problem with music video's), if I was being really controversial I'd say Jools Holland isn't a million miles away from the OGWT

I sort of agree with him on the putting effort in, it requires a lot of dedication and hard work to 'make it' and even then the chances are very very low, as for not making money from record sales, welcome to the digital age, the Gene is not going back in the bottle no matter how much we wish it would

don't think so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTKORcr1jhY

just wonder what the youth of today will be reminiscing about in 40 years time, I'll bet they'll be moaning about the kids of 2060, nostalgia eh?

all sounds a bit dodgy to me, think she probably realised, she'd got no comeback if she paid the full amount then you didn't refund the difference, the proper way would have been to change the 'buy it now' price, if I've understood it all properly

a receipt would help cover you for receiving stolen goods with the Police if it got that far

basic stuff really, but usually you only pay cash if you're picking it up, in which case you'll know the address, I've only ever exchanged cash for an amp once at the motorway services, driving away I realised I'd not asked for a receipt but I had bought it through ebay so I was sort of covered. I'm surprised how often I've sold stuff for cash and not been asked for a receipt (never) but, again, they were picking it up from my house. edit, I do ask for a receipt for high value items just in case they turn round and say I've stolen it from them

I agree, I use different settings for home practice with headphones, it's a different ball game entirely when using a bass rig at volume in a band situation

or, if your knobs are ones with a flat side to them, just take a photo of them with your phone (just thought of that) if your PA speaker cables are identical and you daisy chain them put some tape round the ends of one of them to stop you mixing up the PA speakers and the monitors, otherwise you spend a lot of time wondering why the mixer adjustments are doing odd things