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I'm not in a band, but I would suggest making use of as much social media as you can. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the biggest ones, obviously. Tag in the venues. Use as many suitable hashtags as possible without making the post look messy.

I always thought Bananarama were singing "Robert de Niro's waiting, talking to Tanya" as if he was making idle chit chat with the receptionist. 

20 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Is it worth £9000 as an instrument? Of course not. Is it worth the money as an antique? Of course not. Is it worth the money due to the celebrity connection? Of course not. When you combine all these things is it worth the money? Of course not.

 

However, we live in the age where the very worst 70's and early 80's Fenders sell, utterly amazingly, for two grand and above. Old Squiers fetch one and a half grand. Amazing.
 

However, all it takes is one poor soul to believe in it and have the cash in their pocket (or the credit on their card) and there is great profit to be had. These are heady times for opportunists. Make hay, etc. The next old POS will be listed at 10k 🙂

I remember when I started playing bass at first, CBS era Fenders were generally regarded as a bit crap. I'm sure there some decent ones, but from what I read QC wasn't great. Nowadays, any old 70s Fender is almost revered like the Holy Grail and commands a fortune.

I saw them live a few years ago. They aren't really my thing, but I don't mind their music. The best bit of the gig, for me, was when they played the old bluesy stuff. He really is a very good guitarist.

1 hour ago, Rich said:

From 'Freed From Desire' by someone called Gala:

  My love has got no money, he's got his trampoline
  My love has got no power, he's got his trampoline...

 

('trampoline' in both cases is actually 'strong beliefs'. Except no, it's definitely trampoline  ) 
 

I always thought it was "thumb police"

Sister Sledge - We Are Family

"we're making love in a Femidom"

Photos?

Over on Guitar Chat (shut up, they aren't that bad) that I got two free bottles of Grolsch beer with a couple of straplocks at the weekend. @Dad3353 reminded me that you can get these basschatlocks

19 hours ago, JJTee said:

As a kid, I had no idea that Bill Wither’s was singing ‘Lovely Day’ over and over in the chorus. I thought it was “Dur-diddy”. 
 

And in Golden Brown I thought “Through my mind she runs” was actually a mysterious phrase “Through my mansheeran’s”.

I thought something similar - "with my manchirons". No idea what a manchiron is.

On 02/06/2022 at 19:02, MacDaddy said:

The Hail Mary.

 

Blessed art thou among swimming.

 

For some reason I never questioned this. That's the problem learning religion by rote.

Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank of "Angela's Ashes" fame) wrote a book called "A Monk Swimming", based on the same mondegreen.

I don't go out in Belfast often, these days, but as far as I can see the live music scene seems to be picking up. There are the established venues, like The Limelight, but in recent years venues like Voodoo, The Dears Head, The American Bar and The Sunflower have been hosting live music.

Nobody really. A mate and I started a band when we were about 15 or 16. He was on guitar and I was the singer, for want of a better word. We had a school friend's boyfriend on bass, but he was older than us and had different musical tastes, so I ended up taking on bass duties. I suppose Peter hook might have been an influence as we did a cover of Transmission, but we also covered Peggy Sue, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, House of the Rising Sun and Therapy's cover of Isolation, so there was quite a mix.

18 minutes ago, Ralf1e said:

I like the Pink one and the Green one but I recently bought a Squire 70's CV Jazz in natural and should not buy any more basses. Aai help!  I mustn't look!!

Go on, a quick peek won't hurt. 😈

On 23/10/2022 at 12:33, Grimalkin said:

Was it just me or did anyone else find something umm, alluring about Nurse Ratched? 😍😏

On 24/10/2022 at 12:34, SteveXFR said:

 

Generally 90's "punk" was just noisy pop music. Has there ever been a debate about what is or isn't punk or whether punk is dead?

It certainly isn't the heartfelt "X-Factor" hands.

On 24/10/2022 at 12:26, Leonard Smalls said:

That was one of the [positions I remember friends having when I was a kid.. My Raleigh Olympus had it (only 5 speed!) on the frame.

Yeah, I only remember downtube shifters, though I have seen cheap Chinese bikes on eBay with similar, modern versions of these.

21 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

Too darn right. I've heard no rock version of a classic soul tune that comes within a million miles of even being half as good. Whitesnake's Ain't No Love is overwrought compared to Bobby Bland's original version and The Black Crowes' take on the Otis classic just doesn't cut it. Just my 2 cents worth.

Worse still are the many pub bands workmanlike job of Mustang Sally. The Wilson Pickett version still sounds the best (even more so than Sir Mack Rice's original) but I've yet to year a pub band singer with the pipes to do it or any Soul classic justice. To sing Soul you need to have a great set. 

I often chuckle at the memory of a band in a Barcelona bar singing "Moostaaang Sallee..." 😄

2 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

Voodoo, Belfast 

Nice one. I thought I recognised it.

3 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

 

Here’s a wee pic from Friday night

Where was that in?

On 01/09/2022 at 20:58, Doctor J said:

 

Interesting crossover with the "Bassists Who Pedal" thread... the shifters on the bike at the start of the video. I don't think I've ever seen shifters positioned there before 😄

That looks class!

I don't play with a pick, but for some reason I have a metal pick in the case. I've no idea where it came from.

45 minutes ago, EBS_freak said:

I used to watch a lot of originals bands whilst at Uni. Even caught Coldplay before they were. a blip on anybody's radar. Really enjoyed their stuff and even then, you could see they had the potential to go places. This was pre them releasing Parachutes... and for me, when Coldplay sounded the best (that first album is a pure gem)... before they became the stadium anthem band that they are now.

 

Grassroots music is defo on the decline, which is a real big shame. People (as in the wider public) don't want to hear new music it would seem. It seems to be largely dictated by what the radio deems suitable to play you. (or what they've been paid to play you).

 

I used to sit on Pandora for hours on end, getting introduced to new artists too.

 

  

I think interest in albums is on the decline. From what I see, people will hear a track on Spotify and add it to a playlist, maybe download and pay for that one song, but don't buy an album. My daughter is 13 and doesn't have any favourite bands as such but will listen to stuff on Spotify. When I was 13 I was buying albums Like Appetite for Destruction, Seven Son of a Seventh Son, No rest for the Wicked...

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Not in my flat earth world 😂

Flat wound world, surely? 😄

52 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

Just wondering about big mistakes bands, individuals and companies have made especially when turning something down thinking it wasn't going to do much biz. The bloke who turned down The Beatles is probably the most obvious one. I just tuned into Planet Rock briefly and heard how Herbie Flowers was paid just £17 as a flat payment  for laying down the bassline to Walk on The Wild Side while Lou Reed must have been raking it in due to its often being sampled especially on Can You Kick It by a Tribe Called Quest, which is one of the best known and most played tracks in hip hop.

Would Herbie have written the bassline, or just played what he was told to play?

Not music related and it's the opposite situation, but Alec Guinness was paid a fee of $150,000 for Star Wars, but also negotiated a 2% cut of the box office takings.