rOB

Hiya,

I'm a late 20's male bass player/vocalist/songwriter. New to Nottingham and looking to play some music. Own gear and transport, based in the city centre.

Experience of gigging and some studio and home recording. Most of my influences are rock/alt QOTSA, DFA 1979, BRMC, Nirvana etc

Drop me a message if you're looking for a bass player or wanting to start something.

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You already have the subject matter for your first song, a tale of wanting to make a statement to the world but having nothing to say........
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Like this?

Tim Minchin's Rock and Roll Nerd
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I'll sometimes write short surreal/horror stories and set them to music.

For example I once wrote a song about an icecream van that sold animals frozen on sticks instead of icecream.

Nothing really to add but yes,I'm enjoying them at the moment too. Hope to see them play at Handmade Festival in a couple of months

Can't see how taking good care of yourself could hurt your playing.

Let us know hoe you get on?

A woman once walked onto the stage mid song to tell our guitarist to turn around.

Later my girlfriend went to the toilet and saw the same woman sitting in a cubicle with the door open.

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I'll set the ball rolling, then, shall I..?

[url="https://soundcloud.com/dad3353/i-think-i-can"]I Think I Can...[/url]

Enjoy.
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Ooo I like this a lot. Great work

Thanks for sharing, impressive stuff.

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed that.

cool stuff, enjoying this.

Great stuff. Love it.

Sounds strong. You did that in your front room? Impressive.

What's the bass set up?

Yep, sounds good to me. Heavy and tight.

I mostly play alt/rock and use a Schecter Diamond Series C4 as my main bass

I love it.

I've done plenty of organising over the last couple of bands I've played in. "Originals" bands have slightly different requirements to some of the above but lots the same.

I don't mind putting in a bit more work than others for a bit more control/input.

I do this sometimes without a problem.

I think I've read that it can cause problems for valve power amps but don't quote me on that.

Good to hear. Good luck with it.

Enjoy yourself
Play with other people as much as possible

If you want to write your own music, do it. You can do it.

Edit: and get a hat.

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Yeah it helps. The more I here the better they seem. Hopefully I can find somewhere with at least one of the 2 that interest me in stock. They don't seem too common though. The more modern designs seem easier to get hold of but don't really interest me.

As for the Model T and P, I would assume they sound like P basses with the split neck pickups soloed. Can't see how you could copy something so closely and not sound pretty much the same. That's the hope anyway. [/quote]

To my unrefined ears I find most basses with a split pickup in that position to sound similar to a Fender P (happy to hear other opinions). I'm afraid I can't comment on the models with P pickups as mine has twin humbuckers but I really enjoy my Schecter. I think it cost abour £450 new in 2006 ish.

All the best with the search.

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They do seem pretty good. I just don't know much about Schecter other than complaints about electrical issues. Time for some research. It's a shame but I'm not gonna lie, if either of them said Fender, G&L, Sandberg etc on top I wouldn't hesitate. [/quote]

If it helps at all, I have played a Schecter (diamond series) for 6-7 years, never had any problems with electronics or anything else.

Dunno if this is what you're looking for but I've started a couple original bands from scratch and I'd suggest writing and recording home demos of songs before advertising if at all possible.

Then you can send prospective band mates the material to make sure they're into what you want to do. Also gives you songs to play together at the first few meet ups.

I'd give some thought to the logistics of band activity as well. Where/when are you rehearsing? When/where will your most frequent gigs be? Can you accomodate someone who works shifts?

Post on social media and get your Northern muso mates involved, they might well know people in other areas of the country.

Hope some of that is useful.

Loads of suggestions and discussion [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/158539-2-piece-bands-following-from-3-piece-thread/page__fromsearch__1"]here[/url]

We are not JUST bass players.

I would suggest that you are a musician in a band and you specialise in playing the bass. Your opinion should be valued by your bandmates.

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Love the idea of a bass, percussion and vocal band. [/quote]

Hmm, been thinking about this for a while now. Looking forward to getting back to the UK in Sept so I can try it out. Inspired by this thread as well as bands like DFA 1979, Clatter, Lightning Bolt and Royal Blood.

At the moment I'm thinking a vocalist (possibly some room for shakers or a tamborine), bass and a cajon player.

Does anyone know any bands using a similar setup in a rock setting?

Any thoughts on whether it would work? Things to consider?

An amp stand?

There are plenty of options for different heights and amounts of tilt. Personally I go for one that tilts quite a bit but doesn't have much height.