Nail Soup

OK, let’s talk support bands. Love: Discovering a great or just interesting new band who are playing support ( ok, you have to kiss a few frogs😃) Hate: People ignoring the support band.

True, and counting the number of repetitions before the ending stab gives my covers band serious brain pain too!

Hate: People who talk during the set.

About 80% of home practice is just unamplified instrument. The other 20%: Audio Interface > PC > DAW with amp sim and effects > headphones Nothing through speakers. The biggest problem with the above is that I don't therefore use the pedalboard, so sometimes a bit unrehearsed on which pedal to tread on and when etc. I only practice that at band rehearsals .

I'm feeling some kind of sympathetic trauma just hearing about that!

All the talk so far (I think) has been about covers. But I guess the same could apply to originals. If one band member writes a lyric, do the others get to comment or even veto? I'm not in an originals band, but do write lyrics for my own songs. If that transitioned to a band setting, I'd be happy to listen to occasional concerns about my lyrics. If there were concerns all the time then we are probably in the wrong band together!

I've been working on a song called "Autonomy" for the basschat composition challenge, and therefore listening to it's namesake by Buzzcocks. You know what? I reckon it's the best Buzzcocks song (and it was written by Diggle, not Shelley).

OK, here's this months composition. Inspiration was thinking about the puppet and how she may not want to be controlled, but to be free. Then I though that the people on the ground are not free either... they have to follow directives to synchronise the movements. So I named the song Autonomy and stole a short phrase ("I want you") from the Buzzcocks song of the same name. Gear wise, same as before - Studio One DAW, Shure 58 Mic, Vox Standard 25 Guitar, Squier Tele, Vantage Bass, Studio One Farfisa keyed with a Akai Mini-Play, Studio-One drum set programmed via piano roll. Lyrics in spoiler

I reckon you still have a say, even if you are not the singer. Maybe the singer has more of a "veto", but for me the whole band has a say.

I get all the points and concerns here...... except one. Who cares if there is not a new wave of bands who can fills stadiums and headline mega-festivals? I'd much rather have a healthy range of smaller, diverse artists who have enough income to self-sustain. Anyway stadium gigs are not great, and festival-wise I lean more towards the so-called boutique festivals (not keen on the name boutique mind you!)

Well it seems like my cunning plan to recruit a few fans to The Lovely Eggs has backfired 😀! I just hope that their bass player is not a member here.... oh, hang on, they don't have a bass player 😉.

I'd echo what the others have said....... an untreated bassline is the most flexible. Effects can be added to a raw signal, but not subtracted from a treated signal. The compromise is to send a treated and untreated track to the customer. If you are using hardware effects then that means some sort of splitter. Anyway - you've already solved the difficult bit:- having people ask for stuff! Disclaimer - I'm a home player, I don't record for anyone.

Depending how you define "lyrics" and "sung" (and indeed "banger" ) you could include "Je T'aime"

Kraftwerk - Autobahn is a classic example.

I'm liking the Utopia Strong. Quite a difference to Steve's previous musical collaboration with Chas and Dave:

I’m not a metal player, but this seems like a good place to ask a question. On some other threads there is talk of “Dingwall and Darkglass” as a staple of some metal sub-genres. Could anyone explain to the uninitiated what gear, what sub genre and what sound is achieved?

The perineum maybe?

OK, OK don’t remind me😟

I love this song. However I suspect that there were a bunch of female singers from within the Bad Seeds circle who could have performed it as well, and that the Kylie thing was done purely because it was unexpected.

Oh no! For me it was more positive, I branched out from my metal cul-de-sac to discover hip hop and then the power in funk, soul, reggae, jazz etc. Agree both points. Yes, Limp Biscuit is a pity but for many the Rock/rap collaborations were a gateway into another form of music.

One that took me by surprise, and contrary to the OP example as badly received by both sets of fans, was Metallica And Lou Reed.

Put me in mind of Young Heart Attack:

Just visited the website of indie band "The Lovely Eggs" to check the rescheduled tour dates. They have dedicated a page of the website to rail against the fake encore. Here are two snaps from the site. So what do you reckon? All part of the fun , or an abomination we should get rid of?

Way back in the height of my fandom with The Stranglers, my brother told me that I shared my birthday with JJ Burnel. He was lying, but we didn't have Google then 😕.

No more onion jokes please - that shalllot.