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Takes me back to summer season holiday camp gigs in the 80's.

I think the only way to really combat it as old person is to completely change your daily behaviour and habits.. which isn't easy. ie for eg, Park as far from the shops as possible and carry heavy shopping. Get out of bed and literally yomp around the house like a crazy person swinging arms and stuff... yes its all crazy but I think it works....In a nutshell. Move more.

I can testity that doing a festival on a stinky hot day with a bad chest infection is/was madness. Vid of me looking like a drowned rat I was sweating so much....But I did it for the band (said the hero)..haha. Shuffled off the stage, jumped straight in the car - home. But yes it definitely pays to keep fit and positive when there's a line of gigs on the horizon.

Dont think Ive ever turned the master down once setup after sound chk. Seems an odd problem to have.

Fom the very first day they started I thought this ....PMT? Really?. Anyone else ever thght the same? Marketing is a very powerful tool and if it dont look right or sound right it can have an adverse affect.

This in spades. That criteria alone rules out for me the vast majority of players. Simply knowing the board inside out does not neccesarily make for good music. I love Nile Rodgers playing style and what he brought to popular music, but is he 'great guitarist' of course not but he is an extremely distinct and influential musician by the way he plays.

Because shockingly it seems no-one on this partiucular site could care less. Brian Wilson along with Elvis, The Beatles, Motown etc and a few others from the dim and distant literally shaped the musical world we inhabit today. And whether you beleive it or not he's that important.

Agree. I really dont think BC is the place to share ones thoughts about an event like this. Three comments? Extraordinary.

The demise of the instrument store. I just think the traditional band, "electric guitar thing" in the main, is over. It only ever started because of the blues and R&R. The very two genres which in the minds of young people today are pretty much obsolete. I popped into PMT two years ago and it just seemed full of active pa and DJ kit, barely a guitar or bass in sight. Light years away from the, 'ye olde guitar shop' on the corner stuffed with 100 watt tweed front Marshalls, slinky Hiwatts and Orange bass bins etc. Sad really, online just isn't quite the same.

Wonder if he's still going. Those gardens look awfully close together. Was it a success?....Noise issues? Curious.

I had a nearly new Mocha P bass bk in 77. Those new pictures with the crazing, colour tone etc show the body and neck are prob legit but as we've already deduced the entire thing is a hack job. Pity. If its a nice weight then its prob a nice player.

Thru body holes arent even in line... somebodys been at it with the dremel. Neck looks good but who knows and theres no-way to chk the bodies authenticity. Red flags everywhere, but if its a player, then for the right price.....

Lots of great points. I think there are two aspects to this... the making music path and the education/admin/management path. Making music which is all I can really talk about, the killer for me was the hours and just the plain uncertainty of it all, but if its ur thing then go for it. I think entertainment is predominantly a night time/awkward time business, but you have to follow ur passions. Sounds like shes knows what she really wants which is half the battle really. Good luck.

Here too. I could not beleive how unusual and ctachy it was even tho it didn't really go anywhere...It really took me aback and along with Starman kick started my interest in music and wanting to become a musician.

Those brilliant early Mex RW P basses. They must surely have all been sold but you never see any. Tried one and should have bought it... it really was very nice.