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God knows what I heard then cause the clip defo sounded like a live band on a big stage singing the GG tune and it sounded nothing like Hello. More radio trickery it seems.

The radio this morning seemed to suggest they opened with Gary Glitters brilliant 'Good To Be Back'? Odd, seeing how opinionated they are.

Had some finger joint problems a few years back and found a simple change of technique helped a lot. 

Rodders.  Loved him for ever, and DYTISxy, most fun u can have playing a bass guitar. But I do think it might be time to bow out gracefully. Thgt Maggie Mae sounded a tad show style.

Switched telly on to.. Celeste? Beyond less than impressed, seemed terribly self indulgent. 20 minutes later Im hooked...Shes definitely an interesting individual.

Neil Young. Loved the way the band slowed Glastonbury down to a crawl. Long breaks between tunes. Lazy out of tune soloes, and the band all shuffling around on a piece of stage the size of an iPhone.  Id forgotten how good some of his early stuff actually was.

Old has been funkster here. What I find odd about it all is how uncool everybody is. It seems like everyones going .."me me me". Even the bands have to call out to the fans the obligatory "Glastonbury"!!  every other song.  Anyway currently watching Free at the IOW circa 1970, crowd sat on the ground in quiet contemplation....Lovely.

A really worrying fact I found out recently is people with the condition have relatively speaking 35% less energy than people without. In other words it takes that much out of you to get thru the day with it. I can kinda believe it. If I have a coffee it rears up.. or Im stressed off she goes.. Its relentless.

Got it too and I can remember the exact moment it kicked in. Funny thing is my hearing has actually become more sensitive...I can hear stuff no one else can, the downside being tho I simply cannot risk playing live anymore even with the purple industrial strength earplugs. Even quietly practising my P bass will set it off....

On the general issue of age etc. My ears are so bad now I struggle to deal with any loud noise even with ear plugs. And more generally just the whole thing of gigging, the effort needed, the hanging about... even the playing to a degree. I suppose for some of us the whole thing just looses what it had when we were younger.  Pity.

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

4 hours ago, Delberthot said:

Regarding losing muscle mass as we get older - this is called sarcopenia and is though to begin when we're in our 30s. They can't work out if it's due to not moving as much in adult life as we did when we were kids or if it's just an age thing but it's a huge issue.

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.

On 10/11/2023 at 11:23, Cato said:

listenability and 'playing for the song

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. 

2 hours ago, Rich said:

Why not?

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. 

1 hour ago, silverfoxnik said:

I'm a lifelong Roxy fan; Virginia Plain was the first 7" single I bought back in 1972..

 

Watching them performing it on Top of the Pops was as mind blowing to me as an 12 year old kid as seeing Bowie performing Starman on the show that same year! 

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.