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16 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

 

I am in my mid 50s. The days of frequenting random gigs mid week are 30 years behind me. The generation that you need for that are teenagers to mid twenties and like it or not they get their information from the digital space. 

Im late 40's and still go to plenty of gigs. Even get involved in the odd most pit. At a lot of the gigs I go to, im far from the oldest.

Gigs aren't just for young whippersnappers

19 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Dude, just go to a venue and watch a band. You can live life without the Internet. 😁

But without the Internet, how will you tell strangers they don't need the Internet?

21 hours ago, Supernaut said:

Streaming is a cancer. If you stream music, you're part of the problem. 

There you go. That looks very much like saying using streaming is wrong

11 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Not sure why you're so bothered with how I spend my time and what I do? 

I think maybe because you expressed the opinion that all who use streaming services are bad, you've raised the question of how to find new music without using them. Maybe you don't listen to new music, nowt wrong with that.

39 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

Interesting thanks for the replies. I am not a gigging musician but a punter. I tend to rely on Spotify to find new artists and Dice to let me know when they are touring.

 

As has been mentioned AI is a threat but for now I think people are safe. Formulaic music has been around since forever with the likes of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and later Simon Cowell. I am not convinced that AI music is anything different but just another step. Some people will go and see a holographic performance of AI content. I can envision this unfortunately. I am sure that just as people went to whatever boy band was going through the motions, many others will continue to seek something different.

At least with the formulaic pop music made by humans, it keeps recording studios, producers and session musicians in work.

Little fluffy clouds - The Orb

27 minutes ago, Supernaut said:

Just because it's there we should try to use it? 
 

Woof - no thanks. 

Its a good way to discover bands you might never have heard of. Today I found an excellent post metal band called Humanfly who were listed as a related artist under a band called Dimscua who I discovered as a related artist under Cult Of Luna. So thats two bands who will sell me gig tickets and a t shirt next time they play Bristol because I found them through streaming. 

You don't have to use it if you dont want but its there for those who do and its not going to disappear. 

1 hour ago, Supernaut said:

Touched a nerve have I? I'm a regular gig goer and always attend local unsigned acts. Bare in mind, I will never attend one of your gigs because you're only one gig from superstardom, right? 😁

Im a regular gig goer, merch buyer and physical record buyer as well. Streaming is where I often discover bands who I then support through gigs and purchases. Streaming isn't necessarily bad but it also isn't good. It's just a part of modern reality so why not try to use it in s positive way?

2 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Before we all get worked up with our keyboard outrage, has anyone taken the time to actually listen to the two bands in question?

 

Holding Absence are rather formulaic bland modern pop-rock so it's really no surprise that AI has supposedly been able to replicate their "style" of music. I'd be interested to know just why Lucas Woodland has decided that Bleeding Verse are copying his band and not the countless other real bands doing the same kind of music with rock guitars, keyboards and alternating melodic and screamo vocals?

 

There's no real story there at all. I'm sure that Holding Absence have managed to get some more streams and maybe a few more fans, but it all smacks of publicity seeking to me.

 

The AI groups creator cited Holding Absence as the main band he used to create his AI album. You can hear it in instrument and vocal tones.

Holding Absence are basically the same as late Bring Me The Horizon so I guess the AI geezer didn't use them because of their rather fanatical fans and big legal power.

2 minutes ago, tegs07 said:

It seems that the solution is simple. Delete your social media accounts.

 

More people are doing that now and AI is a common reason for leaving social media. People don't want fake videos and rip off music 

7 minutes ago, Cato said:

There's going ro be an absolute deluge of these from people hoping that if they churn out enough AI slop they might get a few hits that make money.

 

It's already happening on social media, every 3rd Instagram clip seems to be an AI fake and it's getting really hard to spot them.

 

There's got to be a gap in the market for a streaming service that can guarantee no AI content.

Id sign up for that streaming service and Id pay more for it.

AI music is a parasite. It feeds off real music while also killing it. 

Raining Blood - Slayer

https://www.loudersound.com/news/holding-absence-speak-out-ai-bleeding-verse-overtakes-spotify-listeners-2025

Rock band, Holding Absence have been overtaken in Spotify charts by an AI band who's music is modelled on theirs. 

This seems like a significant and very sad occurrence. The band works hard writing, recording and promoting their music and then someone uses their hard work to knock out an AI copy that makes more money at little to no cost.

2 hours ago, Sean said:

But what about the two together? How Jazz does that get? 

 

What's that limited edition of 79 one?

Mine is the PJ, not JJ. It sounds nothing like a Fender PJ. The jazz Bridge sounds nothing like a fender jazz bridge pickup and the P pickup sounds nothing like a Fender P pickup. The preamp seems to be really aggressive. 

They are kind of their own thing, Spectors just sound like Spectors. 

The bridge J pickup on my PJ Euro sounds nothing like the bridge on my Jazz bass so I doubt the J neck pickup will sound much like tge jazz neck pickup. 

Gravedigger song - Mark Lannegan

Electric funeral - Black Sabbath 

My best purchase was my Spector Euro 4 LX from a member of this forum. Not only does it look amazing but it feels great to play and the tones I can get from it are brutal. 

My worst purchase was a Behringer sansamp clone. The first one didn't work at all, the replacement just sounded crap. The worst drive sound I've ever heard. Nothing like a sansamp

Thats got it. Thanks 

Im using a Boss TU-3 tuner pedal and after checking against a few other devices, I've come to the conclusion that its reading a semitone high. I checked the reference frequency by pressing both buttons together and its set to 0 which I believe means 440hz. Any ideas? 

My Spector came from the BC classifieds from a nice gentleman who sold it to me fir what he paid and well under market value. I could have sold it on straight away for a very nice profit but I couldn't do that. It wouldn't be right. 

Its my favourite bass so im keeping hold of it but when the time comes, someone else on BC will get a bargain. 

4 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

So not at all Grainy?

My photos from last night are a bit grainy so, yea. Cheesy and grainy

13 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Nothing wrong with that, just how Leo intended 

Didn't Leo Fender launch G&L who then made active and passive jazz and precision basses? So maybe it wasn't his intention that they should only be passive.

Skindred at the Cheese & Grain in Frome last night. 

They're a bit cheesy and their set includes a lot of padding but they really know how to entertain a crowd. The mosh pit was lively from start to finish and I think everyone there had a great time. The band certainly seemed to enjoy themselves. I took both my daughters and they loved it, I took the youngest (14) to the edge of the mosh pit which she loved.

There was a noticeable lack of a bassist though, apparently founding member and bassist Dan left the band before the tour so bass was on a backing track so that was a shame. 

14 minutes ago, Stealth said:

Not a fan of the ABM compressor seems to muddy things up a bit 

That makes sense. Im playing a Spector with a really clanky, bright tone so muddling it up a bit has just taken off the edge a little.