TimR

Singer texted the band on the day of the gig to request we change the key of a song. No one replied, no one said anything, nothing got marked on any sheets. Come the song we managed to have everyone (apart from the drummer) manage to play in a completely different key to everyone else.

There was a massive site update on 22/7/21 to the current version.

We all do. The difference is, people either walk out or clap. I'm guessing the Edinburgh Fringe is kind of like a real life TicTok where you actually see the faces of the people scrolling past. Maybe there will be a point at which someone will put a vertical window in front of themselves so the passing people actually have to stop for a few seconds to look in before passing on to the next performer.

I knew a bassplayer in the 80s who could play the entire back catalogue of Iron Maiden songs. It was very impressive when you first heard him. It got boring very quickly, he was unable to play anything else, nor could he jam with a band, and didn't know any of the fretboard. About the same time I knew a guitarist who had quite an extensive repertoire of Beatles tunes. But again, that was his limit. But that was what made them happy.

The click bait worked then. The problem now is you won't bother looking next time, so in order to get your attention it will have to be 10 Hardest bass lines, then 10 Impossible bass lines... The algorithm already knows you're interested in Bass Lines, you're now on their target list. As I wrote upthread, everyone is searching for something that doesn't exist - and the creators are promising that 'something'. At some point, people have to go outside into the real world. The problem is they take their phones with them.

That didn't work. Have given up and had to replace the whole pre-amp with the Artec SE-3. Hopfully that's allowed.

There's a market for it, otherwise it wouldn't be trending. Although the market is just a prosumer market with no financial worth to the consumer. All the money is in the adverts between the content. If there truly was a market for it, the musicians would all be doing it on subscriber channels. SBL and the like have additional content that you pay for.

They're not getting their hit. If it doesn't hit within 30seconds, they know it's probably not coming and move on to the next video. That's why the videos have to lure people in, and have to be engineered to hold people's attention. It's why people spend hours searching, they're not getting the hit, if they were, they'd not be on the phone for hours. They're all searching for something that isn't there.

They understand how dopamine works. It's not about the constant scrolling, it's about finding something that's better than you expected. In a sea of mediocrity everyone is scrolling, scrolling, searching for something that presses their button and ticks their own personal box. The genie is out of the bottle. Just performing good music, well, no longer gets people's attention. To be honest, it never has, its always been about the next best thing, audiences are fickle and constantly changing and evolving. Beatles vs Stones, not about the music, Mods vs Rockers, Blur vs Oasis, Dem vs Rep, Gen Z vs Gen X, Feminist vs Trans, it's not about music, it's all about being a member of a tribe. And media and politicians know this is how it works. You need to be ahead of the game and finding something new and exciting all the time. The problem is, now we have come so far along the line, there's very little that is new and engaging. Hence, people continue to scroll endlessly in a pointless search, and when they do find something that's new and exciting and fresh, are swiftly disappointed when they find it's not real, all smoke and mirrors, the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain.

It gives them a sense of purpose and it does influence a lot of people to take up worthwhile activities. I mean we could moan all we like about people pretending to play an instrument, but if a handful of people are inspired to pick up an instrument, then that's quite worthwhile.

A huge number of followers, likers, and commentors are bots and AI accounts. "Fed up of being taken advantage of? Simply send me a postal order for £5 and I will send you my guide on how to avoid online scams..."

Many years ago (90s?) I went for a meal with a bunch of freinds. There were about 8 of us and we are all musicians. A couple of professionals, all of us gigging, and a few grade 8 players. A band turned up at the restaurant and we thought great, some background music. They proceeded to turn up to 11 and it was impossible to talk. We complained to the manager several times, it wasn't even advertised as a gig! To the point where the singer stopped the band and said "If we knew anything about music, we would know that it had to be loud." If that happened nowadays, we would probably have just left the restaurant without finishing our meal or paying.

Is there a FX blend or FX level control. Could that be set too low?

The venue should be controlling the volume. There's another thread from a couple of weeks back where people are complaining that venues are being forced to stop playing loud music due to compliants from neighbours, even though the music venues were there first. Just because you were there first, doesnt give you carte blanche to act as you please.

You would think that he or the stage manager would have the power to stop the show on health and safety grounds for the audience.