TimR

Sure. If you create something from an idea in your head, whether that is original or a copy, and it provokes an emotional response, then you're creating art. The difference between craft and art is really just verb/adjective. You craft a piece of art. Whether or not you consider it or feel like it, it's down to the beholder to decide if its beautiful art or not. I think we undersell ourselves too much and have mostly forgotten that many people can't even contemplate how we manage to play an open E in time with the rest of the band. Something we see as easy and everyday, really isn't to your average person.

SR300 is a very good bass if you're buying new.

You used to play with a pick. Had 15 years off. Are picking up the bass again but playing finger style now. It's going to sound different. That in itself will take some getting used to. But also adopting to a different way of playing is going to be very hard. Particularly with fingerstyle as the notes won't have the same attack and you need to approach the note timing completely differently.

I thought it was superb value. West End theatre tickets are higher. These are shows, not just a bunch of blokes in jeans stumming some chords. £300 is too much though. That's getting on for £1k for a couple for a day out. Obviously there are people who can afford that or are passionate enough to save for it, but that's not a price aimed at getting a load of people though the door to see who Rush are. Grass roots music is price low, play small venues, purely because of supply and demand.

I bought front standing area for Iron Maiden at the London Arena, an hour beforehand. I was about 10 people from the front. I paid £130 including booking fee. My freinds had seats much further back and paid a lot more for them. Really these huge events are overhyped. I almost got some tickets to see Rush around 2004 at the O2 Arena, same day for about half the face value, quite close to the front.

Well obviously it's grim up North as well.

I think people's expectations are just higher in the south-east around London. Plus we are a miserable bunch. The further you go from London the more relaxed people are.

Every band should be recording and critiquing arrangements. Preferably before moving on to learning the next tune.

Not as much as children airing their parent's political views on the News.

Old thread from 2014. Time we updated it. What's on your 2025 Setlist? Make it an easy cut and paste format so I can drop it into excel and sort. ==========2025=========

The biggest obstacle is the PubCos makong unrealistic demands on the publicans to make larger and larger profits - and then having a high turnover of publicans. It takes time to build a reputation for a pub be that good food, real ales, welcoming atmosphere, good entertainment. Mostly it's word of mouth rather than any social media promotion. My friends are just not interested in going out of their way to watch a pub band. Unfortunately too many bands are just playing pretty much the same setlists of songs chosen from about 200 standards. Somewhere there is a thread with the top 40 songs played by basschatters. Probably worth a dig out to see if its changed much.

I am left wondering who is behind this. I have never seen a social media storm this big over Rush before. Who controls the finances of the band? What's happened to Neil's share? While Geddy and Alex seem genuine guys, laid back Canadians, with a sense of humour and a desire to continue making music, there seems to be a much different drive over this latest tour.

That will give you pretty much all the fundamentals of all the notes on the bass. E 40hz - G 392hz.

I put some stuff on reverb. It was obviously dealers who cantacted me. All offers were 50% below market price and I had priced competitively for a quick sale. So depends if you want to get rid, or get the best you can. Although that's probably true of any online market place. I didn't seem to get any private buyers.

Facebook marketplace. It's harrowing at first but eventually you spot genuine buyers on their first message and ignore the obvious scammers. Check date they signed up. Check their location. Ignore people who say "I will send courier..." Make sure you put collection in person and cash only.

I've known people who don't want anyone to know when they're out gigging as the house will be empty. 🤯

With 3 bands you're obviously not gigging the same set every week. If you were out every week, fiddling around with setlists becomes difficult to manage and ultimately you'd find it really doesn't matter to an extent what order the songs are. After a while it becomes obvious. I'd love to play in a band where the band leader called the next song out of his huge list of songs, or invited requests from the audience, but it's been many years since I knew someone who could run a gig like that.

Hopefully the band is more polished than your typing. 😉🤣 Many bands play the same songs, in the same order, with the same patter between songs. This means that everyone knows when the gaps are and can grab a drink, tune the guitar, adjust the drum seat etc. None of these things are then done ad-hoc as they know there will be a gap after the next song and so don't inturrupt the flow. It can be quite difficult to get some members to agree to this but it makes things a lot easier.

It's weird isn't it. Moving Pictures and Power Windows are probably my 2 favourite albums. Moving Pictures being technically an 80s album and probably in the top 10 (if not number 1) of every Rush fan.

It really depends if people are on the dance floor or not. Giving people's ears a rest for a few seconds, a chance for them to clap, or tell their mate how awesome the bass player played on that song, is ok. But yes, uncomfortably long pauses where it is obvious that the band are waiting for someone faffing, before they can start the next song, isn't a good look.

I saw them in Birmingham on the Clockwork Angels tour. They were brilliant. I also saw Iron Maiden this Summer in London with their new drummer. It was live music, their new drummer lost time and dropped beats and all three guitarists were making mistakes all over the place, Bruce's voice is a little bit tired but the show was awesome.

They explain why they chose her in the video. As bass players we should all know exactly why any particular drummer gets the gig in our band.

Later era?

Yeah. "They were really good when they played last time. Let's go again." Unfortunately, it's not how, or what you play, it's entirely down to how you make people feel. As a musician it sucks, as an entertainer, it's what makes a good band.

Yes. We play 2 or 3 venues that have sporadic audiences. I don't think you can ever work out exactly why. Unfortunately our drummer is a bit headstrong and if we play a new venue and it has a poor attendance his mind is made up and "We're not going back there!". Unless it's a gig he organised, in which case we should give it another go... To a point where we were continually asked to turn down at a gig last year, for some reason the bass was hitting some natural frequencies and all the glasses were rattling. He's not going back there either - even though we played there before with no problems, and the place is under new management. I'm beginning to think he doesn't want to gig unless it's to his freinds. Which is why I left the last band.