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Hi All, I’m currently on the hunt for one (or more?!) bassists to join our collective of musicians at Trawlermen Creative LTD. “The Trawlermen” are a high energy, musically driven folk trio performing predominantly on some of the world’s largest cruise lines including Princess Cruises, NCL, Celebrity Cruises, Oceania and Regent Seven Seas. With a pool of talented musicians brought together, supplied with all necessary equipment (yep, including a travel upright bass), there is plenty of international travel and performing for the right player! Band Socials/Details IG/Facebook - @trawlermenofficial Website - Www.thetrawlermen.com As you will see from the above, this is an opportunity for the right musicians to join us as we expand our lineups through ‘24->’25. The current ‘dates list’ posted on our website is partial, and will be updated in the next couple of weeks - with several months more contracts confirmed and additional dates coming in regularly. These newly posted dates will include confirmed bookings that will be offered to successful candidate(s). Additionally, there is a private showcase in June - that will include all members of the collective. A very rare opportunity for bookers from every major cruise line to come and see what can be offered and an opportunity to expand even further on our current booking roster and provide more work for everyone involved. Contracts are usually between 4-7 days, however there are some longer contracts (circa 30 days) which are on offer and can be discussed through application. Pay is $1600 p/w, (longer contracts pro-rated) all travel covered. Further details upon application. ABOUT THE PLAYER: So, what are we looking for? Minimum travel requirements: Valid Passport with 6 months minimum left before expiry C1D Visa (desirable but NOT essential) Currently this position has been developed by myself and does carry several responsibilities that, ideally, would be covered by you - however this can be discussed upon application. Upright Bass proficiency; Professional This gig requires a solid and firm understanding of both pizz (bluegrass and traditional) as well as confident arco technique. The music is all charted and arranged, off-book for the gig, however there are small improvisational sections as well as a couple of feature moments within the shows where your creativity can fly. Vocal Proficiency; confident and experienced (vocal range flexible) Vocals are a predominant part of this role, you will need to be comfortable holding melodic BV lines as well as some, relatively simple, small lead parts. Vocal range is flexible, we have a “high” and “low” BV for each track which can be spread around, depending on the musician. Extra responsibilities; The gig does hold some extra responsibilities that the ideal musician(s) will embrace fully and develop over time - the most predominant of which is Foot Percussion. Alongside, playing and singing - the IDEAL candidate(s) will take on this next challenge and develop it with their involvement in the show. The shows are clicked with small percussion elements on track (shaker etc) however, currently I also play Kick Drum and Tamborine/rhythm trigger with my feet live. A knowledge and confidence in keeping a band together not only harmonically, but rhythmically as well presents its own list of challenges - but once everything is together, it lends to becoming an extremely rewarding gig. The show is also run through a digital stage system before going to FOH, a knowledge or understanding of technical set up is advantageous. A further additional responsibility will cover triggering the Click, but again - this can be discussed upon application. As previously mentioned, a Chadwick folding upright bass will be provided for touring. As well as a dedicated Helix Stomp unit with all presets for the show saved, a touring IEM rack that supplies all mixes (must provide own headphones), and all other relevant equipment. This is a great gig for the right musician(s). With an ever expanding date sheet and opportunities to perform with some excellent musicians across the world, I urge anyone with any questions/applications to get in touch as soon as possible! Please reach out with a short cover letter, CV and some links to you playing. In return I will send some demo material for prep and first round of distance submission. In person auditions will be held within the next 6 weeks. Confirmed contracts on offer beginning Sept’ 24 Feel free to DM here or drop me an email on [email protected] Thanks, Dara

Hey, If you are looking for a set of IEM's I would suggest Shure. I know it may be out your budget but the SE535 are one of the best sets on the market. Any of the Shure range is pretty amazing anyway, their prices have come down recently as well! The 535's are triple driver phones and have won loads of awards and (according to shure) are the best for bass players IEM-ing. I used to have a set of old SE115's and for general use they were cracking, never tried them for monitoring though... Plus side as well if you got a set of the Shure's - any of the range. You can get some custom moulds made from ACS for pretty cheap and they create the seal in your ear that makes them sound that little bit better. Just my thought - I'm buying a set in the New Year so if I get on well with them I'll post up a little review. Merry Christmas everyone!!! Dara

Hi Daf, Sorry it's taken me so long to get round to posting this!! Had to catch up on sleep after that Bus journey from London to Edinburgh!!!! After some thought, my comments on the strings are pretty much exactly the same as what I said when I was down with you. They had a nice ping in the lower register but, this may be due to the lower string hight, I think a little bit of the projection was lost - It also might be just because I'm used to a lathering of pops before I play!! I'm sure you wouldn't really notice that in the pit, especially as you are mic'd before any resonance is really taken into account (Contact mic rather than a DPA job wan't it?) Good job so far! I'll PM you regarding the other details we were talking about Hope its all going well, I'm going to be down again for new year so I might give you a shout if your about for a quick coffee? I owe you one! Thanks, Dara

[quote name='Doddy' post='1319308' date='Jul 28 2011, 01:52 PM']I'd recommend learning a blues in F and Bb-both standard and jazz changes.[/quote] I'd second this. You can learn a lot without needing to have any music in front of you. The real book is great but a lot of the charts in there will have original changes that will really push you if you are new to it, great if you want that though! The best thing I use the real book for is melodic sight reading, open the book at a random page grab a metronome and, depending on your sight reading/notation reading ability, set a time scale to have the head learnt and memorised. Most of the real book is either 16 or 32 bar heads and there are some really good ones for practicing intonation and getting to know your way round the fingerboard! I realise that this might not be exactly what you are looking for right now, but charts like satin doll and as mentioned all blues aren't the most terrifying to look at but have some really good examples of good intonation and progression. Just my 2 pennies! D

Is it electric bass or double bass you want to study? Im on the BMus Program at the RSAMD in Scotland doing Double Bass 1st Study and Electric Bass 2nd. The level of tuition is great and there are loads of opportunities, not just classical music. Spent the last 2 weeks playing for Musical theatre Cabarets and was in the studio recording the soundtrack for a film the school of drama have done yesterday. If you are interested, give me a PM and I can give you more details. They also have the Jazz Course that you can study Electric bass only on? It all depends what you are looking to do. Dara

Sent my cv but heard nothing back? Dont know what's going on with it.

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