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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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By getting the bass set up Im assuming you mean everything from fingerboard to bridge and soundpost adjustment...you will definately feel the difference. Most stock basses will have a standard bridge blank that is usually around a cm too high for realistic playing, that will be the first to go. (Huge difference!!) For the fingerboard sometimes by lowering the bridge to a reasonable height the strings cause a slight rattle, easily fixed with a couple of swipes, done by the luthier of course! You probably wouldn't notice this as much as the bridge but unless your fingerboard is ebony there may be a slight change in the colour of the wood as the top layer of stain/finish is taken off. Nothing too worry about, purely cosmetic. Sound-post adjustment. Most factory basses will have the sound post shoved in anywhere so to create an naturally amplified sound, this is usually just to save time however ends up costing you money...When I got my first bass, a Hora job from thomann, I got it set up just after delivery and I was quite an in-experienced player then so I can't comment exactly on the difference on sound! I do know that it is something that many player/luthiers take great care over and if that's the case, it must be important! No? My advice would be to get it set up if you can afford it and if you feel that you will use the bass enough to work the money back out of it! Im sure many other guys on here will tell you the same. Good luck!! Dara

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1146226' date='Mar 1 2011, 06:48 PM']Because it doubles the cellos in an orchestra an octave down.[/quote] But this is not always the case, if you mean doubling the celli as playing the same notes as them. Although in some earlier music in baroque or classical times when the bass would play the continuo it would most certainly double the celli but for more modern composers such as Mahler and Stravinsky the double bass was most certainly playing its own part. I have always seen it as called double bass because it plays an octave lower than actually written. Theoretically beside every double bass part there should be a small 8 underneath the bass clef to indicate this but i guess it is just became common practice to leave it out as it really probably just confused people... That is just the way I have taken to understanding it. Dara

[quote name='Phil-osopher10' post='1097810' date='Jan 21 2011, 05:09 PM']That was some good figures! I like to understand what percentage will go where! Apparently gifts can be up to £135![/quote] I did see something about that but im pretty sure its only if the value is under £9 is free and regardless of gifts/family heirlooms or issues of BGM tax can be applied to anything...under £135 i think the customs charge is prettttty low though. Bearing in mind...thats all well and good if the person who sends you it declares the correct amount as for the government im still a student in scotland who dosent pay taxes...yet...council or road(dont drive) but im still pretty skint! just like the rest of us im sure

[quote name='BassBod' post='1097263' date='Jan 21 2011, 11:22 AM']I've used the older cxl110/12 speakers a lot..so I would hazard the following thoughts. If weight (and size) is a priority, and you don't need to be loud then the wizzy 10 will cover a lot of smaller gigs. But the Mline 12 will win every time on sound. I'd go for the MLine12, unless I was looking for an ultra portable setup..and usually playing in small group/acoustic situations.[/quote] Thanks for those comments! What i'm looking for needs to be relatively portable as I double for quite a few show gis etc and dont drive...i feel like a donkey with everything piled on me! but would you say having the slightly heavier Mline will completely surpass the whizzy10 because of the 12 inch cone and added Whizzy tweet? with the added possibility that i might buy a second of whichever cab I choose? basically 2 whizzy 10 or 2 Mline 12

Ive just been getting this exact thing sorted cause im having some EA stuff shipped over and ive been in contact with UK customs and all that jazz and here is a rough estimate for what you'd be looking at. Before i go on, customs place everything under a different import code so as to calculate the duty. For purposes of this example the EA Doubler and EA 12 M-Line both fall under similar codes and have the same %-age of customs duty. But a Cab with more speaker cones may incur a larger %-age. I don't think the head wattage matters, all under the same code. Here goes. Say your amp is $400 before you do anything you need to convert into £ and remember that all the totals from here on will depend on the exchange rate ONLY for the day you did the conversion. ie if you convert one day and order it another you have to allow for the exchange rate to differ which will then throw everything up or down a bit So $400 in to £ is 251.88 (converted using the cash converter on dashboard of a mac) The shipping would then obviously depend on who you use, Lets say $50, £31.48 Customs and excise charge for amps is 4.5% of the total INCLUDING SHIPPING so £251.88+31.48 = £283.36 4.5% of this is = £12.60 (so this is your amount that will go to customs) Then comes VAT.....yay..... As everyone knows VAT is now an astronomical 20%!!! 1/5 of what you buy goes to the government...fair? anyhoo! VAT is added to your Item+Shipping+Customs excise duty. SO.. £283.36+£12.60 = £295.96 you then have to take 20% of that and add it to the price to find out how much it will ACTUALLY cost to get your amp int the country 20% is £59 btw, add to £295...£354 overall total. OTHER CHARGES THAT MIGHT APPLY!!! Some postage companies charge Broker fees for handling the customs chrage untill you pay it when you collect your item and also if you use your credit card or bank account to wire money across there can sometimes be a charge for buying something in a different currency(plus the exchange rate might be different!) Hope that helps some people, but like i said, check out the HM customs guys to get the right code for your item that is getting shipped in so you can calculate the customs charge. I don't know if that is the only rate for AMPs or if there are any other ones, the 4.5% is the same for the Whizzy 12 M-Line though Dara

Right, Looking to try and put a new rig together and wanted to get some peoples opinions on the EA cabs. Mainly im looking at the whizzy 10 and the 12 M-Line. I know the weight of the 10 is very appealing, but would like to see if there is a notable difference between the two, or see what people think of the two speakers Thanks Dara