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    Plain silly statements by those who should know better.

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    2 minutes ago, Nicko said:

    I'm actually suffering the same problem with my left hand, index finger is numb, and often painful due to problems in my neck.  Fortunately I haven't lost strength yet. This has been going in nearly a year now, and I'm currently doing exercises which I hope will at least halt any further decline.  Time will tell.  I think the exercises are specific to the nerve which is causing the problem, and yours would appear to be a different one to mine but if you haven't already seen your GP you should.

    I have seen my GP. I have exercises - involves rolling my head round and round slowly while my neck crunches. The problems started about 8 or 9 years ago. I was offered an operation but declined it due to the 'not insignificant risk of quadriplegia'.

    Timeless one hot wonders

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    1 minute ago, Roger2611 said:

    I wonder if there are others that were a one hit wonder for one band and were subsequently a one hit wonder for another band?

    Or how about as I posted up there^^^  A one hit wonder (1 UK #1) who had one of their other songs covered which went to #1 for someone else and they became one hit wonders

     

    How did you meet/join your band?

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    We get a lot of queries on basschat about how to join a band etc and thought it might be interesting to see how people who are in bands got to join them.

    Did you meet your bandmates the traditional way, at school and go from there?

    Was it an invite through a mate?

    Answer an ad from the board in the rehearsal studio?

    Answer an ad in melody maker or its modern equivalent?

    After a drunken session in the pub?

     

     

     

     

     

    My story: I blame my Mum! - I'd been playing (badly) with a band in London but been forced to move to live with my Mum just outside Watford. It was 1985. I'd left the London band as commuting into the smoke was just too difficult. I was fed up. One day my Mum had a copy of the local paper, the Watford Observer, wherein there was an article about a local band . That band were looking for a bass player to record their next album. My Mum suggested I give them a ring. I suggested to my Mum that I didn't have the skills necessary. She told me to stop moping around and forced me to call them. I got an audition. The singer dropped a cassette of some material around my house and asked me to learn as much as I could in about 4 days. I managed to learn about one song LOL but went along to the audition. It was a bit of a disaster if I'm honest but I got a call about 3 months later asking me back! I went and, apart from a couple of years where I left to play keyboards in a sister band, I've been here ever since (OK so we did split up for a while but I was the 1st bassman to be called on reformation in 2009)

    What's your story?

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    Timeless one hot wonders

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    5 hours ago, Twigman said:

    I was going to nominate Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover but then I realised they did the original of I think We're Alone Now - but was it a hit for them or was the cover version (Tiffany?) the only hit version?

     

    Having checked out the facts:

    Tommy James and the Shondells had one number one hit in UK : Mony Mony

     

    Hanky panky reached #1 in the US but only #38 in UK

    I think we're alone now - did not chart in UK if it was ever released - Lene Lovich recorded it on the B-side of Lucky Number and Tiffany had 3 weeks at #1 with her version of it.

     

     

    Crimson and Clover reached #1 in US but did not chart in UK if it was ever released.

     

    One of my other bands did a cracking cover of it

     

    Timeless one hot wonders

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    Posted · Edited by Twigman

    I was going to nominate Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover but then I realised they did the original of I think We're Alone Now - but was it a hit for them or was the cover version (Tiffany?) the only hit version?

     

    Is a CD release viable anymore?

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    We released our last album about a year ago on CD, vinyl and for download via all the usual outlets.

    The CD has been selling steadily, the vinyl seems to have stagnated after initial high demand but I still have half a pallet full to shift.

    I have no clue as to how many downloads have sold as I've not seen a royalty statement but the royalty rates are pathetic.

    We've started work on the next - I suspect that will get a CD and download release only.

    Plain silly statements by those who should know better.

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    2 hours ago, Twigman said:

    The disc problem in my neck has caused nerve damage in my arms and fingers which means I no longer have the grip strength to hold a plectrum. If I start using one I tend to drop it mid song. The 3rd and 4th fingers on my right hand are also permanently numb, luckily the main plucking fingers work OK.

    recently problems have developed in my left arm which is making fretting difficult.

    i suspect my bass playing days are numbered.

    To add: I was offered an operation years ago to release the pressure on the nerves in my neck. I was warned there was a 'not insignificant risk of quadriplegia as the surgeon would be working very very close to the spinal column' -  I decided trying to live with patchy numbness, occasional muscle spasms (which last days), numb fingers and reduced strength in my hands was the better option. That was a few years ago - a friend, who is currently undergoing similar treatment tells me techniques have improved somewhat but i'm reluctant to risk it.

    Plain silly statements by those who should know better.

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    13 hours ago, 4000 said:

    . The prolapsed discs in my neck affect the nerves in my arm and make a lot of fingerstyle things that I used to be able to play very difficult, if not impossible, for me. If I’d only played fingerstyle, I’d now be incapable of playing many of the bass lines I’ve written over the years. I remember when I was starting, a more experienced mainly- fingerstyle player told me to stick with my plectrum playing as it could become my “thing”. He’ll never know how prophetic that was!

     

    The disc problem in my neck has caused nerve damage in my arms and fingers which means I no longer have the grip strength to hold a plectrum. If I start using one I tend to drop it mid song. The 3rd and 4th fingers on my right hand are also permanently numb, luckily the main plucking fingers work OK.

    recently problems have developed in my left arm which is making fretting difficult.

    i suspect my bass playing days are numbered.

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