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[quote name='4000' timestamp='1330873255' post='1564134'] On Friday I watched the band who followed us (after dropping some of the worst clangers of my 30 years of playing)[/quote] And what happened then? did the roof fall in? did the crowd attack you ? did the promotor rip into you ? did they stop the cheque? did you start a thread ? Oh yes you did.... the worst that happened after your worst gig was to look for a bit of advice , theres nothing wrong that, if you really enjoy it, just realise that you are purely there to provide entertainment and fun to both the audience and yourself. I guess if you are playing your own compositions there is a little more pressure , but then if you didn't have confidence in the material you wouldn't play it . get out there and nail their hats on , you know it makes sense

everything above is great, If I am really struggling with the synchopation issue , I try and visualise 'junctions' where I know the vocal bit should be exactly on the note , if I get get to all the junctions at the right time I am nearly there. the next bit is to learn to sing in tune and hit the right bass notes in between

the chain for me when I first picked up the bass , but only played at school and did assemblies with a couple of strummers, and didn't really try covering others numbers, after not having picked up the guitar for a while , I heard 'silly love songs' by wings / McCartney and thought I could have a go at that , picked up the guitar and joined a band 3 weeks later , different band now but I remember nailing the line and getting a real buzz from it , even though it isn't to hard ,but it has a great grooove

Happen you could hide the nuts with a bush around the hole

This is brilliantly interesting stuff , all scientific and top , but , while in empirical scientific detail it is quite complex with varying material interactions etc . but does it mean s**t in the real world The timbre of my timber seems to change with the weather I don't have the patience or probably even the ear to pick out subtle changes in tone , but dial in the knobs and I'll soon find something I can use, having said that I wouldnt go out with a bass acoustic to play my rock set

Gooday Mate If you are from Oz you must know my cousin , he lives in Oz too Oh and welcome , ps, tell Danny ( my cousin) he would be welcome aswell

Is this a thread of carpet or cats? I would rather carpet , but the subject of cats is a bit like religion and politics .........it gets very polarised ......very quickly

[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1330550211' post='1559383'] Ah, Murph and the Magic Tones...... oh yes! [/quote] +1 well said peeps ............................ AhA post No 2

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1329896619' post='1549130'] Using open strings is essenitial, if in a rock band and wanting to make the devils horns sign, whilst playing. [/quote] [quote name='Fat Rich' timestamp='1330088241' post='1552496'] An often overlooked technique, as is the sweeping round the audience with a pointing finger. [/quote] Ah but what about LH hammering on That leaves the RH free to play a trumpet ( or make gestures of course)