lurksalot

Excellent

Just turned the tv on , rare for me on a sat morning , and lo , Saturday kitchen , Belgium F3 live , ooh, tough call

Sounds awesome, great post my last 2 gigs were a bit like that as I depped for the band I left 9 months ago. a town called malice was one I had always wanted to play live , we tried it as a band in rehearsals years ago but the drummer could never come in on it. anyway the couple at the wedding had requested it and typical of the guitarist reckoned we were happy to busk it out. A couple of acoustic type run throughs the day before didn’t fill me with confidence but as I always wanted to do it I didn’t object too much. well muggins here got hung out on the intro , I launch into it and the drummers blank stare says it all . After some pulled expressions of disbelief from me , he starts hitting things. it took a bar to find out what he was doing and then ‘lock in’ and really hoped he just kept doing the same thing all song, I managed to communicate to the lads to ignore the bass solo as I didn’t want the same happening all over again. the song has now been played live by me and the audience didn’t throw anything at us , but a fantastic song to get right ...........I would imagine

When I was at school, myself and some mates had guitars and cheap amps and would jam and pretend to be rockstars in the garage where we had created a bit of space for ourselves . one of the neighbours heard our racket and mentioned that Graham , her eldest had no use for a broken old guitar he had in the loft . On inspection it only had 4 black strings and a broken neck socket. £15 lighter I put some wood screws in it to hold it together , and lo , I played bass a hofner violin bass after a while my younger brother took it up and followed on playing at school in the sixth form and joined a band.... Then a month or two ago , the original garage jammers of 40 years ago went to see this young upstarts latest band in Whitchurch . true story

I agree with the others , take a breath before you do anything. one thing to bear in mind , a guitarists hearing could easily be shot in the higher and mid frequency ranges , they will therefore hear more lower end i.e you. I had this in my last band , the guitar kept getting louder and louder , because he couldn’t hear it ! If that is a factor and if you can all get past it, it will be cool

If you don’t feel ‘natural’ is particularly inspiring , either for you or the camera , be someone else , get an idea or a person in your head And be them , you don’t have to actually do anything , as long as your head thinks you are ! Getting into a character can take the pressure off you as it’s the other guy putting himself on show

AS Skol is tent bound in the back of beyond, I'll hoist up the voting thread VOTING IS GO,

ROLL UP, ROLL UP, ROLL UP. It's time to have a listen to the entries on offer this month all based on the picture below chosen by last months winner upside downer 1 Vote each this month , or I think we would have difficulty splitting them Have a listen through and enjoy. voting will end at midnight on Saturday 31st , Dad3353 Lurksalot Upside downer Enjoy!

Oh No , it must be a bit too subtle I don’t know how to do one of those spoiler things on the phone , so I’ll keep schtum for the moment, when I get back to the big machine I’ll try to explain

Thank you for the thought, but it’s not actually my birthday Douglas, it’s just my take on the photo , I was looking for a way to introduce some smut into the proceedings and found it via the birthday present

OK then , you asked for it, bass, guitars and vocal by me , drums and piano by something that knows far more about this than I do, the play it on its own piano ! some stuff from freesound which pops up towards the end Enjoy , its my Birthday

Nah its not my band , they were stuck , I could help, not my responsibility at all. I have declined depping the pub gigs offered , the pubs can sort a different band, but I couldn’t see a wedding party left without the evenings entertainment

I depped for the band I left last year, for 3 weddings over 2 weekends. They have hopes of having a ‘function band’ string to their bow. Together learned and played 5 new songs all for pennies , and at best could describe the performances as ‘functional’ I only did them so as not to ruin the customers day after my replacements replacement let the band down.

Hmm let me think , it needs picking up , playing with and bouncing around to make it feel bigger , just like my pillows

I’ve got a tune down , it needs fluffing a bit but it also needs vocals and I’m getting a bit sick of my own voice , I really don’t understand how you guys love my stuff so much . I’ll get my coat

And all while doing a splendid Patrick Stewart impression , make it so dude

What grinds my gears with songs from chart/pop/AirPlay genres is when half the lyrics are blanked out because they are unsuitable to air . FFS if the song isn’t suitable , don’t play it ! why promote this stuff when it is so full of language that has to be removed, that it really can’t tell the story it is intended to tell

bizarrely , I only started using earplugs then ACS in recent years and those cat scarers are loud enough to me , but I is down wiv the kidz

Good timing for that observation, if y’all head on over to the recording section , the August composition challenge has just started. Now don’t be shy , you only have to listen to a few of mine to realise it is the taking part that counts, but it really is a great way open the creative musical muscles everyone’s welcome

Well done @upside downer and @fingers211 great fun gents

excellent gents, smiles all round from me with those tunes

I admire your dedication dude , I only recently found out why I have got a music room , apparently Mrs Lurks' grandad had a baby grand , an organ, a euphonium, and a few other instruments that escape me , all in the front parlor of the house, thats why I am allowed one , though in honesty I didnt really seek permission , i just built it Anyway , enough distractions , Ive got five songs to learn for a wedding gig rehearsal tommorrow night ! I offer you SOLO

All the above +1000 pick me please swing bass 77 short I’ll give you my address via PM regards Lurks