lurksalot

I’ve been there , twice, while they ended up fun gigs , it does leave a bit of a sour taste ☹️

Ah , but which end did you start at

Dan reed network last night , excellent show from a very talented bunch, support from Hollowstar and Mason Hill. the sound was half decent, it’s the first I have attended using ACS ear plugs and I think I may have to have a different filter in them , while the clarity of the sound was fine , it just seemed a bit quiet it was an odd sensation, feeling the bass drum kick me in the guts yet hearing the volume at 3 when it should have been 11

Coincidentally , I nearly engineered that very same scenario last night , there was a pool table behind him and he suggested putting his amp on it , only in jest , but I pushed him to do it , but he declined , still, I wasn’t going to make an issue of it as my input , my PA and my lights will soon be otherwise engaged. oddly the landlord wanted to rebook but heard that we were disbanding , I immediately retorted that it was not the case and that they would get a new bass player , the lads looked surprised at that , but they have had 6 weeks to get on with it !

Lovely little gig in a tiny little pub , not much crowd but very appreciative and enthusiastic . sound check was great , about 20 mins in my brother indicates to lift the vocal a touch , done start of the second set my brother indicates to lift the vocal a bit , done. strangely , everyone who was standing in front of the band at the start is now about 5mtrs further back 🤔 The guitarist incrementally turns himself up all the time and the vocal gets drowned , so everything ends up louder than everything else. I only have to play 2 more gigs with this bellend of a six stringer

I'm in then , its a quick one this time as I have loads to do this month Its going off in my bed Its going off in my bed And I just love it I just cant stop it Yeah I just love it Do it again Do it again Cos its all going off in my bed Fireworks forever she cried She lit the fuse when I was still inside Then She looked at me with a vengeance when she said Im gonna set it off in your head Now its going off in my head its going off in my head And I don’t want it I just cant stop it no I don’t want it take it away take it away cos its all going off in my head

Sold a Scarlett 2i2 to Pawel , instant money transfer , great comms , lovely fella, trade with confidence with this gent 👍

No way 😂 surely you must have some emergency pies to get stuck into 😄

Yep , that’s an entry now , welcome back in 👍

The wanted forum is slightly different, in that the bumping and reply permissions are not enabled.

As an aside , the lad does a fair bit of editing work , and has had a share of editing private individuals home porn films. It’s work when the bills need paying !

I think most DAWS can speed up and slow down the audio to grasp the authentic VHS vibe

I play it with a pick as it offers the opportunity of some quick muting , I generally play with a pick anyway 👍

Played the Plough in St Asaph last night . It was a great gig , not a massive crowd but it's a big place and the landlord was very happy with the turnout , we had dancers for every song and considering we start with beds are burning , that doesn't normally get the dance floor started ! Three more gigs before I leave them to it ,

In that case , you can see in the scene that there are boats in the harbour , it could almost be a reconstruction of the Elizabethan ship battles with Drake fighting off the Armada , the photo was taken in Plymouth after all, and if you can overlook the fact that Drake was considered to have been a part of the first slave trades, its all good Ed to add thinking about it , there are probably as many tunes written about things that people don't like as there are about things that people do !

Be brave , anarchy is your friend ......but make sure they are very low in the mix, that is, very very low , a bit like homeopathic panpipes and bagpipes 😉

i hadn’t noticed that , I copied and pasted the notes from last months challenge 😇

The Challenge is go go go

November's Composition Challenge is now underway Here’s the image for your inspiration, chosen by last month's winner, @lurksalot... We don't seem to have had a firework picture in November for a few years , so I'll offer you this one Rules: Avoid any content that other forum users may find offensive. Make sure you have permission to use any 3rd party sounds and samples in your track. Entries should be no more than five minutes long and written/produced during the month of the competition. Pipes of the 'bag' and 'pan' variety are strictly prohibited. The deadline for entries is midnight on Saturday 24th November.

Well yes , I did a search of all the November challenge photos, and being November you might expect a certain theme to have cropped up a few times , but no , it hasn’t, so I have chosen a picture that might reflect what happens around the 5th 😎

The first thing I find is a spark of inspiration , it’s difficult to conjure up a story without knowing what you want to say. the genre makes a massive difference to the lyric type and content and style. have a stab at the monthly composition challenge , it offers a great starting point. you get a subject given to you , you get a visual scene presented and most importantly , you have a deadline , you can write stuff forever but until you actually start to press the publish button it doesn’t seem done to me. Like everything else, practice works, just keep knocking them out and one day you might start to like one or two of them

the photo has been offered to the Skolmeister , we can await his publication

😂😂 Cheers Doug how i’m going to print that certificate is stretching me at the minute 😂 thanks for the votes , I shall try to pick a more inspiring picture for you all this time around

Nah, he doesn’t want the attention

I invisage a selection of ships in the harbour taking turns 😂