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Thanks guys,,hospice gag is a classic...err dunno who Kim is tho Len,,think you might have mixed me up with another player,, regards anyway,,

[url="http://www.chubbybrown.biz/index.htm"]http://www.chubbybrown.biz/index.htm[/url] official site with gig dates,,

Hey all,, Love him or hate him, we have been working as support act on Chubb's gigs for a while now as our 80s guise the "New Retros",, His team have just given us a load more dates for March / April playing some fantastic venues, its been a real pleasure, ,any love for Roy on here??,,anyone have tickets booked?, Heres a pic from Newcastle City Hall,, was a great night. [url="http://www.chubbybrown.biz/gigdates.htm"]http://www.chubbybrown.biz/gigdates.htm[/url]

Opened for Chubby Brown,, (one of our regular gigs) at Newcastle City Hall,,, just getting the vibe of the walls backstage was awesome everyone I've musically admired has stood in those corridors,, made me feel very humble to be there,,,fantastic..

Mmmm,, My money would be on Kawai,,,,,,, seriously wacky some of em,, but the very few examples I've seem were tremendous quality, ,very briefly had a rocknroll Kawai quitar and sold it to the guy who runs the fansite, the only one he had ever seen!

These are great vids Scot, thanks for sharing them,, practising furiously !!,

loved my 4x10 combo,,never had as many compliments about my sound since!,,and what is it about everone wanting light gear,,would hate to be in a band with someone who wont help carry the pa and all the gear in because its too heavy!!

[i]Casino gig went well,,lots of dancers etc, ,better than expected tho..oh an free champagne,,, result....[/i]

[i]Stockton Casino,, no idea what this will be like,,with " New Retros" 80s tribute,,will let you know,, wherever you are have a good un![/i]

Yes Ive experienced this,, was going to write a long list of reasons, but seen as your not going to even read this (lol) a couple of points, its horses for courses, at the moment 5 and 6 stringers are woefully unfashionable,, ignore this at your peril,,Even Guy Pratt said in an interview,, "god ive even got a couple of 5 strings somewhere,, what were we thinking?" if you turn up with an old Jazz everyone relaxes and guesses you know what your doing,, plus,,most popular music at min, really isn't in 5 string territory. yes metal etc can be different,, but my fav heavy bands didn't need a 5,, you can ignore trends and fashion,, but they wont ignore you...for now,, my 5 string stays at home...btw,, no malice intended,, and have a good new yr !

Same ere dude,,,,, no clip....

mykariokeversion.com spelt wrong no doubt ! ha,, really good, cheap, and you can customise them yourself on the site with a click of a mouse,, change key, add click track,,drop out any instrument you want, vocal etc,,, tis worth a look Regards J

Hi Mike,, First,, all the best with this, if you choose to do it,, I am not one for replying much on here,, but pretty surprised how negative some of the comments have been,, yes you have to be careful etc,, however,, I've been in exactly your situation doing jobs that drive me insane but reasonably paid and just ended up being a wage slave! You have a lot going for you,, if you have a good van and ive seen your faceboook for it, and you can FOH engineer to a good standard your going to be a popular guy,, contacts are the thing but I could have done with you three times last week!,, will send you a pm for your number..especially if your a tech type a lot of engineers are buying these digital desks which enable a recorded performance from every gig,, this type of stuff is great for bands, rig up an ambient mike in the room,,along with the desk mix,and you can achieve a really nice live recording , all value added etc,, It can be very seasonal of course but a lot of PA hire companies started this way! and availability is key,, my last employer could not be expected to give me every friday off,, but was turning down a lot of gigs,, now were available were looking at 15 gigs in August alone. Secondly it looks like you can do a bit of managing,, boy does the industry lack basic communication skills!,and you can play,, from my experience in the UK, I personally have never been called to dep with a band that needed me to read, i would love it to happen!! however, in reality, you just get given a list of tracks and get on with it, so potentially you have work here too,,, but if you have a committed band,, that can fill a floor at functions etc, and all behave themselves you should do well,, again, the trick is how available you are,,,a really good agent (not only big in the county of xxx etc) I mean a national one,, will after a showcase , fill your diary for you,,yes times are hard and occasionally have to step in the odd WMC,,but good paid work is out there for bands which want to entertain,,its a real shame good original bands have to travel a much harder route to work regulary, however,, it is what it is. Best of luck with it! If you want a list of good agents, pa hire companies, bands, that need trans port etc,, just send us a pm... Regards John www.heartofglassuk.com

Its a point thats always worried me too......imagine how many quality basses have been produced in the last ten years!!,, Must be a hell of a lot of bedrooms full of em.......,, its a where do all the lost biros go syndrome. ha...

Yo Dandelion,,,Scunny ere too!! ha,, cant be many of us.............

errrrrrrrrr,,,Dancin on the ceiling!!!

Dude, ne lincs ere, Gis a shout if ya need owt. Ha It's a great forum.

Good thread,, Re stage amp as a monitor,,,was never really happy with my ash down sound,,and not in a position to start spending at the min,,so, Bass straight into di box,,,,out to the engineer who has all the options with his new digital desk,,he sorts a brilliant punchy sound,,,sends the new punchy sound back to me down the multicore,,use this feed into my amp,,,,,voila,,,,can still turn up on stage if I want,,, ha he can even mute me...he can even send me a monitor mix if I want!! ,,really really happy with this set up,,,it's turned a tired ol ash down into a monster.........

+1 to the above,, Butlins crews and weekends are awesome,,,