Low End Bee

Originals. No covers at all.

It's always easier for me with words and a structure first. Then I shoehorn selections from my stock of melodies/riffs/ fragments to fit. Sometimes it will happen the other way around though and I'll have a verse and or chorus and then write words for them. Then I give it to the band and the guitarist will say "how about a G instead of an A here" or something and the drummer will change the beat I had in mind. The song then takes a life of it's own on and they ruin* my masterpiece. *make it listenable.

Religious jeans now. The mind goggles.

Rosewood through an SVT. There is no other way....

[quote name='lanark' post='985448' date='Oct 12 2010, 10:22 AM']But in 77-79, Punk also embraced under its umbrella such disparate acts as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Slits, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, The Cure, Public Image Ltd, Talking Heads, Spizzenergi, Bow Wow Wow, The Fall, Gang of Four, The Mekons, Cabaret Voltaire and Swell Maps. I think that "Punk" is much smaller and meaner now that it essentially means fast, shouty guitar-based rock rather than an approach to life. And certainly when peopl of my generation and older talk about Punk or Indie, they're not referring to a musical style or sound, but an attitude that could embrace musical styles as standard as a four-piece rock group to string quartets, brass bands and burundi drummers.[/quote] Preaching to the converted here. Is now a good time to mention my gig with the Members on Friday?

Glad it went well. Unfortunately couldn't go and stay married as well.

Bananarama

The bloke who is famous for his dad being in Randall & Hopkirk will be one of the special guests at my gig on Friday. No doubt he'll want some tips from me.

At our last gig the support contacted our drummer and asked well in advance if he could kit share minus tinware & snare. They had a couple of chats and agreed. Night of the gig their bass player turns up with a bass and nothing else. Not even a cable. Can he use my rig? No he can't. He ended up peeing off the sound guy who had to drag the house frankenstein rig out of the depths and wasting a load of sound check time. Luckily the sound guy saw my point and said he wouldn't have lent it either. If I'm asked in advance I will nearly always say yes. But it's rude to assume in my book. He nearly blew the gig for the band. He didn't even know their was a house rig.

[quote name='chris_b' post='980320' date='Oct 7 2010, 11:08 AM']Good luck and don't leave it so long till you do the next one! How on earth is your band going to fit 42 numbers into one night? That's nearly 3 hours worth of playing!![/quote] Ramones Tribute. Shade over an hour now.

Good luck tonight old chap. Keep me up to date for next time. If Mrs LEB wasn't out at the Flicks I'd be there.

Can you slip into the role of a geeky teenager? The beards gotta go. A Glee tribute. Delicious irony.

My 22 year break has well and truly been trumped! Well done sir. Break a leg.

The new Devo LP. Something For Everybody. De-evolving back on form. Love it.

Can't be too difficult to make the Wal sound like the digeridoo. Two little boys......

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='978019' date='Oct 5 2010, 09:50 AM']Come and hear me play it at the King's Head in Acton on Friday then ...[/quote] If I'm allowed out after Saturdays "Just off for a quick pint"

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='977185' date='Oct 4 2010, 02:57 PM']This one is mine: [url="http://tinypic.com/a/24h91/3"]http://tinypic.com/a/24h91/3[/url] It's the P/J configuration, and the three knobs are Pan / Volume / Tone. I rate this bass very highly indeed. The graphite neck has genuine punch, the range of useable tones is impressive, it has high output for a passive bass, and it's light on the shoulders. It also looks cool as anything. Not cheap, mind.[/quote] This bass will be mine one day

XTC - White Music and Go 2 LPs Mighty fine stuff.

One of the special guests is some bloke who plays bass with Pink Floyd and has written a book. I may give him some tips.

As long as you're doing it well it doesn't matter I would have thought. I've seen good covers bands and bad ones. I've seen good originals bands and bad ones.

I have a previous engagement I'm trying to wriggle out of for this. I'm in the audience for this one at the Moonlight club..... Shergolds rule

I have to say Nigel it looks the absolute nuts. Can't wait to [s]steal[/s] see it.

I don't do the covers thing but I can totally see the appeal. People singing and dancing along. Easier to get pub gigs. Don't need to bring your own crowd. Quicker to learn an existing song than arrange and write one yourself. Pick from thousands of great songs. Still playing live music. I get paid too. But I could get paid on a more regular basis doing covers. It's just a choice. We're two sides of the same coin. Are the LSO a covers band?