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[quote name='bassbluestew' post='69375' date='Oct 4 2007, 09:58 AM']I am constantly amazed at the number of really good musicians who just can't dance or who seem to have no sense of movemment. Me, I'm a GREAT dancer.........now what does THAT say about my playing S[/quote] And here's another catagory. Can't dance, can't move, not brilliant player but am ace at tapping my feet...... Constantly getting whinged at by 1 of the guitarists in 1 of the bands I play in for not "moving and grooving" when we play. Mind you when I told him he was a sh*te gutarist who always plays out of tune and far too loud, which meant I had to concentrate on my playing, he stopped having a pop at me. The brain says I want to move, but the body won't do as it's told.

[quote name='elom' post='59041' date='Sep 11 2007, 11:35 PM']Anyone got any Van Morrison tabs.... elom [/quote] Mr Mole, I put the tab for Moondance on another post somewhere on BassChat. Think I may have some more if you need them.......

Mighty be worth publishing this as a book...... And for my 10 penneth........ Speak to the reception organisor beforehand to agree what is required, especially if you are hired through an agency. The function band I play in is a Soul Band and although we do "doff our cap" to some recent numbers, most is Stax/Atlantic/Tamla....and that is what the agency has sold and normally 2x45's. However, the vocalist, (who plays Sax as well), has an alter ego as a solo artist, singing to backing tracks. As his Solo set contains everything from Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison to Detroit Spinners etc, we usually find thay a set from him and 2 from us works really well. Most receptions have an age group ranging from 6months to grandparents in their 80's. By doing our "Swing to Soul" show, everyone seems to be happy. They can digest the food during the swing set as well. Might be worth looking out for some "advert" music. A while back Bunny Siglers "Let the good Times Roll" was featured in an ad, so we put it in the set and it went down a bomb. Current favourite is Al Wilson's "The Snake" from the Lambrini advert. As it also has a Dance, all the teenager's jump straight on the floor and try and get their parents learning it. Another nice touch is find out the B&G's names and take a congrats card for them. The personal touch does help, particularly leave a CD with the B&G if it was a good night, and this generally feeds back to the agents and more work comes your way.

[quote name='Pikefloyd' post='53031' date='Aug 30 2007, 10:31 PM']Hello Steve, Thanks for the information, we've been on Forming Bands, musofinder, partysounds and Gumtree. We've seen a few drummers, but nothing ideal for us yet! The band is spread over Manchester, and we practice in the Greenhouse in Manchester. I didn't know about Apocolypse, I'll have to take a look. Is there any forum like this one specifically for drummers? Maybe I could stick an add on there! cheers Matt[/quote] Hi Matt, I know of a couple of Drummer's who are "redundant" at the moment. What sort of age group are the band? The reason I ask is that 1 guy is in his 20's and the other nearer 50. The younger one is the son of the drummer from one of my bands and is superb. Not sure if either is suitable, but who knows. Let me know. Stuart

What a really great idea. Maybe we could expand to Basses Could save a fortune buying something you don't like. Bit like "Try before you Buy" Now who has the largest collection of Basses????

[quote name='beerdragon' post='64036' date='Sep 22 2007, 02:04 PM']This is being sold by the the Aria factory as a seconds because of imperfections. i wonder if any other maker does this, i would'nt mind getting a Fender or rick cheap just because someone has scratched it.[/quote] BD, They probably do. It is finding HOW they do it. I know Aria sell off "end of lines" through the trade at stupid prices. When I "won" the free bass from guitar magazine, the one I recieved was faulty, (the cheap P Bass copy). They collected and then discovered all the Pa Basses were like that as they are built to a price. This was when the offered me the Pro Bass and sent a list to chose from. It was a list of discontinued gear at about 70% off retail Maybe a few speculative e-mails may bring an answer. The answer may be "Sod Off" but who knows......

Stone me. Latest Crate Power Block to go on e-Bay. at this rate they will be achieving Vintage status. Those that bought at £49.00 could make a couple of quid quickly if it carries on like this. Think I may put 1 of the 2 new ones I have up for grabs. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110167519678&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=001[/url]

Agree BA. Aria's are really underated. Funily enough it was an Aria pro-bass, (that I won), that got me into playing Bass. It's one I would never sell. Fantastic action, really slim neck and nice sound. Could be a real bargain for someone.

It looks like the wrong jack socket to mount on the control plate. When i got the EMG's for my Jazz they supplied a pre-wired stereo jack to power the pick-ups. Looks like this giuy lost his and used whatever he could lay his hands on. Weird.

Shouldn't this be in the e-bay posts?????