skidder652003

never needed a spare axe at a gig (now wait until next week) in over 25 years of gigging. Needed a spare amp now and again but use a DI to PA so that's covered. Arrived at a gig and had forgotten my strap, luckily they dug a spare from behind the bar!

suit? He can play what the hell he likes, the doctor sez i was impotent, so I'm gonna dress impotent!

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what was wrong with it? Too dark?

I would go so far as to dare suggest that without either a decent singer or a tight drummer, you're knackered.

All bands will always be judged on the ability or not of their LEAD singer. It took me 10 years to realise this with the addition of our female lead singer whoi can sing her donkey off, Before this we had muddled along with our guitarist taking lead duties. OK we got asked back but it was always the elephant in the room. You can be the greatest rhytmn section ever, the greatest guitarist since Hendrix, but if the singer 'aint cutting it live, forget it; you'll always be that band who would be great if they got a decent vocalist. Walk now..

God knows why we endure this ritual humiliation every year. It's not like the UK isn't represented on the world stage in contemporary music. Ah, I just realised what i said when I mentioned the word "music"..

is this any good? i like the idea of an all in one type package. Anyone got it?

our drummer has a similar thing on his drum stool, cost him a fortune. He's always urging me to get the pad version but at 800 quid I've politely declined!

try humping an SVT-CL...

Laney Nexus? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/233609549728?hash=item366436d7a0:g:kiAAAOSwDtde2Tmn

same. had a set on my jazz for a year now (ok no gigging) but still passably fresh

"That sad sort of non fame" - I love that, nicking it...Great Post BTW!

WeTransfer is a good way to send and receive large WAV files to you and your mates.

just managed to post on the fb page...

vid.mp4 If anyone is vaguely interested, I edited (in Reaper video) and uploaded some "trippy" visuals onto an SD card to run for over 2 hours and put them into a cheap projector I got for nothing. I think I'll try running this above the band on the ceiling alongside the regular lights and haze, hopefully producing a decent look. PS that's about 9 feet across on the back wall at a distance of about 12 feet.

We have about 9 booked from June onwards. I have been slowly but consistently gently prodding my regular venues/Landlords about putting gigs back on. Most have said it's too soon to call yet but are hopeful once the mist clears a little more. Some pubs have closed, some have said they're not doing live music anymore, some Landlords have permanently moved on to a different career. I am fairly confident things will pick up more rapidly from June.

Another zoom recommendation from me. We sometimes use the H2N (audio) or the Q2N (audio and video) for rehearsals. The sound capture is pretty sweet. Nowdays we mic everything up into a Tascam Audio Interface and mix in Reaper but for a quick setup I certainly think you can't go wrong with the zoom like this one https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/field-recorders/zoom-h2n-handheld-audio-recorder?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=CjwKCAjwhMmEBhBwEiwAXwFoEcY-iDv4_qQ35F0IvSpt6_yiR5_hSh78RuX8douuTI7wb7Mze2yotRoCp_YQAvD_BwE

I've run my peavey TNT 130 watts with our band, drums all mic'd up, Marshall 100w tube and 410 guitarist and it was plenty loud enough for onstage monitoring with Di to the PA . Can you Di to the PA as well? That would sort you out.

sounds great, fab mix

weird, this happens to us at Every gig? Now we know!

looks a bit of alright