bassfunk

[quote name='J.R.Bass' post='1134993' date='Feb 21 2011, 12:39 AM']I think the only 2 bits that i don't like/would personally change. The order of the band members, I'd always put the singers first on it. Seems to make more sense than your current layout. The other is the black & white pictures on the home page. They all look like its YOUR band and everyone else are your band. If it were me, i'd make full use of the twins? and put them as the centre of the attention, as appose to a guy holding a bass. But thats just me The sites great though.[/quote] Thanks for your comments J.R Bass. It does look a bit like it's my band doesn't it? The funny thing is I didn't select the photos we used or choose the order of the musicians on the band page. The singers did that, maybe that says something about my leadership skills

[quote name='BottomE' post='1134814' date='Feb 20 2011, 09:07 PM']Its great. I really like it in fact its given me some ideas so thanks. Just tell me you were balancing that bass on something soft.[/quote] Thanks BottomE No unfortunately the bass was just resting on the floor. I must have gotten caried away with 'glamour' fo the photoshoot.

Thanks for the comments guys (especially Burrito bass' comment about my beard, maybe I should start a whole new topic about my facial hair or even bass plaers with facial hair?) . I hadn't thought about the fact that clients might not want others to know how much they've spent on their wedding, and I suppose people having to contact us about costs is a good way to guage if people are looking at our website.

[quote name='neilb' post='1134736' date='Feb 20 2011, 07:59 PM']Sorry, got to the pic of the two birds and lost all interest in the band............. Will try again.[/quote] Ha they are very talented I was expecting a couple of replies about them. unfortunately one of them is angaged and the other likes drummers!

Hi Guys I'm pretty excited today as my band Supersession have just launched our new website. We're a wedding/function band and we're just getting started so any hints or tips from some of you 'old' pros would be greatly appreciated. the url is [url="http://supersession.co.uk/"]http://supersession.co.uk/[/url]. We've spent a lot of time and effort getting to this stage. We have a Twitter feed at the bottom of each page and I was thinking of putting something like 'special offer £*** flat rate for any function within Greater Mancchester' but I'm not sure if putting prices up is a good idea? will it scare potential clients away? People always seemed to be shocked when they find out how much a band costs. But I know when I was getting married I found it refreshing to be able to see a price up front on a website without having to email for a quote etc. Thanks Guys Pete

Yes please I'm in Manchester. Thanks Pete

Hi Sarah It's just a case of practise makes perfect! Do you have a friend who plays guitar or piano? Are can you program something into cubase or similar? If so get hold of as many chord charts as you can and get somebody to play through them. Or you could download chord charts for popular songs and practice playing alternative bass lines along to them on youtube etc. Then start off smply by just playing root notes them, then start using fifths and octaves. Get used to the harmony and then try and slip some passing tones etc in. Use the theory you've learnt for the RGT grades to play arpeggios over the chords etc and just practice, practice and practice. Hioope this helps. I've just tried to think of how I practiced this when I started out. Thanks Pete

Just to add my bit: I used to have a tuner that only showed the main notes of the strings, but it had a flat button. If I pressed the flat button twice it would give me two flats so it looked like I was tuning to Ebb (double flat), which is actually D! so if your tuner has that option you might be ok. Just as a side. I trained my ear to recognize the difference by tuning down by ear and then testing it with a tuner. Keep trying and eventually you'll get the hang of it.

Try this site as well [url="http://www.free-scores.com/frame.php?url=http://centralbass.free.fr/&CATEGORIE=20&TITRE=CENTRALBASS"]http://www.free-scores.com/frame.php?url=h...TRE=CENTRALBASS[/url] It's a bit buggy but there's loads of stuff on it in loads of different styles.

Well it sounds to me like you have pa and monitor support. My Advice would be to get there early and introduce yourself to the Sound guy (and monitor guy if they have one) make friends with them and remember their names. Then when it comes to sound check call them by their names and tell them what you would like in your monitors, this works almost all of the time for me. But If you've got a bit of GAS then find a more powerful 2nd hand amp. Ashdowns seem to go fairly cheaply. Have a good gig. Pete

I studied a HND in Popular Music Performance at City College Manchester. I loved the course and as well as teaching the theory and techniques needed to be a musician, it teaches other skills like website building, tour planning and music technology/recording. So I gained more skills than just how to play in a band, and being in an environment where you have other students and professional musicians to bounce ideas off and learn from is far more valuable than playing in a hundred sh1tty bands and venues (although this is valuable experience as a right of passage). I also chose Manchester as it has quite a vibrant music scene but isn't as large as London so it's easier to get to know people and make a name for yourself. So I would say decide what you want to gain from your studies. i.e do you want to purely improve yourself as a player and musician or do you want to gain more skills that you can transfer to whatever you decide to do with your life. And pick a city you want to live in and find the courses on offer. For instance in Manchester you have the more academic Salford Uni that runs a couple of good music courses or several colleges that offer Diplomas that are probably more vocation based. But I think the most important thing to remember is to not just become a bedroom player, but to get out there and be involved with music as much as you can. That way you'll gain the invaluable experience hundreds of gigs and sessions can give you, mixed with the extra knowledge of the industry and your instrument studying can give you.

I just bought a head off Coda music. Purchased Thursday Evening. I had an email to say it was shipping on Friday They attempted to deliver on Monday. All in all excellent service so far.

[quote name='Musky' post='358629' date='Dec 19 2008, 10:56 AM']Precisely. But again, that is not the issue. If you can pull 200 punters it's unlikely you'd want to touch a P2P promoter - they do nothing to promote or put on a good night! There are enough promoters that manage to put on coherent bills of unknown bands that can still run a viable business (Bugbear at the Dublin Castle springs to mind). They even pull in punters for their nights regardless of the bill because they have some quality control. P2P doesn't - they just need to fill their slots - 6 of them in the case of Club Mgriff! There will always be bands that can't/can't be bothered to pull any punters, just like there will always be plumbers who can't do their job properly. But you wouldn't deliberately hire a crap plumber and then charge [i]him[/i] upfront in case he does a bad job![/quote] I completely agree with the comment about quality control. There are several venues I've played in the Northwest that promote themselves and do enough work to be known as a place to see quality live music. And then there are others where the promoter just takes on any sh*te band whose moms, dads, aunties uncles neighbours dog comes to see them. If all venues are pay to play it means bands wanting to expand out of their 'catchment area' can't do. Because they can't get 50 people to travel a hundred or whatever miles to watch them.

[quote name='ARGH' post='357134' date='Dec 17 2008, 04:36 PM']A feedback threads a little too open for abuse...Trust me,Karma works in these situ's[/quote] You're right my band Karma does work in these situ's [url="http://basschat.co.uk/style_images/basschat/folder_post_icons/icon6.gif"]http://basschat.co.uk/style_images/basscha...icons/icon6.gif[/url] Vman in Manchester springs to mind

I just use an Ashdown Mag 250 C115 (combo with the 15 inch speaker). It cuts through most of the time and is plenty loud enough. But when we gig in venues without a P.A it tends to fall short. So I'm looking to upgrade to maybe the Hartke LH 500 and an XL 410 or something similar. But the combo has done me proud for the past 5 years. I know they get slated a lot round here but it's reliable and I've never had a problem with it. People actually compliment my tone as well.

[quote name='mike.be' post='356467' date='Dec 16 2008, 10:37 PM']hi,i use a ha550 head with vx cabs(4x10,1x15)and i think they're great.there's loads of uummph in the head and the vx cabs are nice and light;and i can hear every note nice and clearly.the tube pre-amp isn't that great but the sound is loud and i can dial in most sounds. hope you get what you want. [/quote] Yeah I had looked at the VX cabs. They are very light. I thought I had it all sorted and I wanted a HA3500 and 410TP. Now I'm all confused. I guess I'll have to wait to see what kind of money I can get together, and how much talking round 'the boss' will need.

I don't know about this specific model but I have played a few Corts. They were all of a fairly decent standard. I used to have a bass teacher who used one as a back up bass and occasionally gigged it. He really liked it and I ended up nearly buying one. I know this doesn't help in reference to the particular model you're looking at but as I said decent standard for the price.

[quote name='bassman2790' post='356025' date='Dec 16 2008, 02:46 PM']Fair enough. I could do with shifting it soon which sounds awful as it's such a great amp but I've already spent the money (as you do). Good luck with your hunt for your Hartke[/quote] Thanks Mate. And good luck with your sale.