EssexBuccaneer

The very idea of deposing makes me shiver with fear. I’m not great at meeting new people, and I’m not the greatest bass player around - I can learn songs but it takes me a while, and I’ll simplify if I have to. I certainly can’t read music. I’ll stay in my comfort zone with the equally inept guys in my band 😜

I grew up in a political household, grandad was leader of the council and charged debates at gatherings was the norm. Fall-outs were regular and (usually) temporary. My folks voted for Brexit. They voted against the interests of themselves, their children and their own grandchildren despite myriad warnings and bundles of evidence telling them that was the case. That’s not something that should be brushed off IMO. Mayhap i have unusual views on ‘family’ as I don’t buy this thing that ‘there’s nothing more important than family’ - it’s a mindless trope IMO

I think we can surmise this thread by all agreeing that if someone has painted a roundabout, bought a flag from Amazon and hung it from a lamppost, or responded to positivity about the England women’s football team by suggesting it’s of a low standard, you’re going to struggle to find bandmates.

And yet since it’s the primary legislation used in the U.K, maybe your assertion is wrong. If it didn’t provide a useable definition, then it wouldn’t be fit for purpose.

In wordy legalese, yes.

The equality act 2010 is the primary legislation

Which is why it’s important that racism is defined officially and legislatively and not left to individuals to arbitrate for themselves.

Oh no, I’ll back out gracefully. People who think they’re entitled to define something like racism themselves are not going to get me walking into a ban 😃

I didn’t say my definition, did I? I used the Oxford definition, available online. I find that’s better than inventing my own.

It’s not my jurisdiction, as I’m sure you’re aware. But it applies to me just as it does you.

Just pointing it out because your definition was incorrect.

It’s demonstrably not in your gift to decide for yourself what is or isn’t racist.

Extremism and bigotry both have definitions which are easily found with a quick search.

I play for fun, that’s the beginning and end of it. If I’m not enjoying it then I’ll pack it in. Spending time in the company of someone who’s openly espouses views that I find abhorrent would be a deal-breaker for me. Yes, they’re entitled to their views, and I’m entitled to call them out on it, or leave their presence (most likely both).

So I’ve had half an hour playing with mine essentially as a stomp-box. I’ll have a better look tomorrow. One thing - my phone Bluetooth won’t find the anagram on the Darkglass suite (iOS). Bluetooth is ‘on’ in the Anagram, but it just won’t find it. Going to wire into the laptop tomorrow and update it

Gear4Music - ordered back end of April 🤨

Had tracking confirmation that my Anagram will arrive tomorrow. Mrs Buccaneer and I are both at work, so it may well get sent back to the parcel place. But keep everything crossed, I’ll leave work as early as I can! 😀

We spoke to the guy this AM, he’s tight with the guitarist (they work together). We’ll be letting the venue know (politely) that we won’t be back.

Just home from a paid rehearsal, a quite well paid rehearsal, as it happens. Played to our wives and the bar staff, essentially. However, we have a few regular folk who come and see us every time we play, and they were absent tonight. When I asked the guitarist where they were - apparently last time we played this pub, the landlady made a comment about one of the chaps ethnicity. This floored me, and since we have a rebooking in December (already arranged) we’re in a quandary I think we’ll cancel the gig, and if we have to explain why then I’ll happily tell the landlady to her face.

Mine has been despatched from Sweden today. Expected on 1/9 😀

We played a 30th birthday private event on Saturday. Our first ‘function’ as opposed to a pub or charity gig. Strange experience, especially before the crowd were suitably lubricated with booze. Lots of people standing around chatting and ignoring us, kids playing with balloons and running around. Quite disheartening in the early part of the evening, for sure. Some songs ended with barely a smattering of applause The second half was much better, with punters singing and dancing and plenty of raucous applause and cheers. Ultimately we got paid and a few pats on the back afterwards, and back home for midnight.

Iron Maiden want a word….

Well I discovered rock music through seeing guns n roses on MTV around 91 - I would have been 10-11 years old. I got one of those ‘everything you need’ electric guitar sets from Argos for Christmas that year, and I became a very mediocre rhythm guitarist over the years that followed. I wanted desperately to be a widdly, flashy lead player but lacked the willpower to consistently practice. I was a good enough rhythm player to join a metal band at 15-16 writing our own material and playing locally. At 17 we weee established on the local scene and our mates band’s bass player left. I got on well with them and they asked if I could stand in on bass until they found a replacement. I’d never played bass before but figured it’d be ok if I stuck to root notes and learned as I went along. It was a total revelation, and I never really went back to guitar. I vowed never to play covers because that was an admission of giving up on the dream. Except a couple of years later I received a great job offer which meant I had to quit playing live (shift work and regular rehearsals don’t match) After 17 years climbing the ranks, the shifts ended as I moved into management and the first thing I wanted to do was start playing live again - and at 42 (at the time) playing covers in pubs sounded a lot of fun - and guess what?! It is! What I enjoy about playing covers, is that it’s made me a better player. I used to write basslines for my own ability - so I progressed very little as I was never challenged. Learning ‘professional’ basslines has made me better at what I do - so now I’m just marginally above ‘barely competent’

I’m a bass player with a lead guitarist’s ego. Our guitarist hangs back like a bass player. We’re a strange lot, tbf