Dave Vader

Thank you very much, and I hope that holiday isn't too far away

If you haven't got your free preview of Chapter one yet then congratulations for having the sense to wait until I finished the big edit and replaced it with a much better version which you can get here for nothing. Thank you for your time...

And I felt the need to assume it was Dave who posted and replied to the comment foolishly. Bum.

That's high praise indeed and a lot of work to do Terry is something very special (here's the thing I wrote about him when he died, in case you missed it) Also thanks for you reviews on amazon, very helpful indeed.

I too am interested in the outcome. I'm a bit bandless at the moment and thinking of pulling the bass out of the cupboard and leaving my guitars at home again. Be my canary

Thanks chaps. It's quite different from the first one, but hopefully you'll enjoy it.

I've got some news for anyone who enjoyed Weekend Rockstars The sequel is very nearly done And to celebrate the imminent release, the first one is heavily discounted over at amazon Plus you can get the first chapter of the new one for free if you sign up to my mailing list All the information you could ever want is over on my blog http://davedoesntwriteanythingever.blogspot.com/2019/12/exciting-news-for-artful-badgers-fans.html Apologies for the spammy post, and not being around much - day job is stupid busy at the moment, and now I've got a deadline for a novel I haven't actually quite finished yet.... Will be back to normal soon

Oh you star, I very much like what you did there

Hello chaps, long time no post. Sorry. As usual I've just popped in to pimp a thing I've written, it's relevant for once as it's about the skills you need to be able to play with other people, and how lucky I was to know a bloke that forced me to learn them when I was a kid. Link below, thanks. https://davedoesntwriteanythingever.blogspot.com/2019/10/how-eddie-and-dead-jesus-taught-me-how.html

Anyone who fancies a read of my third book which does have some music stuff in, features George and the Artful Badgers more than it should, and revisits a couple of scenes from Weekend Rockstars from a different perspective. It is in no way a sequel, I just thought it would be fun to tie them together. Anyway, it's FREE on Amazon until Monday in celebration of my 13th wedding anniversary and the bank holiday weekend. http://mybook.to/gapyears that's FREE for the whole weekend (sorry I haven't been on BC much, busy with work, writing and mostly being a guitar player these days)

As someone who is technically deaf in one ear (all the little bones that connect to the ear drum aren't connected anymore) I can confirm that I do hear stuff in the deaf one a bit still. This explains it, and makes this whole thread worthwhile for me. Also - custom moulded plugs have changed my life, and if I don't stick one in the deaf ear, the tinnitus in it gets worse. Hearing is complicated.

Yes, we could be a genre, a whole section in Waterstones I want more

It's a story, thanks. Also you lot are all still very lovely. Thanks to all.

Generally I have to spend them all at once as pints are getting more expensive these days Thanks Raymondo

If you're a tweeter I'm giving a free copy away for a RT of this tweet

As some of you know, I wrote a book about a covers band a few years back that featured some gigging horror stories lifted straight from the pages of this and other forums. Sad to say, I had an idea for a sequel, and it's now taking form. I need to steal more stories, but this time, from tour buses, hotels, backs of vans and the service stations of this great country's motorways. I promise to credit the original posters this time, rather than nicking their ideas and claiming them as my own, and would very much like it if you could share the worst/best/funniest things that have happened to you on tour. Thanks very much, and the more cringe-making the better.

To those of you who liked my other books, I've got a new one out today. You can get it here (To Douglas, I know it's taken ages, sorry) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gap-Years-Dave-Holwill-ebook/dp/B07MQFLDKX If you didn't, go ahead and ignore this, thanks

This thread is great. I stopped using Fender Flats cos they got a bit pricey, and I couldn't hear the difference between them and rounds with the tone rolled down. Have just got an acoustic I'm defretting (for close to nothing) so wanted some cheap flats to sling on it. Will head to ebay, thanks all.

Bass Clarinet, Bass Recorder, Bass Drum, Double Bass, Bass GUITAR (running away)

She's not a blood relative, so...

Blame my Auntie, she pointed out a much better way to end it, so I'm rewriting the entire last quarter of it. Sorry Douglas...

some, but they've stopped talking to me now

Kindle deal has ended for now. Standard Kindle is only 2.99 (I think) if you have a kindle/e-reader thingy. Thank you all for the nice things you said. Am trying to get the third one done (very different again but does have a certain band turn up for a couple of chapters) but am helping a friend by doing the edit on their brick of a book. Also the weather is nice, so spare time is being spent drinking rather than writing. P.S. I'm not quite as twisted as The Craft Rooom might suggest. You'd like me, honest. :)

I suspect Amazon has changed its URL generating system since I first published. Sorry, will go back and edit the first post so it works again.

Pressure's on then