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    I wrote a book about being in a covers band

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 06/12/2019 at 19:16, dmccombe7 said:

    Like @Raymondo i've bought all 3 books and thoroughly enjoyed them all so i won't be disappointed with another. Most books i've ever read from any one author except my wife's Terry Pratchet stuff that i occasionally read on holiday mainly because they are there.

    My point is you need to write more books so i have yours lying around on holidays. Aim for same number as Terry P and i'll be happy. :laugh1:

    Dave

    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. :)

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    I wrote a book about being in a covers band

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    I've got some news for anyone who enjoyed Weekend Rockstars

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    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

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    Nobody teaches you how to be in a band

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dave Vader

    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

     

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    I wrote a book about being in a covers band

    in General Discussion

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    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)

     

     
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    Ear Plugs Don’t Work

    in General Discussion

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    On 04/08/2019 at 21:25, Billy Apple said:

    He was talking about how humans hear and that it’s a misconception that sound is just detected via the ear canal. As far as I’m concerned he is shouting about it, maybe people don’t want to listen?

     

    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.

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    Your Touring Horror Stories

    in Gigs

    Posted

    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.

    Inexpensive flatwounds

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    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.

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    I wrote a book about being in a covers band

    in General Discussion

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    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. :)

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