Bluewine Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 11 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: I'm assuming its not continuous playing for 4 hrs and you take regular breaks for tea and scones kind of thing We take 2 ten minute breaks. Blue 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 10 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: While we're talking about them, how do Americans eat their scones? Does the cream go on first or the jam jelly? Although this is a link from 2014, the debate goes much further back than that. I'm not sure, me I haven't had a scone in years. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 21 minutes ago, Bluewine said: We take 2 ten minute breaks. Blue That's pretty full on for a FOUR hour set - particularly if it's just one vocalist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 33 minutes ago, Bluewine said: We take 2 ten minute breaks. Blue I'm impressed Blue. That's hard going in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 58 minutes ago, Al Krow said: That's pretty full on for a FOUR hour set - particularly if it's just one vocalist! Our BL shares vocals with our other guitarist. Blue 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Bluewine said: Our BL shares vocals with our other guitarist. Blue Is that Dwayne Johnson playing bass there Whats BL ? Edited March 23, 2018 by dmccombe7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 BL = Band Leader 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 49 minutes ago, Bluewine said: Our BL shares vocals with our other guitarist. Blue You can't leave us hanging like that! Go on post a clip of you guys playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 13 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Are there any guys in UK doing long extended gigs. I'm kinda curious now to be honest. Its pretty rare that we do a set that is noticeably less than 3 hours 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicbassman Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I played on the USAF bases in Spain in the late '70s We did 6 nights a week, 6 x 45 minute sets per night. Jeez, that was hard, not just for the band but for the equipment too. ......and as for the poor vocalist..................... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Al Krow said: You can't leave us hanging like that! Go on post a clip of you guys playing We're not good at video clips. We really don't have a good ones. Hopefully we'll have something professional done. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 9 hours ago, musicbassman said: I played on the USAF bases in Spain in the late '70s We did 6 nights a week, 6 x 45 minute sets per night. Jeez, that was hard, not just for the band but for the equipment too. ......and as for the poor vocalist..................... Four and a half hours? You are a machine. Heeheehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Bluewine said: We're not good at video clips. We really don't have a good ones. Hopefully we'll have something professional done. Blue Can't you post that festival clip off of YT? We're all used to amateur movies here. It wasn't great on quality but I enjoyed it anyway. It's a pity that I didn't keep the link. I hope you do get some of your set recorded for promos. If only for posterity, it's worth it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Its pretty rare that we do a set that is noticeably less than 3 hours What kind of gig is it. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 12 hours ago, Dad3353 said: BL = Band Leader DOH sorry must have been a senior moment there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said: Four and a half hours? You are a machine. Heeheehee Robobass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 40 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: DOH sorry must have been a senior moment there At a push BL could be bloody long (set)... but actually BL = British Leyland - anyone over 50 remember them? Now that would be a truly senior moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 23 minutes ago, Al Krow said: At a push BL could be bloody long (set)... but actually BL = British Leyland - anyone over 50 remember them? Now that would be a truly senior moment. Yes. I remember them for crappy TV adverts mainly. (My one and only senior moment has not actually ended yet.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said: What kind of gig is it. ? Pubs. The drummer is convinced all bands need to do 3 hours because <big local band> do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: Pubs. The drummer is convinced all bands need to do 3 hours because <big local band> do. Does it pay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Krow Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 x 1 hour sets are very much the norm for my two crews in the Big Smoke both for pubs and functions. Sometimes 2 x 45 mins. Very occasionally up to 2 1/2 hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, SpondonBassed said: Does it pay? We get £50 more than in my last group that barely scraped 2 hours, so as there are 4 of us in this and 3 of us in the last band, I guess not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: We get £50 more than in my last group that barely scraped 2 hours, so as there are 4 of us in this and 3 of us in the last band, I guess not! What about unseen benefits like more bookings than for the shorter gigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) 58 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: What about unseen benefits like more bookings than for the shorter gigs? I think there were those benifits, in that there are a couple of places that call us first when there is a cancelation (which always surprised me as we are not that good), but as the rest of the group (who are all younger than me) are now into that baby thing, it is a bit cancelled out. Edited March 24, 2018 by Woodinblack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 35 minutes ago, Woodinblack said: I think there were those benifits, in that there are a couple of places that call us first when there is a calculation (which always surprised me as we are not that good), but as the rest of the group (who are all younger than me) are now into that baby thing, it is a bit cancelled out. That is worth remembering. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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