How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

[gjones]

7 minutes ago, ezbass said:

We did a run through with a dep drummer for this coming Sunday’s gig. It was pretty awesome! The guy had plainly done a lot of homework and had a great feel. Police & Thieves had the most solid ‘one’ I have played to and could have happily played it for hours. Adding to that, he managed to swing Town Called Malice rather than the usual bashed out ‘four on the floor’ I have endured over the decades; another delight to play to. Given our usual drummer’s patchy availability, I’m hoping we might work with this guy some more. Prior to the rehearsal, I was feeling like packing it all in, but I’m feeling somewhat enthused now.

 

A great drummer can change the whole feel of a song, for the better. 

Edited yesterday at 08:16 by gjones

[ezbass]

11 hours ago, gjones said:

 

A great drummer can change the whole feel of a song, for the better. 

I was spoilt in my previous bands as they often featured the same, awesome drummer, who has been in bands since the ‘60s. Everyone else is compared to him and is normally found to be lacking. When I first started playing bass as my primary instrument, I was often struck by my inability to lock in with the drummer and assumed it was me, as I was a bass newb. The drummer in the band I was in couldn’t make a gig and so I asked my old drummer (the guy mentioned previously) from my guitar playing days to dep. From the first beat, there was that lock I had been looking for and I haven’t worried about my ability in that dept since, it either works or it doesn’t, but it’s so satisfying when it does.

 

The difference between a good band and a great band is often a good drummer and good harmonies.

[kwmlondon]

Had a good fun one with one of my groups last night. Was knackered after a building project on the house but it was really good fun- the guitarist is a creative fella, good fun, writes interesting stuff and is really lovely. The drummer is inexperienced and a bit lacking in confidence but she’s great to play with and I hope we can build her up to doing a gig before long.

 

I took the Positive Grid Spark Live and it did really well. Sounded good and easily kept up with the drummer, though she’s not a very heavy player. Did a comparison with the full rig- TC BH800 and MarkBass NY121 and the bass rig was way more authoritative and deep, coped with big transients way better and louder as you’d expect 

[dmccombe7]

Had a 3 hr rehearsal last night with the Glam band just to polish up some of the new songs we've added and to work a bit on a new Suzi Q song. Unfortunately one of our singers couldn't make it due to the poor health of her 12 yr old dog. Not so good news there. 

New songs went well but its amazing how much we missed her vocals. She has a huge presence within the band.

Used my Sandberg VM4 into an old Peavey with a graphic EQ and a Hartke 410 with what looked like aluminium speakers. Sounded like a nice cab. Not so keen on that old Peavey head. Much preferred the old Mk3 twin channel and graphic EQ Peavey i had in early 80's with my Marshall stack. Happy days altho i did go to custom cab with a Peavey BW 15 & 12 speakers fitted.

Looking forward to the next gig on Sat night at Beat Generator in Dundee.

Dave 

Edited 9 hours ago by dmccombe7

[ezbass]

10 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Looking forward to the next gig on Sat night at Beat Generator in Dundee.

We’re there Sunday week.

[dmccombe7]

8 minutes ago, ezbass said:

We’re there Sunday week.

Those stairs are a killer but it is an amazing venue. The owner is also a really good guy.

Dave

[NoRhino]

For the last few weeks we've been working on nine new covers and last night we allowed ourselves a smug nod with the realisation that eight of them are finally ready to go into the set.   

[Muzz]

19 hours ago, ezbass said:

I was spoilt in my previous bands as they often featured the same, awesome drummer, who has been in bands since the ‘60s. Everyone else is compared to him and is normally found to be lacking. When I first started playing bass as my primary instrument, I was often struck by my inability to lock in with the drummer and assumed it was me, as I was a bass newb. The drummer in the band I was in couldn’t make a gig and so I asked my old drummer (the guy mentioned previously) from my guitar playing days to dep. From the first beat, there was that lock I had been looking for and I haven’t worried about my ability in that dept since, it either works or it doesn’t, but it’s so satisfying when it does.

 

The difference between a good band and a great band is often a good drummer and good harmonies.

My current drummer (who is very good) calls it 'The Bluetooth's linked' when he plays with the right bassist... 🙂

 

EDIT: I should add that in my experience it's not always that the drummer (or bassist) has to be fantastic, it's more a chemistry thing: I've played with a couple of fantastic drummers who, while it was all OK, just didn't lock in, and that 'knowing what they're gonna do next' thing just didn't happen...

Edited 1 hour ago by Muzz

[nilorius]

I don't have rehearsls more than a mounth, couse our band leader - vocal, guitar have problems at his work and his mouther is ill and he must do a lot of things for her, so he don't have time for reahersals. Sorry!