Dubs Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 After about 18 months without a band I think I'm finally on the road to getting something sorted out. I had a jam with a band last night - I know the singer/current bass player from work - and it went really well. He only wants to sing live so they got me in with the possibility of taking over on bass to make the 3 piece line-up a 4 piece. I'm learning their songs for a practise next week with the intention of being ready for a gig on the 18th. It's the best music news I've had in ages and the band sound great; the drummer is class and I'm really excited about future possibilities. Check them out - [url="http://www.myspace.com/switchtransmission"]http://www.myspace.com/switchtransmission[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nice one mate! Don't have sound at work so I'll check the Myspace later on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Nice one. nowt like gigging live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Cheers guys. Yeah it's been far too long. It felt so good jamming with a good band last night, and the best part was that the drummer is really tight and has some great ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) Congrats on the new band, they look and sound great. Same situation with me too. Not done anything since well before Christmas after the last band imploded spectacularly. Since then, I've dabbled with the idea of getting back into it but the reality of family life and work has taken a justifably bigger priority over "living the dream". To be honest, whilst it was odd for the first couple of months not regularly gigging or rehearsing, I've not missed it as much as I thought. It's actually been a chance to re-evaluate what I want from music, bass playing and being in a band and the more auditions I've had, the more I realise what I REALLY want from a band. Probably in the past I would have gone with the flow and joined the first thing that came along but I've been much more picky this time. Following on from this, I auditioned for a covers band over the weekend and I'm now back in the saddle so to speak. Nice blokes, good musicians, no egos/BS, reasonable set list and gigs coming up. I never thought I'd say it but I'm getting mildly excited about playing bass in a band again! T Edited October 2, 2009 by tonyf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Congrats! In the same sort of position, band collapsed a few months ago and i went through the usual for me which was selling my amp and trimming the gear. About a week ago I put an advert up on a website and I had my first jam with the band on wednesday with another tonight. Seems good so far and nice to be playing with some nice people. Just to add a cherry to the top I just had another email today from another band looking for someone to join a covers band (the other is originals) so I may potentially be in two bands after being in none....bit like busses, never one when you need one and then two come along. It was nice having a break though, really made me hungry to play again, so much so i resorted to adverts which i have never done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 [quote name='tonyf' post='614764' date='Oct 2 2009, 01:25 PM']Congrats on the new band, they look and sound great. Same situation with me too. Not done anything since well before Christmas after the last band imploded spectacularly. Since then, I've dabbled with the idea of getting back into it but the reality of family life and work has taken a justifably bigger priority over "living the dream". To be honest, whilst it was odd for the first couple of months not regularly gigging or rehearsing, I've not missed it as much as I thought. It's actually been a chance to re-evaluate what I want from music, bass playing and being in a band and the more auditions I've had, the more I realise what I REALLY want from a band. Probably in the past I would have gone with the flow and joined the first thing that came along but I've been much more picky this time. Following on from this, I auditioned for a covers band over the weekend and I'm now back in the saddle so to speak. Nice blokes, good musicians, no egos/BS, reasonable set list and gigs coming up. I never thought I'd say it but I'm getting mildly excited about playing bass in a band again! T[/quote] Good news Tony. Yeah I know what you mean about not settling for the first thing that came along - I've had a few jams with bands that just didn't feel 'right', but this is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. Good luck with the covers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 [quote name='NJE' post='614787' date='Oct 2 2009, 01:39 PM']It was nice having a break though, really made me hungry to play again, so much so i resorted to adverts which i have never done before.[/quote] yeah that was exactly the same for me. I've never put adverts up before but I used a local forum and a couple of the "find me a band" type websites. They turned up a few things but nothing that really came to much, then by coincidence I was browsing BC whilst at work and Dave (singer) looked over my shoulder and said "are you a bass player?"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike257 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 That's good news man, I can't listen to them now (work blocks the myspace player!) but I'll check it when I get home! Are they At The Drive-In fans, by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Grats Ben! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Thanks guys. @ Mike - yeah I think they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Congratulations! I'll have a listen when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Just had a listen, me likee Good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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