How was your gig last night?

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, bigthumb said:

We have a wedding gig in August and I'm already dreading it! 

Ach its months away. After my plaster came off i rode my sports bike to the physio at the local hospital and she gave me a rollocking for it but as i explained my leg was encased in motorbike boots with 5 straps up the side. It was stronger than the plaster i had on.

She wasn't happy but i had no other way of getting there. I couldn't walk to my nearest bus stop to get a bus as it was difficult walking at that time plus the walk from the bus stop to the physio was even longer.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

9 minutes ago, bottomfeed said:

Lovely time had by all showcasing the new project "A little more Gilmour' Dave Gilmour & Pink Floyd tribute act

Very interested in this. A bit more info and / or vids would be nice.

Are you covering his solo material as well. So many options there.

Dave

[bottomfeed]

7 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Very interested in this. A bit more info and / or vids would be nice.

Are you covering his solo material as well. So many options there.

Dave

Yes lots of Dave Gilmour solo material plus some Floyd ... It's an interesting project.. Guy Pratt is a great player! 

Showreel to follow shortly! 

[colleya]

26 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Link was "private" @colleya

Dave

Yep, turns out the account is private. Balls.

[neepheid]

What a cracking gig last night with Nine Lives at the Balaclava in Fraserburgh.  What can I say, it was busy and loud, with an audience who were bang up for a dance and a sing along.  Can't really ask for much more than that.  Genuine goosebumps moment when enough folk were singing The Cranberries "Zombie" back at us such that we could hear it over ourselves.  You know you've had a great gig when packing up doesn't tire you out.  Can't really say much more than that.  Probably pay for this with a paid rehearsal next week - karma's a b!tch

 

Gear was the Sire Z7 then the Epiphone T-bird into the ISO standard bass rig.  Shout out to the Thunderbird, it was sounding epic last night, and I felt godly playing it.  Oh and I got called "the coolest MF" by a punter last night after we finished.  My ego happily accepts your compliment, sir!

 

And have a bit of bonus video...
 

 

[dmccombe7]

14 minutes ago, neepheid said:

What a cracking gig last night with Nine Lives at the Balaclava in Fraserburgh.  What can I say, it was busy and loud, with an audience who were bang up for a dance and a sing along.  Can't really ask for much more than that.  Genuine goosebumps moment when enough folk were singing The Cranberries "Zombie" back at us such that we could hear it over ourselves.  You know you've had a great gig when packing up doesn't tire you out.  Can't really say much more than that.  Probably pay for this with a paid rehearsal next week - karma's a b!tch

 

Gear was the Sire Z7 then the Epiphone T-bird into the ISO standard bass rig.  Shout out to the Thunderbird, it was sounding epic last night, and I felt godly playing it.  Oh and I got called "the coolest MF" by a punter last night after we finished.  My ego happily accepts your compliment, sir!

 

And have a bit of bonus video...
 

 

that's one lucky guy dancing at the front with 4 young ladies all dancing with him. Respect. 😂

What colour is your Epi TB @neepheid at one point it looked purple ?

Dave

[neepheid]

3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

that's one lucky guy dancing at the front with 4 young ladies all dancing with him. Respect. 😂

What colour is your Epi TB @neepheid at one point it looked purple ?

Dave

 

It is very purple...

 

[cdog]

Played Northern Guitars in Leeds on Friday with Heisenbug. Northern Guitars is a great venue in a busy area of town so plenty of passers by stopping and coming in. Crowd seemed to appreciate our all originals set. Chasing after more bookings now...

Check out the crazy drum kit!

 

 

 

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

It is very purple...

Ooohh that's nice. That would look great in my Glam band.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, bottomfeed said:

Yes lots of Dave Gilmour solo material plus some Floyd ... It's an interesting project.. Guy Pratt is a great player! 

Showreel to follow shortly! 

Yep i'm a big fan of Guy Pratt ever since seeing Delicate Sound of Thunder original video tape which for me had a better mix than the re-release they did. His bass solo was outstanding in that vid.

Dave

[peteb]

 

Played  at the Cart & Horses in the East End on Friday night with the Zep tribute. If you didn't know, this is the venue where Iron Maiden cut their teeth, which of course you would never guess from the complete lack of memorabilia around the place, Maiden themed beers and wine at the bar and everything in the familiar IM font...! 😉 

 

A bit of an odd gig, as we had a dep drummer for the night, which as you might imagine is a tough gig for a drummer to dep. The guy we got in had been struggling at a couple of rehearsals we managed to get in, but he did fine. Not perfect, but not a disaster by any means! A smallish place so pretty packed, a great audience and Didge even managed to work the Eastenders theme into his keys solo! 

 

NB. the picture is of the soundcheck, not the keys solo in the gig itself...! 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by peteb

[Stub Mandrel]

20 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

I won't be gigging for a while. Turns out I broke my ankle. I'm scheduled for surgery Friday morning. 

 

Not fun.

 

Daryl

 

Hope Medicare can help.

Edited 5 hours ago by Stub Mandrel

[Stub Mandrel]

Yesterday's gig was a last minute booking. Rhythm guitarist couldn't make it due to dog illness... but dog turned out to be ok so managed to make it.

 

Lovely old pub but in a small marquee outside, and a yellow weather warning. The warning was lifted and we set up to a healthy number of people. Numbers drifted up and down but it was a good gig.  In our break and afterwards we could hear another band playing behind the pub opposite. Had a real 'festival' feel with people wandering between the venues and good vibes.

 

We haven't gigged for a bit and were a touch scrappy but the punters didn't notice. Anyway, rehearsal on Tuesday as we have more gigs approaching. 

 

I had a bit of fun with effects, second encore was Superstition so I used the Joyo XVI with a bit of modulation to get a crazy synth sound.

 

This was the tail end of the first set. I have no idea why audiences love this song, it's just three chords, repeated....

 

 

 

[ossyrocks]

My gig last night was great, and the main reason for it, was that we played a lot quieter.

 

My band is a great bunch of chaps, and we all get along really well. However, the drummer is/can be, one of the loudest drummers I’ve ever played with. On the last gig in a theatre, I spent a long time meticulously refining the sound during sound check, it was superb, then in the first set, adrenaline and enthusiasm got the better of the drummer and he overwhelmed the mix we’d created and we all had to up the volume to hear ourselves. We had words at half time, and the second set was better. 
This week at rehearsal, the band leader instigated a discussion about stage volume, and the drummer took it well. So last night, he brought different cymbals (quieter ones) and played in a much more restrained manner. I used a BF One10 and a GK class D head. It really worked, and the audience absolutely loved it. We could all hear every nuance, and our dynamics improved. The drummer did admit that the gig was better for it.

 

So from a great gig last night, I woke at 4am this morning in a lot of abdominal pain, tried 111, which was hopeless, walked into an Urgent Treatment Centre at 8am, was examined and referred to A&E. Suspected acute appendicitis, but after scans and bloods, it turns out to be diverticulitis. They’re keeping me in for a couple days on IV antibiotics and painkillers. Marvellous!

 

Rob

[neepheid]

2 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

My gig last night was great, and the main reason for it, was that we played a lot quieter.

 

My band is a great bunch of chaps, and we all get along really well. However, the drummer is/can be, one of the loudest drummers I’ve ever played with. On the last gig in a theatre, I spent a long time meticulously refining the sound during sound check, it was superb, then in the first set, adrenaline and enthusiasm got the better of the drummer and he overwhelmed the mix we’d created and we all had to up the volume to hear ourselves. We had words at half time, and the second set was better. 
This week at rehearsal, the band leader instigated a discussion about stage volume, and the drummer took it well. So last night, he brought different cymbals (quieter ones) and played in a much more restrained manner. I used a BF One10 and a GK class D head. It really worked, and the audience absolutely loved it. We could all hear every nuance, and our dynamics improved. The drummer did admit that the gig was better for it.

 

So from a great gig last night, I woke at 4am this morning in a lot of abdominal pain, tried 111, which was hopeless, walked into an Urgent Treatment Centre at 8am, was examined and referred to A&E. Suspected acute appendicitis, but after scans and bloods, it turns out to be diverticulitis. They’re keeping me in for a couple days on IV antibiotics and painkillers. Marvellous!

 

Rob

 

Unsure how to react to this with a single emoji, so yay for great gig, and boo for health issues - hope you're on the mend soon!

[dmccombe7]

5 minutes ago, ossyrocks said:

My gig last night was great, and the main reason for it, was that we played a lot quieter.

 

My band is a great bunch of chaps, and we all get along really well. However, the drummer is/can be, one of the loudest drummers I’ve ever played with. On the last gig in a theatre, I spent a long time meticulously refining the sound during sound check, it was superb, then in the first set, adrenaline and enthusiasm got the better of the drummer and he overwhelmed the mix we’d created and we all had to up the volume to hear ourselves. We had words at half time, and the second set was better. 
This week at rehearsal, the band leader instigated a discussion about stage volume, and the drummer took it well. So last night, he brought different cymbals (quieter ones) and played in a much more restrained manner. I used a BF One10 and a GK class D head. It really worked, and the audience absolutely loved it. We could all hear every nuance, and our dynamics improved. The drummer did admit that the gig was better for it.

 

So from a great gig last night, I woke at 4am this morning in a lot of abdominal pain, tried 111, which was hopeless, walked into an Urgent Treatment Centre at 8am, was examined and referred to A&E. Suspected acute appendicitis, but after scans and bloods, it turns out to be diverticulitis. They’re keeping me in for a couple days on IV antibiotics and painkillers. Marvellous!

 

Rob

Hopefully a speedy recovery and you can get back to normal as soon as possible.

I had to google what that was and it sounds very uncomfortable indeed.

All the best

Dave

[Gasman]

On 02/06/2025 at 21:52, Gasman said:

Let's hope a few 100% gigs come along before Christmas! 

 

  

Funny old thing, just a week after tentative return to gigging post-stroke with my old band (just for a short sax set at a local mini-festival) I got an urgent call from them to play a private party not far away for a full gig - their replacement bassist couldn't make it... I spent an hour the day before playing along with an Audacity recording I'd made of the band, sort-of got my fingers and brain working together again, so it was off to the gig yesterday evening, fingers crossed! It actually all worked out OK, a few dodgy moments that didn't seem to be noticed in the new numbers introduced by the band since my hospitalisation, but I managed to stay on point and upright for two one-hour sets (thank you, Red Bull!) and got nicely paid, so in all a good way to ease back into gigging, with the promise of some more to come.

 

Must say though, I was cream-crackered today...

[Stub Mandrel]

1 hour ago, ossyrocks said:

Suspected acute appendicitis, but after scans and bloods, it turns out to be diverticulitis.

 

Glad you got into hospital, that can turn nasty if not caught quickly. Now get well!

[Stub Mandrel]

8 minutes ago, Gasman said:

Funny old thing, just a week after tentative return to gigging post-stroke with my old band (just for a short sax set at a local mini-festival) I got an urgent call from them to play a private party not far away for a full gig - their replacement bassist couldn't make it... I spent an hour the day before playing along with an Audacity recording I'd made of the band, sort-of got my fingers and brain working together again, so it was off to the gig yesterday evening, fingers crossed! It actually all worked out OK, a few dodgy moments that didn't seem to be noticed in the new numbers introduced by the band since my hospitalisation, but I managed to stay on point and upright for two one-hour sets (thank you, Red Bull!) and got nicely paid, so in all a good way to ease back into gigging, with the promise of some more to come.

 

Must say though, I was cream-crackered today...

 

Well done, if you can do one gig, the next will be easier.

[ossyrocks]

1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Glad you got into hospital, that can turn nasty if not caught quickly. Now get well!

Cheers. I was struggling all week to be fair, and I’d did the gig on max painkillers. 4am pain was off the scale, I was shaking with it.

I cannot fault the care I’ve had today though, assessed quickly, admitted, CT scan, diagnosed and placed on a ward. The nurses are hot on my pain management, and have told me when they are going to administer stuff through the night. Hopefully it will just be a couple of nights.

[mep]

We were supposed to have a gig at our favorite pup, the Coach House in Paignton last night. A couple of weeks ago we heard it was closing in June and we thought this would be our last gig there. It turned out it closed on the 1st of June. Luckily, we will get some gigs at another pub across town that know us, so all is not lost. We have been playing at the Coach House for 20 years, and I played there in my previous band too. The end of an era for sure.

[Bluewine]

13 hours ago, bigthumb said:

Whats the best way to clean beer out of a mixing desk? 

 

Probably says enough about how our gig went last night! 🙄

 

Our guitarist will need to give his pedalboard a good clean as well. This is not the first time we've had 'problems' at this venue so I'm going to suggest that we cancel the remaining gigs we have there. It's really not worth the hassle. 

 

 

We canceled a few remaining bookings at Club Rossdale. Not really a place for live music. The place was not a match for us.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

8 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

that's one lucky guy dancing at the front with 4 young ladies all dancing with him. Respect. 😂

What colour is your Epi TB @neepheid at one point it looked purple ?

Dave

 

Dave, We have very few gigs with young ladies dancing . We have pensioners that stay glued to their seats.

 

Daryl

 

 

[Bluewine]

15 hours ago, colleya said:

Thanks Blue. Yep, she's a find, I got lucky with this band. Still early days but I think we'll get some great gigs once the ball is rolling.

 

Hope your ankle heals up quickly.

 

Thanks

 

Don't sell yourselves short. You guys have a good thing started. You guys sound high end so I'm hoping to hear about high end gigs for you guys.

 

Don't be afraid to say "no" if a booking seems dodgy.

 

Daryl

 

Daryl

[Norris]

We thought we'd done our last gig at the Donkey back in October last year. Tonight we played there again. There was quite a lot of doubt if it would continue as a music venue, and not very good communication from the new owner at the time, which put a lot of peoples' noses out of joint. A lot of the old regulars are boycotting the place (as we found out) and a few bands too.

 

Well we're a mercenary bunch and I'm glad to say we filled the place. I don't know what the bar staff thought of it because they didn't strike me as the most experienced. I think they were more used to a sedentary rate of service.

 

That's the only photo I took

 

We had a great time and hopefully showed the new owner what a music venue should be like. Certainly they enjoyed it.

 

I took the stingish bass again and it was nice to let the Rumble sing a bit (they don't have a house PA any more). I even brought the smoke machine along.

 

Packing up took ages because it seemed that everyone wanted to shake hands and say goodbye, blocking the exit while they did!

 

Converse one-stars kept me upright and striking a few stances