How was your gig last night?

[Lozz196]

And a good tip - one which we’ve had to ram home a few times - is don’t stop recording at the end of the song, keep recording to capture the applause/audience reaction.

[WalMan]

@Stub Mandrel hope your recovery is going well.
 

 

[WalMan]

14 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

It's weird. I've had gigs where I'm standing right in front of my amp and I can't hear anything. 

 

Daryl

It’s why I like using IEM’s now. I can hear what I want to hear.
 

I do have to trust FOH sound to put bass in the mix and sometimes wonder whether it’s there enough for what we’re doing looking at FB videos. Wifey tells me it’s there so I have to have trust 🙂

[DGBass]

Some video that surfaced after our gig last week, courtesy of Eilihd our talented videograher on the night. The emphasis as always was on keeping it laid back. Our version of the Sonny Boy Williamson classic "Help Me". It's a bit grainy, and sounds better with decent monitors.

 

 

 

 

 

[Geek99]

6 hours ago, Bluewine said:

I'll try that. And I'll require they take the video on stage. Not from out in the crowd. If there is a crowd. Lol

 

Daryl

Set up a cam on a tripod, trigger with Bluetooth 

no bribery required 

[HeadlessBassist]

Weird one last night; A prize giving evening for Dominos players at a hotel in Derby (the table-top game, not the pizzas!) Our newly jigged Duo set got a surprise early outing. Pity about the 30 degree heat. You could have wrung my shirt out into a bucket afterwards!

 

Out tonight with the Everly's & Friends live tribute show at the Alvaston Hall Warners near Crewe. Just need to remember all of the Everlys/Buddy Holly/Jerry Lee Lewis numbers that I haven't played for two months!

 

Perfect weather for a three-piece suit. Obvs.

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by HeadlessBassist

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

It's weird. I've had gigs where I'm standing right in front of my amp and I can't hear anything. 

 

Daryl

Had the issue with the Mesa cabs but since changing to a Barefaced 212 cab its amazing the difference. Its wide dispersion angle means i can stand right in front of the cab and still hear it clearly.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

And a good tip - one which we’ve had to ram home a few times - is don’t stop recording at the end of the song, keep recording to capture the applause/audience reaction.

100% agree. That annoys the heck outa me. Also those phones that only take 30 secs of a song  and always miss the bass solo. 😂

Dave

[Len_derby]

12 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

First Otis Jay BluesBand show with our new singer Cecilia. Also my first show as a main singer, having taken on the ‘male’ songs in our repertoire.

 

Video shows me giving C some space as she emerges from behind the keyboards. She’s only on loan to us, but if we come back without her I think we might be lynched!

 

Played Flea Jazz through a just visible Barefaced One10 and a very efficient Warwick Gnome that arrived in the post that very morning courtesy of @spyder

 

 

 

Have you changed over from using the TE Elf in combination with the One10? How does it compare?

[Mickeyboro]

5 minutes ago, Len_derby said:

Have you changed over from using the TE Elf in combination with the One10? How does it compare?

That’s kinda what I was interested in finding out, Len. Ta for asking!

 

As far as I can tell, there’s really not a great deal of difference. Maybe it’s not as compressed as the Elf, but certainly loud enough for the room. The Fleas pickups drive it quite hard.

 

What I like about the Warwick is the clearly visible controls - many’s the time the Elf’s volume has somehow turned itself down or off!

 

Curiously, on the evidence of live recordings, the sound I like best for blues at the moment is my Sandberg VM4 with the GK MB200 through my Barefaced Two10. None of which I was using here🤔

[pete.young]

Did a 2-hour set last night with Ministry of Mojo as part of the Dereham Blues Festival. 

 

Really nice venue but very small and dwindling audience, which we just about outnumbered by the end. Unfortunately the venue is out of the town centre and blues fans clearly didn't fancy making the trip out to the suburbs.

 

The office:

 

[taunton-hobbit]

13 hours ago, Mickeyboro said:

First Otis Jay BluesBand show with our new singer Cecilia

Nice - that one's a keeper!

 

😎

[Len_derby]

34 minutes ago, pete.young said:

Did a 2-hour set last night with Ministry of Mojo as part of the Dereham Blues Festival. 

 

Really nice venue but very small and dwindling audience, which we just about outnumbered by the end. Unfortunately the venue is out of the town centre and blues fans clearly didn't fancy making the trip out to the suburbs.

 

The office:

 

That’s a shame, especially as most blues fans now qualify for free bus rides (me included 😆).

[12stringbassist]

It's been a while since I've been able to post in this topic, as our old guitarist opted out at the beginning of May.
It's been cancellations, auditions and just a couple of rehearsals since then. I think we've got the right new guy.

I was slightly nervous in the run up to last night's first gig, as we didn't manage to rehearse this week as our drummer has been taken into hospital for urgent surgery. He's going to be out of the game for a while. A good friend of ours is going to sit in on drums for a while when he can and I am meeting another drummer this evening, when we play another gig (and he's on drums).

We're deviating from usual set to a degree, as our new guitarist has some songs he's pretty good at, so to get a set together, and to change things a bit (the old band was a bit of a museum, as we couldn't add new songs without a distinct lack of enthusiasm from one corner of the room). We've pulled the best set together of crowd pleasers that we can .

There were a couple of hairy moments, but the punters didn't notice.
The good news for us is that we are back doing it and enjoying it.

 

[dmccombe7]

35 minutes ago, 12stringbassist said:

It's been a while since I've been able to post in this topic, as our old guitarist opted out at the beginning of May.
It's been cancellations, auditions and just a couple of rehearsals since then. I think we've got the right new guy.

I was slightly nervous in the run up to last night's first gig, as we didn't manage to rehearse this week as our drummer has been taken into hospital for urgent surgery. He's going to be out of the game for a while. A good friend of ours is going to sit in on drums for a while when he can and I am meeting another drummer this evening, when we play another gig (and he's on drums).

We're deviating from usual set to a degree, as our new guitarist has some songs he's pretty good at, so to get a set together, and to change things a bit (the old band was a bit of a museum, as we couldn't add new songs without a distinct lack of enthusiasm from one corner of the room). We've pulled the best set together of crowd pleasers that we can .

There were a couple of hairy moments, but the punters didn't notice.
The good news for us is that we are back doing it and enjoying it.

 

That's sounding pretty good especially considering your circumstances. I'd be ok with that. 

Used to love playing that song back in late 80's band. Lots of nice wee runs in it.

Good luck with the drummer tonight and hope your own drummer is ok and gets well soon.

Dave

[Stub Mandrel]

15 hours ago, WalMan said:

@Stub Mandrel hope your recovery is going well.
 

 

 

I'm out at last. Mri was clear but still unsteady and probably will take a weekor two to recover. Had to bow out of three gigs with three bands this weekend but they have all been great about it.

 

Gutted as was really looking forward to it

[Lozz196]

Good to hear you’re out & about 

[WalMan]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I'm out at last. Mri was clear but still unsteady and probably will take a weekor two to recover. Had to bow out of three gigs with three bands this weekend but they have all been great about it.

 

Gutted as was really looking forward to it

Good to hear. Onwards and upwards!!

 

Wifey gave me a scare a couple of months back when she had what turned out to be most likely a TIA. Was a worrying few hours in hospital though after a blue light sprint to A&E

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I'm out at last. Mri was clear but still unsteady and probably will take a weekor two to recover. Had to bow out of three gigs with three bands this weekend but they have all been great about it.

 

Gutted as was really looking forward to it

Good news to hear you are home again and MRI was clear. Just a matter of time till you get 100% back to normal and gigging again.

Take care.

Dave

[Burns-bass]

Just played to 400 or so Swedish Bluegrass fanatics at a festival by a lake. I’m taking the photo, not in it!