How was your gig last night?

[neepheid]

20 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

what's the amp again ? i think you told me earlier in the thread but it was a few pages back in the depths of time and i don't want my Latte to get cold while i'm searching.

Dave

 

Red Sub BT5110 - a sibling of the Ibanez Promethean 

[fleabag]

On 15/09/2023 at 02:05, fleabag said:

Saturday gig almost upon us,  The Petty Thieves.  So called because almost 1/2 our setlist is Tom Petty covers, which of course, being a covers band, we stole.

 

Sit. Rep.  on Sunday

 

Pub was a tad small for us,  but we played reasonably well,  and the punters seemed to enjoy it. We even had dancing a couple of times.  Landlord was a good chap and fed us liquid refreshments all  night F.O.C ,  as well as our gig money.

 

It beats me though why people always take snaps in portrait mode  ?  Photos always look shyte - turn the phone to landscape , muppet 

 

 

 

PS

There's nothing like a punter walking past the camera     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hiya ... you're on film. Smile for the camera  , thanks    

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by fleabag

[Richard R]

On 15/09/2023 at 02:05, fleabag said:

Saturday gig almost upon us,  The Petty Thieves.  So called because almost 1/2 our setlist is Tom Petty covers, which of course, being a covers band, we stole.

That is a great name!

[Bluewine]

6 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

At least the band did a proper  job and that's the most important part .............. as well as getting paid of course.

Dave

Dave,

 

It was so Po Dunk, I almost felt bad taking their check. Lol

.Daryl 

[Mickeyboro]

Otis Jay Blues Band’s second gig at the Ringwood Meeting House outside Bournemouth brought in 30-odd (odd!) people. 
 

The venue now has an easy-assemble stage that means those in the pews can see us from knees up rather than the waist!

 

£8 admission shared with the venue, so a good time for a good cause. Playing places like this is a real bonus. 
 

As ever recently, my Flea went through an Elf/BF One10 mini rig. Just about sufficient. 

[BigRedX]

Saturday with Hurtsfall at the Victoria Biker's Pub in Coalville. Second day of a two day Goth festival.

 

Things were a bit chaotic when we arrived, two bands had dropped out - one cancelling with Covid, the other simply hadn't turned up and hadn't been in touch to say they were going to be late. For a moment it looked as though we were going to bumped to the less impressive looking outdoor stage, but in the end we played inside. After seeing the opening band have a really weedy sound that was all live instruments and almost no audible backing, I told the sound engineer that out backing should be treated like a real drummer and not a rhythm box and they didn't disappoint!

 

Plenty of people dancing from the off and we made a load of new fans and sold CDs and T-shirts.  Enjoyed all the bands especially Glass House Museum, She Made Me Do It with ex-Rachel Stamp guitarist Will Crewdson, and finally the mighty Auger. The night ended with a complete power failure on stage - sound and lights - during Auger's final song. Luckily it was "Oxygen" which most of us knew so we did a band and audience A cappella (with drums) version to the end.

 

Obligatory photo of the gig:

 

Next gig is in two week's time at the O2 Academy in Sheffield as part of the HRH Goth weekend.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Had been a bit anxious about numbers last night. We started a bit late as had to wsit for the first half of Tonga vs Ireland to end. Felt a bit empty but rapidly filled up, one of the rugby fans who went into the lounge abandoned the match and came to see us instead. In the end we had a really good turnout. Really enthusiastic crowd with lots of dancing - we aren't really a dance band but did a few up tempo songs.

 

Good feedback, including from the singer of the new band I've started up who hadn't seen us before. What was really nice is we are starting to get people coming from further afield  to gigs just to see us instead of just a random audience.

[markbunney]

Played with The 77s at The Shakespeare in Canterbury on Friday.

 

pub was in the middle of a pedestrianised area so load in and out was a pain.

 

went very well though, lots of dancing and cheering from the crowd etc.

 

A highlight was a guy randomly wearing a Viking helmet and having to ask security to chuck someone out. He was very drunk and very close to spilling his drink  over pedal boards, he had a couple of warnings to be careful but he wasn’t listening. As such we had to ask security to remove him.

 

Its 5 weeks till our next gig and I am looking for any dep opportunities, but not having much luck. 

 

[taunton-hobbit]

5 minutes ago, markbunney said:

pedestrianised area so load in and out was a pain

A sack truck is your friend ..........

 

😎

[markbunney]

2 minutes ago, taunton-hobbit said:

A sack truck is your friend ..........

 

😎

I did actually today think about getting one of those folding festival carts.

 

Ideally I’d like a lighter cab as well, my orange one is bearable for a short walk, but gets heavier with distance! It’s only got one handle on the top so is awkward

[Jackroadkill]

 

We played this afternoon at the Shropshire Tattoo Show.  In some ways a tough gig, because the audience were there for the ink, not the music, but we were made to feel very welcome and were well looked after, which is always a huge lift.  We played pretty well on a very small stage, despite the room being very hot indeed and the sound was pretty good too.  This was our first gig playing a split set, which meant re-ordering the songs to suit, but I think it worked well.  We got talking to one of the exhibitors who is organising another tattoo show in Wrexham in November - he and his wife loved our act and he asked us if we'd consider playing there.  It's a great feeling getting another booking at a gig, I always feel.

 

 

I look very grumpy, but that's just a bad case of RBF!

[Richard R]

40 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said:

I look very grumpy, but that's just a bad case of RBF!

RBF?

Rusty Bass Fingers?

Reet Bendy Fretboard?

 

 

 

[Cat Burrito]

Having only owned it for a couple of weeks, I did my first gig on the mandocello! As part of Swindon Shuffle, we played The Beehive in Swindon. I wasn't sure if our brand of original acoustic gothic songs would be played to an audience of nobody or people wouldn't get us but against all odds we won loads of people over. We even sold a CD which opening for a 5 band bill of original acts in a backstreet Swindon pub was never on the cards! 

 

[Rosie C]

46 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:

Having only owned it for a couple of weeks, I did my first gig on the mandocello! 

 

I spy *TWO* Goldtone mandocellos, very impressive!

 

[Mickeyboro]

1 hour ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

We played this afternoon at the Shropshire Tattoo Show.  In some ways a tough gig, because the audience were there for the ink, not the music, but we were made to feel very welcome and were well looked after, which is always a huge lift.  We played pretty well on a very small stage, despite the room being very hot indeed and the sound was pretty good too.  This was our first gig playing a split set, which meant re-ordering the songs to suit, but I think it worked well.  We got talking to one of the exhibitors who is organising another tattoo show in Wrexham in November - he and his wife loved our act and he asked us if we'd consider playing there.  It's a great feeling getting another booking at a gig, I always feel.

 

 

I look very grumpy, but that's just a bad case of RBF!

Can we come up with a set of songs that contain the word tattoo, as in the Pretenders’Tattooed Love Boys’?

[Jonge McLengo]

36 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

Can we come up with a set of songs that contain the word tattoo, as in the Pretenders’Tattooed Love Boys’?

 

 

[Jackroadkill]

2 hours ago, Richard R said:

RBF?

Rusty Bass Fingers?

Reet Bendy Fretboard?

 

 

 

 

Resting beach Face!

 

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

Can we come up with a set of songs that contain the word tattoo, as in the Pretenders’Tattooed Love Boys’?

 

Rose Tattoo, by the Dropkick Murphys?

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

Shropshire Tattoo Show

You should have mentioned it - our shop is about 400m away!

[Buddster]

 

Just finished 2 days of running the PA for the stage at the annual Nailsea 'international' Bike Show (Bristol). Excellent weekend. 12 really good bands of different genres of music. They were all great. All went very smoothly and all the bands were happy with their sounds. 

We played last on Saturday night. 

Unfortunately, it didn't start so well for us. Guitar player broke a string 2nd song, singers mic went intermittent and a bit of feedback. But after that, we went down a storm. Great gig. 

If anyone on here played, thanks for a great time. 

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Buddster

[Buddster]

 

🫢

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Buddster
Opps, double post

[martthebass]

A gig in a large ballroom on the outskirts of Rotherham for us last night.  Sadly underpopulated which didn’t help in a hall the size it was. It had been programmed the same day as a local end of summer outdoor shindig and unfortunately good old Kimmy Wilde was a bigger draw than us 😂

Major problems again with PA crossovers, we’ve managed to blow 2 now despite them supposedly being rated above our max wattage. A loud bang in the second spot followed by smoke can be off putting….we managed through to the end but couldn’t do an encore.

[Jackroadkill]

22 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

You should have mentioned it - our shop is about 400m away!

 

Ah, bu66er!  It didn't occur to me to see if any BC'ers would be be interested....

[Downunderwonder]

19 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Low end, low budget. A

Looks homely enough to me. BYO lawn chairs and all. Shame about the F&B as that's the next thing people remember if the band is good or bad.

 

[Downunderwonder]

1 hour ago, martthebass said:

 

Major problems again with PA crossovers, we’ve managed to blow 2 now despite them supposedly being rated above our max wattage

Cheaper by far to buy another amp and do active management.

[Downunderwonder]

5 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

A sack truck is your friend ..........

 

😎

Swings and roundabouts. I was coming down the escalator from a casino gig with sack truck piled up with Trace Elliot. At bottom is drunk fan waiting to "help me off". No amount of screaming at him to get out of the fine way was working until the penny dropped at the last second.