WalMan

Got our last two for 2009 this Friday & Saturday Friday 4 Dec - Cheers Bar, Bognor Regis Sat 5 Dec - The Fountain, South Street, Chichester Saturday's a long one (as ever) and I have just received the draft sets: Saturday is: First set: ARE YOU READY? - Daylight for Dead Eyes HELL AND HIGH WATER - WISHING WELL - Free WILD FRONTIER - Gary Moore HIGH ROAD EASY - Sass Jordan WHITE ROOM - Cream MR BROWNSTONE - G'n'R WAYWARD SON - Kansas WATCHTOWER - Hendrix ALL YOUR LOVE TONIGHT - Whitesnake LEARN TO FLY - Foo Fighters TONIGHT - eeeeeeeeeeeer possibly The Answer STEAL YOUR FIRE - GUN I WANT IT ALL - Queen Second Set DON’T LIE TO ME - Whitesnake LONG ROAD TO RUIN - Foo Fighters RAG DOLL - Aerosmith WHOLE LOTTA LOVE - Led Zep HOUSE OF LOVE - Skin OVER THE HILLS - Gary Moore MY KINDA GIRL - Chickenfoot WHITE PUNKS - Tubes ARE YOU READY TO ROCK? - Thin Lizzy GOD GAVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL - Kiss WHITE WEDDING - Billy Idol ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL? - Jet WORD UP - Cameo/GUN GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN’ - ZZ Top DON’T BELIEVE A WORD / BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN - Thin Lizzy Extras: REBEL YELL/SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE/ALL THE YOUNG DUDES/FREE WORLD/SCHOOL’S OUT?/WALK THIS WAY?/FUNKY MUSIC? So pretty standard pub rock fare then

Draft lead breaks Mikes - [attachment=37316:NoiseAnn...arBreakM.mp3] My OTT version (though it would require at least 4 if no 5 guitards live ) [attachment=37315:NoiseAnn...GuitarsF.mp3]

[quote name='DHA' post='668643' date='Nov 28 2009, 07:44 PM']Sorry, all gone. But I have been offering the VT2-Twin-EQ-Std-Bass at the same price for another week or so. check it out on ebay. Dave[/quote] Ah well. Never mind. 'twas a middle of the night "there's a thought" moment

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='641890' date='Oct 31 2009, 02:11 PM']Amp heads are backline, so it looks there were mistakes all round, with the gig promoter/organiser especially not doing their job.[/quote] [quote name='umph' post='641966' date='Oct 31 2009, 04:12 PM']backline has always been cabs and drum skeleton, heads and breakables should be supplied by the other bands.[/quote] Says it all really. Yes they are / no they aren't. Best to check with the other bands well in advance what [i][u]they[/u][/i] understand it to mean

[quote name='Kev' post='619079' date='Oct 6 2009, 09:10 PM']any places left at £185?[/quote] Same question a month & a half later

Something else to be going on with [attachment=37228:FunkySwineJab.mp3]

Vocalist, #2 guitarist & I use IEM's. Drummer & #1 won't. Our sound guy has bought loads of Aviom kit which means we each have our own sub mixer from the stage box and set our own mixes - #1 guitarist has a sub mixer and sets levels to his monitor. I tend to have one plug in and one out to get a bit of ambience. #2 guitarist uses both plugs but there are often mutterings from others that his stage level from the Boogie is high. When I first started with IEM's I was just using the Bass POD xT straight to the PA with the others getting bass from their monitors, but again there were mutterings, this time that the bass was getting lost and couldn't be felt on stage so I ended up getting the MB combo to cover off that.

[quote name='lanark' post='659988' date='Nov 20 2009, 11:20 AM']So are DJs supposed to do this too, submit a full list of songs that they've played in their set? Because, to be honest, a lot of the DJs I know don't actually know the titles and artists of the songs they've played (I go to salsa nights and they tend to pass CDs between each other and the track details aren't always attached - so you ask what the last record was and they'll say disc 12 track 5 or something)[/quote] I would think generally they will be in the same boat as bands, ie it will be the venues responsibility to hold the licence and you seem to get asked for a list so infrequently it's not worth worrying about. In the club band we put down a load of songs the vocalist in the originals band had registered to up his play count by the odd one here or there. I don't suppose it ever had any effect on the major artists we actually played (or even the check the vocalist got for pennies) one way or another

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='659332' date='Nov 19 2009, 03:35 PM']Most places we play have a PRS certificate on the wall but only twice have we filled out a form with the songs we played, both times for a local festival. As far as I know it's the venue's responsibility.[/quote] The only time we were asked to fill in a form with my current lot we had been warned by the venue that someone from PRS would be there and want a list on the night. Just as well he was otherwise we'd have been playing to the bar staff Prior to that when I played in a club band we were occasionally asked to fill in a song sheet for their PRS return, but very rarely. At the end of the day its the venues responsibility through their PRS licence fee, not yours to make any payment.

I have been searching for "the sound" for a while now and was considering a DHA VT Twin EQ, having borrowed Johnnylagers for a rehearsal. However I tried out a T-Rex Squeezer, and MB Compressore at the w/e and am starting to think perhaps a compressor, particularly the former from the tryout, may be what I'm after. Not cheap though

[quote name='MileBG' post='655459' date='Nov 15 2009, 09:44 PM']You rock man, nice drums and guitars.What program have you been using for drums and for recording?[/quote] Cheers. [url="http://www.mackie.com/products/tracktion3/index.html"]Mackie Tracktion[/url] for recording and [url="http://www.drumcore.com/"]Drumcore[/url] for the drums - I think it was the standard Rock/Pop loop set I was using this time. Just wish Mackie hadn't completely deserted Tracktion as I find it really quick & easy to use, but it hasn't had an upgrade for a couple of years and is better on PC than a Mac (which I have of course gone over to dedicating a G5 to recording DOH!!)

Probably hugely derivative and a copy of something someone recognises, but still I had fun making this row. Wish I had [i][u]ANY[/u][/i] idea what to do about words, but that's for someone else, or indeed could play guitar. Hey ho. Recorded on Mac G5 using Mackie Tracktion with Amplitube, a Peavey Generation EXP guitar and my Wal [url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/Loops/Wordless_Rock_Thing.mp3"]Wordless Rock Thing[/url] [url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/Loops/Wordless_Slow_Thing.mp3"]Wordless Slow Thing[/url]

Yup. Similar to yours (though never actually gone right over) but I have had the odd occasion, normally at hot sweaty gigs and when I have held on to a note that bit to long when doing b vox. Suddenly sound becomes distant, the room spins and I brace against going over. Scary.

Red Lion Stubbington. One of those nights for me really. Couldn't get into it. Played cr@p. Bass sounded cr@p to me. And yet still people were saying it was a good gig, the sound was good, etc., etc. The Blackstar HT Dual proved a complete non starter for what I was trying to do. Mildly pee'd off at the end of the evening having got there early to unload the PA from the van and then helped load it all again at the end of the night, and yet [i]certain[/i] parties just stood and watched when it got to getting my gear out to the car. And then to cap it all the wiper motor went on my car on the way home so I had to call out the recovery service and get towed home. Just back now Added to which I am supposed to be taking MrsW to one of her old school chums birthday party in Eastbourne tomorrow, but I am going to have to start the day getting the car towed to a garage to be fixed and sorting out a courtesy car, which will no doubt be some rubbish 2 cylinder 1 Ltr bar'o'cr@p. Double

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='653341' date='Nov 13 2009, 08:56 AM']Maybe I'm A Lio?[/quote] DOH!!!! It was early. I'd only just woken up. I didn't have my glasses on, and other poor excuses. Now corrected

First one back after a bit of a layoff. Here's hoping I can remember the new ones

[quote name='Shockwave' post='652746' date='Nov 12 2009, 04:18 PM']Bought a bass since September 9th! Doing pretty well i think! Yeah i am having withdrawel symptoms and i bought a Amp and cab during that time. But its still not a bass! Maybe i should sell one of the Pedullas and by something with uphold my image! What was the longest time any of you lot went without buying a bass?[/quote] 20 + years

............and also [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=67105"]THIS[/url] Get some more bits ordered Alex, enquiries from across the pond in the offing

Just sold Mark my Buttkicker - but she won't get out of the house Good comms and a thoroughly nice chap to do business with Al

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='649288' date='Nov 8 2009, 11:56 PM']Get some other valves (and some smaller fingers) and get swapping, the EHX is an improvement on the stock, but the Mullard I have was a notch above that.[/quote] May have to look into that. Last nights rehearsal was a game of two halves with the Blackstar. Got close to what I was after, but not completely convinced at the mo. Perhaps its just that it's designed for guitar not bass, which of course I knew, but......

You could buy the Blackstar HT Dual I picked up at the weekend, but am not so sure about now. Damn retail therapy buying!! Probably needs more fiddling with, but I'm just not sure. That said I managed a reasonable light grit tone near what I am looking for with a filthy boost on the second channel, so we shall see after the gig Friday