stingrayPete1977

Come on pics!

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1480849883' post='3187480'] I have just kinda semi retired only work part time now just fancy brushing up on things i've ignored i doubt very much that it will make me any better but just curious to know a bit more [/quote] Well I've never met anyone that said "I've been spending a few hours a week looking at theory and its made me a worse player! ", go for it.

Even though I've never been particularly short on gigs and have no intention of doing it full time I still wish I'd started learning theory (in very broad term) years ago, I doubt I'd be gigging any more often but they'd probably be a higher standard of gig in the same category. I have too many hobbies and not enough time to really get stuck in now.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1480845094' post='3187425'] I'm not sure that I should be excluded from the category, now you come to mention it. [/quote] I suppose the difference between one idiot behind the kit and another is that some idiots can actually play them?

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1480816324' post='3187338'] Of course, we've yet to solve the trickiest question on this subject... Exactly what does one do with oneself during verses of Alright Now? [/quote] From quite a few jam nights I've been too the etiquette has been, play the guitar part

[quote name='andyonbass' timestamp='1480827624' post='3187355'] Its good practice to pack away the mics and drumsticks as soon as the last note stops ringing, 'cos everyone is a singer or drummer after a few shandies! If I have my decent bass, that goes straight into the gig bag too.. [/quote] If it's a pub where we are on the same floor level I normally would or I'd keep the stage area in sight, with this one raised up, 2 djs watching and it not being a tight for space room I was quite surprised, we were only gone for two minutes!

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1480798028' post='3187260'] StingrayPete has it. Sell more beer, your fee should go up. [/quote] Top and bottom of a pub's business model isn't it?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1480797400' post='3187254'] You got paid for doing a [b]Christams party[/b] for [b]care workers[/b]. I bet you even mic'ed up the bass drum. [/quote] Well it was a ballroom style room big enough for 300 people, I know you like your PA that fits in the guitarists boot but I think your 8" FOH speakers and unmicd kick would have been struggling in there

Well I wouldn't have just turned up for the fun of it either, it was a fun gig with a financial reward

One of the best things about those full range RCF tops is not having subs for the dancer's drink to be put on. (Before we get any smart arses, the RCF sub in the picture is the DJ's paired to the smaller non full range versions of our tops )

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1480785597' post='3187156'] Office parties, the worst kind of drunks that there are, two sweet sherries and they think they`re George Best and Oliver Reed rolled into one. [/quote] This time they were all women, well I use the term women VERY loosely.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1480785548' post='3187154'] I had to extract a punter from behind the kit on NYE last year, he couldn't see what the problem was. Lucky for him it was me that caught him and not the drummer.... [/quote] Drum kits are magnets for idiots! You can read whatever you like into that

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1480785193' post='3187148'] The MU standard contract contains a clause plainly stating that the kit is not for the use of the client, but I doubt any of those bozos would have had sight of your booking agreement! [/quote] Haha I'm not a member, it was a reference to the 'playing for nowt' thread, we do have insurance but I doubt they'd be keen to pay for damage to our kit as it annoyingly is there to protect the punters from us, how ironic!

I haven't got any 'budget' basses since selling all my 4 stringers, the US Jazz V is my cheapest one now, it's collecting some mojo along the way but I'd rather it be my damage than from the punters!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1480784139' post='3187136'] Most of my gigs are Hampshire / Berkshire / Surrey. I guess average fee is £250. A few places hit £300 and one is £350 but there's a couple of small places who don't go over £150. We play the little ones because we know the managers and they are usually a nice crowd. Oh, and we play one place for free in exchange for free rehearsal time. Every ten rehearsals = one free gig [/quote] Same kind of thing here, we actually got £400 last week, in a pub! Second time there for us and the till was bursting at the seams both times, we heard the door staff were turning people away during the second set because the place was too full, if only all our gigs went so well I have a trio that does the cheap gigs, still ends up £50 each and we are not really playing anything suitable to go for the party/function scene but the little venues have a regular crowd of music fans that appreciate actual live music,had some good nights in those little quirky pubs.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1480783741' post='3187132'] Ahh. Best ignore my previous post. [/quote] I'm sure they've earnt a good night out tbf, could have been a costly one for us if the headstock had been snapped off the Gold Top he's been thinking of retiring it to home use with his vintage strats for a while which he's just substituted with the 87 (?) strat in the picture, I wouldn't be surprised if santa brings him a later model LP now he has an excuse

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1480783180' post='3187123'] This is why, miserable gits that we are, [i]everything[/i] gets packed away as soon as the last chord's over. [/quote] There's often no way of getting the upright bass to safety and it has to go in the van last to avoid it being turned into kindling!

They gave up his guitar easily, but stayed on the stage for a while. I normally put my basses in cases straight away but I've only had this sort of thing when the stage area is not a raised stage, we often get idiots shouting into the mics so I muted the whole pa before we got off.

Care home staff!

Last nights gig, works christmas party affair, 150+ people with a free bar, live band and disco, you know the score. We play our set, just a straight through 1 1/4 hour set of favourites, went down well, pocket full of money each begrudgingly taken purely to protect the MU members future earnings Here's the 'stage' area before the gig..... [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161202_203650_zpsymqo7vph.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161202_203650_zpsymqo7vph.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Gig done, dancing crowd happy, DJs take over, All is well so we retreat outside for some fresh air until someone comes out for a smoke and informs us that the audience are on the stage playing our guitars. Great! Luckily for me they didn't fancy the delicate double bass and went for the guitarist's genuine 70s Gibson Les Paul Gold Top!!!!! I took this snap after removing my Jazz V and Stingray 5, double bass went in the cleaners cupboard just after. [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161202_233523_zps2bftkd3m.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161202_233523_zps2bftkd3m.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Anything by Florence and The Machine, awful.

Obviously there are certain venues that we know are likely to be rough and you have to decide how to deal with those but I've had more trouble with drunken or coked up idiots at fancy weddings than I have had problems with the average tickled trout punter.

I'll do a little update over the weekend

What about when miming for a music video? I managed a few head nods last time if I remember, tbh I was thinking about what I was having from the Chinese for tea after during the white back drop filming. http://youtu.be/rONtsRRlq9U