colleya

A bit of a schlep over to Liverpool last night for what seemed like the only available rehearsal room in the north west. 30 miles in 90 mins 🤢🤢 And it was totally worth it. We've got our first gig next month so there's some added focus. Plus we're finding our style and getting used to playing together more. Finally, the new songs we brought last night just seemed to fit. Silent (ish) practice with everything through the desk lets us record and listen back. I've never done that before and it's great to be able to be objective about what worked and what didn't. For the gear spotters I took my Sandberg Cali VM5 into a HX stomp, then a GR one 350 head (I seem to get a better sound than just with the stomp straight to the desk). No cab. Here are a couple of the new tracks we tried. Raye into Prince. Got to have a bit of fun with chorus & octaver towards the end. This was only the second or third time through so be gentle. Worth It - IWBYL.mp3

A quick meet up with Joel to sell him a bag. As usual with BC, a seamless deal with a lovely bloke. Cheers!

Tom bought a pedalboard from me. Another smooth & easy transaction on basschat. Thanks!

Well played that man!

Thanks John. She's a real find, I had to concentrate extra hard at the audition because I just wanted to listen to her singing!

Thanks Blue, certainly hope so. It's been so long since I was in a startup band that I'd forgotten how much work it is to get those first gigs with venues.

New band is at the 'record some stuff to show venues and get gigs' stage. So we did. Go pro in the corner, silent-ish rehearsal with everything into the desk. Run a few takes of each track and pick the best one. The drummer has just finished giving it a bit of a polish and syncing the audio & video up. I think he's done a pretty good job:

This is why we drive the van isn't it? I'm very conscious of my ability (I try to join bands with better musicians to make me focus and improve). So I try to add value where I can. In my last band, I booked the gigs, did the socials, stored & set up the PA and did the sound. Never cancelled a gig or practice because of me either. Control freak? Moi?

I've got an old h5 kicking around in the 'might come in useful' cupboard if you want an extended borrow?