Old_Ben

It was filmed at the Trinity Centre in Bristol, they converted it from a church into a community centre. The cab does look cool, (shame its not actually a bass cab, but don't tell anyone, one day I'll steal it and put bass drivers in it)

Here's my band's new music video! What do y'all think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XayXsQIgImU

[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hey Bristolians, is the grain barge still going?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]They used to have gigs, mostly of the rootsy/americana sort of vibe iirc? [/font][/color][/quote] Dunno if it's still going to be honest, but don't really go into Hotwells much any more. The best places to try would be: - Mothers Ruin - Louisiana - The Exchange - The full moon bar (Might now be called The Attic) - The Cat n Wheel on Cheltenham Rd (These guys play cover bands for about 2-3 hour sets) - The Stag n Hounds Old Market (next door to the exchange) - The Fleece, they regularly put on all day events, and local band nights. - The Golden Lion on Gloucester Rd do band nights - The Thekla (but not sure how often they put on local band nights) - The Tunnels - The Fiddlers - Reckless Engineer - The Thunderbolt Can't think of any more!

My band did our album with this guy, damn good! http://www.unit28.com

take out all the good bits and make one big super pedal

Depending on what you use the compressor for will depend on where you should place it. But it all comes down to personal taste, as long as it sounds good to you keep it where you feel it works best!

My band are heading out next week. If anyone is interested! You can get tickets from [url="http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/artist/winger-tickets/2280"]HERE[/url]

After reading that article I might have to go and add some more random effects!

Never thought of learning the end first, always started from the beginning and gone section by section, gonna have to try that. My usual method for hard / difficult bits is: - Learn the order of the notes of the section without playing along to the music, and once I can remember the order of the notes without checking back I then play along to the piece, to get the timing of the section right. Slowing down the track by 10-20bpm usually helps loads too if I'm having major problems.

A lot of the time it's people who don't know how to use their equipment that just crank up the volume hoping to hear themselves, while they are standing about 10" away from their speakers / amp, which is aimed right through their legs, and not at their ears. While the drummer gets the adrenaline rush and subconsciously hits harder, making everyone turn up more. If a pub wants to have control over the noise outputted they sound invest in setting up soundproofing, and having decent monitors, a PA and a sound-man, who knows how to EQ the monitors so the band won't turn up needlessly. If they don't want noise complaints from neighbours, check out bands your booking and see what you'll need / if the band are suitable for your pub / club. Just doesn't make sense to me why they would be so conscious about the volume, and blame the band who they booked, instead of not preparing properly!

You might find for a budget of about £150-£250 you could get a 100-200 cap venue to hire out with full pa and sound man. Might work better than a hall or somewhere for doing it yourself.

Used them a couple of times, once hassle free, the second; the amp I bought was broken and I given full refund. So can't fault them for that!

Thanks!

I'm looking for some stem tracks to play around with, does anyone know where I can gey decent quality stems just to muck about with genre doesnt matter as it's just for me to mess around with reaper!

I would recommend going really slow like at 35 bpm for 5 minutes, then up it by 10 bpm every 5 minutes, until it becomes an issue to make the note transition smoothly, then go all the way back down to 35 bpm, and repeat till your numb in the face. it's an annoying chore, but going back to basics this way can highlight to yourself where your going wrong. If it's not a technique issue with your hand positioning then this may help get through any stuttering hand issues. Persistence is key to improve, as frustrating as it may be to go back to basics like this, it may help in the long run! Also recording yourself through a laptop webcam might help show you if your doing anything your not aware of that might be holding you back!

I will 95% of the time be using the DI on the back of my amp head, the speakers I use are for monitoring and not for powering the room, so as long as my head is DI'd then I'm happy. I'm not bothered whether I'm using my speakers or someone else's on stage. I really don't like using venue behringer DI boxes, so might have to invest in a sansamp or similar for when the there is an issue with venue electrics so I need to use a DI box.

Thanks for the words guys, glad you enjoyed it! As long as you weren't listening through laptop speakers, I'll keep the guitar volume in mind next time we are in the studio!

My band did this a couple of months ago, and looking to do a new one next month, hope you all enjoy! http://youtu.be/KUAoAp0t_J4

I think there will be promoter listings on specific venues websites with a "looking to play in our place" reference to point you in the right direction. There is also something called: "the unsigned guide" which has everything your asking for but they ask for a subscription fee, or for you to buy their book, which is full of contact details from playing pub gigs to label a&r reps.

How did your band record the demo? as surely it'd be better to do it with them if they have any experience of doing over your first attempt at home recording, which if goes anything like my first attempt at recording will not sound pretty. But if your unable to do it with them, I recommend a line 6 toneport (usb audio interface), getting the free 'evaluation' version of amplitube 3 (solid guitar / bass amp simulator), and getting reaper (free** software for recording, compatible with both amplitube and the toneport) for starting points / bits and bobs. Then go on youtube which has tonnes of videos and tutorials on how to get your teeth into it all **it's only free as they want you to buy the program, but never actually make you buy it.