paul_5

Shove some 'Living Colour' in there - Doug Wimbish lines make for an interesting gig... Eton Rifles by the Jam is a good one to get your teeth into as well. If your guitarists are up for it then Iron Maiden baselines should keep you on your toes too, left AND right hand workout!

TAPE THE CATCHES DOWN ON YOUR FLIGHT CASES!!!!

My personal favourite is Carol Kaye, and if you can get hold of her books they are well worth checking out. Yolanda Charles, Me'shell N'degeocello and Tal Wilkenfield ain't too shabby either . Brilliant players.

Lateralus and Anaemia - Tool Twins Live - Jaco Pastorius Live After Death - Iron Maiden Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus Led Zeppelin II and Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus Giant Steps (the CD version with alternate takes on) - John Coltrane Post - Björk A, B, C&D - Frank Sidebottom loads of others, but that'll do for now I suppose.

A brilliant example of REALLY working one note. Superb.

My band has 3 static members (two guitarists and the drummer, who can't help not moving about….) so the singer and I always make sure that we entertain, as well as perform. You have to put on a show and create a reputation for being a good band to [i]see[/i] as well as hear; if folks want to listen to music then they turn the radio on, if they've come to see a band then the onus is on delivering the goods visually too.

where are you based Uberkate? I don't mind taking a look.

Cheers mate, will do.

[quote name='Grissle' timestamp='1406802484' post='2514797'] Is it just me or are those KT88's just so cool looking? Congrats, and well done. [/quote] Nope, they look awesome!

I have it as 4+5+5+3 over 8 I reckon the big tip is in the organ phrasing roughly half way through.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1406487369' post='2511881'] The Anthrax t-shirt i have (somewhere) was from this gig at Hammersmith Odeon in 1987.....when i was 15 Anthrax - I Am The Law (Live 1987): [media]http://youtu.be/tCdsO1mBGE4[/media] Now i feel old..... [/quote] YAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!! Scott Ian with hair and Danny Spitz! Classic lineup!

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1406455267' post='2511525'] He's now told me about the "Great t shirt theft of 1996" where his Pink Floyd at Earls Court t shirt was stolen off his washing line, along with some other tour tshirts! [/quote] That [i]must[/i] have made the local news?!?

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1406751147' post='2514470'] Way I see it, I travel -say- 50 miles round trip, spend half a the day at the weekend hanging round watching bands I wouldnt usually go to see, play free for - again, say - 45 minutes. Hump my gear around, and usually get asked to let someone I dont know use it, cos 'He has to rush off/couldnt bring his own etc' (Usuallymeans what he's got is not as good as the rubbish Stag back line thats usually supplied) Pay for my own beer and a burger. Lets call that £40 out of my pocket in expenses. Now is it a charity I would donate £40 to... ? [/quote] Plus parking….

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1406748641' post='2514444'] Yep, they are great. I still have my Swiss Levinson Blade Jazz (about 25 years now). Are you the guy that was selling one on Ebay last year up in the North West? In fact there is White Jazz B1Tetra up on the Bay at this moment (about 2 hours left). [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Levinson-Blade-Tetra-Standard-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-Vintage-white/181473477179?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107083358%26meid%3D8686426856419869100%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D20140107083358%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D141057240756"]http://www.ebay.co.u...%3D141057240756[/url] [/quote] Not me; mine went before then when I got made redundant. Sad, sad day.

Yup, close miking is a nice way to augment the core sound of well placed, well chosen O/H mikes, and with 8 channels the OP would be wise to capture them too. …just in case, you know…..

[quote name='ironside1966' timestamp='1406747825' post='2514431'] The trick to getting a great drum sound is a great sounding kit, played by a great player, in a great sounding room mic'ed up well. [/quote] Nail on the head right there. I'd go for something like this as a starting point, then add more close mice if you feel they're needed. http://youtu.be/BdiPLpXASgo I've always said that miking each drum individually is like using a separate pickup for each guitar string. Bonkers. Don't fall into the trap of thinking the overheads are JUST for cymbals, and high pass filter them accordingly - they are there to capture a stereo image of the KIT!

This: [media]http://youtu.be/OnxkfLe4G74[/media] …only kidding. It was probably some schmaltzy sh*t pop song; I fell into bass playing as a local Artiste lost his bassist a couple of weeks before a gig. I bought a bass and depped (up until a week before the gig I was a keyboard player) and have been playing bass since. not schmaltzy sh*t pop though ;

Where is the ol' girl at the minute? I commented on the Bass Relay Facebook thingy but it's all gone a bit quiet since then. I was hoping to use it for a dirty rock gig in Lutterworth this weekend.

[quote name='mad shadows' timestamp='1406553838' post='2512349'] ...the BV's are a scream ! [/quote] The lead vocals aren't much different...

Basses? 'Hangin's too good for 'em!

Electrovoice RE20 - there's no proximity effect, so you can get the mic as close as the feline will allow, and there'll be very little change in the EQ of the recorded signal. Failing that, any large diaphragm condenser should do a more than passable job. My main problem with recording cat noises is that ours flips between 'affection' and 'disembowel' modes quite randomly.

Get thee a Blade. My favourite Jazzes ever.

VERY hot. Did a Help for Heroes/Cancer Research fundraiser over in Southport. No soundcheck/on stage monitoring or any such luxuries. Just turned up and rocked out. We had a blast and those left standing at the end of the set (it had been going since 2pm, and we started at 10pm) did too. We didn't sound our best, but we gave it everything (as always) and went for drinks with the organisers afterwards - 4 cokes as we were all driving

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1406030863' post='2507624'] The blowerbox has me intrigued, but they're quite expensive and there weren't any for sale last time I looked! Where did you get the schematic/layout from? [/quote] www.tagboardeffects.blogspot.com looks a lot like this: [url="http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Idiotbox-Blowerbox2_zps3cf42eeb.png.html"][/url] If you're using an LM741 opamp instead of the 308 then you can take the 30pf cap out, as the 741 has one built in.