thebrig

This hits the nail right on the head! It's upfront, to the point, saves wasting everybody's time if it's not for you, and you are not for them

I know of four Swedish guys who gig no more than 5/6 times a year, they all have very good jobs in Sweden which take up a lot of their time, they come over to England once a year to play a couple of local pubs for the same fees that all the other bands get, they are far too busy to play more gigs but when they do, they have so much fun, they have beaming smiles on their faces, have a good drink (after the gig), but the bottom line here is, they are "top top" musicians, I try to catch up with them every time they come over and I can honestly say that they are the best band that I've ever seen playing in a pub, what they do suits them, and if one of them was to leave, I guess that they would have to put out an ad stating that they "require someone who is happy to gig just 5/6 times a year, be a decent quality musician, someone who is prepared to put the work in to get the set tight enough to put on decent shows when they do gig" personally, I don't see what's wrong with being totally up front with their requirements. I also used to go to regular jam nights where quite a few ex-named players from the past would turn up and play a couple of songs, when I got to know them better, I found out that they were perfectly happy just doing a bit here and there after many years of full on gigging/touring and recording etc.. There are lots of reasons for people wanting to only gig a few times a years, just like there are lots of reasons why people want to gig as often as they can. We are all different folks

They are exactly the type of people I would want to play with because, especially if 5 gigs a years is what I'm looking for

You still don't get it Blue, there a loads of top muso's out there who only want to gig 5/6 times a year for various reasons

That's your choice Blue, we all know you play for living and I respect you for it, but for a lot of us, that ad is really appealing

Trusty old P bass is the one, the Squier VM has a dark tone and can often be had on here for around £200, and you should be able to find a Mexican one for well under £500, and if you are really lucky, maybe an American model for around £500/600. A Jazz is often used in ska bands as well, and the same criteria as above applies too.

I was around 15/16 when Substitute was released in 1966, and in those days a large percentage of the older generation were still racist, or would make racist comments about black people. But at this time, young white people were starting to ignore the ignorant older generation and started to see through the colour thing, this was the original "mod" era in which the Who were a big part of, and whenever you look back at old footage of groups of mods, you will see quite a lot of black youngsters in amongst them, and when we heard that particular line, we just thought it was mean't to say, "so what? if my dad was black", we certainly didn't care, including our black friends. The music of the sixties really helped to bring us all together imo, with Ska, Reggae, Soul, Motown, Blues, etc, being listened to by all of us black or white.

Yes, he played many of the local venues/pubs around St Albans, and the last time I saw him play was in The Bull in London Colney which is just outside St Albans, and if I remember correctly, he had his sons Pete and Steve on drums and guitar, great music on what was then my local doorstep.

Brilliant musicianship, but I have to agree, it does nothing for me.. I certainly wouldn't want to listen to it again

Most of the organising and gig getting is usually down to me, and trying to get the songs up to gigging standard is also down to me, I'd rather not do it because I know that band members less committed, think that I'm getting on their case all the time, and I'm wary of booking gigs until I'm happy that we are ready because if it all goes pear shaped, then its me who has to cancel them.

For the third time in as many years, the band that myself and the guitarist who I’ve been with for a number of years has imploded due to a lack of commitment, so we are now in the process of getting yet another band together. Give us a set of songs to learn and we will get on and learn them, but it seems that most of the musicians that we’ve played with over the past few years just don’t seem to have the drive and commitment to get the songs sorted, I find it so frustrating and wonder if we are ever going to find a bunch of muso’s who all want the same thing as us, all we want is to get a set of songs tight enough to go out and play live on a regular basis. My question is: Is this a common thing with start-up bands, or are we just unlucky? And how long did it take your band to start gigging? Edited to add: we are both experienced musicians who have played in bands and gigged for a number of years, its just these last few years where we've had problems finding committed people who are prepared to get a band off the ground.

So Sad, aged just 46

Brilliant!!!

I was watching glam rock at the BBC the other night, and I couldn’t help noticing just how bad the miming on Top Of The Pops was, most bands never even tried to make it look like anything other than blatent miming, just look at the bass player in this clip of Chicory Tip, his right hand is moving as if he is playing rhythm, and his left hand just doesn’t move at all. Don’t know why I’m posting this, I guess I just needed to mention it I suppose.

Tell her that you are also working from home, because if you play for a living, either part-time or full-time, then practising is part of your job, even if it's just a hobby, you are still entitled to practise.

Ok, I thought maybe it was my browser or something. I actually prefer it this way, like you say, it's cleaner and it cuts down on the amount of pages due to numerous bumping.

Not sure if this has been raised by anyone else, but when I click on a "Bass for sale" item on the first page, where it says the latest post was for example 30 minutes ago, the page actually shows that the latest post was something like a week ago and yet the item is on the first page, is it just me who's having this problem, or are others experiencing this as well? I can take screenshots to show what's happening if necessary.

Thanks again. Oh dear, I really really don't need it, but...

Sorry, but one last question: What's the B string like?