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Last nights gig with BLOCKBUSTARZ was at The Dreadnought in Bathgate. Very Busy i think 150 tickets sold so almost full. Great audience as always and just a real fun night of Glam songs. This is now the 3rd year in a row we've played the Sat before Xmas and we were already booked for next year. Ticket deal but we did better than our normal fee so that was a huge bonus at the end of the night. Back there today for a private party so all the gear barriered off and locked away so no load out last night or load in today. I felt like a proper pro musician last night with no packing up to do. Just turn up and play and then walk away at the end of the night. 🤩 Sound guy who is top notch and another bassist came in at break and said i was too loud on stage and nothing going thru PA. At the back where he was it was booming. Turned it down for 2nd set but couldn't really hear myself on stage so i ended up playing harder and getting sore fingers. Not good when i have a gig this afternoon. Going to look at a decent IEM set. I had been playing around with the Mesa TT800 amp during the week as i was finding last few gigs i was bass heavy on my tone so went back to the manuals "instant gratification" setting but didn't get time to set the volume level on stage. Had a slight change of bass during the night. 1st set Sandberg VM4 because it matched the sparkly purple outfit i was wearing that set. 2nd set Sandberg MarloweDK because it looked more Christmassy in red and white for the Xmas songs especially the Wizzard one where i also adorned a nice Santa cape. The things we do for our audiences 🤩 Keeley compressor into Shure wireless then Mesa TT800 and Mesa SW210/115 cabs. No pics as yet but hopefully will get a few up later. Not sure how this afternoon will go as i'm not really a fan of private birthday parties as not everyone there will be into Glam rock and we'll end up getting the numpties asking for Girls Aloud or Ed Sheeran even tho were fully Glammed up. Oh well them's the breaks Dave

And they paid you in bikes. That's a good gig Daryl. Dave

Sorry to hear about your Dad. Never an easy time but your positive attitude, music therapy is good to hear. Hopefully things will fall your way and a new band will emerge from all this. As always family comes first. Take it easy Dave

The one venue i hated playing was with the punk band and they finally agreed with me that its not worth the money. At long last they listened to the bass player. Most other gigs i'm fine with and if not too busy its just a paid rehearsal. Luckily the Glam gigs are nearly always full or very well attended so that gives me a nice warm glow especially at Christmas. Dave

What breakers are you plugging in to the wall. ? Not heard of that before. Dave

You guys are slowly coming into the 21st century. Dave

I just think 2x1hr sets leaves an audience wanting more of the band whereas 3hr sets can become a bit boring for an audience. Depends on the venue to be fair. Dave

I know how you feel. There are gigs i've done and have made it clear i don't like playing there and even tho we get paid ok there's little or no audience at times and therefore no atmosphere. Response is usually "its a paid rehearsal" and i guess that's true. I wouldn't travel any distance for a gig like that tho. This one is appox 50 miles from me. Dave

Superb Daryl, looks like your reputation as a top band is getting out there. Long may it continue. Well deserved IMHO. Cracking pic of the band too. 👍 Dave

Our drummer even has IEM's so he's not affected by his own loud noise. Dave

Brilliant. Almost fell of the sofa when i saw this.

Yep he bought the PA and has various desks. He knows his stuff too. Helps that he comes from a pro background and has close friends in large PA hire business. He has both analogue and digital Allen & Heath desks of varying sizes. Cabs are all QSC from 2 way 12's to 3 way 15's to subs. Never under-estimate your drummer. They are a sneaky bunch and know more than they let on. Dave

Each of us in the Glam band knows their own input channel number on the desk and therefore runs their own cable to the desk. Desk is usually on the stage next to our drummer who owns and controls it himself. On the odd occasion the singer will take over control of it depending on stage space. My XLR cables are all custom made and labelled as Dave 5m or 10m for cable length. Dave

That's an unusual T bird colour. Very nice, like that. Dave