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Must admit i think the music business will be far more resilient than we think and it will come back fairly fast once they get the go ahead. Venues will be keen to get bands in and people will be keen to see their fav bands on tour again. I think we'll see a surge of bands touring again. Musicians like many other people will either have to live of Government money or retrain until their life returns to where it was. I have sympathy for anyone that's affected by it all. That's my positive head on tonight. Tomorrow i may have my negative head on and this will all change Dave

Like all great Glam Rock bands there will be a come back. I'm still enjoying playing the set list at rehearsals and we are still doing a 6 hr rehearsal every month. Dave

After playing in various bands for past 40 yrs with some long breaks in between i finally found a band that i'm happy with and we all get along really well. We put the effort in last year to get everything just right for gigging. Did a couple of gigs end last year plus a few Xmas gigs and the response was excellent. Well paid gigs too. For once everything was coming together just nicely then COVID killed it. This was gonna be a great year with many gigs lined up. All now cancelled and no sign of gigging before early Sumer 2021 i reckon. Dave

We've agreed as a band that gigs aint gonna be happening this side of Summer 2021 Still rehearsing once a month to keep things tight and add a few new songs to the setlist. We always added a new female vocalist who will be taking some lead parts but mostly backing vocals. Will let her get used to the set before we ever get round to gigging. Dave

Not at all. I've been downloading and learning some of @Bilbo 's transcriptions of songs from my earlier years and that's just for fun. After 44yrs playing i still get excited by some basslines that even after 40 years still give me that buzz to learn them. Altho i learn basslines as near note for note as possible its only for my own benefit. I use it as a starting point and the band use my knowledge of the song as a guide at rehearsals. If i'm playing the bassline perfectly or as near as possible it allows them a bit more freedom to improvise, more so when we are a basically guitar bass and drums trying to cover larger bands or songs that have been double tracked in studios. We as a band try to get as close to the original as we can tho. Dave

Enjoyed that Rob. Very relaxing Dave

Brilliant. that gave me a right good laugh. Cheers Dave Still laughing

WOW that's an epic one. Dave

I'll try to get as close to the original note for note and then i can tweak it to fit the band i'm playing with. Would also depend how i feel on the night. Could be any song in the set that i feel like adding a little or in some situations i might reduce the bass line a bit especially during audience participation sections. If the band is in the zone on the night i might add a few little extras on the night. Dave

Ordered. Nice one @Bilbo. Remember being very impressed with the track you posted a while back.?👍 Love my Prog. Will we see the bass line added to your Transcription pages Dave

But they make it look easy. To be fair they have put a lot of work effort and training to get to that level. Dave

Know what you mean @40hz i've had a few chancers offering stupid money for items but on the other hand i've had some really nice genuine people who bought without issue, no bartering and gave me what i was asking. I've never really had any issues at all with folks on BC buying or selling. All been genuine nice people on BC. Its why i love being part of it. Dave

Good luck. 👍 Dave

I was an Instrument Engineer and got used to the different pressure and temperature scales over the many, many years. psi, bar, pascals and farneygrade to kelvin altho kelvin wasn't used just as often. Dave

To be honest i'm kinda mixed as well. I weigh myself in stones and pounds, I drive in miles and mpg. Depending on accuracy i measure in metric when i want accuracy and imperial when approximation does the job. I still call it a pint of milk but measure my home fuel deliveries in litres. Weird Dave

No doubt there's amazing talent there no matter what style they are playing.

Other thing worth a mention is the exceptional drummer. Very impressive too. Plays a nice neat and sharp sounding kit. Dave

He disnae count. Drums and bass is all you truly need in a band. Seriously i don't know because he is playing and can be seen in other clips obviously from same room and time. Dave

He appears to have done things "properly" studying bass at a music college of some kind where he met the others i think. If you watch his right hand technique i find it quite fascinating where he plays the lower notes with his index finger while playing the higher notes with his middle and ring fingers all at same time. He usually does a lot of slap bass but this clip he doesn't do that which is why i enjoyed it so much. His slap bass clips are just same as every other slapper (excuse the pun) Took me a wee while to get used to his Goth look as i don't associate goth with that level of talent but that's just because i don't follow Goth style musicians more than anything else. Thought i should clarify that before the PC police attack me for not judging a book by its cover. I couldn't watch a lot of their music clips but i really enjoyed this one. Do love the sound from his bass tho. Nice and clean thru his EBS rig. Dave

Yes i had to google what they were all about but the tuning is a bit of a pain. Not sure if its worth the effort for an average player like me. Dave

Only just came across these guys and found them pretty impressive. Check the frets on that bass.

Oooohhh thats one of those Norwegian winter snow basses. Might have been better taking the pic indoors tho Dave

@cetera can you post pics of the new ones. Dave

My VM4 works in passive mode when battery removed.............i think. Pretty sure i tried it when i bought it. Dave