fretmeister

There's quite a lot of attenuation on the active input. Either turn up the input gain or just use the passive input and maybe turn the input gain down a little.

I never knew Alan Carr could sing that well!

£8 per hour from leaving to getting back... not including rehearsal times, deductions for consumables etc etc. I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth quoting showing total time with reference to the minimum wage!

Sight reading and theory.

I'll give it a try.

Yeah, but then you have to go to California.

I've just googled the band. Listening to "Call me" Why have I never heard of them before? This is right up my street!

Are you guys running these di into the PA or as a posh pedal with an amp?

not a clue. It was a Facebook chat.

Even for fun bands I've done the learning is at home, rehearsal is for rehearsal approach. Ok, that's all a bit different with originals as until the song is finished every sessions is a bit of a re-write / re-arrangement but these days with free DAWS and smart phones riffs can be recorded and emailed round in minutes. When I started I had my dad's old dictaphone for riffs and then later a Yamaha MT50 4 track tape recorder! So I'm very much on the side of turning up prepared to rehearse, having already learned the song at home.

If the guitarist hasn't learnt the tunes maybe he could just sight read them. Oh. He's a guitarist. As you were.

This made me laugh https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/eurovision-to-be-hosted-in-homophobic-daily-mail-readers-living-room-20220726223738#Echobox=1658831707

I thought the sound he had from the passive Ray / Sterling model on the "Live at the MSG" vid was far better. Really thick and chewy tone. He had EB Group flatwounds on that bass too.

It's not him though. Jack Stratton put his own money up to cover the overhead of the original ones if it didn't sell enough for EBMM to cover it. JD has stated in interviews that he's just a sideman and he plays whatever Stratton writes for him. If you are correct about trolling, then it's Stratton doing it.

I remember that too - but I think that was before the telephone voting and it was just panels of professionals in each country making the choice. 161 million people watched the semi finals and the finals last time and it costs 15 pence to vote. 54 million watched the final alone - that suggests that for the countries knocked out at the semis, they don't watch the final as much. I can't find any figures on what percentage of viewers vote but from my friends they often vote in the semis and in the final and sometimes vote for more than 1 in the final.

The increasing membership / contestants and the increased viewing figures suggest otherwise.

Weird that it hasn't got wheels too. Even though it's really light, it's a big bulky thing that needs wheels.

@ezbass I updated my post as I had some conflicting info - but it seems for the modern competition the telephone voting income brings in enough money that the contributing countries actually get some money back from their donations. Presumably following the X-Factor approach where the telephone vote pays the entire production costs and makes profit on top.

And I forgot... The income from the telephone voting is massive. Sometimes to the point that the participating nations get some money back after it has all been paid for.

I thought the tone was fine. I'm listening on studio monitors.

The cost is split between all 39 competing countries. 5 countries have automatic entries into the finals and pay a bit more than the others. Last time anyone made a Freedom of Information request was in 2010 - the UK paid about £284,000 as their share. UK didn't host then. It costs more for the host country as they have the other overhead too, but each country pays towards it. The cost of the show depends a lot on what is put forward and how big the set is etc. The hosts can also put in place sponsorship, the ticket sales etc to recoup. It's still really cheap compared to other things the public purse is wasted on. Edit for a correction and because of different news sources on it.

I love it. Going to try and get tickets if I can.

I'm not sure I get the output problem really. Modern amps are stupidly powerful. Just turn up the input gain and the master volume.

There's loads of great P bass slap! Including what might be a contender for the best known slap tune ever - Forget Me Nots (aka Men in Black) with Freddie Washington on the P bass with steel roundwounds.