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Hereford on Friday night, home town on Saturday night... good fun but the crowds were thin, which seems to make the non-stop weekend even more tiring :-/

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1494316717' post='3294841'] I don't understand why so many players think they should get hearing protection [i]after[/i] the problems have started. That's like deciding to put your seat belt on after you've been thrown through the windscreen!.. [/quote] It kind of is, but it's never too late to protect what's left of your hearing. I play with quite a few musicians in their late 40s and none of them wear ear protection. I try telling them, but they say "it's too late for me". It's never too late to protect what you have left!!!!!!!

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1494274070' post='3294651'] Since I'm currently not in a gigging band, I'm playing a lot more guitar than bass, that being how I compose. So if I'm now a guitard, that's fine with me. Although I'd prefer to be called a guit@rshole. [/quote] guitarshole - perfect! Even funnier than guitard, and much less offensive. Personally I refuse to be defined by the instrument(s) I play, but others are welcome to if it helps them take the piss

I can tune my (6 string) basses in about 10 seconds. They generally never go out of tune, but if I have 10 seconds spare, why not? It's important to me to be in tune When I'm on guitar I'm sure it takes the same amount of time, but I've never actually seen a guitarist tune in less than 30 seconds. What's the deal with that? And guitarists who insist on trying to tune by ear, despite the fact they have a digital tuner on stage? Weird

Anyone know anything about this guy? I've been listening to "Put Your Funk Around It" which I found from shazam while in a taxi in France last week. The album is great. It's classic - bordering on cheesy but I don't care. The bass is great. Everything's great in fact. I can't find anything about him or who plays on the album or anything!

I saw them at the Apollo in Manchester. House of Waters sounded incredible but the sound for Snarky Puppy was rubbish. Really muddy bass, very quiet and thin drums, piercing brass... maybe their engineer was having an off night or I was stood in the wrong part of the room.

Two gigs as part of a "double headline tour" with a cool band called Under A Banner. Friday night at Sound Control in Manchester. I loved the venue, and the sound was ace. Not a big crowd though. It seems to me we should have booked a smaller venue - neither band has a "name" in manchester. Anyway, I don't get involved in that, I just play the drums Saturday night at Newhampton Arts Centre which is an ace venue near Wolverhampton. This was a hometown gig for Under A Banner so there was a good crowd. Their bassist has a Shucker P bass that sounds awesome - very aggressive tone.

this is amazing

I think it just mixes with the clean signal if you leave one of the loops empty, but you could always just use a patch lead to run straight from the send to the return. The other option is to plug the bass into the Q-Tron, take the wet out of the Q-Tron into return A, and the dry out of the Q-Tron into return B, and the output of the LS-2 will go to the next in the chain - this definitely works If you just want a clean blend and none of the other functions of the LS-2 I'd buy a clean blend pedal as it'll be simpler and cheaper

I'm in a band called Dandelion Pussy. The singer emailed me after the breakup of a previous band saying "I'm starting a disco-punk band called Dandelion Pussy, will you be my drummer?" I begged her to let me play bass but that role was already taken, and I just had to be a part of it based solely on the name. She can't quite explain it, it just "came to her"

Ay Up Me Duck festival on Sunday. A nice little affair. Not sure about numbers. I was a bit wrecked from a bender in Champagne over the weekend - only landed a couple of hours before the gig. Still, it was great! Loads of people there singing our songs back at us. There must have been 50 people I didn't recognise wearing our T-Shirts! That's always cool. It would have been good to hang around as there was an ace ska band on after us, but I was too knackered

CreepJoint is an old victorian term for a brothel where the prostitutes rip you off/steal your wallet.

If you'd like to hear more rude jokes and dirty lyrics, you can get the full album here: http://rifffactory.co.uk/PEs.zip I'm learning to play drums and record at the same time on that. Great band though. 10 gigs in a 9 month period, and then an explosive breakup. Some would say ...we peaked too soon

I was in a punk band once called The Premature Ejaculators. The name just came really quickly

The Maze in Nottingham again on Friday night. On stage at 00:45 so technically Saturday morning. I was expecting it to be rubbish but there were loads of people and they were all up for it! And the sound was OK too!

When I'm attending gigs, I'll buy CDs if I like the band. When I see people publicising stuff online that I think looks interesting, I'll listen to it, and if I like it I'll buy it online. Normally that means downloading some mp3s for me, often through bandcamp. I guess it's the quickest method to obtain the music in the given situation My band sells loads of CDs at gigs, not so many online

sorry for the multiple posts but I just have to rant a bit A couple of years ago I was playing to support a band and the drummer offered to share his kit with me in advance. I said "OK, yeh, if it'll save time, thanks very much". He said "it'll save loads of time, it takes ages to set my kit up" and I soon found out why. A full rack, 2 rack toms, 2 floor toms, about 10 cymbals, double-kick pedal... As he sound checked I set up my cymbals on my stands thinking I could just fold his rack stuff out of the way. After his sound check, I took my gear towards the stage he said "you won't be needing those mate, just put your cymbals on my rack and don't adjust anything". He was almost a foot shorter than me, and I was forced to play with his exact setup. I did get away with it, and maybe that makes me "adaptable" or whatever, but it was not fun at all

It's worth clarifying what "breakables" means as well. The other night a drummer said to me "I wish I'd known you'd brought your own stands, I would have used them, the shared stands are sh*t". I was shocked that he'd not brought his own, and also assumed he would be able to use mine. Some people say "oh yeh, use my stands, it's no problem, set them how you want" but then the stool is a non-adjustable bar stool and the snare stand can't stay still

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1491908352' post='3276317'] Our drummer always brings his stands when told breakables, sets them all up, ready to go. It`s just one of those things, you have to compromise on some areas if gear-sharing, but good comms with the other bands prior to the events should sort as much of this as possible. [/quote] Good man! ...I was looking at your gig list the other day. I keep thinking we're going to collide at some point as we're playing with similar acts in similar venues but there's nothing yet!

It's fair enough to say "you should be able to play on anything" etc. and that is a valuable skill, but I wonder how many of you would be happy to be forced to play a "house bass" As has been said, fair enough for a jam, not really fair enough if you're supposed to be putting on a professional performance for which you're being paid.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1491904236' post='3276266'] ...As Buddy Ritch told a drummer who tried to adjust Buddies kit "Play is as it lays". Its a good learning experience, not Ideal but it happens, so get used to it. [/quote] Yes, good point, and I don't mind to an extent, but when a hit-hat pedal isn't functional, the rack tom won't stay still despite a generous amount of gaffer tape, and the stool is set for someone a foot shorter than me, it's a bit too much to handle [quote name='mikel' timestamp='1491904236' post='3276266'] Why is this on here though, I feel sure its a Bass forum? [/quote] I thought there might be some people who play drums and/or in bands with drummers. Clearly a silly assumption!

A couple of weeks ago I turned up to a gig and the drummer who was sharing his kit said "leave your gear mate, you can use all mine, it'll save loads of time". I grabbed my kick pedal and snare drum hoping for the best. He had two rack toms, but I only like one. I asked "Do you mind if I take this off?" and he looked a bit pissed off. I felt bad about it, but I just removed it. It gets in the way and puts me right off. He didn't look happy at all. Then I had to go and get my ride cymbal as his was in such an awkward position, and all tangled in with the cables so I couldn't move it. I also grabbed my stool because his was wobbling and falling apart, and my snare stand for the same reason. I figured I'd wasted enough time by now so just tweaked the set up and decided I'd live with it. It wasn't until we started to sound check that I realised his hi-hat stand was broken. I didn't have time to swap it so just had to deal with it which was very frustrating. After we'd played, the drummer got on stage, and I assumed he was going to put everything back the way it was, but NO this guy was LEFT HANDED!!! I could have packed away my entire kit and set up his in the time it took to switch everything around, and I would have had a much more enjoyable gig... my fault, I should have spoken to them in advance. I was really grateful and thanked him for his generosity, and I really do appreciate it, but it's times like these when I wish "kit share" wasn't a thing at all. I'm not sure how much benefit it really brings.

I play drums in a few bands and this winds me up. I get that the idea is to save time. This is mainly for the soundman because his stands and cables will be intertwined with the kit and so swapping the kit is a pain for him. Fair enough! I often let other drummers use my shells and don't mind at all BUT 1 - If you're using my kit, please can you bring your stands with you? Setting up the cymbals in the right place is what takes the time. If you use my stands, you'll be adjusting them for 5 minutes, and then so will I. Let's just keep our cymbals on their stands back-stage, and switch them over when the bands switch over. This will actually save a load of time, which is the whole point of sharing a kit 2 - If you're going to share your kit, please could you make sure it's vaguely in tune? And that the toms don't wobble about everywhere? 3 - If you're sharing your kit, DON'T insist that every drummer uses all of your hardware and that none of it can be adjusted. That's not really sharing. 4 - Can we sort it out in advance please? Maybe you lot could share some of these tips with your drummers?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1491867515' post='3276063'] ...I don't think driving that far to play to 20 people for an hour is a good way to build a following or good use of the bands time IMO. Blue [/quote] Well, it's an original band, and it seems to be the way it goes. Play in a new town and there are not many there, but you win over the ones who are. The next time you play that town, they all come and bring more people, and so on. To put it in money terms, with an original band, you're selling directly to the audience. It's not about how much they drink, it's about whether they will buy merch and follow you to your next shows. It's a totally different game to yours, which is selling a service directly to the landlord ...but yeh, the pay was allright