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I would put it online, streaming for free, hopefully sync it up to some sort of video. When you have a physical CD with artwork, people will buy it at your gigs, but it'll be really difficult to get people to buy a download until you've built up a following

you'll be fine in the studio if there's a half-decent engineer. He can drop you in if you make mistakes and move the odd out of time note.

Club Rock in Carlisle on Saturday. We're from Stoke so this is a long way, about 2 hours 40 to drive with no traffic and no stops. I'd been told we'd be on around 10pm. My girlfriend flew to Spain yesterday so I thought it'd be nice to go to the lakes on Friday, stay over, get to Carlisle for the gig on Saturday, and get home for 1-2AM Sunday morning It turned out the stage time was more like 11pm, and we actually didn't get on until 11:45 ish. They still wanted an hour set, shouting for more at the end. I got home at 4AM knackered. I think there were about 20 people in there at the most. They did seem to enjoy it and some bought CDs etc. It's difficult to know if these gigs are worth doing. I guess this is how you start to build up a fan base in new areas

could be to do with differences in impendece on the ouputs of your basses

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Imagine a live band in a room. The bassist has a fairly even tone over the frequencies. When he's playing on his own you can clearly hear the finger and fret noise, but then so can he so he plays cleaner. As soon as the cymbals and guitar kick in, you're not going to hear anything in that 2.5Khz and up range coming from the bass rig. That's because these other instruments are louder in this frequency range. Obviously if the bassist wants to be heard in this range, he can use EQ, compression, dirt etc. to cut through up there, but then the loudest parts are going to be the attack of the note, not the finger noise It's the same when you're mixing in the studio. I always have a very different tone in a mix for the bass when it's on its own in a mix. That's why I like to use pedals live, so that I can replicate what I do in the studio

well if you don't get any hum issues it's easily worth it, bigger screen means less eye strain when you're getting into details

It seems to me that if the need for a 4x10 is purely aesthetic, then you should buy the one you like the looks of the most

I used to have a big HD TV running in my studio as the large editing screen. It was really useful, but did seem to interfere with guitars somewhat in terms of hum Since I moved studios I've gone back to my small computer monitors. To be honest the fact that people could see what I was doing to manipulate their performances and "tones" turned out to be a significant hindrance for some sessions IE people wouldn't let me fix their mistakes or replace their crap line-6 combo distortion with one of my amp sims, etc.

The Rigger in Newcastle Under Lyme on Friday night supporting Ferocious Dog. It was sold out, never seen the place so busy, and it was ace The Live Rooms in Chester on Saturday night. A bit of a weird one in aid of charity. Great venue! Hopefully we'll play there again

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1491030458' post='3269912'] They swap bass too, Katzman and Stratton both played a bit during the London gig! [/quote] Really? I've watched so much live footage and never seen this. What did Joe do? Do you know if there's any footage online?

I do it using a BDI21 amp sim straight to the desk and fed out through whatever monitors they have. Depending on the monitors it can be ace or awful. I'm willing to risk it because I don't have a working amp

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1490959588' post='3269393'] In before the locksmith... (well, after actually) [/quote] well, the horse has already bolted...

I like a blend but I use it fairly subtly, and I use it on a whole chain of effects. I'd have thought the big muff clone would get you most of the way there, try turning the output down on your bass?

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1490787626' post='3267951'] Found this the other day, the isolation really highlights how staccato and ghost-notey Joe's style is. [media]http://youtu.be/T9xRuViPdkI[/media] [/quote] Thanks! I'd not heard this. I love the bit at 3:20 so much, I mean the whole thing is amazing but that tiny run once they've gone back to the "chorus" (Is it called "the head" in jazz?) is just outstanding

indeed! I got my tickets for the 2nd London date, probably not the best venue but I [b]need [/b]to see him live!

beautiful!

first gig with my new band Dandelion Pussy last night. Playing funky drums all night in a packed local pub... does it get any better?

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1490691097' post='3267004'] Hey folks... ...it's only gone and won[url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2017/03/27/bass-of-the-week-ajr-guitarmods-piccolo-bass/"] [i]No Trebles[/i] 's "Bass of the Week"[/url]. That's twice now . Wonder if we can get Mick's new build in as the hat trick? [/quote] Well done!!

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1490613130' post='3266371'] I'll outline a scenario from recently to make it absolutely clear. We were at a lip-reading class, and the question was asked as to how we had lost our hearing. When it came to me, I said loud music because...etc. The lady next to my wife turned to her at once and asked if she went along to every gig, then was negatively surprised to be told 'no'. My wife suggested that it would be fairly odd if I went to her work every time she went... Get the drift? Why do random members of the public think like this? [/quote] So just to be clear, you want us to address the very specific scenario of random members of the public and/or friends of our significant others, being surprised that our significant others don't attend all of our gigs? From the thread so far it looks like no-one has found themselves in that scenario. Is it really common for you?

The only people who've ever approached me with the "where's your other half?" attitude are female fans of one of the bands I play in. I don't want to seem arrogant but I can only think of one reason they say it None of my partner's friends or any of my friends have ever commented on it. She comes if I tell her I need the support (only happened once, my first ever gig on drums with a reggae band about 8 years ago)

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1490605208' post='3266240'] I'd be immediately wary of a band that charged you room hire for auditioning or that didn't make a decision if you were in the band or not after a couple of jams. [/quote] Indeed! Lesson learned Thankfully I'll not be auditioning any time soon

you know the "drummers are crazy" stereotype? I think this might be the idiots with a kit who can play some "4 to the floor" in time with absolutely no feeling. I've met loads of these. They're usually absolutely mental and quite hard to get rid of once you've realised that they're not really musicians I've met the bassist equivalent too. Huge old full stack, can play root notes but lacks any feeling etc I'm sure there's the equivalent guitarists, keyboardists, singers. There's usually some sort of substance abuse involved, they don't listen to what anyone else is doing, and they're too loud. These people are not musicians!!!

I went for "a jam" with an original band that were looking for a bassist. They were pretty good, and I quite liked it, but I wanted to make it a bit more interesting. I explained that, and showed them what I meant with my chords and pedals etc. They seemed enthusiastic, kept inviting me back, charging me for the room hire, I think we did 4 or 5 "jams" and by the time I just figured I was a part of it. I never heard from them again! I texted and emailed but heard nothing until I got a random mailshot from them about a gig they were playing The bassist they actually went with was a much better fit, and a very good player, but it was pretty annoying

Did someone share this in Vulfpack on Facebook? I've seen All I Can Give before, very groovy