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Ok, i'm not able to get there, I'm finding out if we can use it at our gig on the 10th.... because apparently it is a fundraiser for a charity theatre group they might not be particularly happy if I turn up asking for money for something else.....

I just saw on maid of ale page it's going to their next gig?
I have a gig in Ely on the 10th. Is Julian the new MoA bassist? (I applied for an audition but they found someone before I got one haha )

hmm. I've been in bands doing nearly 150 in our repetoire. Being very competent musicians we could usually call any of them at will and get away with it if it was something we weren't too hot on, eg something like " Beat it by MJ"

Also, if i'm paying £10/month, I have my phone playing music on spotify almost continuously whilst I am at work , and at home. So I probably listen to about 80+ hours on spotify a week. Lets say I listen to a track every 4 minutes, that is 15 tracks an hour, 1200 a week, or 4800 a month. That works out at each track play being worth 0.0021p/play .... you can see why they do not pay much per play!

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[*][i]Rhapsody royalty rate = .0091 cents per play[/i]
[*][i]Rdio royalty rate = .0045 cents per play[/i]
[*][i]Spotify royalty rate = .0009 to ZERO ( YES ZERO!!! ) cents per play![/i]
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[indent=1][i]I rest my case folks. The regular airwave radio stations pay roughly 10 cents a play... these internet radio stations need to pay Artists an actual royalty rate that reflects RESPECT for the music, Artists and Musicians who make the music in the first place.[/i][/indent]
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A regular airwave station plays that 1 play to , what, lets say up to a million people . (1,000,000) on some of the bigger stations easily.
If you have 1,000,000 plays on rdio - that is 0.0045 c * 1000000 = 45000 c or 450 dollar
even spotify at 0.0009c per play works out at 900c or 9 dollars ....

So essentially, you need about 10,000 spotify plays to match one million people listening to a radio station

Yeah, saw him last year in nottingham. Full of energy and swayed me over to his music. Off again on friday to brum with the missus to see him again. Fantastic entertainer and probably one of the most talented in the charts / pop at the moment

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1381361368' post='2238199']
As a cover band, it probably wouldn't work particularly well.

Busy cover bands are all about playing what an audience wants and going down a specialised route isn't going to have mass appeal.
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In general I agree. It is about a) who is paying what influences them. At the moment, we're seeing a lot of demand for things like 80s because a) parents grew up with it the people getting married etc love the songs because they grew up with them and its "cheese". I can see that happening for 90s (like the stuff above) in maybe 5 more years.

Still would be fun to do, but I can't see it being easy to get gigs.

So, having been fired from my band last night.... (and I dont really know why, but offtopic) I was considering pursueing something i've long though about doin:

An old school/garage/trance type covers band.

My question is, would there actually be any demand for such a band? I'm thinking stuff like


ATB
N-Trance
Robert Miles
Christina Aguilera
Fatboy Slim
Jennifer Lopez
Justin Timberlake
Liberty X
Maybe throw in some busted / type stuff

etc etc


Its all stuff that me and my friends <loved> and still do, but I cannot see it being particularly commercially acceptable / likely to get gigs. Anyone else done any of this sort of stuff / seen it succeed anywhere?

I would imagine it would take a lot of practise/patch setting up - probably 2 keys players + guitar.

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I'm interested for cambridgeshire, and i can go and pick it up in london as i work there quite often.
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I'm in camb also. however have just been fired from ma band.... so no gigs in the near future now

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/217366-futurelearn-listening-course/

Apologies for beating you to it

There are two that I really like (not to say the others are bad, but just dont appeal to me, maybe my tastes are too westernised) but one of those I feel is less towards the inspiration

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I chose Ambient , my other favourite was TheBoy, but felt that the picture didn't symbolise hope
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Its a good idea, whether it will work in practise remains to be seen! It has taken off massively in the US apparently

Have a free bump. Awesome cabs. Unfortunately we run a (for all intents and purposes) silent stage (iems/electronic drum kit etc) so I haveno need for larger speakers!

So the futurlearn site went live (yesterday) This is basically a site doing some free university modules (no qualifications) online.

Of interest to me was this one:


[url="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-listening-for-studio-production"]https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-listening-for-studio-production[/url]

I had one of those B2A black and they are great basses. I just couldn't get my playing aroudn the lack of headstock. Great for travelling etc, but just felt weird to me.

Bit slow, but I can vouch these guys are top notch and a quality band. Will be filling some big shoes (sorry, I can't remember his name, despite spending quite a few nights at the earl of derby jam )

[quote name='JwK94' timestamp='1377732799' post='2191261']
Don't see the problem here? Bass players aren't allowed to jam together? If you don't like jazz bass guitarists then fair enough, but I quite enjoyed most of this (apart from billy Sheehan if course, who keeps inviting him to jazz gigs?!)
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I really liked that...thanks for posting..ironically!
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I thought it was quite good actually. Yeas, hugely self indulgent, but I liked see the different styles, some immense talents there, ace drumming. And I enjoyed seeing Billy close up.

Come on folks, we are bassists, so let us appreciate it.
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thank god i wasn't the only one then!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1375180225' post='2157602']
Bad technique.

[i]Place[/i] your fingers where they need to be and don't slide.

Lift your LH fingers a little more when you're moving to the next note.
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Practise lifting your fingers up and down, and moving fingers along the strings "just" touching. Used to have the exact same problem!
You can negate a lot with EQ but it doesn't cover up the problem 100%

I do love the live versions of bowie..... check this one out (i think same gig?) - lets dance
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X74vPgriDEU[/media]
The intro is just fantastic

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1373856054' post='2142317']
We are waiting for the next participant to raise their hand. It could be making its way towards Cornwall, who knows?
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I've got no bass playing gigs until October, only got gigs on sound until then.

Their acronym is M+S.... quite apt I feel

I want to vote for about 4 of them....

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1372181516' post='2122588']
OK the 'Marvel' style locks will work - the screw which holds the plate against the strap will hold it securely. It'll go wide enough to hold twice the thickness of my 'Comfort Strapp'

Hope that helps

Cheers
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Wow they lookg good. Might consider a change!
The post with teh instructions also very helpful. will consider my options!

We do several, but the most successful are probably Walking on sunshine into Walk like an egyptian, or Heaven is a place on earth into Easy Lover

Definitely hike the price. Everything else has been said above.
I have yet to play a "bad " wedding. I've been soundman at one for another band (who aren't that impressive) but otherwise, no bad weddings