Chrismanbass

hi folks so i have an audition for a company called proship entertainment tomorrow i'm pretty prepared and its a reading gig so thats all up to scratch i was just wondering if anyone had any experience with them or and experience of reading on ships or cruise ships in general? any good advice? cheers chris

thats good to hear mate i traded a fender jazz 5 string on here a little while ago for my current bass, dont get me wrong i'm very happy with my deal as i got an instrument which does everything i ask of it. anyway about a month later i was scrolling through the for sale section and up pops my old fender i have to admit i was sorely tempted to buy it back however at the time i wasn't financially in a position to do so and so i put a few kind words on the thread as a previous owner and was on my way i've often wondered where it is now if anyone bought this its an american fender 5 string jazz in olympic white with a 2008 serial number i'd love to know where it is Disclaimer: i'm not looking to buy the bass back but i'd like to know where its ended up just out of curiosity

i got an offer last year to play bass for the house band on that jesus christ superstar show and i turned it down because at the time i didn't believe my reading was good enough for the job and i had my uni work etc to contend with after watching the show and seeing some of the parts i wish i hadn't c'est la vie life goes on

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1359897457' post='1961698'] Likewise, if it's anywhere near me. [/quote] same here if it'll help the situation feel free to pm

[quote name='pikeman' timestamp='1359893198' post='1961595'] Funnily enough it all ended quite amicably after our guitarist, who was a black belt karate player laid out the two ringleaders. [/quote] haha don't think i'd ever resort to this however i have given the odd drunk a shove offstage if they get a bit lairy (with female singers the rest of the band end up becoming security) on the upside a punter proposed to our singer last night which amused us all no end

as a complete polar opposite gigged again with the same band tonight did the same set and tore the roof off the place the audience loved it (we had them dancing on the tables) the management have booked us once a month for the next 3 months i gave out 15 business cards (all i had in my wallet) and we had complements all round what a difference a day makes

sounds great mate thats nice to hear good to see that some people still have a good concept of customer service

jesus thats awful really sad to hear sadly the cynic in me thinks there may be more to this than the news report is saying people don't just randomly get abducted but yeh in comparison i got off pretty lightly

[quote name='fumps' timestamp='1359788778' post='1960286'] I once had that years ago the reaction "Thanks dad" worked a treat. the guy laughed & was from then on on our side [/quote] haha thats a good one again im afraid thats getting stolen [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1359800359' post='1960393'] Bigheaded w***er ;-) [/quote] noted back to root notes!

ok so i've just come in from a covers gig which was pretty un eventful really good audience, nice tight band, etc.. however as i was playing on stage i noticed a group of young guys sat down beside the stage making a w**ker sign at the band (not sure if it was me or the band in general) at first i was a bit bemused has anyone encountered this kind of behaviour before? i mean fair enough i'm putting myself up on stage to be judged and they're entitled to their opinion of me or the band but seriously? in the end my solution was to drop in some tasty fills, enjoy myself more than before and casually remind them as i left the stage they by drinking they were paying my wages just wanted peoples thoughts really?

[quote name='yorick' timestamp='1359585047' post='1957242'] Anything by Crashdown............. [/quote] hear hear

its in my neck of the woods i might pop down

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1359582005' post='1957137'] They are all too busy worrying about their tone. [/quote] or we're all too busy gigging ourselves?

Thanks stu funnily enough i have one as it is due to some teaching that i do i'll make sure i put it down

cool thanks yeh i'll bear that in mind they asked me for musical references and stuff before they asked for my cv so i'm assuming that they'll have contacted them or will be contacting them soon anyway

hi guys so i've just been contacted by a cruise ship agency asking me to provide them with a music resume/cv anyone have any idea what to put in this or anywhere there are any guides to writing a good one? the offer is for a showband job so a reading gig any advice welcome cheers chris

i have a few numbers of west london drummers looking for work gimme a pm if you want some

so its not pay to play but its not exactly a better situation i notice they dont tell you how much they pay after the 21st person disgraceful

just echoing whats been said already really irregardless of if you have the pad before hand or not if they decide to make changes you going to be sight reading them anyway [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1358839237' post='1945741'] Only once have i had the pad [and CD] before a show [Bat Boy - and to be honest i was glad] B [/quote] i played that show a couple of years ago for an am dram company its a beast isn't it

to be honest it depends entirely on what you want out of your bass and what you use it for for example on my 5 string i use for function bands and theatre shows so i need something versatile but very clear this means Bartolini pups and a john east preamp if your ever in london your welcome to come over and see if you like the sound my advice would be to try a few different combinations if you can and figure out what you like chris

definately take it into consideration when i'm upgrading the function bands gear next time (said function band is a 12pc) so 32 channels is not as ludicrous as it sounds

so i've just found out that one of the tracks on the new Johnny Ashby E.P "stones" has just been playlisted on a radio station out in San Jose, CA although its only a small station its still the first one i've ever had playlisted so i'm a little excited check out the track here [url="https://soundcloud.com/johnny-ashby/kickstart"]https://soundcloud.com/johnny-ashby/kickstart[/url] and check out the station here [url="http://www.koqx.com/"]http://www.koqx.com/[/url] let me know what you think chris

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