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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1333456984' post='1601920'] I don't make lists, but before I leave the house I do stand very still for a moment and imagine a flow chart, thus: GIG BAG > STRAP > PICKS > BASS > SPARE STRINGS > TUNER > LEAD > FX > LEAD > AMP > AMP BAG > FUSES > MAINS CABLE > SPEAKER CABLE > CAB > CAB STAND > BASS STAND > TOOLS > WALLET > KEYS > PHONE > SPARE PANTS > TISSUES > DENTAL FLOSS > MOIST WIPES > WATER BOTTLE. Done. [/quote] You forgot the dark glasses so that you can leer at women in the audience. Or in the band.

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1333455875' post='1601895'] My personal schoolboy error is to stand on my lead and unplug myself mid song. [/quote] I saw Rockette Morton (Magic Band) do that once, so you are in good company!

Oll roit? Welcome to Basschat

I don't know if it's just at the front of my mind due to the recent sad demise of Davy Jones, but I think this has got to be a contender: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUUSdvwEC_Y"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUUSdvwEC_Y[/url]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1332861312' post='1594098'] I was going to say that I'd like to see you playing with Dik sometime. Oh dear. Bucket of cold water for discreet please. [/quote] OMG, you've gone and done it now! Red rag to a bull, I'd say

I really don't get to enough music gigs either. I know so many actors and comedians, I spend half my life going round watching them in various things! (Not famous ones, I hasten to add, in case you think I am rubbing shoulders with the stars!) Anyway, amongst the many bands I would like to see are Yorrick's Paul Rodgers tribute band. That could happen, as he is local to me. Also, if I carry on playing with Dik Guru, you never know I may end up on the same bill as Tauzero one day. It seems they have played at the same gig before! Also, I would rather like to see Dr Dave's lot. Sounds as if they might be out of the same mould as Dik Guru and should be a bit of a laugh. As long as it doesn't get me into a feminist frenzy!

Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia Saw the CD in a charity shop and thought I would surprise myself by listening to something that was released this century (just!). Rather enjoying it.. It's got a good beat...

Brilliant, well done. Just shows you have sieze the moment, doesn't it? One of the actors in the play I'm doing at the moment (Taste of Honey) was cast by a similar turn of fate. We had held the auditions and cast all but one of the parts - that of Geoff the gay art student. No-one turned up to read for that - we asked around various young actors we knew but none of them were available. Meanwhile some of our publicity leaflets had been put round in local pubs, and one was noticed by a young man who had studied Taste of Honey for GCSE and always longed to play the part of Geoff. Although the audition dates had passed he thought he would ring the director on the off chance to see if he had cast that part. The director snapped him up, and he is really good. And we never would have met him if he hadn't had the nerve to phone up, even though he had missed the audition dates.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1332706783' post='1592000'] Music saving someone's life after divorce seems to be a recurring theme - several of us can relate. Some of us took up bass playing after splitting up with out partners, while you started a new band - it's all therapeutic. Welcome! [/quote] Yep, I'm in that category, as Bluejay knows! It's brilliant therapy, as you have found out! Welcome

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1332716431' post='1592159'] I remember seeing a recorded Cream concert at the pictures in the 70's. I remember it being good and Ginger Baker being awesome. He seemed to have a ciggy hanging from his lip the whole time-not sure what he was smoking though. I wonder if the film is still around? [/quote] 'Cream Farewell' probably? I saw it at the pics with my Mum. She was cooler than the average Mum and loved Ginger Baker!

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1332770339' post='1592811'] I didn't start til I was 50 !! Why is it iffy to be singing teenage kicks in middle age?? I don't get that. Most songs are stories - stories are recollections about events in the past. You don't stop telling a tale about something that happened to you at school or in your 20's when you get to 50 so why wouldn't you sing about them with the same gusto? Middle aged people have memories of all of their lives - everyone remembers teenage kicks - if you want to sing about them at 50 , plenty of 50 year olds - and other ages too - will want to listen. At least it's something you know about. Makes me laugh to hear some pillock bawling out 'Sweet Home Chicago' in a Northern boozer and he's never been further west than Blackpool. [/quote] Good post!

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1332764198' post='1592665'] There's [i]Wreck of the Old 97[/i] (about a train crash) as performed by Johnny Cash on Live At St. Quentin (1969). [/quote] Oh yes, I suppose there are a few train crash songs as well. I was thinking more along the lines of 'I fell off a ladder and I wasn't wearing my hard hat'. Maybe silddx will come along with a few suggestions!

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1332763548' post='1592651'] The decline of this form is one I plan to redress in my long-delayed roots country outfit. Lots of stuff about poison, daggers and drowning. [b]Plus hideous industrial accidents[/b], wilful substance abuse and disrespectful gender objectification. It'll be a hoot. [/quote] Can't wait for that! This has got me trying to think of songs about hideous industrial accidents. The only one I can come up with is 'Big Bad John' ...I suppose there are several others about mining disasters as well. But they might all be a bit too PC for this thread.

Nobody's mentioned 'Aqualung' yet! But I guess that's not usually done by yer average covers band!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1332755607' post='1592452'] Yes, but in the first case she deceived him, he watched and went out of his mind, and in the second he caught her messin' round with another man! Birds, eh? On the other hand, as a committed 'Guardian' reader I would have to say some sort of relationship counselling would indeed have been preferable to actual murder, but still... 'Hey Joe, where you goin' with that "Relate" appointment in yo' hand' doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it? [/quote] Yes of course! I mean Delilah actually stood there laughing - what else did she expect??

.. interesting discussion around all those songs about under age girls. And yet as far as I know it's still OK to do 'Delilah' and 'Hey Joe'. Which are both about murdering someone. Come to think of it, I'd love to see a band that did Delilah [b]and [/b]Hey Joe. Could make for a varied evening's entertainment!

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1332550477' post='1590083'] Didn't Butch the dog play drums? If Butch wanted to play the drums, you let him! This is far more interesting that a debate on which scratchplate was issued with a 1960's P bass, you have to agree. [/quote] Butch the dog? I'm not so familiar with him. Did he join the group after Sweep left to form his own experimental jazz-prog combo?

Reading some of these posts has made me realise how lucky I was to get a great teacher straight away. Especially as I found him by way of a bit of an error in the first place. The husband of a work colleague was having private guitar lessons at a local college, and recommended the place. So I googled it and signed up for lessons. Only months later did I realise that I was actually going to a comepletely different college to the one this chap had recommended! @ the OP - I'm sure one of our more knowledgeable members will get back to you about on line resources soon. There might be some tips if you go to the Theory forums on here as well.

Paranoid, Black Sabbath Still can't do it fast enough though. Practicising with a metronome and gradually increasing the speed. And trying to relax into it.

it doesn't sound as though you've quite got the level of theoretical experience to start teaching right away. But that shouldn't stop you planning to do it in the future. I'll give you a little bit of advice here based on my experiences as a current bass pupil and former careers adviser (so bear in mind anything I say here might be a bit out of date and you'll need to double check it - luckily that shouldn't be too hard what with 'tinternet and all!) First off, have a look round to see if there are any courses in your area which could improve your theory and give you a teaching qualification at the same time. I have in mind something like this: [url="http://www.accesstomusic.co.uk/"]http://www.accesstomusic.co.uk/[/url] It's a level 3 course (ie roughly A level standard) and can be used as an access course to get you on to Uni. However if you don't take it further then it carries a teaching qualification (suitable for private lessons or to be a peripatetic teacher - wouldn't be enough to get you a job as music teacher in a school). There doesn't seem to be a course like this in Leicester, but research your local FE colleges - you might find something. As a pupil, what impresses me about my teacher is this -[list] [*]a wealth of experience performing and recording in different styles of music [*]grade 8 exams plus a music degree (not saying you'd have to have all that, but some theoretical training would be pretty crucial I'd say) [*]enthusiasm for lots of different genres of music, so he can tailor lessons to the individual student's interests [*]ability to plan lessons, prepare materials, give appropriate feedback... ie all the 'teaching' skills [*]the fact that he used to be in Napalm Death (OK, we can't all have that!! ) [/list] He starts off by finding out what the student wants to get out of it .. eg playing for own pleasure, performing, working towards exams or whatever. Also roughly how much time the student wants to devote - regular lessons, refreshers now and then, one off masterclasses etc so he can plan ahead. Also how the student likes to learn... prefer the theoretical approach or just blast in there and learn to play some tunes? Good luck with it. You might need to invest a bit of time getting there but I hope you'll find it rewarding in the end.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1332341080' post='1586930'] haahaa well I may have lost the argument but these posts are cracking me up, made my day! I guess I'll have to change my ways or pretend to cough each time I say it [/quote] Don't worry, what counts is how you play it - not how you say it!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1332244461' post='1585353'] My theory is that the air in women's wombs are vibrated by the low frequencies of the kick and bass at gigs (and wobbles their tumblers a bit, too) making them go all funny. Why else would they throw themselves at me in the dressing room afterwards?? [/quote] You know what, I think that pretty much sums it up. Many's the time I've gone a bit unnecessary at a gig Although I don't usually throw myself at musicians in dressing rooms. I just go outside and have dose of smelling salts to calm me down. And sometimes I have to loosen my stays a bit.

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1332239464' post='1585183'] Surely Sooty is most famous for playing the xylophone? [/quote] You're right, he was a mean vibes player! It's just I saw him playing the sax on Southport Pier last year and I had forgotten about his illustrious career on vibes! :

The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. Beautiful. Has some lovely double bass parts too.

[quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1332200365' post='1584872'] I'm sure whoever played guitar in Sooty's band was L/H. [/quote] I didn't know Sooty had a guitarist. I thought Sooty played clarinet, Sweep played drums and Sue played piano. Maybe you saw them with a different line up. Was that their Flamenco period?