Silvia Bluejay

No tickets for the masterclasses, and ticket to collect one hour before each live stage show

It was an awesome day! And then I had an awesome night covering the Junkyard Dogs' gig (another billion photos to sort and post). Now well and truly knackered, and ready to go to bed. Roll on tomorrow! \m/ \m/

It's not too bad, honest. I'm now in the queue for Frank Bello's masterclass \m/ \m/

I have the original Main Course LP the Bee Gees track comes from, and the sleeve says "Maurice Gibb - bass" (and other instruments, as well as vocals). You sure they would have been able to use a synth bass and get that sound in 1975?? In any case, there is no mention of that on the sleeve.

Doors at 10am tomorrow too! Noise has subsided a bit. Waiting in the queue for Roger Glover's masterclass

Noisy but tolerable without earplugs so far, so we haven't complained yet. I've taken around a million photos already but I'm on the tablet so I'can't upload them here. Blog to follow after the weekend!

Kathryn! Yay! I spotted a lefty Warwick Streamer at their stand this afternoon, and I'm reasonably sure others will appear as if by magic. Last year there was one lefty Hofner violin and a couple of other models were spotted randomly. Oh, and one lefty acoustic bass! All is not lost

We-e-ell, dunno about Candi's version, but the original is by the Bee Gees and I don't mind [i]that[/i] bassline at all (Maurice Gibb). [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoOlQcJe_4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoOlQcJe_4[/url]

LOOL do say hi to us, in theory there should be 45 minutes of no-slapping for every 15 minutes of slapping, and we are determined to tweet iratedly at the LBGS if the rule isn't adhered to

"Lee Skylar" is exactly the way it's spelt in the masterclass list in the LBGS 2014 guide I picked up this afternoon

This is how our corner currently looks - tomorrow the t-shirts and sweaters will be moved a little out of the way and I'll put up my music stand with the BC poster.

I'm at Bass Gear's stand, waiting for the lights to be fitted, then we'll build our displays. I've checked the area around here and there are eateries of all levels a few meters from the main entrance, from an Argentinian steak house to a pizza place, to a Tesco Metro, to pubs.

LOL @ bass names! I started naming mine as a joke when I only had three - two guitars and one upright - but by the time the fourth had arrived I had reverted to "the fretless 5" or "the upright 5" etc. When they had names, they were all male Back on topic - that bass is gorgeous and the bridge reminds me of that of a Baby Bass, but yeah, it looks weird in this case.

LOL, Paul! I bet there'll be very few lefty models anyway, so I'm safe!

Good. That's absolutely not going to create any trouble at all...

There is a Tesco outside, and a pub, and a small arabic restaurant IIRC, and a cafe at the venue (to be avoided). You are given a wristband and can come and go as you please (unless they've suddenly changed the rules). I'm going there this pm to help Bass Gear and to carry part of my load, including the awkward cardboard tube with the posters and backdrop, tamed with a bit of ingenuity

Even grumpies like you guys are welcome - see you there

Good debate! As a social media specialist I may be biassed, but I do believe in bands having a presence where their existing or potential fans are. Before hitting the social media, a website goes without saying if you want to sell the band properly without having to post something new every 48 hours or so. Everybody and their mother is on FB, so that's a good place to start your move into the social networks. Twitter, youtube, instagram, soundcloud etc. can follow if appropriate. It is important, however, to put a little effort in keeping your accounts constantly updated with a stream of posts of various kinds (I do that for a living), while at the same time making sure to avoid spamming or annoying your audience with too much irrelevant info.

I think that most readers of the poster and on this forum are smart enough not to need any disclaimers, really. DISCLAIMER: this is not meant to be an insult to those who aren't.

Or more precisely, expressing political views in a subforum that actively asks users not to talk politics?

Yup, they've emailed that around too. Hopefully that's the last change by now!

We are NOT going to try and palm it off!

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Yes, thanks for the reminder, Len Linkies: For the tube: [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...?offset=weekend[/url] [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/livetravelnews/planned-works/calendar/default.aspx"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...ar/default.aspx[/url] For buses: [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/buses/default.html"]http://www.tfl.gov.u...es/default.html[/url] Many buses serve the area - just find the one that's most convenient to you. The earlier in the morning, the better, before the Kensington shoppers congestion sets in