Silvia Bluejay

Check out MrFretbuzz's post here and meet up, if you're coming from the same area: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/224659-fao-taffs-attending-the-london-bass-show-12-march-2014/

Great idea - I'll tweet this post tomorrow, and in the meantime put a link to it in the main thread. I'll see you all there!

That sounds awesome, Ian! What a weekend for both parts of the country. Let's see if we manage to post and tweet while we're at the events, and then also blog about them.

We'll be there waiting for you

They've announced Jack Bruce on the Sunday, sponsored by Warwick. [url="http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/jack-bruce-announced-in-association-with-warwick/"]http://www.londonbassguitarshow.com/jack-bruce-announced-in-association-with-warwick/[/url] Jeff Berlin, Roger Glover and Frank Bello have previously been announced as guests. This year is a veritable cracker

I'll tweet this tomorrow (Saturday), late morning, hoping more people will see this post that way.

I think that particular jam night was cancelled twice since Jim's post, I'm afraid.

LOL I've had the ignore, the waiting-for-your-boyfriend/son/bandmate, the girls-don't-like-heavy-metal, the girls-don't-know-the-difference-between-bass-and-guitar, and the What! You play this big 5-string bass?? Left-handed too???? ['Cos it's more difficult that way, innit?] I don't remember seeing my now ex-boyfriend, a guitarist, ever being on the receiving end of something similar, but I guess you get used to this kind of sexism the same way you do to sexism in other aspects of life. There are many, many men who work in music and aren't remotely sexist though, and I've encountered some who were not just unfazed but positively happy to be dealing with a woman musician. I can't drive a car at all, let alone park it...

I've moved this under Gigs, but you can also post the question in General Discussion - it wouldn't be the first time that something similar has been asked there. I can't help you with an informative reply, though, I'm afraid.

Excellent stuff. Good to hear you like the result

Sorry to hear that, BassTool. Let this thread be one for the memories.

Guys, feel free to create a new thread from scratch for the next bash, and I'll pin it

Love it

Great stuff. I'll wait for a few replies, then pin this thread. When you have decided the date, please edit the title so that it's clear without the need to read the whole thread.

You're right, Ian, I really should ask the guys who run this site, sooner or later...

710 followers as of tonight - still with no Follow Us On Twitter button!

Forgot to say - I also tweeted it earlier and will re-tweet periodically. When's the deadline for the vote?

I've facebooked it! There must be some idiotic glitch that randomises the pic associated to our FB posts, so the post is accompanied by Gary's photo of the BCBaton.

Wow! is that a record? I love that pic!

Excellent, we've had the same idea. Duplicate post, apologies

Just a quick heads-up: we now have a new Share Your Music subforum under Recording and a new Live Photos and Videos subforum under Gigs. Please make sure you use them (instructions in the dedicated thread in each subforum). Don't let the new areas become graveyard like those entire forums were until less than a year ago! They are good publicity opportunities for your bands, and if they're lively I will tweet about them to Basschat's followers all the time. Suggestions and comment always welcome, here or in the dedicated threads in those subforums. Thank you! Silvia Quick linkies to the main forums: Recording: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/10-recording/"]http://basschat.co.uk/forum/10-recording/[/url] Gigs: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/11-gigs/"]http://basschat.co.uk/forum/11-gigs/[/url]

The purpose of this subforum is to share live videos, photos and audio from current and future gigs of Basschatters' bands. Please only post old/historic material once, in your initial post, and preferably only if you haven't got any recent stuff to show. Please create one thread for each band you're in, and put the name of the band in the thread title, followed by your BC name in brackets, so we know whose gang we're going to look at If you are in more than one band, please create more than one thread. Please only post live material, be it photos, videos or audio recordings. (Anything from the studio can go under Share Your Music in the Recording forum). Format: Ideally you should make a separate post for each gig, specifying date and place at the beginning and then posting your media below. The idea is to create a chronological album of live material for each of your bands. Comments and suggestions for improvement always welcome! Thank you, Silvia

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1384420167' post='2276385'] I've often wondered why so much time on a bass website is wasted discussing metal. Talk about "two bald men arguing about a comb". Now, back to real music ... [/quote] The following will date me but - in trad metal, when a band has two guitarists and possibly also an ego-driven drummer - think Metallica, Van Halen, classic Guns N Roses and Judas Priest to a certain extent, etc. - there's little space left for the bassist. Simple as that. Metal, or at least the kind I listen to, is guitar-driven, full stop. There are exceptions, such as Black Sabbath (only one guitar) and Maiden (they do have 3 guitarists though, bless 'em!), but they are just that, exceptions.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1384503808' post='2277358'] Ooh, I see that has already been done. Cheers Silv. [/quote] That was Ian (icastle), Nige - I'm still waiting for my mod rights to this forum