Silvia Bluejay

It's now the roof garden at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. I should have a little time to pop down there early this afternoon and check that everything's in order and there are no closures etc.

Hm, I remember being fascinated by the bassline on You Should Be Dancing (I was in my early teens and disco was all the rage). Took me more than 30 years to take up bass playing, and learn to play it - it's on 5 strings! - but I got there in the end

Hadn't seen this thread at all before now. Grr. All the best Shell, I agree with the general consensus, move on, either join a band if you feel comfortable with that, or place an ad, find other musicians in a similiar situation and then you, as a group, may decide to become a band to all intents and purposes in the future. You'll be absolutely fine!

Welcome Gav! That's a rather impressive CV as a session musician. Good luck with your own album too, keep us posted about it.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1337614820' post='1662822'] Flamin' norah.... they'll be bringing in soft furnishings any day now... [/quote] Only in black with optional skull decoration and studs, in this thrasher's case.

I have a couple of late-ish meetings with a client in town in the next few days, which I'm afraid probably means I'll only be able to let myself loose on the South Bank in the early afternoon, before going to their office. But if anything changes and I can be there late instead, I'll let you know.

I agree. Nothing is cheap in the area, as it's so tourist-y! OK then, will amend my initial post on this thread and repeat it in a few days' time. Meanwhile, I'll pop down to the south Bank again (love the place!) to have another detailed look, and make sure we all know exactly where to meet up.

Fantastic!

Hey, the weather seems set to improve in the next few days! However, point taken about Waterloo station and the South Bank being really handy for most of us. I'm fine with us meeting there in any case, whether it's sunny or rainy, as it offers the choice of outdoors and indoors spaces. If that's all right by everybody, we can simply decide on the exact spot where to meet there, and skip the park for this time. Ras, I haven't got a smartphone so I can't post live updates, but I'm happy to give my number to those of you who would like to text me on the day to check if we're still there, where we are etc.

LOL like that Go on, give us some more "edited" logos...

It lasted around an hour this afternoon. Maybe they were making changes to some settings at the hosts' end.

Hope it's not another DoS attack...

It feels sluggish when I'm on it, takes ages to display when I get to it from another page, and I occasionally get this message: [b] 502 Bad Gateway[/b] Anyone else in the same predicament? More likely to be my ISP, or something on this site? All other websites I visit seem fine.

Yup, I agree, the RFH is an excellent idea in case of rain, better than the Galleria, as there is seating available. I'll go back there to spot a suitable place next time I'm in town during the week, as well as popping down to Regents Park. Then we'll watch the weather forecast and pick the most suitable solution. Roll on summer! (Please.) Edit: I have amended my intial post on this thread accordingly.

I went on a reccie mission to More London Riverside yesterday. The place is beautiful. (I hadn't ventured beyond crossing Tower Bridge from the north bank since City Hall was still half way through being built.) However, considered from the point of view of 10-15 people meeting there on a rainy day, I'm not sure how well More London would work. The only places we could take refuge in in case of downpour appeared to be restaurants, such a Strada and Gaucho, and a couple of small cafes. In the immediate riverside area there are no pubs or gastros or similar places where a reasonably large group could sit and just chat and have a drink. There are plenty of really nice outdoors areas, such as the Scoop, all the gardens around the buidings, and Potters Field Park, through which I walked to get from the foot of Tower Bridge to the riverside. The only large covered area I saw was a few minutes' walk along the river to the West, and that's the Hays Galleria. There is also what looks like a "proper" pub in the vicinity of the Galleria, as well as the other usual bars/restaurants/cafes. In short, the place would be lovely on a dry day, but if it was rainy or threatening to rain, I think we'd have to meet up in the Galleria. What are everybody's opinions on the above? I'm going to go on another reccie mission, in Regents Park this time, one of these days, so that I can check if there's an easily recognisable spot for us too meet up in case the weather behaves and we can actually have that picnic instead.

Hm, I suppose I must have pestered them in a more annoying way than you did, so that they wanted to get me off their backs quickly, and accepted all my requests I would still recommend talking to them on the phone as opposed to emailing (except for confirmations). Seems to work better. Let us know how it goes with the replacement. Good luck.

When I sent back my scratched bass I asked them (on the phone) for a courier to collect it from my door, as i haven't got a car, and they obliged. You may still be in time to change the arrangement if you call them?

[quote name='grumble' timestamp='1337351558' post='1658675'] Yep, its the only thing I dont like about mine. For those complaining about the lack of space for a full db, don't worry you will have one day. Then you will be an old tw*t like me and it will be muscles and joints that are more of a concern [/quote] LOL - thing is, as far as my small (top floor) flat is concerned, besides the constant risk of knocking over or damaging a DB, there's the problem of central heating and/or sunshine coming through the windows (British Weather permitting). If the only potential spaces available are right in front of a radiator or in corners where the temperature soars when it's sunny outside, the poor thing is going to get warped in no time. At the moment I'm keeping all my music equipment in the only corner that's as far as possible from radiators and protected from sunshine by a curtain. But that corner is too crowded already... Many other would-be double bassists may have similar problems in their homes.

Hi William, and welcome! Nice GAS-inducing basses you've got there

Welcome, both Debs! When I was a beginner, a few years ago, I took a couple of 3-month courses at Tech Music School, and had two excellent teachers who were both far younger than me. One of them was facing a female oldie (and a leftie one at that!) for the first time in his career, but still did a sterling job of teaching me. The student's enthusiasm matters a lot more than their age, so go for it!

If, like me, you have no space for a real DB at home, what's going to happen is - you'll get an electric upright that's got FIVE strings, so you're still one up on the previous And you'll love both the 4 and the 5 to bits Welcome to the club, Fumps! "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"

I was at Middle School in Florence when I Feel Love exploded on the scene. So many memories. And her Bad Girls album also means a lot to me. One of my musical aspirations is one day to disentangle and learn to play the bassline to Hot Stuff (disco mix version). There are so many instruments on that song I still get confused when trying to analyse it. RIP Donna. Immortal through your music.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1337325787' post='1657991'] Did I miss something? [/quote] Nah, no big deal - the entire universe (which, as you know, centres on BC) ended abruptly, but somehow ped, kiwi and the guys managed to restart it. And Jack, you've been working way too hard in the last few days, and not spending nearly enough time on here. *crosses arms, taps foot*

Incidentally, the warnings seem to have cleared themselves out - I'm not getting any red alert page now, despite using the same toolbar bookmark as before and not clearing my cache. Thank you, guys, for your hard work.

doesn't allow me to correct the typo either.