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Cheers for that - I'm pretty basic, so I suppose I'm just after something that is kind of 'funk in b' or something and leaves me to work the rest out rather than as a means of learning material. I suppose I'm try to sharpen up my ear and jamming really.

Hi all Any recommendations for finding backing band type loops/tracks (without bass) for practice purposes? Just looking for something to jam along too without having a preconceived idea of what to play from an existing bass line. Cheers J

I'm no pick player - but I find these dead easy and it doesn't matter if they spin. If I want to try a bit of pick action then they do the job. They are round with a whole in the middle - Plectr'o - http://www.reidys.com/pr/guitar-accessories/rhm-plectr-o-sample-pack-1532/

It must convey the visual equivalent of 'heft'

I get the logic behind it - I think that cash in hand is probably ideal for us all, and still seems to be in the majority. Ultimately though, as a band we are supplying a service to a business (the pub) and so payment on terms is the norm for most services and businesses. There's a 'business relationship' even if there isn't a contract. When you buy a pint, that's retail - and you take the goods away with you (or leave them in the loo!) so payment on delivery is the required. My original post was just to ascertain if Event UK worked - and it seems that people don't have a problem with it working/getting paid - albeit later than what we are mostly used to and with a bit more 'admin.' So up to us whether we take these gigs or not based on personal preference now I suppose.

Ha! I'd like to see you try

The other local band I contacted say about 3 weeks - but you have to remember to submit the invoice on the day after the gig, otherwise I imagine you'll get on the next payment run.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1459164483' post='3013960'] Yet another middle-man getting paid money that could go to the bands or landlords instead. Just out of interest Jason, which pub is it? I'm not too far from you.... [/quote] Hi mate - it's Molloy's in Colchester. I actually work in corporate payments - and see first hand just how much some large hospitality companies get ripped off by their staff, so I do understand their motivation to move to this sort of system. Just hadn't encountered it before as a band. I'd anticipate it getting more common. I've asked another local band and they say that they've not had any issues to date - so, I'll probably have the job of explaining it to the rest of the band now....

From what I can gather so far, the fees are borne by the venue. If not, we'll be upping our (meagre !) fee appropriately.

Yes, I can understand the issue from the brewery perspective and needing a tighter handle on what goes out of the till. I'm tending towards trying it unless anyone has any horror stories etc.

Hi all Sorry if this is covered elsewhere, a quick search didn't show up any threads though. [url="http://eventuk.co.uk/"]http://eventuk.co.uk/[/url] I've just been offered a gig but with payment via Event UK - I can see the logic, but also we've always been cash in hand. Anyone on here getting paid this way? - I don't want to open us up to hassle for the sake of one pub. We don't gig enough for this to be treated as income, and probably would do well to break even over a year, so HMRC are unlikely to be interested. But be good to hear what others with experience of Event UK think. Cheers Jason

It might be worth having a look for an old Ampeg SVT-200T (I think the head is called) these were made in the late eighties, solid state and might fit your bill. I have the less powerful (but still coped with loud rock band) SVT-140TC 410 combo - weighs a ton, but I gigged it for years and the only maintenance it has ever needed was a new plug when it crushed the original due to some sloppy late night car loading. Proper gig machine - I'd suspect the head would be the same. My combo keeps looking at me sternly in my office wanting to go gigging - but (so far) my back has won! I'm sat beside it right now, think I just heard it growl. It hasn't forgiven me yet since being nibbled by mice... Or, how about run with your GK into the new cab and stick a Sansamp VT in front?

We've got the Soundcraf Ui16 - that's nice too - we've had a couple of issues with certain devices not connecting to the wifi - but we (the techie drummer anyway!) thinks that he's worked out why that was and it's down to how we had something configured or summat. Will see at next gigs - but so many useful bells and whistles.

You could probably get a used EBS HD350 for less than £400 - run at 2ohms and though less than 500w I can't see you having any issues volume wise. I run mine through a 212 and 210 in a rock band with two guitarists, I don't go into the PA and they do and rarely do I turn up past 10 o'clock.

Understood- no way we'd take that sort of party. Our ones to date have been for people who want what we do down the pub at their own night somewhere. The function type stuff with requests and playing background music would be a straight decline. We always take lights and mp3 play lists to pub gigs anyway- so no major change from the norm. I suppose there are parties and PARTIES☺.

Cheers Tim - I suspect that try it and see will be the best way.

We're a pub band, so you get a pub set whatever, so see little distinction between parties and pubs price wise. Consequently we recently did a 50th for one of the drummers mates, £200. Great night in a cracking venue with good people, he gave us extra £50, food and drinks all night. Roll on a couple of months and they had such a good night last time they've arranged another bash for a few other birthdays, back at the same place and have said we can invite any of our mates too. Plugging in an mp3 and leaving the lights running is no big deal to fill the breaks etc. I get that the time and professionalism required of function bands ups the price for weddings etc but personally I wouldn't charge more for a party than a pub if we're basically doing the same thing.

Hi all Like many of us we've got some led flat pars for band lighting. Also like many getting the best out of them live proves tricky. I've got a normal dmx controller currently, Chauvet Obey 40 which works ok but is too much faff live whilst playing. So, I was interested in seeing the Chauvet Foot-c come out but it's left me with a few questions too. The foot-c is a 6 channel controller rgbawu my ledj 7q5 pars have 4 and 7 channel options. 4 being rgbw and 7 being dimmer, strobe, rgbw and macro. The built in macros on channel 7 are too pale for my liking anyway but the dimmer and strobe are handy. One question is if you plug a 7 channel fixture into a 6 channel controller does the controller just ignore the 7th channel? Any tried anything like this? I just want to have a few different scenes at different speeds and colours available but having tried and seen a few systems just doing their own thing, I do want to be able to program stuff in and just switch easily. Midi looks no use, no backing track stuff to sync with, and software applications still seem to require a pc and would leave me without foot control. Any suggestions welcome! Cheers Jason

I've got EBS Neo 210 and 212 - they do sound different to each other, and great together. I quite like the fact that I could gig with either one to suit the venue, or preferably both! Would tend to use the 212 by itself for smallish gigs but the 210 is great for small rehearsal spaces etc. For me, I like the options that different cabs give. Do tend to turn one of the tweeters off when I have both. I'm also usually not in the pa (guitars, kick and vox are) - so like and need the extra grunt.

RIP Lemmy - As I was reading the news on this earlier my three year old little girl wandered into the room, took one look at the picture of Lemmy on stage - rick in hand and black hat, she just said "Woaahh - he's [i][u]really[/u][/i] cool!!"

I love mine - loads of fun for little cash. I use the octave setting and also another very synthy fuzzy sound - can get some completely barking sounds of it too, but these, like many fun things, are probably best enjoyed in private