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Hmm a lower Normandy tour, that sounds like an excuse for a holiday

Hmm well I just bought one of these on ebay so will let you know how I get on. I have to say that this video s9old it to me...which is a totally rubish reason to buy a bass 😂

I'm with you Book_fan. I bought a crafter a 5 a few years back. It didn't do the double bass thing and sufferred from feedback. I got as closer with with a solid frtetless and flats or nylons. Having said that I do like them and fancy trying another for fun rather than serious use..

Thanks Douglas, that is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for and would be delighted to supply you with a CD so will pm you later. You have picked up on a lot of things, some deliberate and some not. I'll explain the context of the album, as I feel it helps. I really don't have an ego so I'm learning to be a front man. I have been writing and playing in 4 different bands since 2012. Some of these promised much but other than The Angry Badgers (heavy prog rock), they all failed to deliver any recordings. I have pretty much given up on starting another band and dug out my acoustic guitar during the summer and played a few informal gigs. I got a good response so I put a bit of work into refining my sound and decided to record. I intended to record 4-5 songs to help me get gigs and to open up more opportunities so I demo'd 6 songs with the intention of dropping some. The results were promising so I added another three and also various other elements to help keep the album moving and interesting. Three of the songs were written last minute. More background info follows: 1. . I recoerded in a studio but was on a strict budget so perfection wasn't an aim or option. Note: All the other musicians are friends (two drummers, trumpet and B'vocals), who came in and added the icing to the album. 2. I find recording things myself difficult as I'm not really interested in the recording process. This means I find the whole thing hard work 3. I wanted a sound that represents what I play solo. I concentrated on tone and restricting myself to a couple of pedals (mainly trem and delay). Backing vocals and 2nd guitar were minimized and bass and percussion were not allowed to dominate in order to keep a very acoustic sound. 4. This isn't the album I would like to have made. I have that in mind and held back certain songs that I felt would be better with a full band. I already have the songs for that album, which will be more upbeat and driving. In the end it is what it is. It means a lot to me and I put a lot of work into it to give it some depth and to match the depth in the lyrics. You say a lot of nice things, which are much appreciated and also picked up on some of the things that remain deliberately unrefined. The drummers are both heavy rock drummers and they did a great job of pulling everything back. I also remember asking the sound engineer NOT to dial them in to to much as I wanted to alble to play the album in a representative way with just me and my acoustic. Maybe that was a mistake but it sounded too much like a full-on band for my purposes. I also stripped out trumpet and some backing vocals for the same reason. It gives it a differnt vibe I think. The same thinking applies to the song intros. If it is just me and my guitar I use the intro to set the scene and mood of the song. No point in rushing a solo guitar set IMHO. I have a launch gig planned in the 11th January in Bristol with most of the musicians who helped playing. That is 2x 40 minuite sets, that will rock but after that it will often be just little old me, a guitar and a couple of pedals. Note: I'm not into the backing track thing. Thanks Ed

Hi, I have had a busy year and while waiting for The Angry Badgers album to be finished (mastering is scheduled for Jan) I started playing some of my other songs live... I consider myself a bass player and songwriter but depite my doubts about my voice and guiatar playing people seem to like it. The result is a stripped back acoustic album, where I do much of the work. I have lots of songs so I picked out ones that I could play solo and that fitted together well. I then roped in a couple of buddies got prepared and headed down to the studio. Cutting a long story short he results are now on bandcamp and I have a whole bunch of promotional activites going on at the moment. I thought I would share the joy as I love this album and the songs mean a lot to me! Feedback would be much appreciated as I'm already thinking of making another The bass was recorded on my favourite but seldom used basses and Di'd (no amp) and recorded on a fretless Stingray 5 and a G&L SB2. Note: I have never played fretless in public. Band Camp Link https://eddiemole.bandcamp.com/releases Current Promo Poster Youtube promo here:

I wanted to try an Eden preamp pedal and the guys at PMT put it stright into the powered cab...Wow it was loud. Alsmost too loud as I gave myself a fright and it had me scabbling for the volume nob. It must have been OK as I bought the pedal.

Provided you don't wear your bass high it shouldn't be a problem...although the drummer may complain I guess

Good tell her she needs to follow them, there is an album coming out soon and before that my acoustic album. I played some of the "Badgers" songs and felt I needed to put them in context as they specialize in dark songs and feelbad music. heehee In answer to your question yes I enjoyed the Festival a lot. I should have stayed the night though instead of driving.

Hi, yes thats right I remember. Nica and her friend's were lovely, their support was much appreciated. I was there again on the Sunday in another coffee shop jamming with my buddy Rich too. I got some really positive feedback I was also at the Snatch it Back gig too standing at the back. I know the band and Ken Pustelnik. Is a genuine guy and a good pal. I jammed with him once and that was some experience. I have never played with anyone like him. He just stared straight at me like a machine, "the terminator" of the drumkit. I saw you there but didn't know who was who, you were right at the front wern't you?

Hi, I'll be about on both Saturday and Sunday as I'm doing a bit of busking in the coffee shops. Playing acoustic guitar rather than bass this time. Details here: https://www.facebook.com/Eddie-Mole-musiciansongwriter-378649102327932/