barneyg42

Bit of a late shout on this one, hopefully will have a couple of special guests up for a few songs. One being Vasilis Merziotis who has a Gary Moore tribute band in Greece, check him on YouTube, great guitarist. Also we will possibly have Vic Martin, Gary's old keyboard player, coming up for a few. Should be a good night at a great venue!!

Pre gig nerves? Nah!!

Played in a country band with a leccy drummer and as long as the monitoring was sorted it was fine. He had a PA system behind him and a very expensive extensive kit, sounded the bollox! Cut to an audition a few years ago, guy contacts us to try out and on the day informs me he has an electric kit but says he has a big sound system to go with it. He turns up in a Corsa with what appears to be a Playstation kit and what I think was a Behringer 60watt combo, what we could hear was good drumming but he had no chance, you couldn't even change the individual drums to sound different, just 5-6 preset kits from rock to Eastenders!! He realised the shortcomings and we all parted as friends, turns out he sold his acoustic kit as he and his girl had just moved into a small flat with their newborn. Shame, he seemed a good drummer!

Keyboard player: what key is Hotel California being done in at rehearsal? Me: original was done using an Am shape but with a capo on the second fret so Bm I reckon. Best learn it in any key known to man as it's bound to get changed several times!! Female singer: Cheeky!!

Hmm, link doesn't seem to show!

Hey Spacechick fellow Pratt/Waters impersonator, hopefully this link will take you to a roughish recording of us doing Time. http://files.audiobod.com/i-floyd/03%20time.mp3 Recorded using one of those little portable digi recorders, Zoom or something or other!

Relive the sounds of Pink Floyd!! http://www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk/whats-on/25-Oct-2013/ Two sets of classic Floyd tracks, 8 piece band with yours truly Barneyg42 on bass trying to do his best Guy Pratt/Roger Waters impersonation!

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1381132017' post='2234586'] well stop fretting then! [/quote] Yeah....be fretless!

[quote name='witterth' timestamp='1381099875' post='2234457'] no puns, just stop it, stop it now. [/quote] Is that a double stop?

So I went to the bar man because my largo was flat, he said I coda drunk it quicker! I thought just breve, I'm not going to lose my tempo over it! Just give me a measure of lilt...presto!

This thread has been going solo long my largo has gone flat.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1380484578' post='2226055'] I saw him at the Royal Albert Hall a few years back and that exactly sums up my feelings. 'Look at how many guitars I got, look how fast I can play, look how many times I can repeat that fast phrasing' And the sound was bad - how do you manage that at the Albert Hall? Up until then I'd been a bit of a fan. [/quote] Possibly the same gig I was at.......two drummers ffs!!

Good night at the Swan in Farnborough last night, DJ in between sets which was good and bad, got them up dancing at halftime and we kept them going but the load out was through the dancers at the end when the DJ took over! Got my arse groped on the way through at one time, now when I was single I would have welcomed this but now I'm happily with my young lady I consider it sexual harassment in the work place, think I might sue......😉

Love the pic of my rig with the obligatory brown paper bag of sandwiches on my stool in front!! Great stuff Silvia...roll on next year!!

Somewhere along the line there seems to be a little element of "you can't do something you enjoy AND get paid for it" coming across here! Personally I very much enjoy playing but I'm of an age and salary that I can't afford to do it for nothing. It's swings and roundabouts, last week drove a mile, played a wedding until midnight, got fed watered and a ton in wages, happy days and enjoyable too not just because of the wedge. Tonight, 30mile or so round trip and about £36 each....a pub we have done since the band formed....but, it's always a full house (small pub) and we enjoy ourselves emmensly. Now the singer and guitarist live in Crawley and have a small kid, so by the time they've paid fuel (60mile round trip) and a sitter they're on a loss, but subsidised by last weeks cash fest! Singer (who books gigs) could quite easily say forget it, it's not worth it but she enjoys just getting up there like the rest of us. We've done the summer festivals for nothing but they have spawned other gigs from punters in the crowd. It works in different ways for different bands, personally I think if someone is making a profit from your presence then you are entitled to some kind of payment. You've got to look at what the other members get or need from a gig, I booked a gig in my local pub and their pay is lower than our usual minimum, I wouldn't dream of confirming until I'd checked with the rest of the band if they're happy with that.

Gassing for the blue fretless, thanks for letting me have a play, I mean it, THANKS!!!!!!!!!! a bunch!! Dear wallet, why you so empty??? 😀😀