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  1. EliasMooseblaster
    Just a quick bump - it's tonight!
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    Pre Beer Festival Bump!
  3. EliasMooseblaster
    For anybody else who might be looking for something to blow the cobwebs away after the Great British Beer Festival (I know I'll need it...) - SUBSTANCE GIGS presents: 7.45pm WITHOUT A THIRD 8.15pm KNUCKLEFUNK 8.45pm ROXIE ROGERS 9.45pm CHERRY WHITE downstairs at the [b]Spice of Life[/b] (Moor Street, Soho. Nearest tubes Leics Square / Tot Ct Rd) on Saturday 15th August. Tickets are just £6 on the door - be sure to get in early to avoid disappointment! [url="http://www.youtube....h?v=Bp7UAvkMf64"][video]http://www.youtube....h?v=Bp7UAvkMf64[/video][/url]
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    At the risk of splitting hairs, do people object to hearing the bass in isolation at all, or just to dedicated passages where the bassist gets 16 bars to have a freestyle widdle? Only, I'd be very surprised if you all thought the bass/guitar call-and-response in the middle of [i]My Generation [/i]added nothing to the song. On the other hand, I've heard some fairly underwhelming passages where the bassist was given free rein to do as he pleased - but nothing so bad that I'd have moved to outlaw them!
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    So further to some of the earlier comments how [i]are [/i]we defining "prog/progressive rock" here? Because if we're going by the original definition, I think both [b]Hawkwind'[/b]s eponymous début, and [b]Quintessence'[/b]s eponymous third album, are up there with the best of them. If we can consider Deep Purple, and indeed Blackmore's Rainbow to be "progressive" rather than "hard rock/heavy metal" then [i]In Rock[/i] and [i]Rising[/i] are close to my heart. But if I have to play it safe...well, any of Camel's first four albums, [i]Music in a Doll's House [/i]by Family, [i]Dancing Madly Backwards [/i]by Captain Beyond...I don't know, is the short answer. (Also: not necessarily a favourite, but would you consider [i]Six [/i]by Mansun to be prog-rock? Found myself revisiting it quite frequently of late, and unlike their other releases, it's definitely more than "just another '90s indie album.")
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    I think it depends on the band - usually with jazz gigs I like to hear a bass solo, especially if the bassist is on an upright. If it were a Level 42 gig - sorry, but I'd make a beeline for the bar. And then wonder why I was at a Level 42 gig in the first place...
  7. EliasMooseblaster
    Bump!
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    At the risk of derailing the thread with a potentially stupid question: could one string these with lighter strings and turn it into one of these elusive baritone guitars one occasionally hears about? I.e., stringing it BEADF#B (or even ADGCEA, I guess), but with the longer scale length giving better tension that one might get by doing the same to a normal six-string guitar?
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    Can I interest anyone else in this splendid little amp?
  10. EliasMooseblaster
    Probably a good time for a BUMP.
  11. EliasMooseblaster
    [b]Update 13th Sept: this amp has now been sold.[/b] [b]Update 17th Aug: now only £70![/b] The time has come to part ways with this faithful little guitar combo. A bit of a rarity, I believe: whilst Vox still make Pathfinder amps, the 15R doesn't appear to be in production any more. - 15W solid state amp, 8" Vox speaker - separate Gain and Master Volume, with Gain Boost switch - bass and treble controls - built-in tremolo unit, with speed and depth control - built-in reverb - jack sockets for Line Out, Headphone, External Speaker and Footswitch As the photos show, there is a small amount of cosmetic damage to the amp: some scuffs in the Tolex, and the original owner somehow managed to get white emulsion on the flex. The amp is nevertheless in perfect working order. Hasn't been pushed too hard, either: I've owned it for about seven years, and it's been gigged about five or six times at most. Probably the loudest solid state combo I've ever encountered. Not sure whether it would keep up with a 15W valve equivalent, but it's certainly loud enough for small gigs, recording or rehearsal. A rich, warm tone which overdrives nicely with the gain wound up. The tremolo and reverb units provide additional 'cool' to what is already a good-looking and good-sounding amp. I'm selling it for two reasons: one is to fund another purchase, and the other is that, nice as the tone is, I'm looking for something a bit different. I live near Kingston upon Thames and work in London, so I'm happy to meet buyers anywhere on the TfL network. Otherwise I'm happy to post to other parts of the UK; I'll need to look into postage costs. [attachment=196976:voxFront.JPG][attachment=196971:voxTop.JPG][attachment=196978:voxBack.JPG][attachment=196975:voxPanel.JPG] [attachment=196974:voxScuff1.JPG][attachment=196973:voxScuff2.JPG][attachment=196972:voxScuff3.JPG][attachment=196977:voxFlex.JPG]
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    Is this still for sale? I shall attempt to PM from my phone...
  13. EliasMooseblaster
    Is this still for sale? I shall attempt to PM from my phone...
  14. EliasMooseblaster
    Just a quick update: still a few sets of RS66s to go; I believe one will have been cut for a T-bird and the other for a P-bass, but I'll check. I've also got a set of [b]Rotosound Purples - .012 -.052[/b], cut for an SG-style guitar (i.e., 3+3 headstock). I'll throw in the unused spare top E with these. Probably going to have an additional set of [b]RS66s[/b] cut for an Epi EB-3 [b](2+2 headstock)[/b] after Monday night if anyone fancies those.
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    A big +1 to Up Around the Bend. Another suggestion which used to go down a storm with my old blues/rock trio: [i]Time [/i]by Pink Floyd. If the lead guitarist is up to the job, every hero-in-their-own-bedroom guitarist will be queuing up to shake his hand after the set.
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    I'm just filling in the online form to see if they'll book Cherry White for an evening in the near future, and I've been asked to name our price. Trouble is, "our price" depends very much on how much stuff we have to bring...does anybody know whether White Trash have their own amps and drumkit, or will we have to throw our own stuff in the back of a van?
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    After a bit of a hiatus (i.e., a few gigs that were cancelled on us), we played at [b]The Islington[/b] last Friday, 17th July: [attachment=196673:IMGP6491.jpg][attachment=196675:IMGP6506.jpg] [attachment=196676:IMGP6526.jpg][attachment=196677:IMGP6535.jpg]
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    Tomorrow Bump because it is tomorrow. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp7UAvkMf64[/video]
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    As I've mentioned in a few other threads, I'm very conscious that my vocal abilities are very limited. (It certainly doesn't help that, given my natural register, I have to do the bottom harmony of any BVs, which is notoriously the hardest one to get right.) On the plus side, I'm going to have a bit more free time over the next few weeks, so I thought I might investigate singing lessons. Can anybody recommend a reasonably-priced vocal coach near Kingston-upon-Thames, or the SW London area?
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    [quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1436952095' post='2822236'] How long is this tour?! Could you take it as annual leave, and use you're office job to fund it? [/quote] This isn't bad advice, actually, and is probably a good example of why these things are best approached on a case-by-case basis. I recently had the chance to go on a tour that would have just about fit inside my annual leave allowance - if it had been with my main band then I probably would have done it. Being nearly 30, and considerably more cynical, I knew that one tour wasn't going to break the band into mainstream success, so, depressing as going back to the office job would have been, it would have been less depressing than going back to Job Seekers' Allowance! (But since they weren't my main band, and I would have been left with no holiday allowance afterwards, I decided to pass up the opportunity, I should probably add.)
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    [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1436517187' post='2818704'] Just out of curiosity does anyone know what happens in public libraries? I assume some sort of artist payment occurs when people borrow an album, any idea what the royalty rates on those transactions are - similar to streaming? [/quote] Yep, there are services which collect royalties every time somebody checks out a book, CD, DVD, etc. I think it's the PLR for UK authors, and PPL for UK musicians. I don't know exactly what the rates are, but one certainly wouldn't rely on them to form the backbone of one's income!
  22. EliasMooseblaster
    [b]Just a week away now...[/b] [attachment=195975:indieNoir.jpg]
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    [quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1436365640' post='2817547'] I don't see them collapsing... The sad reality is that until listeners begin to once again place a value on music, the payment for it will continue to fall. [/quote] Couldn't agree more. It's all very well telling us to opt out of the major commercial services and use Bandcamp or Pledgemusic, but your average punter fears the unfamiliar - they'll look for your music on iTunes or Spotify, or whatever they normally use, and if they can't find it then they'll not bother.
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    You can tell it's a serious gig when it's got its own trailer: [url="https://youtu.be/C0_Ozi3jmKE"]http://youtu.be/C0_Ozi3jmKE[/url] From the official event page ([url="https://www.facebook.com/events/828886583860254/"]https://www.facebook...28886583860254/[/url]): "A night of femme-fatales and unique acts from the dark side of Indie playing an incredible mix of musical genres... Also included will be stalls, artwork, film and fashion. This is not just another gig. Prepare yourselves for... INDIE NOIR #5 All pre-ordered [url="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/323773"]tickets[/url] include a FREE compilation EP with a track from each of the artists... HANA PIRANHA Singer and violinist hailing from New Zealand play cathartic gothic-rock songs from her upcoming album Fishing With Dynamite. [url="https://www.facebook.com/cherrywhitemusic"]Cherry White[/url] The elegant sound of contemporary classic rock, steeped in a barrel of blues, with plenty of attitude. [[i]And obviously featuring Mr E Mooseblaster on bass; they totally forgot to mention that...[/i]] SUMER Music to take you out of the space you're in and transport you away entirely MISHKIN FITZGERALD Known for her role and singer and pianist in the punk-rock-orchestral band [url="https://www.facebook.com/birdeatsbaby"]Birdeatsbaby[/url], Mishkin's solo work has been described as "a mournful take on Patrick Wolf and Regina Spector via mid-period Depeche Mode". Also included will be a stall from [url="https://www.facebook.com/hippypoppinsshop"]Hippy Poppins[/url], an incredible costumer designer from London, and artwork displayed from [url="https://www.facebook.com/audreybishopart"]Audrey Bishop[/url]. We will also be showing clips from famous films and who knows what else?"
  25. EliasMooseblaster
    I'll tell you where guitarists are leaving us behind, and that's in low-wattage valve amps. I think a lot of manufacturers are cottoning on to the idea that most guitarists no longer have any use for a 100W valve head and a couple of 4x12s, and increasingly I've seen a rise in valve combos putting out 15W or less. Now I realise that a 15W bass head is not going to give you a huge amount of deep bass response, but I'm a little surprised that the smaller valve head hasn't taken off in the same way for bass amps. The Ashdown Little Bastard does surprisingly well for a 30W head (I've gigged it a few times), and I would have thought that a lot of players who like a vintage valve sound might find, say, a 50 or 60W head sufficient for small gigs. (Though I should add that I've been perfectly happy with my own 100W bass head so far!)
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