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Everything posted by markbunney
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Are there any other local jam nights that you can try instead?? Maybe a different group of musicians would give you a different experience? I worked in Coalville for years, you've got Loughborough & Leicester within easy reach. Don't let a bad experience knock your confidence 👍
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Ever thought you've nailed a bass line but actually havent?
markbunney replied to KingPrawn's topic in General Discussion
I find this all time, especially for songs I learnt when I first started playing, and learnt from cassettes through rubbish stereos. Now I have a pair of decent headphones and digital music etc, things are always jumping out at me that I never knew where there -
I need one of these t shirts, that’s hilarious!
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What helped my confidence at the local jam night was to learn a couple of the songs that the house band played the week before, and then played those whilst the house bass player took a break the next week. Then we’d did a couple that I knew, and the house band also knew the thought of jamming on stuff I have never heard, or following charts etc fills me with dred!
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I wonder how many times he has used the "do you mind if I hold my weiner on my lap" line!
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Nevermind, at least you got to learn some new songs and play with some different people, which is never a bad thing. Good luck finding something else. I’ve put (another!) ad on join my band, and will try and get to one of the local jam nights next week in a bid to find something
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Apple Music for me, and has been for years. I started using it when I got my fist iPod and have stuck with it ever since through iPhones & Mac etc. I like being able access my playlists on my work Mac, as well as on my iPhone when out and about and in the car etc. The rest of the band use Spotify, which is a pain for me as I don't really like it, and have to replicate all the proposed new song lists, setlist etc on Apple Music
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I had it in my basket ready to order (as Andertons were offering free next day delivery on this when you normally have to spend £149) but have left it for now. I am trying to convince myself to not rush into it, even though I really want it
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Good luck, and great thread idea 🤞
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I just got an email from PMT about this as well, it looks great! I was on the verge of ordering a POD express for home practice, but this looks even better, esp with the bluetooth streaming, and I can use it on my guitar as well
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Yes it did, they had gigs lined up and a reasonable bunch of songs. I didn’t like the whole setlist, but then I have never played in a band where I liked everything on the list - the majority was good though. If nothing else, I am finding doing things like this is increasing my confidence with playing with new people, and learning different songs
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They didn’t really say why, just that they had gone with someone else. They said the singer had voted for me, but the guitarist and drummer had voted for someone else 😂
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I can’t make my mind up on this. it’s just what I was looking for - a simple, portable unit with aux & headphones that I could possibly use at a gig, but then I keep thinking that if I spent more money I could get a Stomp that I could use with my guitar as well, and I could definitely gig with it
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I got the “thanks, but no thanks” text this afternoon which is a bummer Nevermind, I enjoyed the audition and playing some songs that I wouldn’t normally play
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Back home from audition. It went as well as could be expected and they seemed a nice bunch etc….. Ended up only playing 2 of the audition songs as they were sick of playing Go Your Own Way that night 😬 Instead we played 2 other songs off the setlist that I had learned, so I was glad I had made the effort to learn them. hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon, one way or the other
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Thanks for all the good wishes, I shall report back afterwards. Re: learning 17 extra songs, some I had already played before, some were quite straight forward and some I just fancied having a go at so it’s not been too bad. I’ve had auditions before that have not gone well before because I didn’t know anything past the handful of songs I’d been asked to learn. I’m taking inspiration from Jason Newstead learning all of Metallicas back catalogue before his audition! 🤘
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I have an audition tonight. They sent me the setlist, and said to learn three specific ones off it for the audition. I have learnt those, and am pretty comfortable with them, but Ive had a good go at learning another 17 of them just in case!
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Awesome looking board! can I ask why you have 2 Boss sy 200s?
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Lol I sent him the same picture and it wasnt very well received!
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You might be right with that. I saw a retailer this morning had the HX One on sale, and it’s only been out for a short while
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Our gig was cancelled tonight as our singer/guitarist broke his ankle on Monday! we have nothing booked now until the end of June, which is very depressing!
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There are a few reviews/videos starting to appear for the guitar version, hopefully some more bass ones will start to appear soon. I am v interested in getting one of these
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Thats lovely - am very jealous! Have seen a few posts today on social media of people receiving these
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I sold a bass to Frankie Poullain from The Darkness. I had listed it for sale on Gumtree, and I met him outside my old office in Canary Wharf to hand it over. It was an Epiphone Thunderbird, and he said that he wanted a cheaper one to play at home, as he was worried about leaving his expensive Gibson ones lying around with young kids in the house!
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Looking for good apps for organising band practice?
markbunney replied to Yan_Huriey's topic in General Discussion
Teamup works pretty well as long as people fill in when they are off