Happy Jack

Link?

I've been trying to avoid it, just for simplicity, but my drummer is now routinely wanting to mic up his kick drum (not loads of it in the PA, but enough to make a difference) and I've noticed that changes the balance between drum and bass more than I'd expected. On the subject of overloading the PA, we have no bass bins and we use a pair of 1x12 McGregor tops. At our last gig we used the electric drumkit and ended up putting that roughly 50/50 each through the PA and through the powered 1x12 wedge monitor that sits next to the kit. No speakers were destroyed as a result.

No brainer Nik - you organised it, you choose! But thanks for asking ...

"Must be committed" - there is more than one way to interpret that. "Label interest" - well we've all been reduced to reading the label at some point "Me and the singer write all the songs, but you'll be expected to make a creative contribution" "We all think we can really make this thing happen".

Bwahahahaha!!! Rio Ferdinand? ZING!!!

That's not a bass ... it's a kinetic sculpture!

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1409306337' post='2538467'] I was once in a band where we all played sunday football together, our drummer was the keeper, I played as either centre half or defensive midfielder, lead guitarist was our playmaker/attacking midfielder and singer was our main striker. Make of that what you will. [/quote] When playing football I was always a defender because, even though I wasn't very good at playing, I was capable of stopping the more gifted and talented opponents from playing well. Make of THAT what you will.

Bass? I was in love with you, baby, before I learned to call your name.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1409224018' post='2537647'] ... we didn't want to be there and they didn't want to watch us. [/quote] A match made in Hell.

[i]Fanbois [/i]to the left of me, [i]fanbois [/i]to the right of me ...

Surely it all depends on what you're in it for? I'm closer to 60 than 50, I have a career (most of which is now behind me), and absolutely no wish to start a new career as a struggling, under-appreciated musician! For me, music is about fun. I play in as many bands as I can handle - all in my spare time, of course - and in as many ways as possible. And it's fun. In the (astonishing) amount of time I've spent on Basschat, I've come to realise what a broad spectrum is out there, and how many people are unhappy with where they sit on that spectrum. I'm just delighted to be where I am ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Squire-Strat-By-Fender-Affinity-/151392266881?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item233faeaa81

Have you tried the Orange Terror Bass?

What is this thing called, love?

This thread means nothing without extensive coverage taken using a mobile phone held at a silly angle for 45 minutes.

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[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1409067811' post='2535980'] It's not at all clear to me what the word 'rock' means in the context of this thread. Stuff I like is referenced alongside stuff I have no interest in whatsoever. [/quote] When I read threads like this then, rightly or wrongly, I find myself thinking foot-on-the-monitor bands (often with big hair) driven by the ego of the frontman. I've paid good money to see everyone from The Who and the Stones through to Foo Fighters and Kaiser Chiefs (oh alright, scratch that last one) so I'm not saying that foot-on-the-monitor is automatically a bad thing. At the Hammersmith Odeon or the O2 or Knebworth. I just don't think it works at the Dog & Duck.

The Junkyard Dogs runs a [i]repertoire [/i]of about 60 songs, by which I mean songs that we could drop into a set at any time without needing to rehearse them especially. Our three longest suits are the Stones, Status Quo and Dr. Feelgood with half a dozen songs by each, and it sometimes feels to us that we are a bit too laden with songs by those three bands. My point is that we therefore play over 40 songs which, in most cases, are the only song we play by that band. I always get very puzzled when people talk about too much of this or too much of that ... I mean, just how varied do you want it? ++++++++++++++++++ On the age thing, Blue, in another band I play with we were auditioning for another guitarist last week. In walks a 23-year-old Portuguese guy, been in London for three weeks. He's absolutely over the moon at the prospect of playing stuff by Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore, early Free and Hendrix. And BY GOD! can he play that stuff.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1409057046' post='2535846'] This may help..? ( ... or not..!) [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ched"]'Ched' definition...[/url] [/quote] I looked at "words related to CHED" and thought, are you sure, I mean absolutely sure, about that?

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1409050292' post='2535742'] I would also like to point out that I've had zero success recording loud stuff on any Android phone I've owned to date (HTC Hero, HTC Desire S, Motorola RAZR i) - clips all to hell and back again, no manual mic gain override, just bloody useless. iPhones seem to do pretty good though. Your phone might be different, but that's my experience. [/quote] I looked into this when messing around with SPL monitoring apps. Turns out that HTC and Samsung phones have an in-built limiter which cuts in surprisingly early - can't remember the dB level but I remember immediately abandoning any idea of downloading the apps!

"Expected to ..." = Of course not. "Paid to ..." = Well why not?

Promoters understand cold, hard cash. Offer him the use of your bass amp for the entire gig for an entirely nominal fee of, say, £100. End of.