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But certainly up here, parties and particularly weddings are very hard nights. We have to start earlier and play longer. We are also expected to provide entertainment during the buffet. Also we are expected to play music that fills the floor all night, play requests on demand, smoochy numbers when everyone is pissed etc. It can be a hell of a lot harder than your average pub gig !

Trouble is, he is also my longest serving mate. Not really on the cards to chuck him out

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1455816387' post='2982716'] Maybe it's different In England. Blue [/quote] Ahem...... It's Britain !

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1455706574' post='2981591'] Yes. Far too many bands think the secret to keeping a crowd going is by bombarding their audience with fast and loud music. Light and shade. Tension and release. That's what music is all about. [/quote] Try telling this to Adele would you?

Going to see Toseland supported by the excellent Colour of Noise. What I'm really chuffed about is the fact it's in a small venue. The Stereo Cafe in Glasgow. Not till 25th of March right enough!

There's only one beast worse than this character and that's the one who takes on your suggestions, agrees to do it different, then carries on and plays the same way he did before you piped up. It's infuri, infyoo....bloody annoying!

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1455716986' post='2981755'] Fired [/quote] I concur !

We usually gauge the audience on whether to do slow songs. Sometimes folk will dance to slow numbers. Some other times we have thought, right don't slow it down and then someone comes and asks for a particular slow one. You just never know what kind of mood an audience is in. If it's a function, slow songs are a must in my humble opinion. Drunk people get very lovey dovey!

[quote name='mr zed' timestamp='1454848087' post='2973451'] Went to see them last night in Manchester. Halestorm were good - didn't know any of their material but enjoyed what they played and the sound was great. Next up Shinedown who we were there to see. Didn't disappoint. Again, the sound was top notch. Only issue was they were not on for anywhere near long enough. Very professional and got the whole crowd up. Last, BSC. Pretty mediocre I thought. Volume went up slightly and quality reduced especially the vocals. Having said that, Lizzie Hale joined them for one song and her vocals sounded crisp and clear. Overall thoughts of the night - the wrong band were headlining. [/quote] I suppose if you went to see Shinedown, that would be your point of view. We love BSC, but I have to agree, Shinedown were brilliant and had a great sound. I love BSC, but that's a few times I've seen them and the sound has been average. I'd like to see them in a smaller venue. I never realised Shinedowns singer was such a wee man. He came out and passed me with a security bloke. I'm 5'9" and I was towering over him! What a voice though!

The boy was talking about downsizing. What's wrong with a suggestion from someone that's done it successfully?

I feel for you, but think maybe it's wrong to boycott the shop just because one disinterested guy didn't help you. Maybe it was his last day on the job, maybe he has gone now. You did say that the guy on the phone was helpful, so perhaps you shouldn't be too hasty. I would normally say, right, that's it, not coming back here, after at least two snubbings!

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1454933285' post='2974254'] [/quote] Explain please

I used to play with an Ampeg 4x10 , but changed to a Barefaced 2x12 Never looked back. So light with an awesome sound!

There's a website called Songster, which is quite good, although they want a subscription for the use of the full website. The basic free version is good enough. It's like tab, but the song plays and you hear the part as well as see it. If not, then I agree, break the song into parts, then join them

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1454675516' post='2971916'] Don't call me Shirley! [/quote] Roger

You told it as it happened Stance!

[quote name='mazdah' timestamp='1453635496' post='2961186'] 99% have them. My Us Vintage P has a dead spot, my Squier VM jazz has one, my two Mexican standard Jazz Basses had them too. [/quote] How do you qualify this? I've got a trio of P's and a trio of J's, none of which have dead spots

Blackstone cherry, shinedown and hale storm last night at the Hydro in Glasgow. Good night but BSC could have had a better sound. I do prefer smaller intimate venues. We went for the upgrade where for 25 quid, you get a two course meal and a table that is "yours for the night" it was advertised as, you can look out over the concert area. There were closed curtains. We asked about this and were told they are closed when the acts are on, so basically you can look at a crowd of people but not the bands. When we returned during the interval, our coats had been dumped through the back, so our table was not really ours for the night. The meal was nice but considering the hotel we stayed in offered a two course meal for 12 quid, we won't be doing this again!

We all have set lists, but he can't read his and won't wear his glasses on stage, so asks all night what's next, once he is told he changes on to whatever sound he needs, then plays a few bars of the song to check he remembers it, thus giving away what's coming next. He is actually a very good player, it's this ocd that winds me up!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1453847475' post='2963494'] I was only thinking 10-15 seconds max. [/quote] Yeah, that's an acceptable time, but when you are dabbling into the one minute or even possibly longer, it starts to get ridiculous

I have 14 basses, so you can guess what my answer is

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1453589697' post='2960930'] IF there's a decent monitor available that's occasionally true but it's also dependent on the engineer knowing how to or caring enough to get you a sound that works on stage. Very few bass players can guarantee what monitor will be at the next gig. I'd rather own a decent amp so I know there will always be decent bass that drummer and I can both hear and it be overkill than not owning a decent amp and struggling when the monitors or engineer aren't up to par. In ears are all well and good if the whole band subscribes but I do heaps of depping and sometimes it's in ear but more often than not it's a mix of backline and wedges. [/quote] I concur . Most venues I've played with PA supplied have had sh*t monitors for bass or just didn't put bass through, so my back line had to be loud enough to cut through

I've just clicked on this and have no clue.

[quote name='colgraff' timestamp='1453828278' post='2963208'] Whereas, if I was leaving a Philip Glass concert, I would be saying “Thank God that's over.” [/quote] Our guitard has obsessive compulsive whatsitsname, there's no way he is out of tune in one song and even if he was, it would be so slight that it would be unnoticeable. No, he just has these routines he has to complete or the world will blow up or something. It's infuriating. One small grace is the smoking ban. He used to have a draw on a fag after tuning, recheck tuning, have a drink out his pint, have a draw on the fag, play the first few bars of the next song, have a draw on his fag then turn to me and say, right, what are we doing next? Aaaaargh!!!!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1453653704' post='2961426'] Something to learn from this. You don't need to rush into the next song to keep people up and dancing. If they're in the mood to dance. If they've had enough; they'll sit down. It gives the band and the dancers a slight break. Slight being the operative word Just because the floor clears once doesn't mean you should drop a song from your set. [/quote] This is one of my pet hates when we play, especially at a function. I want to get right into the next number quickly , as audiences want to keep dancing and don't like to be left standing for too long. Our guitarist takes bloody ages with his obsessive tuning or changing of settings. He tells me to give some patter to them, as I'm also the singist, but A, I am not particularly good at rock star crowd pleasing or jokes, and secondly find that when you have vocal effects set for singing, you generally can't make out what people are saying anyway! The drummer and myself are left cheesed off as people start going back to their seats. We did I gig a while back and we heard people were saying" they were good but took too long between songs"