Nicko

Kaiser Chefs

Nine Inch Ails

Ill Young Dirty Petty Things Errorvision Noel Gallaghers High Lying Birds Jesus and Mary Chin Pink Loyd Barclay Jams Harvest

I have a collection of Total Guitar magazines from 1994 onwards - its not a full set and there are maybe 40 issues in total. Most are earlier issues and have the CD which came with it. Free to a good home, otherwise they'll end up in the bin. If you want individual issues I can check to see what I have, or you can have the whole lot.

I agree with @Dad3353, Sounds pretty professional to me.

I've had this too.but IMHO a headline band is there to satisfy a fan base - they should be whipping up the mosh pit and creating an unforgettable atmosphere. I've been fortunate to be at some gigs where the headliners have managed that. some where they haven't and just a few where the audience does the job for them. A covers band at a festival or in a pub is a bit different as there's no expectation of the songs that are likely to be played or the personalities on stage.

I imagine the lady in the picture is experiencing the same fear which our new PM will experience as she tries to solve the countries problems. With the current economic situation in the country reminding me of the late 70s and early 80s I though I'd do some English Ska. Tech stuff - as usual, Cubase with guitars and bass through Amplitube. I wanted a big boomy bass so selected the biggest baddest bass speaker available, but the biggest I could find was an 8 x 10. Drums are Mt Powerdrums with a bit of reverb added. Percussion and horns are Xpand Air2. EDIT: I've done a remix/remaster on this - I heard it on speakers and it sounded a bit lifeless. I think this is much better.

It does. When the band split he formed a new one and after a few years of steady gigging he's finally got there.

That's all that matters really. I played in one band where the singer was good, but really didn't know how to interact with an audience, unless he was singing. When he tried it was a bit cringey - and we were better just rattling through with a minimum of time between songs.

Lovecats - The Cure Hysteria - Muse Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

First Impressions of Earth by the Strokes has a better selection of songs than Is this It. I'll happily listen to both albums end to end but overall I think FIOE is just about edges it.

Is This It by the Strokes American Idiot by Green Day What did you expect by the Vaccines Bring it On by Gomez Blizzard of Ozz by Ozzy (Yes I even like Dee) Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

I do this every month and still realise some of the the others are much better😀

I agree with @NickD Deservedly won at a canter, and if I was worried about winning I wouldn't have bothered submitting an entry after hearing it.

No, but the one labelled a 3rd is actually pointing to a flat 7th. In slightly less than 50 years I've learnt to draw straight lines and put my fingers behind the fret though.

Me too. My reading was so bad I had to memorise the piece. If I got lost I sometimes used to just pretend to play. The beauty of being 3rd cornet is that no one noticed. I've tried to improve my reading - or more importantly my writing recently to help with programming via the piano roll but still struggle with more complex rhythms and I'm not sure I'll ever get to the point where I can write out something that I have in my head.

Having heard that I'm wishing I'd actually based my lyrics on a station announcement - in particular the reported utterrings of Jah Wobble "I used to be somebody. Repeat. I used to be somebody"

TNT a band name inspired by our collective love of all things AC/DC formed by a bunch of school friends of whom only the drummer had any idea what they were doing (he eventually went on to a successful session career and now owns a drum emporium). Thankfully we never progressed past playing in the drummers bedroom. Pearl Necklace A covers band formed by a bunch of construction workers on a massive petrochemical refinery project in Qatar named the Pearl GTL project. The name lasted, even though the entertainment team (unofficially the ministry of fun) found out what a pearl necklace was. Played an eclectic mixture of southern rock, indie pop and classic rock. The only time I've heard a set contain stuff by CCR and Colbie Caillat. The band split when I decided to come back to the UK, although more because the gigs were bad for the leaders alcohol problem than me being irreplaceable. Nearly Dead A bunch of ageing friends who'd been together for years mainly playing dad rock. I joined then when their bass player left and we met about once a month for a year or so. They talked of gigs but nothing ever happened. Albion Named due to the guitarists obsession with all things Libertines - fell apart before gigging due to musical differences - that is other members suggesting songs that weren't written by Doherty or Barat, and partly because the guitarist was ex RAF and couldn't get on with the singer who was still an NCO in the RAF. Rock Lizards Guitarist was a believer in the conspiracy that our leaders were Lizards in disguise - a spin off from the previous band Ruled by Lizards. It's no surprise this didn't last long. Mainly post punk with a bit of punk thrown in. Firefly. Chosen by committee as the least offensive of the options. Mainly 90s pub covers. Lasted until the drummer and guitarist couldn't be in the same room without a fight. Blacklight a random suggestion while sat at a pub in Chertsey after practice one night. Our art teacher drummer liked the juxtapsition of light and dark - I liked the fact it's what the police use to look for bodily fluids. Came up with quite a good logo and played a few gigs before Covid killed it off - playing pretty a fairly similar set to the remnants of Firefly. Doing this has suggested that there's considerably more to band names than meets the eye and the worse the reason for the band name the more pain the band will bring.

I'm guessing if I were to use a mic'd cabinet my lack of understanding of placement would have a more significant impact on the result than selecting a different model of mic. I can see the benefit of such tech in the hands of someone that really knows what they are doing.

Here it is guys. When I saw the image I initially thought it was Baker Street - a station i used for my daily commute for a few years - but it's obviously late at night and I don't work late so the only reason I ever saw it like that was when I'd been for after work drinks. Tech stuff - as usual. A Fender tele was used for both guitar parts - lead using a Mesa Triple Rectifier and rhythm using a Marshall both simulated in Amplitube The lead guitar has a tough of delay added which is synced to the BPM and seemed to tighten it up a bit (yes I know it's still a bit loose). I've not used this idea before but it seems to work). Squier CV Precision again using Ampeg SVT simulations in Amplitube. MT Power Drums, keys from Xpand II and some dodgy vocals by yours truly. BVs are panned hard left and right on separate channels with different eq but are just copies. I had a bit of trouble with tuning - I think because the temperature has been up and down like a whore's drawers the last few days but hopefully sorted in the final mix.

See my recent thread on your recording method. I get this every month. This month is nearly done - and it's a cracker.

I'm about the opposite. I tolerate playing gigs as a necessary evil of being in a band that doesn't simply drift along.

If it's plugged in it really should be played standing up and loud enough to hear through the soles of your feet.

I've always hated the way that the jack socket on a Fender Precision is on the front. I tolerate a straight jack into it because all my other kit has a jack in the correct location, on the side of the lower bout.

This may be a bit heretical but I never really enjoyed David Bowie's stuff that much - perhaps it was the theatre of it all that put me off. I'm now appreciating some of the nuance a bit more and appreciating how brilliantly written (at least some) of his songs were.