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Welcome Steele also.

Welcome Mattz.

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Welcome Matty.

Welcome Phil.

Welcome TJ.

Sky Arts (Freesat 143) 21:20 22-2-25. The Moody Blues Live at the Isle of White (1970). I've meant to dig into their back catalogue for so long but I only listened to one or two albums so far. On the basis of those, I am looking forward to this program.

That is close enough for me to consider. I don't have that sort of money right now and I'm not gigging. Apart from that... I hope the seller gets a fair price. It looks well looked after.

Welcome IM.

Welcome Scoot.

Nice! I bet it'll look even better under stage lighting.

Does anyone else do this in Texas? I can't see any audience enjoying a fake performance. Texans though, aren't they all carrying sidearms? I'd walk.

Didn't BBC's Top of the Pops upset quite a lot of excellent musicians by making them mime to their own recordings? I'd ask your band to look up pre-live performance YT footage of the show and compare it to when the show finally managed to broadcast live takes. Then ask them which excites them more... The BBC had one of the best sound departments in the form of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. I have never heard why they couldn't produce with live performers when others in Europe could and did just that. The BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test redressed the balance somewhat but it got tucked away behind the 9pm watershed on what was seen then to be a cult channel (BBC2). Has history taught us nothing?

Welcome Mr McCreepers.

Welcome Mango.

A thin but stiff strip of mild steel or aluminium from the centre of one side to the centre of the back would stiffen the back quite well. One from each side panel would be even better. Alternatively, brace from the top and bottom. Heck you could even brace from all adjacent panels but it would be overkill. PS: Looks like you got there by yourself. Looks good. Well worked out.

Nickel is less prone to flaking too.

Maybe I'm going senile but I am quite sure that I asked the question of someone else. Thank you for the photo however. Good luck

May I ask; What is your interest in this forum? I'd love to see your bass and rig.

Really? I find that interesting. I'm not buying into it though. I hope this does not continue beyond this thread. Best of luck with your bass though.

Welcome Chaz.

For three little words that opens a family sized can of worms. Is a band really an act? Not for me it isn't. I'd call it a group if you are focussed on commercial success. How's that for splitting hairs? An act suggests a lot of scripting and choreography to make a musical show and go touring. At this point you are merely part of a production company that exists purely to make that show profitable. I have never aspired to becoming a musical Thespian, sorry. Join your local AmDram society if that's your thing. You will get better experience from it for what you are intending.

Very well put. Thank you. Whatever happened to bands though? My own feeling is that they exist largely as a cult thing. This is nothing new. It's just that the Internet channels folk by preference in all things including music. You aren't exposed to proper bands so much this way. Bands survive by word of mouth and by reputation for consistency. They also get more involved with their audience while performing. Social MeMeMedia only goes so far.

Hmm. I will allow you that if only to keep the thread on track. This boyband phenomenon, as you put it - Have you taken a moment to consider the Monkees? They are an example of manufactured band of capable musicians who had to fight to become a proper band with their own material. The Americans of the time couldn't get enough of the Beatles, you see. Let's move on.

Of course they did. The term I'd use is "grooming". I do not use this in an attempt to make it sound sinister however. So, if that's your assertion you should have aimed your sights squarely at George Martin.