crez5150

We get ours from Bandbanners.co.uk. The Quality of the material and print is second to none. Flame retardant and water resistant too. We go for the 3.5M x 2.5M size so we can either have it full or make it smaller for different venues. pics below -

Contact CIE Group ltd, they distribute the range.... they are in Nottingham too.

Depends on what sorta package you offer and if you have a reputation on the wedding scene..... The function band I play with are fairly well known on the wedding scene and starting price for the basic package is £1950. That's up to 6 hours entertainment including DJ. There are add ons from there. My personal band we normally charge £1500 min for weddings. There will always be other bands that will play for less money and I would not consider doing any form of function work below a grand.

If you're in the area of Romford tonight, my band Hot Sauce is at the Victoria Pub - [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1]122 Victoria Road Romford RM1 2PA[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1][/size][/font]

Timeless!

Function bands playing covers obviously..... I am 43 after all.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1350660996' post='1841990'] thats cos it aint balck and it aint graphite! [/quote] You knows it!

I'm not.... have no interest.... nothing to see as far as I'm concerned

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1350644473' post='1841615'] That is a [b]sh*t[/b] function set.... a pub band wouldn't do very well with a set like that around here [/quote] fixed

36:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmPGtojdsq0&feature=related

I'm trying to learn this (playing and singing at the same time) and it's proving very difficult.... I will crack it though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSpP7ixw5No [quote name='jude_b' timestamp='1350593012' post='1841115'] I really can't get my head around how he can play what he plays [i]and [/i]sing at the same time. [/quote]

Hi Marcus I'm with you on these... I've found them to be the perfect bass for me.... The sound is absolutely there in terms of punch, growl and clarity. Obviously if you play a lot of Slap (as I do) then they seem to come into there own. I've owned three Kingbass now and have finally settled on a Graphite 5 string artist model. It's the perfect bass as far as I can find... I had an S2 in the past also which was a superb instrument but it never really hung right around me. Prior to Status I played Warwick Thumb 5 string through neck and while this was a great bass, I found the Status blew it away in terms of clarity and tone. Also the weight factor was hugely different. For me the design of a small compact body with a headless neck works extremely well for a gigging instrument. As for the comments above regarding hot output.... well yes they do have a hotter than average output but you can adjust this on the pre-amp board quite easily yourself. Or use the Volume control on the bass Here's a piccy of mine

Not bad.... we do this in our set. One thing I did notice is that at 1:55 there's a note out there on it's own... keys I think.

My current band..... no matter what or where we play it's always a complete joy.....

I believe he's been part of her band for the last 5 years now.... The new Armatrading Album is brilliant too

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1349860478' post='1831318'] A friend of mine recently got fed up of this kind of thing and converted his studio to analogue. We recorded some b-sides for our last single there on 2" tape and had a lot more fun than recording to a computer. It demands a lot more of you than digital recording but somehow it's more relaxed having to play a full take faultlessly than it is when you're sat staring at a computer screen for most of the day watching different coloured blocks being moved exactly into time. Obviously the timing can never be 100% perfect, like you can make it on a computer, but IMO that's a lot of the reason that music sounds so sterile these days. When every single instrument is exactly on the beat it just doesn't sound human. Tape isn't perfect but unless you're way off the beat it's not noticeable. Records we fine like that for years anyway! [/quote] It doesn't have to be Sterile.... a lot of that is down to the engineer... not the technology. You can still track a recording in one take with digital technology.... it's just that people don't and in studio's time is money.

I use 1 x DB112 and 1xDB112NT with a GK MB500 head and find it more than adequate for most gigs. Unless you are going out without PA support I wouldn't want anything more

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1349728864' post='1829847'] Thanks for the info. I've decided to stay in the first position after all. Very nice bass sound you have there, Crez. [/quote] Cheers dude.... surprisingly it was a simple recording for the bass..... My Status into Ashdown Superfly with onboard compression. It was all recorded live in the studio, we just plugged into the desk and used cans.

You need a 'Naked Girls with Bass Guitars' option

[quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1349726104' post='1829764'] I guess if you are trying to copy the original one of these might be a useful tool - if only it sounded nice. Even then it just winds me up in an old git kind of illogical way I'd prefer to hear a band use their own abilities and play tunes that sound good with the lineup that they have. [/quote] Like I said earlier..... it's all in the parameter control. I really like having it in the band now although at first I was a bit sceptical. It's opened up a lot of possibilities that were not there before.... the band sounded awesome before we bought this in... we sound f***ing awesome now ;o)

Do you not have a keys player in the band? I would have thought that essential for a KB tribute act?

A lot of the tunes we play (Disco genre) are originally big production numbers with lots of backing box. The lead vox is backed up by myself and the guitarist... but then we drop in further vox to give a much bigger/thicker spread. Whats real handy is for the smaller gigs where we don't have our sound engineer on hand, we have pre-programmed eq/reverbs/delays on the main vox that can be called up as a patch.

We use the TC Voicelive Touch quite extensively in our band set up. It's the same with any effect unit... it's how you go about setting it up. You have to get to know how to use it correctly. How many people here plug into a multi effect unit then unplug ten minuets later because they don't like the sound of it..... it's all in the parameter editing. Don't over do it (as demo'd on the earlier video link) as it will sound dreadful and fake.

We do this.... though I play 5 string I play at root C on the E String (8) because I'm singing a lot of the backing vocals... works for me... here's a live version of what we do - http://www.reverbnation.com/hotsaucedisco