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I love this stuff. Joe graduated from Montclair HS in 1965. I graduated in 71. Blue

I'm horrible at booking. I booked a gig for the band once. It was a disaster. We were lucky we got paid. Blue

It's really hard building up relationships that will generate consistent business. We've been at it for 15 years and it's still a battle. Most of our gigs come from "call ins". Our relationship with The BlondiePop came from our BL hosting open mics there. Blue Maple Road Come out and see us. January 18th Saturday Night @ The BLONDIEPOP 225 S 5th Ave West Bend WI 8:00-12:00

I'd be on board with all that. To be honest, besides me, I'm not sure anyone in the band knows specifically what a producer does. Blue

They're on tour with Michael. Blue

In the States you can fill out festival applications until your blue in the face. If you don't know anyone you'll never get a slot. Not even a 10:30 AM slot. Blue

Depends on where your located. In my neck of the woods open jams are vehicles for guitarist, blues harp guys , singers to network and play but not bass players. Blue

Clockwork Orange was one of my favorite movies as a teen. I find it hard to watch as an adult. Too violent Blue

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As long as were gigging regularly and the songs are called my memory for songs is great If your going to call a song we haven't played in 2 years, that's a different story. Blue

"Clockwork Orange", hope everyone gets the reference. That movie must be 50 years old at least. Blue

I'm keeping my fingers crossed you find the right band for you. Blue

We were established players with great material. However, they spent too much time on photos, videos and merchandise and nothing on gigs The BL was happy playing basement Rock Star. I'm sure I'm not the only with this type of experience. Thank God my band of the past 8 years is run by a husband and wife team, real " go getters".When it comes to bookings and business they're "tops". Blue

I get it, however, if someone's main interest is gigging your chances are a lot better joining an established band with gigs on the books than joining a "start up". Now finding that established band and winning an audition is another discussion. None of the start ups I joined ever gigged. Blue

Great advice! Blue

I wouldn't give up on bands, however I tell anyone who's looking to gig to stay away from start ups. Most "start ups" never see their first gig. As far as motivation goes pick out songs you like but find the bass parts challenging and learn them. Keep practising so when the right gigging band comes along your ready. Blue

I've seen Pail recently. At that level and with as much technology as that band uses it's would be hard to tell what Paul is actually using. Now if we're talking 1965 Shea Stadium my money says Paul was straight Bass to Amp , no effects no compression. Blue

For some skype might be great. We all learn differently. I have learned a lot from YouTube bass guitar tutorials and some folks find no value in YouTube's offerings. Blue

I'm still listening to a lot of The Alice Cooper Band. Not sure why. I do like watching Nita Strauss. Blue https://youtu.be/R645uRbPl-A

I'm doing 65 gigs, however I'm retired or what I think you guys call a pensioner.. I actually would like to do more health permitting. Unfortunately all other band members have full time jobs. Blue

Supporting national and international acts is not as big of a deal for me as it used to be. We've supported Peter Frampton and Lover Boy recently and It didn't do much for me. I prefer to play a club where a hundred people show up to see you specifically than to 2,000 people waiting to see Frampton. Blue

Hi Roger, You need a break in the right direction. It's so hard to find a good band with good people when we're limited to non professional opportunities, meaning people that don't play for a living. Life circumstances like family, friends and full time jobs come before playing. Don't give up. If there's any local gigging bands you like go to their gigs. Introduce yourself and see if anything is happening. You never know, they might be looking for a bass player. Blue

Nothing really strange. However we had one of those outside gigs " Wine On The Bridge" where the organizers knew nothing about band accomodations. I swear, they didn't even know we need electrical power. They provided a square piece of plywood so we didn't have to play on the grass. Blue

We don't communicate with each other much. The only messages we get are to confirm gig availability. And we only see each other at gigs. Blue

I wish we could go IEMs, however I think the investment would be to expensive for us. Blue