silverfoxnik

Hi Folks, Just a quick update to say the the ticket was bought by a certain @Beedster of this parish and the relevant donation was made on the Just Giving page. Thanks, as ever, for your generosity Chris! 🙏😊

Just giving this a quick BUMP before tomorrow... 👍😊

That's a very generous offer, Chris! Thanks.. 👍😊

Thanks mate! And yes, I'm OK all things considered, Tbh, I felt crap for the first 24/36 hours, but am relatively OK now. Just a tad peed off I have to miss this gig and family occasion... Hope things are going well for you now in terms of getting the Travis home environment right for your daughter and her needs.. 🙏

Cheers Clarky, At least they now don't have to have undergo that 'Uncool Dad' moment at the gig when I would have started yelling at Meshell to do a 20 minute slap bass solo! 🤣

Hi Folks, I was due to go and see the amazing Meshell Ndegeocello live at The KoKo in London's trendy Camden Town this Friday, 15th November, with my son and daughter, but I've come down with Covid, so now can't go. As gutted as I am to be missing out on seeing an amazing musician & singer/songwriter, I'm even more gutted not to be able share the experience with my kids - one of whom lives in Sweden - so these opportunities for family time don't come up too often for us.. Which led me to thinking about family, and the recent Basschat Fundraiser in aid of @AndyTravis and his family. So with that in mind, would anyone here like to buy my ticket for the gig on Friday for say, £25...? But instead of paying me, just make a donation to the Just Giving page here (link below) to help Andy and his family: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/mark-clark-3 I reaise it's very short notice between now and Friday and, Mods, I'm not sure if this kind of post is even allowed.. But I figured it be a crying shame to waste my £45+ ticket to see one of the world's most innovative bass players, whilst there's a plethora of London-based bass players - with very generous hearts - right here in this Basschat family! Right? Right.... 😁 More info here about the gig: https://koko.co.uk/events/meshell-ndegeocello And Meshell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshell_Ndegeocello And here's half a screenshot of the QR code from my e-ticket, which I will forward onto whoever is interested and able to on Friday, and who'd like to make a donation to a very worthy cause. Ticket will be 'sold' on a first come, first served basis. Thanks for reading and for being the wonderful Basschat Community/family that you are... 😊 Cheers Nik

Thanks @Tim Chapple, We're mixing another 8 songs at the moment, so hope to add those here quite soon. Cheers, Nik

Hello Basschat Friends, Decided that it's about time I shared some info on here about my originals band, Harmonic Swamp. Here's our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/harmonicswamp And here's a link to our first single release, a song called Snake Oil. We're just mixing another 8 songs, so hope to have an EP out just before Christmas, with more to follow in the new year.. Here's a clip of us playing Snake Oil live at The Hertford Corn Exchange last month: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/zrfg6q68QB2bYTMg/ Our next gig is also at The Hertford Corn Exchange on 24th October, so if you're local and you like what you've heard above, please come along and support us! https://www.cornexchangehertford.co.uk/whats-on/amplify-110924 Thanks for listening! 👍🙏😊🎶

Hello Basschat friends! I'm excited to share that my band, Harmonic Swamp is playing at the fabulous Corn Exchange - Hertford on Thursday 24th October as part of Juice BoxHerts 'Amplify' new music nights! Amplify new music nights provide a platform for artists to perform their original music and gain exposure to a wider audience. So, if you're local to Hertford and a fan of live music and artists showcasing their own material, please come along and show your support - it'd be great to see you there! We're playing with two other talented artists, The Peilroccos and Isla Brent, so it's bound to be a great night! 🎶👍😊 Doors open 8pm. TICKETS: £6 Adv / £8 Door Here are all the links you need : https://www.facebook.com/harmonicswamp FB event - https://www.facebook.com/events/1371971117472725 https://www.cornexchangehertford.co.uk/whats-on/amplify-110924 https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/isla-brent-the-peliroccos-harmonic-hertford-corn-exchange-tickets/13598454 Corn Exchange, 39 Fore Street, Hertford, SG14 1AL https://www.facebook.com/share/r/zrfg6q68QB2bYTMg/

Just received a very nice cable from John, aka @Chienmortbb who was a pleasure to deal with throughout. What's more, the cable is excellent! Thanks John and here's to the next one... 😊 Nik

You'll probably find the Ark of the Covenant in there, which was last seen at the very end of the first Raiders of the Lost Ark movie back in the early 80s! 😁

Alas, I no longer have that V4BH, Chris.. Foolishly sold in search of 'Sonic Holy Grail idea No. 947'.. Many's the time i still wish I had it though. It was as perfect a bass amp and sound as I've ever had. And I don't even have a 90s drug runners wooden crate to remember it by.. 😂

Thanks Patrick 🙏 Was great to see you and chat, and I'm so pleased you like the cabs! See you at the next one.... 😁

Just met up with @patrikmarky aka Patrick, who's kindly bought a pair of Genz cabs from me. Patrick's great to deal with, totally trustworthy and is always good to talk to about '.. all things bass'! 😁 It's our second, or even third deal now I think... And I'm still more than happy to deal with Patrick again at the drop of a hat and to recommend him highly to the whole Basschat community... Thanks Patrick, and I hope you enjoy the Cabs! 😊 Cheers Nik

Well said, Silvia! Here are a few of my photos from that day. Herbie was such a fabulous speaker - it really was an honour to have him with us that day. Apart from being very witty and charming, he was also so generous with his time... A few months afterwards, he invited me and Mrs Silverfoxnik to see him perform at The Dome in Brighton, one of his 'Herbie Flowers Jazz Breakfast'. During what was an amazing jazz show, he and the band did two stunning arrangements of David Bowie songs - 'Space Oddity' and 'Where Are We Now', which were absolutely sublime. RIP Herbie and thank you for all the amazing music.. 🙏

Sorry to hear that, Chris... Not a surprise though, sadly. The music industry has always had more than it's fair share of a-holes in it's rank. Just have a read of this book about the 90s UK music industry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Your_Friends It paints a pretty black and bleak picture of the 90s a&r scene as it was then..

The celeb/star system perpetuates all this of course, Chris... Same in most situations where there's a power dynamic at play. ☹️😬

Haven't read the whole of this thread but I can concur completely with any of the comments here about what an absolutely obnoxious, hypocritical, loathsome, shit-bag Morrisey is... Back in the early 90s, I was a rep on the Musicians Union North London Committee for a few years. And pretty much every 6-9 months, we'd get a letter from Morrisey's then bass player (Johnny Bridgewood, IIRC) saying that he'd not been paid for recording and touring work that he'd done for Morrisey. So, we'd have to chase up payment for Johnny so he could pay his rent and put food on the table for his family.. Which obviously would take months! One thing that really p*isses me off is when 'successful' musicians treat other musicians like dirt... It's bad enough that the rest of the world treats musicians like second-class citizens, without scumbags like Morrsey doing it too.. As if that wasn't enough to taint my opinion of Morrisey, in 1994, when I was on tour with a band I was in at the time, our then manager ( guy called James Todd, who'd managed Sinead O'Connor, World Party and a whole load of other artists), was taken on by Morrisey to be his manager for 6 months - I remember seeing the signed contract in James' office. On that tour, Morrsey was literally cancelling gigs a day or two before they were supposed to happen, not giving a second thought as to what that did to his fans, the musicians, venues, agents, and of course, his manager. Sadly, James died of a heart attack about 6, 7 months later (he was only 42) and in my mind, I can't help but think that managing Morrsey somehow contributed to the situation. So, just reiterate, my personal opinion is that Morrsey is an absolutely obnoxious, hypocritical, loathsome, shit-bag. Having said all that, I do think The Smiths were an important band of their era, and were very talented writers/musicians. As an aside, one of the band members of The Smyths lives round the corner from me, and you couldn't wish to meet a nicer person. Anyway, just my 2p worth...