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[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1459004088' post='3012769'] But have any bass players of either gender shaped modern music, after Jamerson and Pastorius that is. I suppose it's natural that a bass forum would want to talk up the instrument. But while the bass's importance in jazz and rock is undisputed, is it really a shaper? [/quote]Lemmy? Motorhead would not have been the same band with a 'normal' bass player

all american aren't they? always had a soft spot for Gaye Advert

[quote name='Raymondo' timestamp='1458995916' post='3012677'] Our singer has a great voice but she will not interact with the audience. [/quote]it is possible to learn this, I do open mics as well as play in a band and I've learnt a lot from our singer in regards to interacting with the audience, and as someone else said earlier you can have scripted lines that work well, as long as it doesn't sound like you're reading from a script, take him or her along to see a band with a good frontperson, it can be learnt, confidence is a key ingredient

the best frontmen need to be narcissists, like it or not they are the focal point for the band, it's their job to interact with the crowd as well as sing, other wise you may as well listen to a CD

I had an MB 4210 for a few years, good combo, never let me down the only reason I changed was because of the weight, but tbh I've since discovered if you you don't mind anything that heavy get a Trace Elliot combo

[quote name='ians' timestamp='1458907787' post='3012025'] Blimey! Im a Stones fan,OK..my comment was based on a positive affectionate observation....you guys need to lighten up big time OK! [/quote]not wishing to get into an argument here but I think you need to lighten up, my original post was not aimed at you but to a lot of comments that criticise the Stones for not calling it a day

[quote name='4stringslow' timestamp='1458905628' post='3011994'] People always take the piss out of our institutions. Actually, the Stones often take the piss out of themselves - well not Mick so much, now he's joined the establishment with his knighthood. [/quote]yeah Keef doesn't seem to take himself too seriously an admirable quality I always think

It seems very fashionable to take the piss out of the Stones, but I hope I'm still gigging at their age

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1458897806' post='3011885'] Great, though a budget would be great still. A function band would normally go out with a few thousand ponds worth of kit but a pub band a few hundreds worth so there is quite a range. The biggest decision is whether the sound the audience hears will be from the back line or from the PA. Most pub bands and a few smaller function bands will opt for the former. This leaves just vocals and any acoustic instruments going through the PA with Drums acoustically and bass/guitars through their own stacks. A few bands will put a little bit of kick drum through the PA as well. This is really simple and cheaper (good sound isn't cheap)and can be set up and run without a sound engineer. The other classic set up is with everything going through the PA. This lets you reduce the sound levels on stage with all sorts of advantages but you'll need a bigger PA as effectively it will have to give all the sound output of bass and guitars as well as what it is already doing. Then the on stage monitors will need to be much better as this is most of what you will hear when you are playing. Getting the mix becomes complex enough that a sound engineer becomes part of the equation if you want to exploit your new system fully. That's when you go for a digital mixer. Smallish implies you will go for something without bass bins? That means probably keeping bass and drums out of the PA where possible. The simplest system would be to have active speakers and active monitors, with a passive deck, that means a mains lead to each speaker and monitor. If you genuinely want to reduce mains leads then an active desk with passive speakers will reduce the mains leads by two. Using passives and amps will increase the spaghetti but that will all be concentrated in one corner. One trick is to use the same speakers for mains as for monitors. A couple of 12" mains and a couple of the same speakers for monitors means in an emergency you can swap speakers around and use a monitor as an emergency PA without any loss of the audience's experience. You could even carry a single spare which would act as either monitor or main. A couple of RCF's or K12's etc will handle most PA requirements and make great monitors, but at a price. You are going to need at least 16 channels for mixing but make sure those are mic channels. Stereo channels aren't always useful unless you run a separate drum mixer. I use a Yamaha mixer but Mackie, Soundcraft, Allen and Heath all make good kit. I'd probably look at digital mixers now though, but you'll need some technical expertise to get the most out of them. [/quote]very sensible advice there I'd say

I've got a zoom B1on, only about £40, you can spend hours messing about with it, finished up just using 3 settings, all variations on the overdrive setting with EQ, slight overdrive most of the time, a Stranglers setting, bit more overdrive, and a Motorhead setting, a lot of overdrive lol, but it really does practically everything, but in the end I finished up deciding bass players don't really need a load of effects. I play in a punk covers band btw

My band use a yamaha EMX 512C with 2 wharfdale 15" titans and 2 unbranded foldback monitors, vocals (3 mics), bass drum and guitar through it, easy to set up does the job

I'm not familiar with this software, but assuming you can't increase the volume on your final mixdown, compression and limiting could be the answer

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1458682628' post='3009885'] I'm always happy on stage. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/5454_119420366233_706761233_2464116_2394269_n.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote]shades that's the answer[attachment=215303:running horse.jpg]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1458682833' post='3009889'] If you time your auctions carefully you shouldn't have to pay any listing fees. I've been selling stuff on eBay for about 10 years now, And I don't think I've ever had to pay a penny in listing fees, as there are always list for free offers. [/quote]it's not listing fees, nobody pays them these days, but you do pay a selling fee which is payable when you except an offer

thing I don't understand is the last 2 times it's been listed it says 'best offer excepted' so why is it being re listed and has he paid ebay's selling fee? or has he excepted a shill bid of say 1p? if so what's the point?

[quote name='Bassman65' timestamp='1458661849' post='3009581'] Hi, It's only common sense to communicate with each other regularly, I hold the main diary and have the whole year's gigs on computer which I email to the band and if anyone books a holiday or weekend away they ring me and I take those dates out of the diary and re-email to all so we all know what the other is doing, [/quote]yeah but any system relies on band members keeping it up to date, it just seems beyond some people

there's a similar thread going on about unreliable people in regards to looking for a new band, I can't stand unreliable people (unfortunately like bad time keepers they'll never change) it's just plain bad manners to keep letting people down so I know your pain

no I don't do playlists either, just got my mp3 player on shuttle, it's got about 5000 tracks on it, quite like not knowing what's coming next

very very very annoying, we have a google calender that all the band can access, works most of the time, our singer insists on a normal diary as well so he cocks up occasionally but he does most of the bookings, so he has to sort out his own mistakes, all I can say is guitarists are the easiest members to replace, and no, he has no right to object if you made it clear that band calenders need to be up to date as you're booking gigs,

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1458655316' post='3009461'] ...or you're Seasick Steve. [/quote]yep, he's the exception that proves the rule (never really understood that saying) that's why I put 'probably'

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1458648676' post='3009366'] Ageism is still very real in music, [/quote]Certainly is, if you haven't made by 30 you probably never will, unless you're in a band where everybody else is considerable younger then you, (then you may well get the boot at the first whiff of a record deal, does the ex Jake Bugg bass player still come on here?)and lets be honest after that age you've probably got past the stage of travelling hundreds of miles to play a 30 minute set to 10 people (the other band members on the same 4 band bill) for no money then sleeping on the floor of a transit, not many under 30's can keep that up for long either

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1458645339' post='3009301'] Actually anyone still sporting a beard is already painfully out of date. [/quote]oh! I've got a sort of beard, grew it in a pitiful attempt to hide some of my wrinkles, does help with the scrawny neck though

have you tried advertising yourself?, give your age and what you're looking for, nothing to lose have you? I got back on the horse at 53 that was 10 years ago and this will be our busiest year for gigs, you might have to settle for a covers band though

something funny going on, says they've only sold 1 and now they've been withdrawn

making an effort to dress up a bit helps IMO, nothing worse than seeing a band looking like they've just walked off a building site (and the regulation black T shirt with some bands name on, scruffy ill fitting denim jeans and dirty trainers isn't much better) makes it look like you really can't be bothered