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about the only time I throw my toys out of the pram was when we were playing an 'away gig' and we agreed to have a tenner each (out of band funds) towards the petrol, then the drummer and guitarist shared a car (without telling me or the singer) and still wanted their tenner each for petrol, and couldn't see why I was pissed off

good singers and front person's are rare beasts, if she's good enough be very careful, sometimes you just have to put up with it if the gigs are good enough, our singer leaves all the packing away to the rest of us, we prefer getting home after a gig he wants to stand at the bar chatting to everybody, it's what he does well TBH, we put up with it, oh, and he gets most of the gigs

he also says Bill Wyman's the best bass player he's ever worked with, not sure I agree with that. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3186264/Keith-Richards-slams-Beatles-Sgt-Pepper-s-album.html

I would have to agree with him, my least favourite Beatles album

[quote name='MarkW' timestamp='1438727725' post='2836811'] I must admit I have never been able to stand Cilla Black's voice, and have often used the fact that my father-in-law thinks she's fantastic as the absolute benchmark of his abject lack of musicality. Seriously, I've heard more melodious noises when I've trodden on the cat. [/quote]While it is true she'd never have won X Factor, just like Paul Weller, Mark Knoffler etc, her voice had character, which is far more important, you always knew it was Cilla, I couldn't stand her TV shows either

big Beatles fan, just the right age (old) they were special, progressed from being a boy band, because unlike most of the others they wrote their own material, then continued influencing others for nearly 10 years. Having said that they did have the piece of luck that all artists need if they're going to 'make it', they were in the right place at the right time.

here's a recent thread that might help you out http://basschat.co.uk/topic/248509-beginners-guide-to-home-recording/page__fromsearch__1 personally I'm perfectly happy using audacity for knocking up demos, combined with the Hydrogen drum machine, and it doesn't cost a penny

cash cash cash, just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me, why do you want a bank account?

it's old farts playing that the young aren't interested in, they want to see bands of their own age group playing, understandable

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1438088213' post='2831517'] I'm unclear about the subject of the question. Rock and roll as in Teds with a supertanker of hair gel on doing strange dances in blue suede shoes, or rock and roll as in rock, the all-encompassing popular (and loud) beat combo music? While Minus Zero doesn't go to the pub to watch bands (not even us), he does have an iPhone full to overflowing with music, of the modern rock variety (eg. Slipknot and Lacuna Coil) and he's been to a couple of festivals. The youth of today are still listening, it's more that they don't go down the pub but choose to stay in playing on their PlayBoxes and xStation 3s. [/quote]in my view, Rock n Roll is the stuff the Teds and the late 1950's is associated with the rest is Rock or Rock and Roll. IMO the BBC's rubbish programme should have been called 'Whatever Happened to Rock and Roll', they couldn't even get the title right

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1438021769' post='2830970'] Young men don't "stick it to the man" with rock any more, they use youtube And I'm surprised nobody has challenged your comment on jazz dying in 1960, [i]Weather report [/i]would strongly disagree with you! [/quote]as somebody said earlier trends don't die altogether, there's always at least a small demand for any style (witness Morris Dancing, although that might have something to do with the fact it always seems to take place in a pub car park) and the occasional renaissance, I seem to remember Glen Miller getting popular again for a short while in the 70's

I would say Rock n Roll ended in the early sixties, it then evolved into just Rock which is a much broader church, but a snare off beat seems to be a common facter. Are One Direction rock? some of it, I think the Monkees were and Busted as well

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1437915975' post='2829929'] Replace laptop with guitar and that was essentialy punk. [/quote]our singer raves about the Sleaford Mods, just don't get it myself, just a lot of shouting and swearing about what's wrong with the world, don't see what's funny or clever about calling someone a f***ing ****, I was wondering the other day, at what age does an angry young man become a moaning old git, or is there an in between bit?

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1436700994' post='2819998'] I'd love to see some distinctively coloured silk wraps on them - just for cosmetics and to easily spot which basses I've put Elixirs on. [/quote] I used Elixirs for a while till I changed to DR neons, just for the visual impact, they look really good under stage lighting, but that's the only reason I changed, the early sets I used flaked where I hit them with my pick, but the later ones didn't seem to have this problem, last for ages, well worth the extra cost

glad it wasn't just me then, I am getting on in years but I do try and avoid "it's not like it used to be" statement

Anybody watch this,what a dreadful programme, old men moaning about 'it ain't what it used to be' included Noel Gallagher. Inane questioning from Lauren Laverne, pitiful.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1437749478' post='2828804'] Use the fingers to hold the pick [/quote]oh yeah, I'll try that

[quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1437742134' post='2828712'] I always found best tone comes from a simple one-pup P Bass or a Stingray, straight into an old Fender all-valve head with some good speakers, preferably 2x15. Set all the controls on 10 and enjoy.......adjust your playing style to get the tone, which really is 'in the fingers' to a great extent. [/quote]I play with a pick, what do I do?

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1437579920' post='2827257'] I think that's a bit unfair to be honest. I've seen many people disagree on this forum and then the troll card gets thrown in. Why is someone a troll just because they disagree with a few people ? [/quote]disagreeing in a polite and respectful way is fine, its when it gets aggressive and nasty, and the same point is made over and over again

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1437515067' post='2826769'] +1 I thought I was on the wrong forum for a while. [/quote]best way to deal with trolls is to ignore them or agree with them, they're just looking for an argument

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1437510301' post='2826719'] But if you do and it goes down well you know there'll be someone in another band at the gig who'll recommend it to his mates and so on so it'll get all popular and everyone will be playing it and then we'll all have to stop playing it. [/quote]Know what you mean, there's another band in our area that does an awful lot of our punky covers, even Nellie the Elephant, not sure who did them first but we certainly didn't copy from them, They get better gigs than us as well

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1437508487' post='2826695'] We just introduced Back of My Hand by the Jags into our set, probably quite a left field song but it goes down a storm....I am pleased because I actually like the song as well....hopefully this has not offended anyone [/quote]great song, I think I'll suggest it to my lot, I suppose I'm in a good position where, I don't dislike any of the covers we do, I have vetoed one or two in the past, as have the others

I play in a mostly punk covers band, with a few of our own in there, which go down well at our regular venues, the only heavy rock cover we do is Whole Lotta Rosie,(and Ace of Spades which is a sort of rock/punk crossover) a couple of weeks ago our drummer and guitarist were doing their last gig with us and asked if they could do the set, they left out Rosie, after some girls spent half the evening going dah dah dah dah dah dah dah, they had to relent a put it back in. On the topic of trying something different you can get away with it provided it's in the same genre, if a band tried mixing disco and rock I think they could be in trouble. Most music pubs are supported by middle age rock fans, they seem to be the only ones interested in seeing a live band

just a personnel opinion of course, but perfect intonation isn't the be all and end all in a bass, you're playing single notes and not many people will be able to tell if it's a bit out, otherwise how would fretless playing still work? even the the best fretless player in the world is not going to be spot on everytime, Guitars are different because you're playing chords and it soon becomes obvious if the intonation's not right. Or then again, perhaps I'm tone deaf

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1436884449' post='2821701'] Didn't he get done for secretly filming women in the toilets at a club he owned? [/quote]they were security cameras, alright!!!!