PaulWarning

I've recently been transferring some tracks I recorded off the Radio from cassette onto my computer, I came across this little gem I recorded off John Peel in 1992, I've tried to find out some more info about the band and can't find a thing, can anybody help me out? as far as I know it's called 'Us, the only Ones' by a band called the Songs [attachment=182787:Songs - Us, The Only Ones.mp3]

for years I was playing I fought the Law with mostly root notes, then I went to the trouble of learning it properly at band practice I played it properly then said to the rest of the band "Was that better with the correct bass line?" blank looks all round I think it's the same with drums TBH nobody notices, mind you I don't think you'd get away with playing just root notes on the intro to Peaches

enjoyed the first 2, not so the last one except for the Nirvana bit, then again I'm afraid I just don't get rap, music with no melody line? no thank you edit, the Cher bit was ok too

JJ Burnell on Hanging around, but any rock bass that's sits in the mix so I can actually hear it, it's so often buried so deep the only way I can figure out what they're doing is to raise it 2 octaves, the upside being you can just does bash away on the root and get away with it

I've been using an old Zoom 506II for years, I've never managed to get the subtle overdrive effect I get from it from another pedal, adds thick sustain without being fuzzy, I bumped into another bass player and he was using one and he said exactly the same thing, you'll have to buy one second hand, there's some on ebay

full on for volume and tone, I use the much better amp or FX controls to alter the sound, lets face it the signal from a passive pick is weedy enough without making it weaker IMO obviously, once read some where that Mike Dirnt bypassed his controls for this reason. As for turning the volume down between songs, our guitarist does this, I've lost count of the number of times he's forgot to turn it back up again.

it is a tricky one, but we've turned gigs down if gigs in one town are too close together, apart from anything else your regular fans will get pissed off with seeing you, went to see a band in the main music venue in my home town and there was hardly anybody there, then found out they'd played the pub over the road a fortnight before, in my book that's unprofessional behaviour and something I wouldn't do

yeah, I use them, I don't have any trouble getting them in or out, but I have got big lugs, as with all other ear plugs I've tried they do knock out the top end frequencies more, fine if you're a bass player, not so good if you're a sound man

so if they're stored offline is it like having them on your hard drive and do you lose them if you stop paying?

it all depends on how you play, if you play hard with a pick like I do you need a higher action, mines about 3mm at the 12 fret E string, I get some fret buzz playing acoustically but none comes through the amp, strangely I get the least amount of buzz with no neck relief. I do think there's to much macho posturing going on with the "my action is lower than your action" business.

going off on a bit of a tangent here (especially as this is a bass forum) but with under the saddle pickups the type or age of strings make next to no difference to the amplified sound, as I have just found out after replacing my 6 month old strings.

I've had a couple of Yamaha's and a Takamine, I've settled on a Yamaha APX700, thin bodied, and everybody says how nice it sounds at open mic, I got it off ebay for £250, mind you I'm cack handed so my choice is limited

cheers for the advice guys, all good, had no replies from my ads so far, but I'm only testing the water really as we're covered till June, think I'll announce it on our FB page next. The Lemrock site only seems to cover the south is there an equivalent for the Midland area?

anybody got any advice on finding new band members, (and auditioning them) after 10 years our guitarist and drummer have decided to call it a day but me and the Singer have decided to try and carry on, having decided to try for a guitarist first, reasoning that it would take him longer to learn 40 odd songs for our set, I have placed the following ad on partysounds, join my band and Gumtree, Guitarist required for established Punk covers/originals band, our current guitarist is leaving in June, a deep love of Classic punk rock is needed i.e. Clash Ramones etc, most of gigs are 2 hours, mostly covers with a sprinkling of our songs. Gigs already booked for the second half of the year anything else I could be doing?

I'm on Firefox and chrome it's the same on both, go to manage your wanted ads, and there's no check boxes, to quote the Small Faces, it's all or nothing :-(

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1421403898' post='2660738'] You just click on the individual boxes next to the type of musician. Can you not see the boxes? [/quote]No, it just gives the option of check all or uncheck all, think you may need to pay for the premium service

been pratting around with band mix, doesn't seem very intuitive, when I click on the 'now seeking' page all it offers is 'check all' 'uncheck all' and submit any idea how I check the boxes I want or is this a premium feature?

we always finish with Nellie the Elephant, I don't particularly like playing it but it always goes down a storm

all keyboard players should be like Def Leopards drummer

ah, the old electricians trick, did it myself this very morning, what a twat

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1420713331' post='2652356'] There are practical reasons why the other drummer can't bring his kit, so we're supplying the drum kit for the whole night. We're not swapping the kit for one band. [/quote]Oh right, I see, well if your drummer's letting everyone else use his kit I think he's entitled to have it set up how he wants but maybe if it was explained to him that his kick drum might not be as loud as it could be because of microphone bleed and feedback issues he might have a rethink.

almost all the multi band bills I've played on there's one kit and the drummers bring their breakables except maybe the headliners, changing a drum kit for every band would be a nightmare. If your drummer insisting on using his own kit I think he's being a bit of an arse, if I've got the wrong end of the stick except my apologies

if he doesn't like a hole, don't mic it up, it only invades our frequency space anyway, I bloody hate over loud kick drums

maybe I'm teaching my Granny to suck eggs, but the best way I've found of checking if a tab correct is to use audacity to move the song up an octave or even 2 octaves certainly makes the bass line stand out and you can slow it down, I've found it invaluable

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1420451198' post='2649372'] The singer is the key focal point between you and the audience so there is no point having them do a song they murder... Having said that, they may have good chemistry with a crowd and that can get you so far, but it is unlikely to have a great singer and a great frontman..they are like hen's teeth, IME. Personally, I go for the best singer and put a good band round them and that can be enough to connect if the singer hasn't got that.. You definitely need one of the two, IMO. [/quote]yep, our band wouldn't be nearly the same without the singer, lets face it we can all learn almost any song if we practice at it (even if we cheat a little) but if the singer can't sing it that's it, we've ditched one or two songs because we had to alter the key that much they just didn't work, Communication Breakdown and Offsprings the Kids Aren't Alright. spring to mind, both very high key, although we did pull off Slade's Merry Christmas in spite of having to lower it 5 semitones, so you never can tell