PaulWarning

nothing wrong with FB apart from it panders to the basic human desire that craves acceptance, narcissists who think everybody is interested in every little thing they do, people who put cryptic comments on so others will ask for an explanation, updates that try and convince everybody what a great life they've got and bands that try and give the impression that every gig they do is the dogs bollocks. Apart from that it's ok for folk that haven't got any real friends and can't cope with proper human interaction

PG? Strawberries is a good album as well

exact same thing happened to our guitarist, we were playing to a big crowd at the Nottingham beer festival, big start, 1234 into Blitzkrieg Bop, no guitar, we stopped, he played around with his leads, seemed ok, 1234, no guitar, we stopped again, after 5 minutes of pratting around he changed his amp, everything seemed ok, 1234, no guitar, he eventually changed his guitar and this time everything really was ok, funnily enough by this time the crowd were treating as a joke so it turned into a cracking gig in the end. The trouble with his guitar turned out to be a dodgy contact on his selector switch

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1398880289' post='2438644'] I will not permit our band to use deps anymore, they tried it once before, against my wishes and it was a disaster, we have all worked really hard to become the unit we are, if you start chopping and changing musicians every other gig, then to me, you are not a band just a bunch of journey men musicians. I am proud of our band and our reputation and will do anything to protect it [/quote] head, nail, hit

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1398614636' post='2435738'] Morrisey is a genius. His music has mostly been crap since he left The Smiths ( would have been great to see them carry on without him with Jimmy Somerville as the new singer) , but he knows a thing or two about generating publicity. Like this whole vegetarian "all I eat is toast" facade. If his career ever starts petering out all he needs to do is announce to the world that he is eating meat again and finding it delicious and he will get such a tidal wave of exposure that money could never buy. [/quote] funnily enough, never really 'got' the Smiths, I prefer his solo work TBH

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1398858772' post='2438307'] we had an issue with our drummer once, he double booked so we got a dep in, he wasn't happy about it, but understood it was for the band and it was his fault he had double booked........ he is now the ex drummer... and the dep is our full time drummer.... funny ol' world. sounds insecure to me, but if he is the right man for the job you won't feel the need to replace him, he just needs reassuring [/quote] didn't that happen with Green Day? that really would piss anybody off, make you feel like Pete Best

my main concern with using deps is a quality of performance issue, so you've been playing in a band for a number of years, building up to a 2 hour set, I don't really understand how someone can come in with minimal rehearsal and do a good job, or maybe it's just that I couldn't/wouldn't want to do it, it is slightly different for drummers, they can wing it a lot more easily

open mics I attend are called jams when say a harp player gets up (good because they don't have to know the chords, just the key) and joins in with somebody else's song (jams along), but it's usually a bluesy standard (a lot of open micers seem to be fond of the blues), which is ok as long as they know how to finish it in a reasonably time. loose jam sessions are where a guitarist just noodles along over a basic 12 bar turnaround where nobody has a clue how to finish it and is usually very good at emptying the pub, and I sit there and think "ah, that's why punk was invented"

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398722530' post='2437052'] [/size][size=4] This. The majority of songs in our set came about as a result of recording jams, listening to them, keeping the good ideas and cutting the crap. It's a good way of organically generating material - everyone has an input. I find it boring to learn songs that are already complete. You don't get the opportunity to be part of the creative process and it's just a case of 'coming up with a bass line'. [/quote] I'm not talking about playing new songs and refining them, I mean jam sessions that just meander aimlessly along just so that some guitarist can do a 20 minute solo

just me so far then, I actually quit a band once because they insisted on doing a half hour jam at the end of every practice instead of going to the pub, annoyed the hell out of me

I just don't get jamming, doing some turnaround bass line over and over while some guitarist thinks he's Eric Clapton, it must be even worse for anybody that actually has to listen to it. Mind you I come from the school of thought that says "if you can't say what you want to say in 3 minutes, you're saying too much"

not being cajoled into joining a tedious Jam session, using someone else's bass

bass frequencies change depending how full the room is too, sound check in an empty room, set everything, then when the crowd (hopefully) comes in in it all changes, especially bass, it can become boomy. I had the drummer and the guitarist accusing me of turning up at the halfway stage at a gig recently, they were complaining all they could hear was bass after the interval, I hadn't touched a thing and left everything the same, when we came off everybody said it sounded fine all gig, go figure

full volume and tone, set the volume according to the drums, I have a 10 metre lead so I stand as far away from the band as possible, it does make a big difference, of course if there's a full PA you are in the hands of the sound engineer, A lot of bands are far too loud, why bands mic up the drums for a pub gig is beyond me, and not invading other peoples frequency space is the key. At a gig recently a guy came up to us after the gig and said "That was great you could hear everything that everybody's playing, can you give my son's band some advice his band just sound a mess?" unfortunately he asked the singer who hasn't got a clue how we set up

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1397229408' post='2422048'] My first bass was a right hand Warwick Fortress. I am naturally right handed, but because of my little finger being bent out of shape through arthiritis, i changed to left. Took me a while to learn to play left. My worst problem was putting my fingers on the top of the fret, instead of putting it on the bottom. It took my a while to get out of that. The only other thiung i do left handed, and always have done, is to shoot a rifle.(it`s ok, i am not a nut job, i was in the army cadets as a kid). Maybe that is why it wasn1t a massive job to learn to play left. [/quote] as has been said before most people are ambidextrous to some extent, I play golf right handed and only just realised I unsrew bottle tops with my right hand WTF is that all about?

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1397220306' post='2421924'] Sorry if I offended you. It was meant as a joke. [/quote] oh right, no problem, I wasn't offended, you're probably right

[quote name='wal4string' timestamp='1397178749' post='2421582'] It could also be you are tone deaf. [/quote] maybe so, but so are the rest of the band and most of the crowd fortunately, it's sad fact of life that most people hardly hear the bass except when it's not there, and certainly don't notice if the odd note is not quite right

my first bass was a right handed Hondo professional II, which fortunately was very symmetrical I got fed up up with catching the volume and tone knobs with my arm and bypassed them then took them off altogether in the end, I've still got it as back up to my cack handed MIA P, I've never needed it yet but it's always there

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1397124430' post='2420842'] Think you might be right Paul with that part starting on the B ... funny I have been playing it wrong all these years .. you can teach an old dog new tricks [/quote] I've been playing it a lot wrong for years, when I played it right for the rest of the band they couldn't tell any difference, nobody else notices when it's not quite right but we know

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1397122361' post='2420805'] Would expect that...and I think you'd get that effect if you added another 210 [/quote] maybe so, I've not tried it as I'm happy with what I've got, and 1 x 15 is cheaper than 2 x 10, generally anyway

I know some people on here will disagree, saying modern bass speakers don't have to be big, but all I know is when I add a 1 x 15 extension cab to my 2 x 10 combo I get loads more bottom end

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1397076040' post='2420498'] It's incredible, it slows down music as much as you want without changing the pitch. It's free for the trial version, then only about 30 quid for the full version. It's quite simply the best tool for working out complicated pieces of music! Google it on Yahoo, Just type in " the amazing slow downer " Brill [/quote] cheers for the heads up, it's better than audacity

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1397075240' post='2420484'] Never tried it but have you tried the amazing slow downer? Simply the best tool for working out sh*t, if you don't want to have to use tabs [/quote] no not tried that, is it better than Audacity? Just checked loads of tabs on the net, they're all wrong

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1397074775' post='2420480'] yes i used to watch him as well thrashing it down around his knees..Good days indeed [/quote] yeah, just watched the smart arses on you tube doing the 10 7 10 bit on the intro, they're all sitting down with the bass under their chins, like to see them try it standing up with the bass as low as Paul has it. I see what you mean now about the open E before the triplet, still think it's BAB though