PaulWarning

unfortunately most people don't share you opinion, they'd rather listen to music that transports them back to more youthful times

a lot people love to relive their youth

not forgetting Paul Weller and a fair proportion of the punk singers, maybe that's why I don't find Liam's vocals so annoying, being into punk, in fact I like them, they've got character, he doesn't sound like he's just won X factor, thankfully.

going totally against the grain here but I enjoyed it, Liam's got a rock n roll swagger, must have been great to be there, and no I haven't got a ticket

as I found out when I used the Elf 1 x 8 combo

just remembered an incident at a festival in the summer, the female singer had a stand that was so high it hid her face from where I was standing, then it fell off the stage and the band had to stop the song while they recovered it and got all her paper back in order, most embarrassing for all concerned 😱😄

being a belt and braces sort of guy, as well as a spare bass I takes a spare amp, which would also do for and emergency PA, and use 2 small cabs (2 x 8 and 1 x 10) I think I've got everything covered 😎

about 2 months ago, a bad connection on the output socket, I always take a spare everything, the band looks really bad if they cant complete the gig. I've seen this twice, once a bassist's string broke and he took about 10 minutes putting another one on while the rest of the band stood around looking really uncomfortable, a multi band bill as well so they'd only got 40 minutes anyway, and he refused to use someone else's bass! 😕 Another time one of the guitarists broke a string and unbelievably for a guitarist, didn't have a spare, again took about 10 minutes to put a new sting on, it looks really really bad

I know a band that's been going for years and the singer/guitarist always used a music stand with a light on it, and because it's there he looks at it all the time, when I started doing open mics I used one but then discovered if it's there I'll look at it so I learnt the words. Unless it's a dep I take a very dim view of a singer that can't be bothered to learn the lyrics, it just makes them look amateurish

not wishing to sound like a smart arse, as some on here seem to take great delight in, do you mean Walk of Life? yes it can get tedious after prolonged exposure

they had keyboards, some long songs and odd arrangements, I can see why people thought they had prog rock influence's, but the lyrics were very punk

I'm into my 70's, I suppose I'll keep going until I don't want to do it anymore or my health won't let me, when I started playing again nearly 20 years ago after a long hiatus if someone had said I'd still be playing 40 two hour gigs a year now I'd have said they were mad, luckily I don't have any health problems, at the moment

we've got a built in compressor on our Yamaha EMX 512, whenever I try and use it I get feedback issues, but then I'm not sure what I'm doing, it is loud enough for vocals and bass drum anyway

I've done that with my Trace Elliot, it's loads louder now 😂

we've got a gig coming up that is iffy attendance wise, it was decided that if it's poorly attended this time we won't play it again, we do practice new songs, to keep things fresh for us and the crowd, otherwise there would be no point in practice nights, which involves going to the pub afterwards, most get dropped after a few outings when they don't go down too well, you don't say whether you have band rehearsals. The band is run very much on a consensus basis, but if someone really doesn't want to do something we don't do it, thankfully nobody uses their veto very often, well not since our last guitarist left 😄.

being a bit of a libertarian I've decided this is my position, if people are silly enough to pay the price that's their look out, personal responsibility and all that. If the massive demand is caused be touts buying hundreds of tickets by manipulating the online ticketing system hopefully they'll get their fingers burnt

I hate Stadium gigs, I'd rather go and see a decent Oasis tribute in a small venue, why is it that the bigger the venue the bigger the ticket price?

it's about time that added on fees that cannot be avoided are banned, why they can't be just incorporated into the ticket price? it's bonkers, I can't think any other example that this is the case, even Ryan Air extras can be avoided, with difficulty

Quite a lot bands are in the right place at the right time and many have a hit or two, but it does take a special talent to stay at the top for years and produce a string of top selling songs

I'm the opposite now, wouldn't cross the road to see big bands in massive stadiums, I'd rather go and watch a good tribute in a small venue. Back to Oasis, wonder how many who slag off their songs as simplistic have written a million selling song of their own, if it's that easy why not? not many know the secret of writing a hit song, Noel Gallagher is, or was, one of them, it is something that is indefinable.

we bought the cheapest ones we could find about 18 years and well over 700 gigs and ago they've had a few repairs over the years, replacing nut's and bolts that have fell out and got lost, but they're still going strong, we may have got lucky

Another Queen non fan here, though I do like We are the Champions, wonder how long before the Beatles get mentioned?

as a way of getting your music out there, yes, as a revenue raiser, no. Trouble is CD sales have fallen off a cliff in recent years, most people stream these days, for small bands the chances of getting back recording and production costs have severely diminished. We don't make a lot through merch but most of it is T shirt sales.

it's just filtered through to our Soundrop statement, we've got over 6000 streams for our most popular song, but that counts for nothing now because that's over a period of years. How do you get on popular playlists? edit, just found a blog on how to get on playlists

apparently songs now have to have a least a 1000 Spotify streams in the last 12 months to qualify for any payment, so small artists like ourselves will go from getting a pittance to getting nothing.