PaulWarning

that's fair enough, no reason for the fee to include free drinks then, but if some members aren't driving and it's free drinks don't be surprised at the result

must admit I'd be very wary of a fee that included free drinks, in my experience drunk band members do not put in a good performance

cheapest way, connect your casette deck to the mic input on your computer and use audacity (free) to record it and chop it up how you want

and nobody's mentioned Mr Phillips yet

a drummer who can put up with smart arsed bass players who think they have no faults

we charge £500 double our normal fee, but we're cheap and we know it

I'll play open strings if possible gives me more time to get to the next fret, but don't play 2 together to avoid damping problems edit, that's one after the other not together literally

yes got it sorted, not sure what I was doing wrong to be honest, it was the same note open and at the 12th with a tuner but first few frets were sharp, then I redid using the harmonic and it was ok and it's still right open and on the 12th fret, must just be more accurate the harmonic way I guess, but yes if you have to decide it's better to be right on the first 5 frets than down at the dusty end

I have noticed that threads I've unfollowed are now reappearing in 'content I commented on' even though I unfollowed them in the 'old' basschat, and they're showing as not followed so I can't unfollow them again if that makes sense

anybody that can play the Rosie riff (not just the A all the time) at anything like the right speed without using the open A string is a far better player than I am, open A is my favourite note

snapped strings, flat batteries, are to be expected as are cable malfunctions, I always try and have a back up plan in my head to cover all eventualities (like the vocal through my bass amp if the PA packs up) best way I know to make sure it doesn't happen

there's usually one decent tab of a song somewhere it's just a matter of finding it, the annoying thing is that the ones that are utter bollocks get re posted onto other sites, but it's quicker than trying to figure it out myself, once I've found what looks like a decent one I go through it with the song slowed down, basically they're a good starting point

think you have to go to edit profile

never quite got I Saw Her Standing There, can just about do it if I cheat a little, but then, I'm not trying to sing it as well , or play it on a short scale bass

I was convinced the compressor wasn't working on my SMX, so I recorded it and looked at the wav file and it's definitely doing something, subtle in the extreme

no me neither, I'd have said something like "Sorry, when you didn't reply we assumed you weren't interested and got somebody else"

have a Watt on me

What's with the Watts? (below the avatar) Have I missed something, how do they get increased?

must admit I find it annoying when people don't reply, even if it's a "thanks for getting in touch" etc

also the more muso's you've dealt with and the older you get you learn more diplomatic skills as well, me and our singer can have shouting match about something and a couple of hours later it's forgotten, do that with the guitarist and he'll threaten to quit the band, on the whole though we try and stay calm during 'debates' about something and usually manage to reach a concensus that doesn't upset someone too much, I've also learnt face to face is a lot lot better than emails or texts

no, I think the Mods can still see it, but hopefully no one else, but that was always the case I believe, somebody correct me if I'm wrong

this makes perfect sense, try not to fall out you never know what the future holds, and what good does it do really? the two members who left the band I'm in really pissed me off by joining another band behind my back, I bit my tongue and they've both depped for us on two occasions since

sounds like the classic situation where some of the band want to gig more than others for whatever reason, I've been there, it's never going to end well, shame you couldn't depart on better terms, in our situation the guys who were leaving agreed to do the gigs they'd committed too and we agreed not to do any more until a new line up was in place

cheers, I've now been able to delete my duplicate post

Joey Ramone, Don't Worry About Me