Stub Mandrel

Funnily enough 'Lights' is on Planet Rock right now. Makes me want to be a record producer - a song that desperately needs a dose of grit to stop it sounding like the Bee Gees with an excellent guitar over the top. Now 'Wheel in the Sky' is an excellent song - but every time I hear it I think it's Heart...

Because the whole thing is a 'show' from a punters point of view. A show that builds to a climax is a more memorable and rewarding experience. Ask anyone headliner who has been upstaged by the previous band. (e.g. UFO/Slade) If you go to see the fireworks, do you want the bangs and flashes to be the same right through or to save the best for last?

That's pretty much the rule isn't it? The headliners may have paid the price of a house to cover the cost of a top-notch lighting rig and it's part of their show. If you were supporting Motorhead, would you have expected to get the bomber for your act? Even if it's the venue's own rig, they probably see it as part of the whole show building to a climax and it's in their interests to make the headliners stand out.

I suspect @cheddatom can guess exactly why the sound improved for the headliners...

But if you use headphones of IEMs other people can't enjoy your playing and admire your prowess? And if you can't be heard over the din, why not just turn it up? Surely that's what everyone else is doing...

But tainted by much of their output being the epitome of MOR AOR.

I love the bassline on anyway you want it. I think Escape Frontiers showed what a good band they could have been if they had embraced a heavier sound.

The problem with sex on the TV, was that we always kept falling off.

Ozzy Osbourne being interviewed on Planet Rock. I need subtitles... and I'm married to a brummie.

That's what trade shows are!

The Stranglers did it first...

Ain't no flies on Blackstar then 🙂

Always take a baseball bat to gigs. Use this to apply corrections to your drummer's timing instead of whipping them with your lead, and they will last much longer*. *the leads that is, not the drummer.

Some my next gig is now... Me! Me and my brother and his partner going unplugged & folky to support our other brother's band who are very definitely going to be plugged in! Then PC&TBS. Then Hawkwind 🙂

It's the creepiness of lurking around 15 yos waiting for their b'days...

I presume these figures are weights in grams? so the 5005 is 11lbs, the 1605 is 3 1/2lbs and the 2605 is 6lbs...

It was going to be Saxon, Black Star Riders and Girlschool at Saxon's 'biggest ever Scottish gig'. But poor Biff has to have a heart operation, so wishing him luck and a speedy recovery. Should be a song in it, at least...

I can see lots of uses beyond music too!

Large format boxes ideal for diy pedals being sold off half price (£3.32+vat) at Radiospares: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/general-purpose-enclosures/1465372/ Nice black finish. You will have to file the ears off, I've bought three. 27 in stock

There's some serious competition out there, mostly from 6-strings... Well some women think leopard print is sexy...

He's not on commission from Boss, honest 🙂

Me.

I say "A drummer has to keep in time, a guitarist has to stay in key. A bass player has to do both." 🙂

So a bit of both! Back in the 80s I made a maplin module (with pre and post compression as recommended) that did pitch shifting simply by sampling the waveform and spewing it out at a different speed. They sold it making it very clear it was a 'toy' effect - the chopping could be very obvious and it sounded clanky. But i was more into f***d up noises than musical fidelity back then. I still have it somewhere it would be fun to get it going again.