SteveXFR

My daughter is off to uni in September to study commercial music. The course has already produced a number of successful pop and rock musicians and producers and the head of department was a fairly successful rock musician. XFR junior will hopefully end up a successful musician with a degree. Possibly.

Just tell people you have a BSc. They won't know it means bronze swimming certificate rather than bachelor of science.

I know a band who do. Are you interested?

Now I just need to find a doom metal band who want an incompetent bassist who doesn't really want to commit to anything.

I decided not to go for it. Putting a classic rock station on in the car put me right off playing it. It really does nothing for me and some of it like Bon Jovi and Def Leopard I really dislike. It'll never work out.

There are a lot of musicians with university educations and probably because of the number of bands who started while at university.

Is it all in the tone wood? I bet it's all in the tone wood

Happy goth day losers

Strangle w**k - Chinned

I'm not playing unless I'm going to enjoy it. If I don't enjoy then it's work and I don't need more of that unless it pays more than the day job.

Is it possible to do the foot on the monitor thing with a multi scale 5 string?

I was forced to endure their set at Glastonbury and now I dislike them even more than before

That's a coincidence you were on your way as you read that post. Apparently putting yoghurt on the infected area can help. A friend said not to use a crunch corner though

I will not play Status Quo. There's a line and that crosses it.

Thanks. I'll get a set list and see what I could be getting in to.

I've been asked whether I'll stand in for a local classic rock covers band for a few gigs. I generally play doom and stoner metal so have no idea how difficult it would be to learn an hour and a half of standard classic rock. Is it generally easy root note plodding or does it tend to be quite complex? I've just never really listened to this sort of stuff but I know they're a decent bunch so it could be fun

Everything from Ashdown has a VU meter.

I just spotted some absolute bargains on the Ashdown website. Worth checking out if you're looking for a new amp https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/last-chance?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0rBgZMhbe3PLWJSDkH23n-iUwYZ0os8BokUZQ5YMlYTvHtroRbH_k2s6Q_aem_AUxJWX58K5vLl_7e3zNEl__cqs9pd-mJaHcYAYubEn_xr3jnVoGT5lPtAMgg5dgoVG_4myReh1WmGQGKym-NHjzz

I played in a doom band, all our songs were miserable (except the one about alien lizard people). It goes down great for the right audience. Alice In Chains will go down well in any metal/rock gig.

Dumb - Nirvana

Not bass specific but some interesting insights in to the music industry. Two Promoters, One Pod Presented by the promoters from Arctangent/200 Trees and Damnation festivals. Although they're metal/rock festivals, a lot of what they talk about applies to all types of music festivals and the industry in general. Lots of interesting stories from their years in the industry, probably a few they should have kept to themselves! The riders episode was particularly good, they talk about the good, bad, weird and confusing. https://youtu.be/F1x7JIKj_uw?si=Gaao9OqEMJPcgGdp

They actually have three words for fluffy depending on the context

I've worked for a German engineering company. Stereotypes about German efficiency and quality are all wrong. They do have a sense of humour as well

Last night was Mondo Generator at Cobblestones in Bridgestone. The band are fronted by ex Kyuss & QOTSA bassist Nick Oliveri and have been around since before QOTSA. The two support bands, Nomad Lizard and Kadabra were awesome. Kadabra's bassist is my new hero, serious amounts of groove and awesome moves. Mondo Generator were just awesome, mostly their own stuff but with a few of Nicks songs from QOTSA and Kyuss. It was really cool to see someone I've seen play stadiums and arenas play in a small pub and hanging out with the punters.