TimR

I joined a 'Boys night out band' after leaving a 'Boys night out band' because the new band had gigs lined up and the old band were being more and more selective over which gigs they wanted to do. It was also becoming obvious that the old band was also pretty much made up of people who just wanted to be able to say to their mates that they were in a band. The gigs for the new band dried up pretty quickly and after many conversations about getting out at least once a month it became pretty obvious that they weren't interested in even one a month. Meeting once a week to run over old tunes away from home was pretty much all they wanted to do. I'm more careful about which bands I play with now. .

Jesus. He's had more bass players than the Kinks!

I grew up in the 80s. It was wall to wall crap for 10years, with the occasional brilliant long lasting tune. Any greatest hits of the 80s will have the same old numbers, go see a band they'll play those numbers. Music is, and always has been, prolific. Out of every thousand tunes written only a handful really stand out. And they stand out to different people for different reasons. .

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1448020288' post='2912326'] You've been listening to [i]my [/i]stuff again, haven't you..? ... ... [/quote] Or smoking it.

[quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1447250306' post='2906123'] So, the owner/perpetrator is in on it! What's in it for him? Do you think more people will visit his pub knowing that he is not averse to assaulting young women? [/quote] No one said it was a particularly clever publicity stunt

Maybe someone should message her and get her to join BassChat. (As long as she doesn't start taking about how great Kanye West is. ) It would be good to hear her side.

Some of the Totenham gig is on YouTube. http://youtu.be/L_axLqBnIic

[quote name='sharkboy' timestamp='1447194612' post='2905778'] You might find this handy if it was described as sold as seen- eBay's own advice on this and similar situations: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Sold-as-seen-as-is-no-returns-/10000000002394120/g.html"]http://www.ebay.co.u...02394120/g.html[/url] Having said all that, if the seller argues that it was a latent defect that he was unaware of, then its unlikely that you'll have any success in pursuing a refund [/quote] The only recourse you have is if it's 'not as described'. Small claims court. A magistrate will decide and unfortunately it'll be down to who is the best speaker and who presents the best evidence, not what the law says. Hopefully the guy will take it back and return the cash. Certainly if you start mentioning Small Claims Court... .

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1447193042' post='2905762'] OK. Cobblers is such a lawyerly word. [/quote] 50kg is 0.98cwt Speakers should be at ear height which is about 5ft Wobbly stands shouldn't be used. "Reasonably Practicable" has a specific legal meaning within H&S. But as we have less than 5 employees I don't think we're bound by the HSE and H&S at work. The landlord or hotel owner may well be. I agree with 'cobblers'.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1447112786' post='2905059'] This. ^^^ In fitter times I would often go out with a buddy, helping out with his PA/lighting business. We took great pains to make sure that nothing untoward could happen in even pretty extreme probabilities, including crash barriers and limiting public access to delicate zones, even when those delicate zones were, themselves, made very secure. Lashing down, wire guys, double fixture slings, protected or buried cable runs... The list is long. We never had an incident of any kind, partly due to the care taken in avoidance. Not easy in crowded pub situations, but being lucky because it's only a bent stand isn't an option. Next time it could be far, far worse, but it's too late then, isn't it..? Insurance will only cover if all due care and attention has been carried out. Tops on a tripod accessible by the public would definitely not count as 'due care and attention'. Just sayin'. [/quote] It's a case of what is practical. Tops on tripod stands is a standard way of setting up. What additional steps you take for a temporary three hour gig has got to be proportionate. You're not going to spend an hour lashing down speakers that are going to be in place for three hours max. Positioning them in front of the band where people wouldn't be expected to be is good enough. If people are going to get drunk and fall over then there's insurance to argue that for you.

Buy a new neck.

I tend to avoid all celebrity culture. To the point where people are saying names to me and I'm just thinking 'never heard of them' to myself while looking at them blankly hoping they'll talk about something interesting. Unless they're in the national papers I have no idea who is in what band, football team, soap or all three. If Bono etc are sounding off, it all becomes just a lot of white noise. The Celebrity Jungle thing starts this week, I'll have to put up with the office talking about people I've never heard of doing things on a TV program I didn't watch. There are only a very few celebrities I would recognise in the street. My brain is full of more important stuff. Probably.

Oh God - it's the female equivalent of JedWard! They're obviously upset enough about it that they've using a photo of it on their FaceBook page. Warning: some pictures of half naked girls: https://m.facebook.com/TheSoapGirls/

Excellent. Glad to be of help.

From memory there are buttons probably labelled 1-8,9-15, 16-23 etc or something. I'll check. Edit: page A and B toggles between 1-8 and 9-16 for each scanner. Each scanner is 16 channels.

Assuming you have the right DMX address set in the controller and the KAM. Mode. Then A. http://www.kam.co.uk/media/file/product/manual/Kam%20LED%20Powerbar%20Manual%20v1%2023-03-10_web.pdf

Set Chanel 1 to 0 Chanel 2 is your master fade Chanel 3 is strobe - set to 0 Chanel 4,5,6 is RGB for spot 1 Chanel 7,8,9 is RGB for spot 2 Chanel 10,11,12 RGB for spot 3 Chanel 13,14,15 RGB for spot 4

Another nightclub fire with insufficient/blocked fire exits.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1399971695' post='2449387'] May be some of them are hoping to get spotted by people/bands looking for a bassist. [/quote] This is why I would do it. Not in the hope, but as a promo video to point people to. Maybe link to it via bandmix. If that's possible. We have band clips for landlords to watch (a lot of them are requesting them now) so why not personal promos?

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1445774591' post='2893992'] I used to laugh at people's faces when I wheeled the 9 stone monster into small pubs. They see big speakers and they think, f***! They are gonna be loud! They don't realise that you don't have to crank it all the way. [/quote] You don't have to but it's very hard to fine tune the volume at low levels on a big powerful setup. I tend to set my rig at 4, the difference between 3.5 and 4.5 is huge.

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1445603566' post='2892750'] In the book he makes a connection with the 10000 hour theory & the relationship that has with age. Apparently at birth we are primed to learn (don't think we can argue with that) & Myelin production is at its greatest during our childhood, teens & into our early twenties. I can see how this is relevant & I'd imagine anyone who started playing later in life or anyone who's tried to learn a second language past 30 could probably relate. [/quote] I was going to mention the 10,000 hour theory. You have to learn from your mistakes, just repeating them is no good. Even not making any mistakes in the first place is no good either. So you have to apply yourself and stretch yourself. Being naturally good at something and simply repeating what you're naturally good at wont make you any better. Which I guess is self evident.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1445537053' post='2892287'] I find it baffling . Why would you want to play at such a volume, that you need hearing protection, which then makes it quieter anyway . [/quote] So that the audience can't talk. Keep up!

Simply buy an old Cortina estate, load the Fridge into the back, throw a tartan rug over it and park it out of sight round the corner. The Mrs will never know.

Here's a list of 300, enjoy. http://www.setlisthelper.com/blog/popular-cover-songs/

So the volume of the band has to be appropriate to the venue and the audience requirements. The band is providing a service, the landlord and audience are the customers. It's not about what I or you want, it's about what they want. If they want it loud then play loud, but don't complain or argue when the landlord or audience want it quieter. I've never been asked to turn up. Paul's comment about sound checking from the back of the room is spot on. Why do you want it loud at the back. Surely you want it loud where you want the audience to stand. Then the people who don't want it loud can stand further away but still be in the room. I had that argument for years with a drummer who said we were too quiet at the back of the room. Considering he was sitting behind his drums behind the band and behind the PA I'll still can't work that one out. And the drummer is the guy we're setting our volume to? Something is wrong. .