TimR

A lot of non-musicians can't identify the different instruments playing in a tune. Everything is just one homogenous sound.

It's called an inner dialogue. Not everyone has it. I find it a real pain. Wish it would just stop sometimes. Notice some people repeat out loud what you're saying, slightly behind you saying it. I belive they don't have an inner dialogue and are processing what you're saying by vocalising it out loud. Although that may be a different phenomena and I'm misremembering.

Changed my mind.

Yes. Been a bit of a mix for me. I have a big network where I live now but I moved into a new area while I was playing in a band long-term. When I left the band it's taken me a few years to build a new network. If you move into a new area or are just starting out, then there's probably going to be a period of looking around.

Newstead (and Trullio) and Metallica is a completely different box of sandman. Big name established band, they'll be inviting people to audition, not sticking an advert on Bandmix or Joinmyband.

It depends on what standard they are. The standard of musicians I'm looking for would be able to play music they'd never heard before from charts, and at least jam to a good standard over changes. Then it's about whether the bass and drums lock. The singer and guitar can think whatever they want. If bass and drums doesn't work - it won't work. Finally is there a relaxed atmosphere while you're playing and chatting? Oh, and how many fights has the singer had...

There is a tiny white cross hidden in the top right. Designed to fool people into believing they have to sign up. Common behaviour on a lot of sites now. Should be banned.

You don't have to have Facebook to see it. It's a group with 360k members posting pictures and asking questions about bass guitars.

The key is to have a good conversation first about what they're expecting. No point (other than personal interest) in learning 17 songs that you'll never play again if the audition turns out to be a bunch of dreamers. Especially if you have multiple auditions lined up.

Instead of plugging your bass into an amplifier, you plug your bass DIRECTLY into your computer. Then your computer can act as an amplifier and also record the sound at the same time. You need software to record the sound onto your hard drive. And a box to 'Interface' between your bass and your computer. There's about a million pieces of hardware and software depending on budget. At the most basic level your bass can plug into the MIC-in on your computer but the results won't be stellar.

The audience will be full of 50 year-old men. Be like the opposite of a Take That gig. When are tickets on sale? Asking for a friend.

Or an audio CD from Sony?

Sell it on a memory stick. With a free t-shirt. 🤣

Are a load of L and XL blokes going to sell your brand? A Web shop where young ladies can buy your stylish t-shirts will spread the message better. Think of the meme where a young lady wearing a Slayer T-Shirt is asked to name one song they play - she replies - Master of Puppets - that's close enough... 😆 Think. What is the merch supposed to do?

Good quality t-shirt and a card machine.

Where are you located? My daughter's boyfriend does screen print. It's expensive but good. The problem is always stock levels and storing. Minimum order quantities, ink costs, etc. How many are you planning on ordering? Lowest I've seen is 30. So you're looking at a few hundred quid. I'd ask the designer to fade the edges to black so it doesn't look like a print on a shirt.

Is there a big change in temperature over night? If it's going sharp it would imply the room is getting very cold.

You don't have a 'page', you have a profile. Facebook isn't great at being clear, possibly to put people off leaving or making and closing multiple pages.

According to my wife I have too many basses. One I use all the time. One I take to gigs as a spare. One that I pulled the frets from in the 90s and is up in the loft and doesn't get played. So technically she is right. 🤣

The only fight I've seen at a gig was when we were packing up after a wedding. Someone was accused of "Nicking the cancer money." It was a second wedding for an older couple and the guests had been donating money instead of gifts. "Why does everyone always accuse me?", swiftly followed by loads of screaming, shouting and hair pulling between to fairly drunk middle aged women. During which another woman appears from a back room with the charity box asing what all the fuss was about. She'd put it away for safe keeping. That and the drummer who was going to punch the entertainments manager at an RBL gig if he didn't stop asking us to stop playing party music (that everyone was dancing to), and play some rock'n'roll. At the end when packing up, people kept coming over and telling us how much better we were than all the usual bands who just played rock'n'roll. Dealing with the public is a thankless task but when the dust settles usually provides some hilarious anecdotes as long as no one is seriously hurt physically or mentally.

That's sexual assault. If a man had done that he'd be in serious trouble.

Never considered ot before but some of the strap and bass combinations are great. Might have to find myself a nice light brown leather one.

I played a dep gig once where the entire communications had been "Don't worry, they're all standards, you'll be fine." 3 hours playing tunes I'd never heard before, let along played before. Luckily the audience didn't notice.

Sweet or salty. Not both. You guys are weird.

That's posh. I usually change my t-shirt in the men's toilets.