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[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1420713331' post='2652356'] There are practical reasons why the other drummer can't bring his kit, so we're supplying the drum kit for the whole night. We're not swapping the kit for one band. [/quote] That's even worse. Someone is borrowing his kit and then telling him how to set it up? It's like borrowing someone's cab and complaining it's not punchy enough. Some people need to grow up.

Be honest with yourself about what you want. Be honest with the other members about what you want. Hope they're honest with you. The only sticking point I've ever had with bands is; People who want to tell their friends they're in a band but aren't that fussed about playing in a band. After a couple of months with no gigs in one band I asked the question about gigs and the guitarist said "I just like coming down on Tuesday nights and jamming. It gets me out of the house." Kind of frustrating when you've joined a band and learned their material under the pretext of gigging at least once a month. That's me off then... .

In the old days before the internet we used to advertise in something called a newspaper small ad. One well know paper was known as Loot. You used to actually put your landline in the advert and people would phone you AT YOUR HOUSE. Then, get this! The person would come to your HOUSE, look at your gear, give you cash and take the gear away, there and then. Imagine that!

[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1420563231' post='2650686'] We had our first and only one this time last year. Nothing got decided, except some really bad song choices, and it was the beginning of the slippery slope towards splitdom. Don't do it! [/quote] Indeed. Join band. Learn songs. Turn up. Play. Go home. Job done.

With any meeting you should have an agenda before you start. If you don't have an agenda, what's the point of the meeting?

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1420155257' post='2646281'] Well, one or two seconds is the only figure I have found, but point taken. Thankfully nobody noticed last night. [/quote] I doubt anyone ever would.

Personally if a drummer reaches for a metronome I'm not interested. I like music to breathe. Speed up choruses etc. I agree, fighting with a drummer to keep the beat is very tiring and sucks the enjoyment out. In the end it'll make you doubt your abilities as a musician.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1420031422' post='2644985'] BBC I-Player or a digital radio fed via the PA. Radio 4 is traditional for us us. [/quote] They're at least 5seconds late on a digital radio.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1420120032' post='2645730'] ... The only thing I didn`t like was the extra percussion, I thought that was mixed too high. [/quote] Indeed. What's the point of two hi hats and two snares playing exactly the same thing? Odd.

[quote name='Kevin Dean' timestamp='1420032168' post='2644991'] I think the main problem I have is that quite often I'm only about 1ft away from my cab , It's not so much volume it's not enough space for the sound wave to form , when I do a sound check it sounds great on the dance floor, Going through the PA Helps but it just can't get the same sound that the barefaced cab can , Yes I think I have been too loud trying to hear myself when it's just making it worse . I need to experiment with the band posistioning , just a couple ft would make a difference . [/quote] Ok. So you can't hear yourself unless you turn it up loud and then it's too loud out front. That's a slightly different problem. As suggested by JapanAxe, your ears are not in your knees so you need to tilt the cab back to aim it at your head.

At around 5-8 minutes to midnight the next song is "Mustang Sally" or some other easy blues tune that everyone knows and you can cut short or extent at a signal from the band leader. About one minute to midnight the band leader signals a stop. The band stops at the next turnaround. The singer then strikes up some banter until the chimes.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1419886186' post='2643677'] Facebook changes often sound really innocuous and a huge boon for the user. [url="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2013/12/news-feed-fyi-helping-you-find-more-news-to-talk-about/"]This announcement[/url] sounds quite good all round but the reality was a [i]mahoosive[/i] drop in the reach of posts to the news feed (as Molan pointed out) and this doesn't really help if you'd actually like to know about gig announcements from certain bands. And this most definitely is going to affect bands as Facebook considers them commercial users - there's a reason they offer analytics on bands' pages, and it's not just to stoke the band's ego. [/quote] Well, not quite, because the link posted further above explains how FB decides what you see in your feed. Just because you have liked a band is no guarantee you'll see any of their posts. This is due to the 'time' element. If you liked a band last year and haven't interacted with them at all, by liking or commenting on a post or photograph since, then FB will assume that they're very low down on the list of things you like and will show you more 'important' things. So having thousands of likes is very important because only a few of your posts will be getting through. Maybe none. Ideally you need to make a secondary personal FB Musky the bassplayer account. Make this account an administrator to your page and friend everyone to this account who likes your band page. Also friend all your band members 'friends' as well. That way you can invite all the people you know who are likely to want to see your band to your gigs. Just post band related info to your own account.

If it's too loud for you, what's it like for the people in front of the band? Turn it down.

Pubs are asking for MP3s really. LemonRock seems to be quite a good site.

[quote name='BlueBear' timestamp='1419789598' post='2642723'] The Trooper ... [/quote] I haven't played that at a gig for 27 years!

I played Mustang Sally at a jam night on Boxing Night. Well, I usually follow the singer for the changes, but the singer didn't know it. 😄 I haven't played it from a setlist for three years.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419754727' post='2642371'] Well we do white wedding too but I didnt put it down the first time. [/quote] No worries. It's an organic list. If someone puts a tune up that you play you can add more. It's just for fun.

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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419713084' post='2642191'] We play mustang sally but the list from each member doesnt include everything, to do it properly everyone needs to put their full set list for analysis. [/quote] If it's a song you think other bands play, put it on the list. I can't believe anyone would think they're being original and the only band playing Mustang Sally. It's only a shortlist. .

Pretty much as expected then. I have a recording of twelve days of Christmas somewhere, where each instrument did a different day. ... I come from a big musical family. Although you wouldn't think so listening to the recording. More wine?

Personally I invite people to gigs that are local to them. Although we only have a small FB following. I will start to like things that one of the local bands puts up following advice in that link. FB knows what you like and will give you more posts on that basis. I've missed loads of their gigs because FB knows I liked their page but haven't interacted with them otherwise for three years. So I suppose it's down to the bands to send personal invites rather than rely on FB to decide who might be interested. .

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1419467961' post='2640368'] Deleted my facebook about 9 months ago, I didnt like the way I could be talking say on here about something only to get a facebook suggestion about it a few days later! Nuked mine the whole hog, deleted every friend one at a time before pulling the trigger. I've not missed out on anything important that could be done via text either. [/quote] That's nothing to do with Facebook. That's your cookies settings. All sites use them. http://www.allaboutcookies.org

I think what they're saying is if you use the free service to push content that's of a particular nature (see the three examples) Facebook will detect this as content people are fed up with seeing and reduce the audience. If you want to publish that kind of material then you'll be better off using paid advertisements. Essentially they're cutting down on commercial spam. What they call "Creative Content". Stuff that you've probably paid a creative agency to create. I doubt that sharing gig dates and Facebook posts of a text nature ect will be affected.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1419458380' post='2640280'] https://www.facebook.com/business/news/update-to-facebook-news-feed [/quote] Sorry. I can't see anywhere that it says you'll have to pay.

How were you told that you will have to pay? I've not been told. I'm the admin on our band page.