TimR

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1370857028' post='2106237'] Well, I find it wholly disgusting. I stopped working behind bars because of changes in the licensing laws which basically passed a lot of the blame for patrons' drunkenness onto the staff. We don't pour it down their throats! We had a loosely defined duty of care and we stopped serving someone who is out of it, but who's to stop someone buying a drink for some poor SOB who is already legless then falls over and splits their head open? Now that's our fault? Up yours. I quit. ... [/quote] I think you'll find that's always been the case. Unfortunately the venues got bigger and stopped thinking about the law and started thinking about profits. All that happened was the council, and police got fed up with clearing up the mess and started to come down harder on venues. Back on topic - The two idiots should be easy to trace - just go back to the pub next time there's a live band on, they shouldn't be too far away if the locals knew their first names.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1370800059' post='2105734'] ... Bruce Springsteen has it right, 57 channels and there's nothing on. [/quote] It was no better in the 70s. According to Pink Floyd...

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1370861268' post='2106333'] ... In the event of an accident ... [/quote] It would have to be a definitive accident resulting in serious hearing loss as it's impossible to attribute one gig to slow build up of hearing loss. Your brain acts like a volume control, as you lose your hearing, it turns up its internal amp. You don't notice you're going deaf. Until one day it can't turn up the amp anymore and all you hear is the 'woosh'.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1370857531' post='2106246'] Are you wanting to know if it's too loud inside, or outside? If the neighbours complain, it's the venue's responsibility. Too loud inside it's the artist's responsibility, however one could argue the case that the venue are responsible for allowing it. [/quote] TLO or TLI. The venue owner has a duty of care to his employees under H&S. I'm not sure of his exact requirements to the public. He is also responsible for the band. In the event of an accident the public sue the landlord and then the landlords insurers sue the band. If it's too loud outside and it's causing a nuisance then the landlord needs to keep it down or the council won't renew his drinks license - if he asks you to turn down - JDI.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1370684703' post='2104305'] It was just another way of a generation of disaffected yoof to say saying 'F*** you'! We all did it one way or another. [/quote] 'disaffected' - that's just another way of saying normal teenager. Although obviously now the term teenager isn't very PC, they all should be called young person and their opinions and values be given great weight in deciding how society should advance... LOL. Indeed just another form of rebelling against their parents telling them to be home by 10 o'clock and wear something a bit smarter...

As I say you've got yourself in a tricky situation where the rest of the guys now expect you to do certain things. Rather than just dumping all your jobs on them at once, try offloading one small task every week or so. Maybe give the guitarist the job of booking rehearsals and communicating with the band to make sure they can make them. Sometimes that's a pretty big task in itself. Maybe someone already does this, in which case you need to understand that you're not the only person doing anything. Even something that looks simple can actually be a real ballsache. It might pay you to sit down and write out all the tasks first and evaluate who would be best to do certain tasks. Then just ask them individually. Off load the tasks until what you're left with is manageable. What happens if your family/work commitments change or you left? Would the band fold or have the guys got the drive? If it would fold you need to really evaluate who you are putting all this effort in for.

It's not about the money though is it? It's about the way that the other guys expect you to do those things. Essentially they're wrapped up in their own little worlds. Why don't they have money? I'd hazard a guess that they don't work because they're waiting to be famous. Stop doing stuff and delegate it to some of the others. Then it's their problem if it's not done the way they want it. Careful you're not being a control freak, lots of things will and can be done by others equally as well, maybe just not the way you would have done it. In the meantime, get in a covers band, go out and do some easy freelance gigs and have some fun.

Sounded pretty good at the Birming LG Arena last night. First 3 tracks were bit muddled. There's too much twiddly bits being added in. A lot of the music would sound a lot better if they calmed a lot of it down just for live. Too busy for the big arenas to capture what they're all playing... Video - amazing.

I have small hands (for an average size man) I bought an SR400 back in 2002. It's an excellent bass for the price and still going strong. The only issue I have had was a tuner that sheared off during a gig. This may have been due to me dropping it at some stage, they're cast aluminium. I've not heard of it happening to anyone else. I have 3 spare tuners now because you can only buy them in sets.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22667597 Quite interesting.

How many sound engineers does it take to screw in a light bulb? One, two, one, two...

My bass gear weighs 60kg. It's quite sobering when you add everything up. The max weight my Golf is supposed to take is 600kg. Two blokes is a quarter of that already. That's before you add gear.

It's all in your fingers and strings init? Too much top end: strings too new or nails too long. Too dull: need new strings. Too wooly: play using the tips of your fingers. YMMV

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1368630491' post='2079476'] ... You gotta be careful of just leaving bits in because they have been written. [/quote] +1 Also when you find something you like but doesn't fit what you're working on, record it and continue looking. I've got a Zoom H4 which is far simpler than computer etc as you just plug your bass into it a hit record. Also: Deadlines! Set a date or a number of hours to finish a song. You can get drawn into going back and tweaking and messing with a perfectly good song. Write it, teach it, play it, record it, move on.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1368390496' post='2076554'] ... I'd hate to join something where there is a big ego, any inter-band issue, or the bass player was the guitarists brother in law or best mate from school and to be constantly reminded that i'm the outsider. I know bucketloads of musicians, really good, talented guys. And I could start something. After 18 months off though, i'm finding it hard to motivate myself - Especially as my previous band had people to look after most of the small stuff i'd have to face if starting on my own. ... [/quote] You just need to make the leap. I just joined a great bunch of guys. Their last bass player kind of lost motivation and dragged them all down with him. He left and I joined. They've said they're enjoying it again for the first time in ages and the gigs are lining up. It's fun.

It's just something you learn from experience. If the band spend longer discussing what should be in the set list that when/where the next gig is going to be you know you're onto a loser.

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1368274239' post='2075177'] ... if a member does not want to gig are they and the rest of the band going to use a dep or turn the gig down out of loyalty. ... [/quote] Personally, if a band member doesn't WANT to gig, he shouldn't be in that band. The only ground rule is that everyone wants to gig at the same frequency. And if that frequency changes each member has a duty to discuss it with the others.

You've been learning bass for a year. You've been in the 'band' 8 months. Unfortunately these things are all part of the learning process. Remember, it should be fun. Don't stress over the small stuff, however frustrating it may seem. Stick with the band for now, use it as a learning process, if it doesn't implode soon. I doubt you will get gigging anytime soon unless someone books a gig and forces everyone's hand.

I hope she's going to use this mic for more than gigging. What PA are you putting it through? What type of gigs are you doing?

The SM58 is the Fender P of microphones.

Sennheiser e835 <£80

Most of the attack, definition and pitch information from bass is in the mid and high frequencies. Foam plugs will make the issue worse. In ear monitoring will probably be the only way to go if you've lost those frequencies. If you sing then you need the 'vented' ER plugs. They should allow the air to move around when you move your jaw and prevent the plugs from moving about.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1367581645' post='2067172'] Ever wondered why we are all mad? [/quote] Well, it's certainly not because of men. Most of us spend hours out of the house and when we return the women are shouting at each other. I've come to the conclusion they just like complaining and arguing. I got shouted at for eating my crisps too loudly during Britain's Got Talent. They couldn't hear the TV. Apparently their constant nattering was inaudible...

I love the way a guy steps in and suggests they talk and compromise. Immediatiately a woman jumps in and shoots him down... Maybe he's given up 'compromising' and decided that the compromise was all one way. Maybe he's always been selfish but if that's the case, why did she marry him? They're all mad. We're all doomed.

Which is why I edit my videos to 2-3mins. Limit my photo albums to 12-24 pics like you used to get on film. People can dip in and dip out. I wouldn't expect anyone to spend days trawling through. I wrote a journal on our honeymoon. We drove across Canada. It's not a book, maybe 100words a day. Concise, humerous?, a simple reminder. I've maybe read it twice. It's there. My personal history is in my head but one thing I regret is not having photos of me during chemo. It was horrible and I felt and looked like death for nearly three years. I didn't want them then. I do now. I suspect there are some if I searched hard.