TimR

A couple of the guys I play with were active in Cambridge in the 60s and knew Syd in passing. There's a bit more info here, a film etc http://www.i-spysydincambridge.com/ http://www.i-spysydincambridge.com/assets/pdf/booklet-march2011.pdf

Big shed? Is this an out building supplied from another building? If so it's likely that the building earth is suspect. Make sure you are using an RCD. £10 from B&Q that could save your life.

Should be Spinyl as in vinyl. That would get more attention. Although telling people your web adress would be tortuous...

Probably down to Neil Peart's love of big band jazz. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_(instrumental)

Not to mention the 3 rings from a pre arranged phone box that meant come and pick me up.

[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1359756364' post='1960071'] I'm one of those Luddites who does not have a mobile phone ( shock horror ) I stay in touch with band members by landline and our weekly rehearsal and now even by that new e-mail thingy . All the bands in the 60's 70's and 80's. seemed to survive just fine without a mobile phone . When I have to endure some other person having a conversation on a mobile phone , the majority seem to be entirely without fact or substance , so I'm quite happy as I am . PS , never missed a gig or a rehearsal , I use a calendar . [/quote] I think the immediacy of communication can be a bad thing. If you organised a practice for next week at 8pm then it was organised and generally happened. This is for two reasons: 1) it was difficult to get hold of someone when they weren't at home. Most people didn't even have answer phones. So changing things was hard. 2) because of 1), other things didn't get changed either and hence didn't impact on previous commitments. There seems to be a lot of people who are quite happy to cancel something because something "better" comes along.

There seems to be a growing urgency in our lives to respond immediately to every bleep and buzz. I hate it. Quite often I'll read a text and if I don't have an immediate answer I'll sit on it. I live in an area where there is no signal and sometimes don't get a message for 24hours+. If you need an urgent reply, or even any reply, you need to make it clear in your message and if you don't get a reply then call.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359494337' post='1955769'] Yes! I spent way more time than I should have with a couple of assholes who talked the talk but turned out to be bloody time-wasters. A real shame actually, because they were [i]exceptionally [/i]good musicians. I really don't get why you would go to all the trouble to learn to play, buy proper gear, work on material, recruit band members, spend money on transport and rehearsing yet have no intention of gigging whatsoever!! Is it [i]really [/i]just so they can tell their friends they're in a band?? [/quote] We've done this loads of times. There are many Bassplayers here who freely admit that they're happy playing only music they like at rehearsals with friends over a few beers. There are a few who will occasionally venture as far as their local once every few weeks to play a session. I've no problem with that at all. In fact my 'second' band seem quite happy to do that. They've all reached an age where they have busy job or are retired and just can't be bothered with all the hassle gigging brings. I wish they'd been a bit more up front when I joined though. Then I wouldn't be playing in two bands People should be more honest with themselves and their band mates about what they actually want. Although I'm not that sure they do know themselves.

In my experience there are a lot of people who like to be in a band so they can tell their friends they're in a band. So they'll call you to sound you out. If you gig regularly, practice to a high standard then that's not really what they want but they can't join a gigging band that actually gigs, they just want one that practices lots, drinks beer, and talks about doing some gigs at some stage, maybe.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1359489741' post='1955640'] I know a drummer who actuallys owns a kit!! But he has a Mazda mx5 and can`t move the kit around. And he had the kit before the car!! [/quote] They're very scary beasts drummers. I knew one that bought a hatchback to fit the drum kit in. Then bought a subwoofer for the boot...

You see, what you have there is not a drummer, he's a musician. I think we've had this discussion many times. Somewhere there is a thread "Am I a musician or just a bass player?" In the same way there are bass players who can play a functional bass line and there are bass players who can play a bass line and make it sound like music.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1359156588' post='1951068'] I am in 4 bands, two covers and two originals. There is one drummer for three of the bands... so yeah, I think good ones are hard to find! [/quote] Yes, but one bass player for 4 of them. Bass trumps drums.

I know several drummers. They can all play well enough to hold down a gig. One or two of them I wouldn't want to play with very often though, speeding up, random 5 beat fills, double bass drum pedal, failure to listen to the rest of the band. You can live with that for a few gigs but you can't build a solid band on it. The big problem is the bass player/drummer relationship has to be good, it's a two way street.

I'll occasionally make a pint last a set so max 3 pints by the end of 3-1/2 hours or a couple of pints over a 2 set night. I remember once getting on stage having waited for hours to start playing and suddenly realising I'd had three pints on an empty stomach. I think I had sobered up enough to feel normal by the start of the second set but the first set was a bit shaky.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1358842228' post='1945774'] ... I'm a little apprehensive, as apparently the keys is sh*t hot on the bass, and I'm still very much in the early stages of developing my craft. ... [/quote] Don't worry. That's code for can play a million notes in a bar, none of them in time or in keeping with the tune. Just watch he doesn't try to play his 'funky' bass lines on his keyboard and tread all over your tasteful solid playing. Have fun, that's what's important

U2 were not musicians. None of them had even heard of blues or rock music when they got together. I'm not sure I understand how that could happen but according to Bono it did. They just played what they liked. Some of the early stuff only has a few chords and they don't really make musical sense in the way a musician would have written them. The Edge is all about effects. Listen to his lines clean and you'll hear it's very simple. They've never hidden it.

Living Colour.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1358447798' post='1939446'] Something by Jamiriquoi? [/quote] I agree. They're usually strong enough to play without horns and synth if you work on the arrangements.

No. It's fairly simple. To double the perceived volume you need ten times the power. So to double the volume from a 10w amp you need 100w and to double it again you need 1000w. Don't forget power is cheap now due to transistors. Although speakers have become mire efficient. So it's cheaper to have efficient speakers and big amps than it is to have loads of inefficient speakers and small amps. Like they used to do.

The 210 is 100dB 50Hz-16kHz The 410 is 103dB 45Hz-16kHz There are 210s on the market louder than that 410. Look around.

If you think it's funny, quote it in the 'famous quotes' thread in off topic. It's genius.

My friend used to listen to Phil Collins a lot. He drove into a tree. Can't blame him really.

Yes, it will be down to the individual to say if they've got no gigs lined up in the next fortnight to offer the bass to the next in line. You're probably looking at 2-3 weeks per person as it is.

The best way is for Jim to compile a list of names and locations first. Say by the end of Feb. Then somehow work a route. If more join after its started out on its journey it could do two laps and if it's already passed you on the first lap you'll get it on the second.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1358084753' post='1932740'] indeed, one won't be driven as much as the other, but aslong as the 2x10 is on top and you can hear it it should be fine, using your ears and bit of common sense a lot of weird bass rigs are fine. The 210AV's which I have for sale, will be as loud as any other 4x10 out there but will seem louder due to polar response and some science stuff. and they only weigh about 23kgs together, so a really nice alternative to having a hulking 4x10. [/quote] I don't have experience of that particular cab but the right modern 2x10" will more than keep up with a loud drummer.