TimR

The whole area will probably be gridlocked tomorrow until after midday.

You say monologue, I say dialogue. Let's call the whole thing off.

Nothing is normal. Could be common 🤣 I find transposing keys is annoying. But only if it's transposed from a 'flat' key to a 'natural' or 'sharp' key. and yes, songs sound odd to me if they're not in the 'original' key. Lots of the Rush live material began to actually annoy me. Maybe that's because it feels wrong when singing along to it.

Some people just play by shapes or read the dots. Certainly my playing leaped ahead when I sang the notes in my head amd concentrated on intervals, before even picking up the bass.

This is what to look at. Also, if you do look at Watts, look at distortion %age at 1khz they don't always quote the same figures.

No. I think that's different. The same people often move their lips while reading. It's a neurological connection. Everyone is different, we don't all work the same way, in last few years we are learning that no one is 'normal'. That's tough on people who want everyone to fit into their world view.

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. 🤣