TimR

They're not getting their hit. If it doesn't hit within 30seconds, they know it's probably not coming and move on to the next video. That's why the videos have to lure people in, and have to be engineered to hold people's attention. It's why people spend hours searching, they're not getting the hit, if they were, they'd not be on the phone for hours. They're all searching for something that isn't there.

They understand how dopamine works. It's not about the constant scrolling, it's about finding something that's better than you expected. In a sea of mediocrity everyone is scrolling, scrolling, searching for something that presses their button and ticks their own personal box. The genie is out of the bottle. Just performing good music, well, no longer gets people's attention. To be honest, it never has, its always been about the next best thing, audiences are fickle and constantly changing and evolving. Beatles vs Stones, not about the music, Mods vs Rockers, Blur vs Oasis, Dem vs Rep, Gen Z vs Gen X, Feminist vs Trans, it's not about music, it's all about being a member of a tribe. And media and politicians know this is how it works. You need to be ahead of the game and finding something new and exciting all the time. The problem is, now we have come so far along the line, there's very little that is new and engaging. Hence, people continue to scroll endlessly in a pointless search, and when they do find something that's new and exciting and fresh, are swiftly disappointed when they find it's not real, all smoke and mirrors, the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain.

It gives them a sense of purpose and it does influence a lot of people to take up worthwhile activities. I mean we could moan all we like about people pretending to play an instrument, but if a handful of people are inspired to pick up an instrument, then that's quite worthwhile.

A huge number of followers, likers, and commentors are bots and AI accounts. "Fed up of being taken advantage of? Simply send me a postal order for £5 and I will send you my guide on how to avoid online scams..."

Many years ago (90s?) I went for a meal with a bunch of freinds. There were about 8 of us and we are all musicians. A couple of professionals, all of us gigging, and a few grade 8 players. A band turned up at the restaurant and we thought great, some background music. They proceeded to turn up to 11 and it was impossible to talk. We complained to the manager several times, it wasn't even advertised as a gig! To the point where the singer stopped the band and said "If we knew anything about music, we would know that it had to be loud." If that happened nowadays, we would probably have just left the restaurant without finishing our meal or paying.

Is there a FX blend or FX level control. Could that be set too low?

The venue should be controlling the volume. There's another thread from a couple of weeks back where people are complaining that venues are being forced to stop playing loud music due to compliants from neighbours, even though the music venues were there first. Just because you were there first, doesnt give you carte blanche to act as you please.

You would think that he or the stage manager would have the power to stop the show on health and safety grounds for the audience.

Yes. The threaded part fits, but the shaft was too big for the knob. The Artec has arrived. Just need to find 5 minutes ( 1/2 a day 🤣) to fit it. I may also buy a new bass just in case - although I'm invested in the "Gear Abstinence" thread at the moment, so really trying to avoid that.

Sounds to me that venue acoustics meant the guitarists couldn't hear themselves, so they all kept turning up. Instead, the band leader should be taking control and telling everyone to turn down. It's not a difficult concept to grasp. I saw a band on Saturday night. They complained about the sound. The guitarist and bass player had amps set on stun, the sound guy had to turn off everything in the PA except vocals. At one point he went up to the stage and told them all to turn down. Which they did, but 2 minutes later, turned back up before the sound guy had a chance to sort it all out properly. I didn't see their soundcheck, but you wonder how they'd got to that point.

Also turned up to a gig where there was a new manager who had 'lost' our contact details. He said they weren't doing our type of band anymore but we could play. The locals loved it and said they didn't like the new manager (who has since gone and the pub is now doing what its been well known for over the last 20+ years). Weird thing was, he said he could see the bands that were playing at the pub, on Lemonrock. Obviously not able to use Facebook or google.

I've played gigs where the manager who booked us hasn't even been there on the night. The locals have quite a large say in whether bands get rebooked, regardless of how many people you bring along. One of my locals was literally held ransom by the locals, it felt uncomfortable for visitors, they had a lot of influence on what beer was on tap, what music was played etc, but there weren't enough of them to keep the pub running. Quite short sighted of the landlord not to get on top of it.

I've seen reference to this several times now. What is a 'painted' neck? It sounds like something from Roger Mellie's Profanisaurus.

Guitarists.

Drummers.

Yes. Scoop? Set the gain as high as you can to eliminate noise. Watch for clipping, unless that's what you want. It also controls sensitivity so will affect your playing dynamics. Too low and it will be all or nothing, too high and every little unevenness will be exposed. Then use the Master to control the overall volume level.

Aren't they foam backed and so damp the strings automatically. Hence - take them off if you don't like the sound.

If you put the screws in the holes, unless you leave them proud, the holes will be made bigger, so when you come to replace covers, the screws will have nothing to screw into. 🤷‍♂️ Put them in a bag with the covers.

I'm very disappointed. 🤣 That was less than 2 hours! I've spent weeks/months on it! Go back and have another go! 🤣

Recievers will attempt to salvage a trading company before declaring compelte bankruptcy by running an insolvent company in administration. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administration_(law)

Yes. Good luck. I've tried all the usual electronics sites. RV16AF-41 25R 3 B150K is as much of the Alpha Tiwan part number as I can work out. The minimum order is 2000. Finding one will be like finding hens teeth. Ibanez would have ordered them in bulk and don't stock them as spares now.

There's a ton of sheilding paint. The shaft is 25mm long, 8mm dia? and the knob is 6mm dia. 150kohm linear. I've looked everywhere and even thought about putting a short shaft one in and putting flying leads in, but there's not enough space. The one I ordered ended up being 6.5mm dia. It's 25 years old, and it's done its work. These things don't last forever. Cutting my losses for the sake of £30 and a half hour swapping over.

“But it was about the intent of making music as a band, without that digital safety net. It’s a wonderful thing to have limitations in your creative process, because you have to decide, in the moment: ‘Is it played well enough? Do we move on? Do they play it again, or do we cut those pieces together?’ I just think working in analogue is such a beautiful way to make art. It is a romance, because it’s a physical medium. The joy of tape editing is that you’re making something, in the truest sense of the word.”

Sounds like they called Flea and Navarro in and only gave them the vocal stems, and they did a one take hit and run. RHCP track live, and for a reason. They're not going to be spending all day finessing individual bars and timing. https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/inside-track-red-hot-chili-peppers-black-summer