TimR

I'd be surprised if the fridge freezer actually runs at all if you keep the doors closed.

No they're not.

I'd be very wary of letting anyone loose with quantization.

My top 5 are the originals band that I joined. Had the album on permanent replay in the car for a week learning the tunes. That's about 20hours of play. 😆

I think that's far too much detail for someone who isn't technical. They'll just want a band. They don't need to even know you have to stay in a hotel.

He's just playing on stereotypes for comedic effect. We've all met those band members.

Not safe for work. Lots of profanity. This guy is very funny, but think he hits the mark very well. Part 1 and 2.

You need to rehearse to a click track before turning up to the studio and expecting everything to just work.

If it's anything like the steam rally we do, it'll be a bunch of blokes talking about engines and drinking beer. You won't need to fill the Marquee with sound and no one will be dancing. A pub PA will be fine.

It's a legitimate club with around 2000 members, with an annual membership fee of £35. So doesn't seem to be a massive budget thing but also isn't a bunch of chancers. However these clubs are usually headed up by a committee so tend to have quite a lot of inertia when it comes to making decisions. Looks like they do it every year and have a few spread out in different regions. I'd firstly make sure you're talking directly to the organiser and not someone who is just making enquiries about what you would charge. That way you get all the information and can negotiate. Once you have all the information, only then can you put a fee forward and make sure you include terms and conditions regards the PA use and your arrival and departure times.

What are they charging per ticket? How many bands are playing? How long are you on for? Is it for charity?

My local had a character who fell over and injured themselves badly, wasn't insured for time off work, so went to the pub and "slipped" over. Like a real life Uncle Albert from Only Fools and Horses.

That's the point where your legal insurance comes in. Let them argue whose fault it is.

It would only protect them from the actions of their employees. Their insurance won't cover you if you injure someone but their insurance will cover their legal fees if someone is injured on their property and tries to sue them. You'd then need legal cover yourselves. The cyclist who badly injured a pedestrian who stepped out in front of him tried to represent himself, failed, and then lost £40k. Although I think his insurance company helped him out in the end. All it takes is for someone to get drunk, come up on stage and trip over a lead and you're involved. Regardless of blame you have to defend yourselves.

Music guard allow you to add up to 4 named people who regularly perform or help you. Presumably at an extra cost.

Look at the small print on your policy, if you haven't already. It may cover you. It may be wise for all your members to get their own insurance anyway.

The recurring theme here is the guitarist is too loud and probably all your on stage issues are being caused by that. All the extra technology you are playing with is a waste of time, energy and money. Keep it simple- he has to reduce his stage volume. My guess is then everyone else can then go back to using ordinary monitors.

If the guitarist is the band leader you're in trouble.

If that is the setting he likes then mark it with a pen on his amp. Not a sharpie or anything indelible. 😆 Then next time balance the band to that. Our guitarist has his always set at the same point. Rehearsal, practice or gig. As long as its not overpowering the stage.

When the venue isn't respecting your service. It's not your job to 'bring' a crowd, it's the venue's job to advertise and build a reputation for good bands that people want to see. You're likely to bring a few friends but it's not your job to fill the venue. Otherwise you'd be hiring your own venue and taking all the profits. If they're not paying the money, they won't get good bands, and they won't build a reputation. Sounds to me like as a band you're all very new to this and not confident your band is good.

I'm not really impressed with any Fender I've played. They seem to be similar weight to Trace Elliot cabs. 😆 Don't really see the point of spending thousands of pounds on what is essentially an antique. I'd probably be worried about it going missing all the time. My current bass is my Daughter's YOB, or close enough. That makes it a classic rather than a vintage or antique. 😆

My Brother was born there 20 years later though.

Coverdale allegedly had the loudest voice in rock. He didn't use SM58s he just sang acoustically. I think Brian Blessed was wasted with his Flash cameo.

I noticed that Francis Dunnery has formed It Bites FD. There's a band that's had more break ups than any other I know about. The last time It Bites called it a day, the only member who knew about it was the one who posted it on Facebook. So it seems even bands who want to call it a day, and have done several times, can't.

Never heard of the first one, had a listen, still don't recognise it. Don't think it is catchy enough for an audience who've never heard it before. Word Up - Gun. It's another one like Lenny Kravitz's Are You Gonna Go My Way. It's a great song, everyone listens to it, every band wants to play it - but it goes down like a lead balloon unless you play it right at the end of the evening when everyone is up and leaping around. The others are OK, but don't think they're groundbreaking storming songs. There are hundreds of songs people like to listen to, sound great and we'd all love to play. There's a reason why a load of those type of songs don't stay in setlists for very long.