TimR

Genius. I just put them on before moving gear. 🙄😆

How many of us wear gloves while setting up at gigs? Never gave it a thought until about 15 years ago I met a guitarist who said I should be wearing them to load in. Since then I've had numerous finger and hand nips from hands between speaker cabs and door frames, and the awful moment when the speaker or lighting stand slides down while your still trying to get the pin in having pushed the pole up with the speaker/lights already on it. 😆 None of them stopped me playing but each time I've done it, I've thought - idiot! Anyway - a pair now reside permanently in the boot of my car although I seem to be at the tip more regularly than gigs at the moment. £2-3 well spent at the local hardware store.

I think we need more context. Covers band wearing same colour polo-shirts or tshirts with logo on breast? Definitely not cool. I was in a band in the early 2000s who did this. I had agreed to wear them to turn up and set up in as it identified us as 'the band', but once on stage I thought we should wear proper clothes depending on gig - I was overruled (not outvoted, you do what the band leader asks)... Originals band with different printed t-shirts as has been shown quite a bit since far looks great. In fact I'd go as far as to say if you all have different styles of print and they're available to buy - it's a great advertising spin. Slightly cool depending on execution.

I suspect that's survivorship bias. Doesn't matter how good you are, if you don't turn up to rehearsals sober and ready to play or even not turn up at all, you'll lose the gig. Even the most patient of bandmates realise this eventually. No one is going to continue to pay out for rehearsal rooms that are abandoned 30mins into a session because of a no show. I've played with some guitarists who were very limited in musical knowledge and ability, but they practiced and they turned up and I knew they'd be able to reproduce that at gigs.

My policy is always drums bring snare and cymbals and guitar amp and pedals. Everyone else use backline provided. The key is that the guitarist understands he has the same amount of time to set up as the drummer. No faffing. I don't understand any musician who takes more than 5minutes setting up. It's literally 6 plugs and tune up.

@Linus27 he just sounds like typical selfish person who realised his free ride was over. A similar thing happened to a friend of mine who suddenly realised he was a partner in a firm, bringing in all the business and doing all the work, staying late while the other partner, wandered in whenever he fancied, and then was out on "business lunches" or the golf course all day. It didn't go down well when he left, with all sorts of legal threats from the other partner.

Well at least that's the hard part sorted. Usually no one wants to be the bad guy. 😆

Identity the problem member and then nominate one person to have a word. It's likely to get confrontational if it seems Ike they're being ganged up on with everyone being there. Does the member realise they're causing issues? Only time I was thrown put of a band was in the 80s. It came out of the blue and there were some really flakey reasons given, and by the next week they already had a bass player who knew the set. The band didn't last long after that.

Excellent. I saw DLR at Donnington in 1988. Was an incredible show.

Yes. That's what I was saying. Circle of 5ths for Gb shows: Db Gb B Bbm Ebm Abm IV I V iii iv ii

If you look at the 2 chords either side you get the M m m M M m chords you'd usually play in a piece. But don't think you need a circle of 5ths to work that out. So for C it shows: C d e F G a, the outlier being the missing b.

If you play a Bb on a C chord you're defining the chord as a m7. That's not particularly neutral. G is a 5th which doesn't really make a lot of difference, and F is a perfect 4th so you can play them all day long. I don't think the circle of 5ths instructs you to anything regards note choice.

The only decider for me is whether the other musicians are competent and intent on performing.

Look for a dodgy dimmer switch, cheap LED lights or fridge/freezer in your house. They're the most common culprits.

Just play it in Db.

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I don't think the old 'You need 15"s to deal with the bass.' stacks up anymore. We are using Active Yamaha DXR8s for vocals. Plus we have added a slight touch guitar, overheads and kick drum occasionally for dispersion on outdoor gigs.

Indeed. When it comes to politics no one is right. It just depends on whether your wrong opinion matches someone else's wrong opinion as to whether you both agree.

That's going to make a lot more difference than having a bass that's 3lbs lighter. It's like the cycling guys I know who spend thousands of pounds on bikes to save ounces when the real problem is the weight of the rider. There's a good thread here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/470354-weight-lossattempting-to-be-healthy-thread/

Just to clarify the circle of 5ths. It's all down to Pythagorus. If you take the wavelength of a note and break it into half you get a doubling of frequency. That's up an octave. If you take the wavelength of a note and break it into 1/3rds you get an octave and a perfect 5th. This is the first pure harmonic you get. Repeat this 12 times and you get back to your starting note (albeit several octave up). From a C that 5th is a G. C major scale has no sharps or flats. G major has one sharp. 4ths is just what happens when you come back down. Or anti clockwise on the wheel. TLDR; As far as an exercise goes, it seems to be a Scott's Bass Lessons thing in order to get you familiar with the fretboard. You could just learn all the notes one at a time but doing it this way semi-randomises the notes to test you and still ensure you cover all the notes. Imagine learning your tables and then getting someone to test you. They wouldn't just ask you what's 1x2, 2x2, 3x2 etc.

If you don't know any theory then it's no use to you as it's quite an advanced level. It doesn't really have any bearing on everyday playing.

How many #s and bs. C - 0 G - 1 D - 2 A - 3 E - 4 B - 5 F#/Gb - 6 Db -5 Ab - 4 Eb - 3 Bb - 2 F - 1

Bradley Cooper is facing a mounting backlash over his use of a prosthetic nose during his portrayal of Leonard Bernstein - the Jewish equivalent of 'Blacking Up'. More bewilderment from onlookers...

Well. Matt Damon says something that's not controversial in the slightest. Someone latches on to it as a way to promote their movement. A few people wonder if actually they may have point. Suddenly it is contraversal. Loads of people still think it isn't (including Matt Damon) but those with an agenda carry on bashing the point as its getting them loads of attention. It gathers steam and Matt Damon realises it's less damaging for his career to take the high ground, diffuse the situation and apologise. The rest of the world stand back and watch with bewilderment... Meanwhile on BassChat...

Indeed. Not even the "prominent members of the me too movement" belive this. Its a marketing device to create engagement on the subject by presenting an ad absurdum case.