TimR

Cornell was my number 2 choice with LaLD 3rd. Might be a generational thing regarding people voting on Bond themes from when they were teenagers. NDiB was the first Bond I saw at the cinema. Its a great song, but can't vote for them all.

David Arnold scored 5 bond films starting with Tommorow Never Dies. His reworking of OHMSS with the Propellerheads is awesome. The morse code spells out OHMSS.

Matey boy has his music on again. I think it's probably more that it's that dreary winey Oasis. How many times can you listen to one album? Please make it stop, it's awful. I'm off to band practice...

I think you're right. Reasonable would be to party to 11pm or midnight then turn the noise down, but I think most people would ignore it for one night. You'd probably get one person complaining if they had to be up in the morning. This kind of thing really depends on past history, generally people who hold house parties tend to be repeat offenders.

I can't belive anyone would consider a group practice in a 1st floor flat, acceptable. I suspect she'd already pushed the limit by playing a piano several hours a day.

I think all the gear and no idea is about people who start a hobby and go out and buy all the gear without having any idea what they're buying or why they're buying it. Similar to the fishing story above: I once took a guy up Snowdon who arrived with brand new tent, sleeping bag, stove, etc etc. I told him we didn't need any of it today, it was an easy walk up the mountain to see how he coped. Not very well with all the gear and no experience at all. The next day we went completely 'off piste'. We sat down for lunch and he began to unpack and assemble all his cooking gear, rations and shelter. I sat on a rock, ate my cold pasty and crisps, and was thinking we should really get a move on when he emerged from his shelter and asked if I had any matches. So in terms of bass playing, this is the equivalent of taking tons of brand new gear to a gig, spending ages setting up, moving kit around to look good, and then realising you don't have a lead. Learn the basics first before deciding what gear to waste money on, and what gear to spend wisely on, otherwise you are buying blind and spending on equipment you may not need or may not suit your requirements. Which then reminds be of a gig I did where the guitarist set up 6 guitars on a stand and then complained there was no room. So I told him to put the guitars in the wings. To which he replied "The audience won't see them there."

We auditioned a singer once. Good singer, nailed all the songs in all the original keys. And then proceeded to tell us about all the fights he'd been in at gigs. 🙄

The correct answer when being asked "Can you play a bass solo", in an audition is: "I can, but no one wants to hear bass solos." Actually, it's the correct answer at all times...

My point is that the people who think there is an appropriate time to drive fast are missing the point. Everyone else has to make allowances for them. Same with appropriate flashy bass. Everyone else has to be making allowances. That's great if you're on a track day, everyone present has agreed that they might die and is prepared that there will be fast cars. And it's great of you're in a band where instrumentalists are prepared for flashy bass antics and happy to step back. But if everyone in the band is overplaying - then you have a car crash of epic proportions and the whole band dies.

Exactly. If you drive fast, everyone else has to make sure they don't crash into you.

Nothing wrong with some pepper on scrambled egg, but then adding salt, tarragon, parsley, ketchup, mustard, and thick gravy is probably not going to work. The drummer comment from @wateroftyne is spot on. Maybe listen to a recording if you can. We all have smartphones that can do voice memos. There's no reason not to record rehearsals.

Obviously didn't realise you were auditioning the band as well as him auditioning a bass player. Guess he didn't pass the audition then.

Exactly.

Which is why I said that there must be more to it.

According to the link I posted above they must. And the link says the notice must contain a level that the noise must not exceed and the period for which it must not exceed it and that if they do exceed it they MAY be guilty of an offence. According to the link they don't have to measure it before serving the notice, only after if the complaints continue. And that they have 7 days before issuing the notice to try and come to some agreement. Great way to get YouTube views and subscribers to your chanel though... I don't buy it, more to it. Why move out and sofa surf? Why not just go round your friend's house to practice?

They're supposed to measure the noise levels if it happens again, so she could just keep making the noise and then they would have to show it's above those levels in order to fine her. But they do have to issue an abatement notice if someone complains. See Noise from Dwellings: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints

It's called being antisocial. Creating a nuisance. I have no issue with someone having their music on. Lots of my neighbours do. But if I can hear someone's music, or telephone conversation inside my house over my TV, and they're not having a party or a special occasion, then that is not normal behaviour. Seriously, I can hear his telephone conversation 3 houses away, over my TV! 😆

I think it's wise to collect a few dates before confronting someone. If nothing else I can see whether I am overreacting. So far it's actually been 4 occasions; 2 afternoons of ridiculously loud music with his speakers next to his upstairs open window, and 2 long expletive laden telephone conversations while leaning out of the same window.

That's a nonsense petition. Nuisance covers anything that is antisocial. There's no discrimination. Sounds like communications have broken down there and the person is clutching at straws. Would be interesting to see all the evidence that the neighbour has collated and the evidence the council have that the musician hasn't compromised. I am currently compiling a noise diary over a new neighbour. So far there's only been 3 occasions but suspect it's going to continue if I don't go over and have a chat. Said neighbour is 3 houses away and I can hear his music inside my house.

My takeaway from that is the C and C# are never played. The music and vocals harmonise.

All on the E string 5the fret and below. Nothing in the Verse. Then above 12th fret for the Guitar solo. Never worked out whether it's supposed to be harmonics or what. Sounds OK and never had anyone tell me "It doesn't go like that."

I wouldn't worry too much about power output. If you have 3 cabinets you'll get a fair increase in volume from having more speakers.

Yes. A lot of the chords are inversions so when the Keyboard or Guitarist says they're playing one chord, often they're not and your root note will be an interesting choice. Good luck.

I went for an audition a few weeks ago for an originals band. The comms were very relaxed. The guy sent me his Spotify album, sounded great, but 12 tracks, he said meet up for a jam and see what happens. I turned up and he'd got most of the songs charted. Good charts! He led the band well, plenty of eye contact and nods and 'back to the top', 'another verse' calls. So I'm now in another band. 😆 I have been in the situation where I've been given a list of songs for an audition, the problem is, you can be able to play the original bassline to the original record, but you don't know their arrangement and you don't know what cues you're going to get from who. You don't even know if you're going to gel with the drummer. It's not an ideal way to audition. I'd expect a band looking for a serious bass player with paid gigs ready to go to have charts ready and maybe send them out, or maybe have recordings. This is how my brother's band operates, essential if you're using deps. I've even done a few gigs where occasionally I've never even heard the songs before, let alone practiced them. Hard work. More than one way to skin a cat.

This stems from a basic misunderstanding of grounding and earthing with electrical systems. The human body and the earth have average zero charge most of the time but this is average. There are chemical reactions going on all the time and elements are swapping charges increasing them positively and decreasing them negatively. It's basic chemistry. They're getting confused with voltage and the earth is only at 'zero' potential because we use that as a reference for electrical power generation. It's the return path to the power station and is not ever zero. During a lightning storm the local voltage of the earth changes as the charges in the air repel electrons away from them. Then when the ground becomes positive enough there's a huge discharge. Put your finger on the tip of your bass lead when the amplifier is on and you hear white noise, that's the radio waves hitting your body and all the charges in your body making all that noise. You can't zero them, it's a ridiculous idea. Not least because you'd have to get in a Faraday cage and then stop all the chemical processes going on in your body. Which would generally be a really bad thing for the continuation of your life.