TimR

That would make sense too. My first amp was 120W combo lent to me but regularly being used for a function band in the 70s. 300w+ amps didn't seem to be readily available. The SVT was 300w but an outlier and required an 8x10" cabinet. So I'm really thinking the bottom end wouldn't have been there in any strength for a rock band without really distorting.

Watching Queen: Live at the Rainbow on Sky Arts - it'll be repeated... John Deacon doesn't appear to drop below 7th fret very often. And he's a lunatic, all over the stage and his body is bopping to 8ths for the most of it. What a player. He's definitely one of my early influences. Now left wondering if 70s sound systems couldn't do the bottom end with any power, or whether something else is going on.

You have to entertain the audience. That's the primary purpose of playing music to an audience. Just have to make sure you have the right band for the right audience. If the audience want me to play Sweet Caroline, I don't have to like it, but if it's what they want, who am I to argue. I'm not going to be listening to it on my way home. I probably wouldn't even listen to it more than once to learn it. 😁 We have songs in our setlist we don't rehearse. If we haven't gigged for a while we run through the list and ask who needs to rehearse each tune. Mostly those tunes get a quick shake of the head and everyone looks at the floor. That speaks volumes to me. But come the gig, the place is jumping and we all have smiles on our faces. When that happens I'm not entirely sure the songs we play are what makes us happy.

It's all about phrasing. The only person not treating them as 4 bar phrases, is the only person getting lost.

That's not quite the same. It affects how you rehearse together. It's difficult to explain. In this example B^ are accented phrases of B. And you're trying to get the band to accent those phrases together. ||:A...|A...|A...|B... :|| |B^...|B...|B^...|B...| |B^...|B...|C...|C...| Is not |A...|A...|A...|B...| |A...|A...|A....| |B...|B^...|B...|B^...|B...|B^...|B...| |C...|C...| Especialy when the person counting in the second example is consistently getting it wrong.

It leads to confusion when communicating with other players. In the same way as calling a G# when the song is in Eb.

Add to annoyances on this theme, people who have no musical training and are unable to count bars or understand two and four bar phrases. Trying to explain to someone last week that they're playing a 4 bar phrase twice and just because the last bar of that repeated phrase contains the same run that the following 6 bars contain, doesn't mean it's a 3 bar phrase followed by 7 bars of a repeated phrase. Arghhh.

Sweet Caroline.

You'd need the right adaptor. There are a load of power banks around that will supply multiple voltages. You can also charge some of them while you're using them. But if you charge the powerbank before your gig it's another mains supply you don't need to run anywhere. USB C stuck in my mind because it can supply different voltages unlike USB A, but it's the power bank application I was thinking of.

A very old thread. Things have rapidly moved on in the world in the last 7 years. Have a look at USB C power supplies.

She did it deliberately.

Double post.

If you're under 50 years old the Beatles wouldn't have had a hit in your lifetime. Paul McCartney is 80 next month. My parents weren't ever into them and we never had any albums in the house. My knowledge of Beatles tunes is limited to the hits.

Yes. A single DI would simplify everything and all he has to do is sort out front of house sound. I'd probably 'agree with him', he doesn't know how you want the two signals blended to create the sound you have imagined, the single DI removes the guesswork on his part. If I'm operating a desk, there's enough to worry about getting the band to sound cohesive, and providing IEM and foldback mixes, without trying to work out how an individual musician wants their FOH mix to sound.

Our quiatrist says I can't run bass through the PA. I don't know where they get the idea it'll blow speakers. Quite happy to mic the bass drum. So guess it's a lack of understanding. Maybe has had a bad experience in the past.

Find some bands where the other members don't seem to have the time to be in one band. That's ultimately how you end up in multiple bands. One band isn't practicing or playing out as regularly as you want to or are able to. I was in 3 bands plus depping for anyone who was short, but a while ago now. It's amazing how poor some bands are at organising a rehearsal, let alone a gig. Lots start out with good intentions but quickly seem to lose any momentum. There's always someone who has something more important in the way.

Some people can't deal with you being in two bands. If the band is busy and you're not going to drop gigs that have been booked with the other band, then their regular dep (you) is no longer the dep and they need to find someone else to cover. Probably easier in their minds to have a dedicated bass player and keep you as the dep. Singers can be pretty precious as well. Very frail Egos mostly.

I was replying to Stub's comment. Which people appear to have found funny? Go figure. 🤷‍♂️

Well I also have plugs but I don't sing. Just pointing out that many of us have gone along the path of amassing tons of gear and then just getting rid of it all. Maybe swap out the vocal mic for a hypercardiod one, as seems that standing next to a heavy hitting drummer isn't going to help getting the vocals separate. Or maybe stand away from the drums or as I said at least look at how the mic is placed and directioned. Thought I was giving helpful advice. 🤷‍♂️

My approach to playing is always to keep the gear as simple as possible. The more gadgets you use to fix a problem, the longer the set up, the more messing around, the more potential for things to go wrong and the less likely the solution is to work as expected. Lots of bass players here just with a bass, an amp and a tuner. For good reason.

Wrong. Read your last sentence on your first post again. Then please apologise. You'd get the same response regardless of your gender. As most people on this forum will attest. You've asked for opinions. If you only wanted people to agree with you, why ask for opinions?

Not many women here to advise on the subject really so if you ask for advice and opinions they'll generally be from men. Could always try the bass players section of mums net. 🤷‍♂️

I'm just looking at the TimeTree app. Looks pretty simple. It's just a shared calendar. You don't even have to put email address in as far as I can see, just skip all the registering screens. As others have said, the weakest link in all these apps is the humans inputting data.

Yes. All clear now. Just confusing wording that's all. I'm still not sure not having any eq on your mic is a good thing. Good luck.

So how is that any different to what you currently do? If the iem mix coming back from the main desk was too loud and at risk of damaging your hearing, you're not fixing the main problem you had.