Beedster

Wonder if a ‘Basses you didn’t regret selling’ thread might be more entertaining 🤔

I might just buy that domain 😁

Agreed, especially re venues closing 😕

I think there's a whole lot more trickery, ranging from clever use of audio/video tech to outright AI-driven deception, in this space than perhaps is obvious as first site. The old 'modern singers can't sing' idea (beneficiaries or victims of pitch correction, you decide....), I get the impression it's increasingly the case with musicians also

Everything about this guy is just dull, his playing, his talking, his business model, his apology, as @risingson comment, he epitomises the soullessness of the whole internet music thing

Best post of the thread 🙏

Guess if the venue stays open longer as the result of this event they keep their jobs longer?

It’s a long way from Kent but I’m almost tempted to travel down following that post @Marvin 🙏

I’m guessing that - with some inevitability -the answer is no 🤔

It is bollocks if you're being made to feel that your being paid is unfair on someone else, but that's a different question to the OP's point The vast majority of people we're talking about here are not pros, and those who are - like professionals in every field at present - need to recognise that the economy is changing. Venues that go under now will not start up again, in a year's time they'll be flats or corner shops. A little bit of give and take, in for example the scenario in the first post, far from being an existential threat to the livelihood of musicians, will help protect the future of live music as a whole

Yep, I started that thread largely to address the same issues that are raised in this thread, they're pretty much parallel conversations

When all you pros are forced to busk in the streets for coins because all the venues have gone under and there are 200 applicants for every seat at the few shows that still have live players, I'll throw some coins in your hat 👍