Beedster
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Well, that was fun 👍
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I was starting to suspect Scando Underbridge 🧌
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The situation in which Jaco found himself, sadly
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In all seriousness and with the best of intentions, I suspect you don't need a band, you need a YouTube channel 👍
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I learned a nice lesson from Howard aka the bass doctor on here; ahead of an audition put on some heavy strings and set high action, you have to think twice before you get flash because every time to get flash it hurts
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Ouch.... Well I wouldn't hire you for your attitude, and neither would many r not most of the bands I've worked with, irrespective of your undoubted skills. I stepped off bass about 10 years ago with the intention of playing another instrument in the band, and the guys auditioned several bass players, some of them (then) members on this forum (I did not attend the auditions). Their summary was that all of the candidates played too much, some of them played way way way too much, and some of them didn't seem to realise there were other musicians in the room at all. The guys had assumed that finding a bassist who could do what I do, support the song, would be easy. But no, they couldn't find a bass player to fill my shoes, which is kinda funny 'cos I'm pretty crap. But I know what to play and when, I listen to the whole mix not just me, I look at the other musicians, I look at the audience, and there are all the clues I need. Just occasionally I get the chance to shine, for example on Diamonds, and then I shine(ish). But otherwise, I'm happy to play three notes if that's what the song and the band needs, because the oldest rule in the book is that it's not the notes you play, it's how you play them.
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Live steamed benefit concert for Steve Lawson
Beedster replied to ambient's topic in General Discussion
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I did several auditions on fretless and only one musician and in only one of the bands - amazingly the drummer - even noticed. If you play in tune, in time and what the track needs, no-one will notice you're on fretless unless you want them to.
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And let’s face it, there’s always the potential for a band to actually get worse through rehearsal 🤔
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….or he knew just how necessary it was so was desperately trying to avoid it, and then pull the old ‘Hey, this is the first time we’ve ever played together’ routine at the gig. It’s a lot easier for an unrehearsed clown to hide in an unrehearsed band after all 🤔
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A mate of mine runs a shop and, following a 'stinky poo customer service' rant from me about a music shop a while back, he told me in no uncertain terms how difficult it can be to hire, motivate and keep staff. In his case he sometimes has to employ a very poor candidate who he knows to be a very poor candidate or be forced to shut up shop until he finds a good candidate. But on the subject what makes a good candidate in contemporary retail, he was pretty clear with me; entitlement culture is a big part of his problem, everyone expects to be treated as if they're buying a Ferrari when they'r actually buying a coffee, and they expect a kid on relatively low salary to be able to deliver that level of service 24/7. I was suitably humbled having often been the customer in question too often.
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Agree 100%, have fun mate, we've all been on stages with awful singers (and memorably in my case), audiences aren't stupid 👍
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I dare you to go on stage as Henry VIII
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This is all simply a promo exercise
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Yeh, in so many walks of life the big mistake is the result of too confidence, people mistaking the lack of response from people as stupidity, agreement or permission. Until of course you go that little step too far and you find out it was that they were just waiting for you to go that little step too far. I'm reminded of the glorious Python Piranha Brothers sketch.... Presenter: And so on Feb 22nd 1966, Dinsdale blew up Luton. Even the police began to sit up and take notice.
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Did I sell you that Jay, if so I regret it also -
We should probably start a thread about it 😀
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A beaut, contender for best all round bass of all time?
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When I was a kid in the late 70's my music teacher told me I needed to buy my own violin if i wanted to progress, I had passed Grade V and was aiming higher. She told me which shop to go to, and a list of instruments I should look at and play. But she gave ma a warning, you must be polite and respectful to the owner to get the best out of him, in short to ensure that he sold me the best instrument for me. Plenty of other music shops in the 70's sold violins, I could have gone anywhere, but she knew that all going he would take the time, give me honest advice and make sure I had the best instrument. Sure enough he was a cantankerous old boy who made me and my dad feel extraordinarily unwelcome and inferior. When my dad told him our budget he shook his head and audibly tutted. But we spent about two hours in there and I came away with a decent instrument at a decent price, and my teacher was very happy with it. I went into the shop about two years later to buy some strings, he remembered my name and said that he'd heard (from my teacher) that my playing was going well. Funny that it's that 20 seconds of positive that stands out in my memory. And the idea that people who really know their stuff can also be really opinionated, rude, and disorganised kinda stuck with me from that point on. And I'd still rather deal with them than most polite people who don't know their stuff and will gladly sell you any old crap to get you out of the door and keep the bank balance in the black 👍
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He’ll be on site and face to face when organising future prison gigs, should avoid further miscommunication?
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Yep, as the economy gets tougher people aren’t going to be so happy to write this stuff off
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Multiple ‘minor’ offences each of which individually he can probably blag an excuse/apology for and render the whole thing ultimately a PITA to prosecute? Law enforcement will see a lot if it as caveat emptor, and other stuff requires a lot of proof that musicians who tend to be quite a trusting bunch might not be able to produce. He’s learned from experience to keep his crimes below a certain threshold on the above basis 😟
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Have to say that of all the music stores I've used in the UK Bass Direct have been about the best. Doesn't help the OP of course, but just saying 👍
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I bought this in mid-2020 as lockdown forced me to produce all my educational content online. It enabled me to not only exclude external noise but also to have a very nicely controlled room acoustically. We're moving house and as part of that move I'm anticipating a larger studio build. As I'm going to have to dismantle and move the sound booth anyway, and as I suspect that in reality I won't be rebuilding it anytime soon if at all, seems it might a good idea to sell it now. It's great for recording vocals whether sung or spoken, loud instruments (brass) and even drums assuming your drummist is happy with a pretty small kit (PS that's my daughter's kit and not currently set up to play before any drummists comment!!). Also very good for DB as while the room is arguably a little dead for DB it does at least control the things that can make recording DB such a pain, it's easier to introduce some wanted ambience in the mix than get rid of the unwanted ambience in a room (DB in the photos is a very large 4/4 BTW). It's also a very useful rehearsal space if you have close neighbours (I know of an orchestral trumpet player who has one of these in his London flat for practice). Obviously it would be collection only and would require a van or large estate car. I'll take some more photos once I've clear the area around it. Happy to talk trades on this also 👍 Booth Size: 1.6m x 1.6m x 2.05m · Double thickness walls (44mm) · Acoustic foam (internal) · Acoustic grey carpet liner (internal + external) · Fan assisted active ventilation · LED downlight with ceiling ambient rgbw glow · Door glazed with multilayer acoustic designed glass · Wireless power remotes for lights and ventilation
