We always get the drums set up first, with my amp on drummer's left and geetar on his right.
Then we all drop 3 tabs of acid each and start on the Buckfast to prepare ourselves...
S'funny how anything different is dismissed as "elitist twaddle" rather than just "don't like it".
Do they want vinegar or mayo with those chips? 😀
Saying that, I've got my 1st jam next week in a "rock project" with a drummer who played with Evan Parker, Paul Dunmall etc - perhaps I'll start us off with. Nice blues in E...
The rack's got a dbx 2 channel compressor, a BBE pre and a Marshall Jubilee being used as power amp. The enormously heavy cab is a Yamaha 1x15" currently housing a Precision Devices 600w 15".
10cc? Eek!
It's to teach the drummer to dance...
It's the only way I can get some funk into the rest of the band!
Sergeant Pepper's. It's always annoyed me and I've always wondered why anybody ever liked it.
Same for Rumours - just sounds safe, middle-of-the-road and cheesey to me.
But then I like Derek Bailey and Jamaaladeen Tacuma's "Mirakle"...
I use the Pro17s... Used to use Etymotic £12 ones before that which didn't attenuate as equally over the whole frequency range - I found that with the Etys it cut down less on bass, so I was always too quiet. Now they can hear me!
And, of course I can hear them too...
Good gig in Shrewsbury last night; decent crowd and good reception. We even got asked back after trying very hard, and failing, to clear the room! Only very slightly distorted (!), and be warned - there's a rude word hiding in there...
Here's a live recording of my band, now in their 35th year, with a song written in the morning, played through twice then recorded using a pair of crossed SM58s dangling from the beams of the garage...
While the performance is all very polished it bores me silly; it goes nowhere musically - it's just those 2 annoying chords with some very minor widdling over the top. And in common with everything I've seen from her it relies on a dance routine. Which is excellent for those that like that sort of thing - but I'm afraid I like the music to do the talking, all the extra froth is just a bit of polish.
I'm afraid this music is lacking in cojones - but each to their own!