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    How was your gig last night?

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    We've just done the first of two gigs today...

    We had the 1350-1420 slot at Rebellion Festival Arena. We played there two years ago and the sound was awful, boomy, feedback and generally horrible.

    So now they've put the stage facing across the room, and it's now the best sounding room at the Festival!

    For the first time in many years I went directly into the PA from my Helix. Our other bass player used the supplied AmpegSvt and Fridge. As a result, he was happy with trousers flapping indistinct mush, and I was very happy with a slightly slappier JJ Burnell-esque tone which suited my far too many notes style.

    We played ok, a number of mistakes due to nerves from our two new members and also a serious lack of rehearsal, but I shall eventually beat the songs into them good'n'hard. 

    However, audience of 2-300 seemed happy (we were up against 4 other bands in the other Winter Gardens venues, plus the Typhoon and Red arrows flypast at Blackpool airshow.

    Afterwards we didn't get a kicking, and even sold some merch...

    Gear- Sandberg Basic, Helix, PA.

    Shoes - TUK zebra creepers.

    T-shirt - original UKSubs Another Kind of Blues from about 1978-9.

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    What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

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    5 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

    This is multiplied a million times by blokes who wear hats on stage.

    I once played a gig wearing 9 different hats on top of each other...

    There was an Aussie bush hat, a fez, a trilby, a straw boater, 4 baseball caps and a beanie.

    I realised as I tried to stop 'em all toppling that I looked like a bit of a cock 😁

    Might try it again one day.

    With 4 pairs of sunglasses.

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    What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

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    1. Catchy little melodies; this is just a fop to those who think that music is just a ditty to whistle while doing their milk round. Real music isn't for enjoyment or fun, it's meant to be difficult and exclude those who lack understanding. I don't include bone-crunching riffs, or earworms such as Joe Dolce's "Shaddapa ya face", obvs.

    2. Vocalists - see above 

    3. Boring arrangements - straightforward 1234 should be illegal. Syncopate or be exterminated!

    4. Musicians who do the bare minimum - see 3.

    5. Sound engineers who think that the only thing that the audience wants to hear is a kidney-jarringly-loud kick drum and a general mush in the rest of the bass. Learn your craft yer eejits!

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    Why Weren't We Asked Back.

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    18 minutes ago, Beedster said:

    Always be careful of your following

    Back in the early 90s my old band had a bunch of followers called The Bromley Boys... They'd dress up like the Monty Python housewives and leap about in rather a crazed but generally peaceful fashion.

    We'd played a couple of times at The Joshua Tavern in Oxford, one of them supporting Gaye Bykers On Acid, and were offered a headline there.

    The Bromley Boys came as usual but just before we played there must have been some argy-bargy with locals - I saw the biggest of the BBs chasing this bloke with an iron bar shouting "we're from faackin Laaahnden!".

    We played the gig and all was fine, but they never asked us back...

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    Who did you see live last?

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    Saw the Daley-Crowe Blues Band in a pub garden in Bishops Castle on Sunday early eve...

    It was their first gig, but you'd never know it - they were excellent.

    Basically just blues covers with a couple of Hendrix and ZZ Top numbers but all played very well indeed. Though I knew they would, I used to be in band with Tim D and so was familiar with his guitar stylings!

    How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

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    We had our final rehearsal before Rebellion Festival - we're playing on Sunday twice...

    I was a bit worried before that we lacked practice, and this would result in sloppy, missed or messed up changes (we have quite a lot!), or songs would be started at dirge-like pace when they're meant to be punkfunk stompers.

    However, if it goes like last night we'll have no problem at all; Knockout stopped on 3 as it should, there was distinct variation between the funky chorus, punk verse and funkabilly middle 8. All 9 changes in Reaper were perfect, Conspiracy had a millisecond tight ending, and I'd managed to download the filthiest bass tone from Line6 which worked surprisingly well with my Parker bass.

    However, after some solo fiddling this morning (Keep your filthy minds out of the gutter!) I've decided to use my Sandberg through a tube driven Aguilar sound with a spot of reverb and chorus which clanks'n'danks like a Sherman tank dragging a chain over a steel pontoon bridge. I'll probably change my mind again though!

     

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