Buddster

Apart from the 'genuine' cigarette burn...

Good luck, hope it goes well. Be sure to report back.

Just.. WTF

Bit different, but Charlie Jones. He is the brother of the studio manager where I worked at in Bristol when I was 19 in early 80s. His band recorded and hung out there and got signed to Magnet records. I did thier live sound. Me a young player, his style, attitude, live performance and drive were really inspiring. Intense but a really lovely bloke. I learnt a lot about other things from him, even though he wouldn't have realised. And looked cool as hell when played!

Early 80s was my big influence. Nick Beggs. I even got someone to put beads in my hair, and very quickly took them out feeling a right plonker John Taylor, wore the red neckerchief Mic Karn. Couldn't afford a fretless so copied him on a fretted. I didn't do the look this time though

I can only speak for my band, but if we don't rehurse for a few weeks after a gig, it's quite obvious who hasn't been keeping thier hand in at home in the mean time. Things are forgotten. I find it very frustrating.

We play Hot N Cold by Katie Perry in a 4 piece (so no keys). Last week drummer says he's never been happy with the feel (after 3 years), basically we miss the 16s sequencer. So we spend 10 mins working on it, he's back to 4s on the hh and I'm playing 8s as I always have. So he's happy with that. Thanks all for persevering to change it. This week, I say "remember how we played it last week? " " No?" " You 4s, me 8s" "no I don't remember that, it's been a busy week. Hmm, no I think I prefer it how we used to play it" 🤨

I wooed my wife with that bass line! It was the song that played as she walked up the isle

Intro ➡️ outro done?

I see NME and Melody Maker journous and 'ego w*nk' in the same paragraph, I upvote! MSP wern't the only band they did tbis with.

If Rollings Stones Rock and Roll Circus come back on, worth watching. Was on tonight. Jethro Tull, The Who, Lennon, The Stones, Clapton etc . 1968.

Yes, i miss the connection of the more 'organic' on stage sound with amps and real drums. But using IEM's and electric kit, I dont miss too loud cymbals in my ears, feedback from the monitors, not hearing/too loud guitar, hearing out of tune b/v's. The live experience is different, but it's swings and roundabouts.

That ones even worse than 'please ignore', a real ear worm..... 😉

Oh i hate that song as well

Another nod to New Moon Musical Insurance.

Nowadays rather boring. Pack up, beer (or rum at drummers house), then home for marmite on toast and a wind down. . But if I may reminisce for a moment.. In the 90s at a gig in Aberdeen I was doing the sound for, me and the lighting guy somehow ended up at a local party, drinking JD sat on the roof (as in through the sky light, on the ridge) with a couple of locals, happy pills then ended up walking through Aberdeen old docks at 6 in the morning to watch an amazing sunrise. I can still see it now. I'll not mention Amsterdam.. Oh how times have changed

Not so much songs, but the genre of House music with inane 3 chord house piano on. I worked on a lot of these and it killed a little bit of me inside every time. 18 hours of House music at loud volume. Arrgg.

Totally agree. Same with Silver Machine but substitute dungarees for leathers. Round, and round and Round, and round and Round, and round and Round, and round

Why, what happened yesterday?

👆 Very good words there. Add in a loud drummer, a guitarist who has to play on 11 all the time, a vocalist who needs their vocals loud in the monitors, keyboard player without their own monitor, a room with concrete walls, a small stage... I dont know why I did it for so long 🤦🏼

I often wish there was such a thing as an audio version of a thermal imaging camera. Real time display.

Probably because the Aux sends for the monitor is Pre-fader (and as most feedback is due to loud monitor volumes) turning the pre Eq gain (ie pre fader) would turn down the monitors too, helping reduce feedback. However, turning monitors down using the gain isn't really the way to do it, it should be turned down via the Aux send. Channel gains would normally be set at the sound check and not really touched again as it effects everything on that channel (other aux sends, post fader volume etc) Note. Eq is pre-monitor mix (normally) so adding top eq to get the FoH sound will effect the monitors and this can cause feedback, so taking the top off can help reduce f/b. Even turn the hi eq down on the physical monitor helps.

I had that record as a kid. Yummy yummy yummy

Mcarther Park (buy a new cake ffs!) Lady in Red Red Red W(h)ine Anything by The Housemartins Morriseys' entire catalogue 500 miles

My 2 cents worth, no. Unless you're in a room with completely parallel walls, the chances of getting any cancelation or comb filtering in a pub/club full of chairs, tables, punters, bikes on walls etc, I'd have thought were 0. Not to say that it will probably sound different in different areas, but I wouldn't have thought that was due reflected cancellation. @Phil Starr interesting video, but unless I've missed something, you're man seems to miss that an audience will stand in the middle of the room, not in "middle middle", so on his model they get no mid/top at all.