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[quote name='ped' timestamp='1349958288' post='1832688'] Just been browsing our analytics and I have found that we've had just over 106,000,000 pageviews since our launch in May 2008. That's approximately 3 times the population of Oceana and about the same as the number of people in the USA who own a smartphone. I was quite impressed!! We've also had 2.376 million unique visitors to the site. Cheers for being one of them (sounds a bit cringeworthy, but thanks anyway) ped [/quote] Can you imagine how many page views you'd have if the forum software functioned 'normally', i.e. notification emails were sent out once when a topic was responded to, referring users to the thread, rather than containing the body of every subsequent post? Just sayin'. :-)

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1350221924' post='1835897'] I do wonder if people playing for free realise how much they spend on gear, rehearsals, transport etc... [/quote] I'm sure many don't, but how many hobbies are free..?

Ah, but I'm not talking about loudness - that's the whole point. I'm talking about how the signal reacts at volume. I'm only sharing my experience, of course.

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1350215061' post='1835794'] Ampeg PF-500, but mostly using it for the power section for my Sansamp VT Bass Deluxe. [/quote] FWIW, my age-long quest for authorative (as therefore clear) low-mids ended abruptly when I finally turned my back on class-D, assisted by shelving off everything below 50Hz. IME, diet amps are like diet Coke. All new and exciting, until one day you try the full-fat version and you remember what you're missing. ...but that's a whole other thread.

What head are you using at the mo?

Also, it's a fact that it's harder than ever to be a full-time musician these days - the money just isn't there. So, if the person with the money wants YOU specifically to do whatever it is you do, then you're in a good position to get paid for it. However, if the person with the money just wants any old Tom, Dick or Harry there to do whatever it is they do, the cheapest / free person will generally win. Sad, but true.

I just use mp3 @ 320kbps, usually at the lowest gain. I then jut use Audacity to increase the volume and compress things a little bit.

...and just get a f***ing P- Bass.

OP - do more gigs. More gigs = less GAS.

My contribution is this: I play in a lot of bands. Luckily, most are well established and draw a crowd. Money is being made, and it's only fair that I get part of it. However, one of my bands is a start-up playing mostly original tunes. Gigs are hard to come by, so to become established (and hopefully work our way into the above category) we do the odd freebie as a platform to get the name out there. Simple, innit. (Charity gigs are case-by-case).

Morning all Sky Arts 1 right now... OK, most of the tunes are dodgy, but it's incredibly well filmed. As a result, it's a total Fender pr0n-fest. It's like an explosion in a custom colour P & J factory. yum.

It's nitpicking, but I wonder who proofed the text on the back plate of the cabs? 'Design in UK and made in PRC'..?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1350071571' post='1834370'] I used to help look after some pigs owned by Robert Plant when I was a kid. Not sure how that's relevant, but heh. [/quote] Black Hog? Featuring John Bon-ham on drums?

Well that's the thing. It might be worth learning the tunes and (God forbid) rehearsing for a dep if there's the possibility of more deps in the future. but as third-in-line, chances are you won't be needed again. Unless you're better the second-in-line, of course, then you might nick his gig. There's no right or wrong, I suppose. Do it if you want, don't if you don't.

That's fairy nuff. I always try to be pro-"be nice to people" - I've never understood slagging people off for the sake of it. I haven't listened to their music, so I have no idea whether I like them or not, and if I didn't I probably wouldn't shout about it. Unless I've missed something though, I can't see any personal attacks on the band. Just criticism of their judgement, and their music... put yourself out in the real world, and it's unavoidable. You should see some of the comments I get on my YouTube clips. They would make your toes curl. Interestingly they're usually from bedroom players who would mess their trousers at the thought of an audience.

Any band that performs in public for money, or puts themselves up for scrutiny on t'internets, has to deal with negative comments. If they can't handle it, they're in the wrong game.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1350033726' post='1833698'] I think its selfish at worst and self depreciating at best. The band has already acknowledged their impact on popular music, they're every bit as significant as The Beatles. They should share it...if nothing it would cement their place in musical immortality. [/quote] You mentioned earlier that there was something 'magical' about them. One of the biggest contributing factors to this - which Page and Grant got spot-on - is their reluctance to do TV shows, release singles etc. etc. all the way through to a refusal by some of the band to do a reunion tour. It all feeds the fire of the Zeppelin myth. It hurts - I adore them and I'd love to see 'em.

I hardly ever have to rehearse for deps... In fact I usually try and avoid it.

Did you actually email them and ask what you can have for free? Wow.. that's an interesting way to kick off negotiations..

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1349859969' post='1831312']Willie Weeks’ famous bass solo on Donny Hathaway's live album was recorded at a gig months after the main track was recorded, and they were spliced together in the studio. Can you hear the join? I can't. [/quote] I can't let this go unchallenged. :-) What's your source?

It sounds more like 'I Want To Break Free' than 'A Kind Of Magic'. Actually, it sounds like both. And Faith.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1349942464' post='1832406'] I assume you are referring to me! [/quote] I don't think he was - I think he's referring to the comment by MegaBradley01.

Who cares what it's like solo'd? The track sounds great. That's Deacy for you - a proper 'band' bass player. It's all about the song. That's what bothers me about recording these days - so much emphasis and time spent on fixing microscopic details and polishing individual tracks. Yawn.

Having played original material and covers for over 20 years, I've learned this about myself: I literally couldn't care who wrote the song I'm playing. If it's a good song, it's a good song.

Job, two kids, lots of demands on my time, but... I jut find the time. Rather than read a book or watch a film, I'll work on tunes. It's either that or I look a right eejit when I play all the wrong notes...