Skybone

Sewer Rat - Concrete Sox

Clear Windowpane - Saint Vitus (RIP Mark Adams)

Never Again - Discharge

Leeds always was Goth Central in the good old days. Used to frequent the Planet X in Liverpool on a weekly basis. Mainly because of the excellent punk gigs, but also the club nights, which were ace.

RIP Algy

Us Fish Must Swim Together - Subhumans

Riders on the Storm - The Doors

Hi from "just" down the A9...

Got to say, that although I still look at gear, still want more gear and lust after certain things (especially after being on BC). I'm really happy with the kit I have just now thanks.

Even though I was never a fan of The Smiths, you could tell that Marr, Rourke & Joyce had real chemistry together, and his bass lines always stood out and made the songs better (until Moz opened his gob and then ruined it all).

Which one? He has a couple.

Lord of Light - Hawkwind

Whichever signature model he's plugging this week.

I love playing bass, but in the context of being in a band. It works when you're "bouncing off" other people.

Similar story really, started playing bass mid-teens (no grades, no other instruments other than recorder in Primary School), in & out of bands to my mid-20's, then life got in the way. Played a bit of guitar, but nothing serious. Stopped playing for a few years, then started doing a part time recording course at the local college, started playing guitar a bit more as well as bass for song writing, and that kind of took over. Played bass on the recordings, but nothing more. That project developed into a band, but then that band folded, and basically stopped playing for a while and kind of fell out of love with playing. Fast forward a few more years, looking for something to do, saw an ad for a bass player in a new originals band, answered the ad, met with the others and got on with them. A few line up changes and about 8 years later, we've recently released our first album. The beauty of doing the recording course, playing guitar & songwriting, I think I've picked up an appreciation of "serving the song".

Completely agree with the above points, keep playing the songs as you think appropriate.

House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

Charging a tenner also means you don't have to carry a ton of change.

Play it how you think it should be played.

Another question would be how many effects do you need per song? Do you want amp/cab modelling or just effects? There are plenty of options out there these days, and they're all pretty decent, but it depends on what you need. If you're happy with your amp sounds, and just want effects, then the HX FX would be a good place to start, as it is just effects. If you're after amp/cab modelling as well, but only use 2-3 effects, then the POD Go is well worth looking at (use one myself, and think it's great). If you need multiple signal paths and a load of effects as well as amp/cab modelling, then HX Stomp / Stomp XL etc. would do the job. Don't know anything about the Boss GT1000/Core/GT1/etc. or the Zoom B3n/B6, or the Hotone pedals. There's a Helix LT in the Effects For Sale section for £550 IIRC, which would be well worth considering.

I've been looking into it for our album, but it doesn't seem to have gone very far. I think if you're looking at doing CD's, you're best starting point would be how much it's going to cost to get the CD's reproduced in the first place, and how many you think you'd need. When I checked the other month, the duplication cost, inc. covers, was between £300-500 for 100 CD's, so if we assumed that it would be say £400 for 100 CD's, then the "unit" cost would be £4 per CD, and you'd need to sell all of them to get your money back. If you sold them at say £6 each, that's £2 "profit" for each CD, and you'd be able to give a small number away for "promo" purposes without affecting making your money back. If you factor any "profit" made from the CD's would go into the band coffers, you would want to try and make them as profitable as possible, but also price them so that they're "affordable" and more importantly, "saleable" to your crowd. Maybe, at the next few gigs you go to, check out the other bands merch tables, and see how much they're selling them for.

Burning Love - Elvis

Thought Thomann did a V Bass Gig Bag.

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara