Pete Academy

I think Ashdown are aware of the DI problem. Should be rectified on future units.

Would anyone else like to add their gig logistics?

The point I'm trying to make is that we play for about 2 hours to the public, but the preparation time before the gig is immense. This is just a case in point.

[quote name='crez5150' post='860335' date='Jun 7 2010, 08:54 PM']I hope you charged through the bloody nose for that....[/quote] Judging by the prices in S. Ireland, especially for pints of Guinness, we will have lost money. Oh well, we love it.

It all went exactly to plan, by the minute.

We have two gigs in Ireland. Friday June 4 in Belfast. Saturday June 5 in Waterford, Southern Ireland. Our keyboards player, Gaz, is also our manager. Check this out: Gaz, his girlfriend, and their dog, decide to make a bit of a holiday of it. They book a cottage in Waterford, Southern Ireland, the second place we are gigging. Thursday, June 3. Gaz drives the sound engineer's (Graham) van full of backline and drums to Holyhead, where the ferry will leave. Gaz's girlfriend drives Gaz's van to Holyhead. They board the ferry to Dublin. From Dublin they drive to Waterford, home of the second gig on Saturday. Friday 5 June. Five band members meet at Graham's house in Northwich, Cheshire. They leave their vehicles at Graham's house and board the lead singer's car en route to Liverpool airport. The guesting alto sax player, who lives in London, gets a flight from Gatwick to Liverpool. The tenor sax player makes his way from his home in Manchester to Liverpool. The trumpet player is already in Ireland and arranges to meet us at Belfast airport. We all meet at Belfast airport and pick up two pre-booked taxis to take us to our hotel. I leave my jacket behind at the airport. Gaz drives back up from Waterford with all the backline. We do the gig in Belfast. Saturday June 5. At 11am, a hired mini-bus with driver picks us up at the hotel and takes us to Dublin airport. At Dublin airport we pick up a hired mini-bus which will be driven by a band member to Waterford. Graham and Gaz drive the van with the backline to Waterford. Arrive at Waterford. Do gig in Waterford. Sunday June 6. Graham drives van full of backline to Dublin, He drops off London sax player, who gets flight back to London. Sax player will then get 6 hours sleep before resuming tour with Brendan Cole dance tour in Scotland. Graham boards ferry to Holyhead. Graham drives from Holyhead to his home in Northwich, complete with backline. Band members, except tenor sax player, who incurs an 85 Euro fine for taking his baggage and sax on board the plane, make their way back to Manchester. Other members travel back to Grahams's house to pick up backline and go back home to Stoke. All this for 4 hours of actual playing. This is an abridged version.

It seems Bootsy was given free rein and so it's hard to pin the actual lines down.

Here are two examples: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8GZx_u9aI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x8GZx_u9aI[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtoyXkpHCM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtoyXkpHCM[/url] Any others come to mind?

Great bass player. What's his name?

Amazing! Our drummer told us about this guy years ago.

I used to put them in the dishwasher. Worked a treat, but they go off again fairly quickly.

Thanks to Bloodaxe and Cheddatom I am now sorted. Thanks folks! Ain't Basschat wonderful?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='854736' date='Jun 2 2010, 12:38 PM']That's weird. Does it play back on your phone? Has it recorded at 48Hz or something?[/quote] Plays back on the phone, albeit quiet, but the Wav file won't play.

I've just recorded it on to my phone and emailed it to myself. The media player opens but the Wav file won't play.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='854683' date='Jun 2 2010, 11:49 AM']can't you borrow something from work? If you have a mini jack plug you could always strip the wires and tape them onto the inside of your bass's jack (yeh, I have done it, it was a little noisy!!).[/quote] I'm off work this week, Tom. Our hi-tech guy usually records anything I need.

sh*t, my jack/mini-jack converter is in my gig bag, which isn't at home.

[quote name='OldGit' post='854602' date='Jun 2 2010, 10:54 AM']If you have PC running windows you have a sound recorder built in. start > programmes > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder. Plug your bass into the mic socket (need a converter to minijack) and play very, very quietly. Record it, save the file and send it to your friend. If you have a Mac I think it comes with Garage Band so no probs there. Why can't we have GarageBand for Windows??? [color="#00FF00"]Envy![/color][/quote] Thanks for that. I'll see if I can find a jack converter. Much appreciated.

I have a very simple bassline that I need to to email to someone. I have no method of recording it here at home. I've looked at an online music creating site but I can't understand how it works. Anyone help?

A little bump for these gigs.

It's a Euro, so £500 to £600 sounds OK. Nice looker.

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='853323' date='Jun 1 2010, 09:45 AM']Dear Bass Agony Aunt Why, as a woman, do I have to prove myself as a competant musician more than my male counterparts, and why do people always presume I'l be either eyecandy or rubbish? Please help.[/quote] Dear Sarah Despite my vast experience, I'm unable to answer that eternal dilemma. Try that little bloke that sits alone up in the Himalayas.

The Cort is superb for the price.

I'll get my coat.

Dear Bass Agony Aunt Why do the other band members pull attractive groupies, while I get blokes asking me what strings I use?

Dear Bass Agony Aunt I've been playing for some years in a covers bands, where we do a mixture of classic songs, mainly rock, pop and funk. Over the last few months I've found my playing getting busier and busier. It started with the odd finger pop and has now progressed to actual slapping in inappropriate numbers. I've been warned about this a few times by the other band members and am in danger of losing my place in the band. Please help.