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And being well paid to do so unlike musicians

The boring stuff is alot more palatable, when you are getting very well paid to do it.

Call out plumbers get paid substantially more that the 'weekend warrior's bass player playing the pub or club scene around these parts.

That, together with musicians posting videos on YouTube and the like. There is a guitar player nearby who has built up a decent YouTube following and sells lessons online. Makes a decent living from the comfort of his own livingroom. He has no desire to gig.

They sure do and in case you didn't know, individual volume controls for each channel as well .

Had a well paid residency for nearly a decade, in a venue that just had a pretty basic vocal PA. Regular punters often commented that they were fed up of having their heads blown off by powerful PA rigs used by other bands, in venues around town. The PA, or lack there of, kept us in the game for a long time.

Many thanks

I think you are spot on. No longer in production it seems. 'Hutch' gets a great sound with this. Many thanks.

Caught the tail end of this last night on BBC 4 At 47.45 an acoustic bass makes an appearance and it sounds sublime. Anyone have any idea as to what make it is? Thanks in advance.

Agree. They have some terrific songs, but no terrific albums IMO. Amazing live act. I wonder will the Foo Fighters continue?. Taylor has left some very big boots to fill. RIP

So very sad.

Well done with keeping the interest up. Unlike you, once I stopped playing, I put the bass into its case and that's where it has remained. I realised I had enough of gigging, but more surprisingly enough of playing bass. Having said that, I could well be interested in an originals project with little emphasis on gigging. It is just around these parts, the focus bands have is on gigging and that is of no interest to me.

The venue and location is all important. The covers band I last played with worked a Saturday night residency for over 10 years and the set leaned towards classic rock, but would best be described as guitar rock, playing everything from Creedance up to the Foo Fighters and the like. The venue had huge footfall in a touristy city, so there was a fresh audience together with regulars. It was always a full house with all age groups represented. In another venue with less footfall, the story would have been very different. There was a synergy between the band, venue and audience and thats what made it work. It was a very handsomely paid gig as well.

A couple of years back a Zep tribute (from the UK I think) played Dublin and had to put on a Saturday afternoon gig, such was the demand for tickets from those too young to be allowed in to a late night performance. The most popular local venue close to me, has lots of tribute acts of what might be called 'Dad Rock' bands and get full houses, the vast majority of the attendance being under 30. Not surprised that your Zep tribute is doing well, as there is a market there that you have tapped into.

Pretty much agree with your comment. Do you still pick up the bass at all?

Totally agree when its 'your music'. A serious buzz when playing original set. As for playing Mr. Brightside and the like, that's another story IME

Yea. Been there and done that. Cannot say I miss it.

Maybe you need to up your game 🙂

No

That being said, the track order in the analogue days was not up for changing for the listener, regardless of how it was determined. In my case, the track order impacted on the listening experience and how I related to the album, so much so that regardless of format, I always listen to an album in its entirety. Back in the days at gatherings for listening sessions, that was the norm and listening to side 2 before playing side 1 was a no no. The notion of skipping a track would have been sacrilege.

I always listen to an album from start to finish warts (if there are any) and all, as old habits die hard. Probably comes from growing up when analogue was the only game in town and track skipping was not an option on vinyl without significant inconvenience. The sequence of the order of the tracks was an important element of how I related to an album and presumably the track order would have been carefully considered by the artist(s).

I am a classic/prog rock fan and IMO older albums of this genre recorded in the analogue domain do not transfer all that well to digital. The thing is, in order to hear vinyl at its best, requires a very good turntable that is well set up, together with the record being in very good condition. If I was starting out now, I would give vinyl a miss. The format is way too expensive, not to mind the cost of a decent turntable I also love CD, although 'the loudness war' has given it a bad rep. I find CD's recorded by lesser known artists can sound sublime when compared with releases of more established acts I have jumped on the streaming bandwagon and love the convenience of playing everything and anything from the comfort of my sofa, so much so that I have ripped my CD collection onto an Innuos hard drive which is just so convenient . Getting lazier as I get older I guess. The second best sounding album I have heard regardless of format is the Porky vinyl cut of Deep Purples 'Made in Japan' . Listening to this, recorded 50 years ago at a cost of $3000 IMO begs the question, where did it all go wrong. A sonic delight As for the best well pride of place goes to an LP I picked up many years ago. Live in London on the ACE label. A live recording of various acts in Dublin Castle in Camden from back in the day.The sleeve notes refer to it being recorded recorded onto 'the 2 track 'valvemobile' a low budget recording then, but outstanding.

IMO older classic and prog rock vinyl LP'S still sound fantastic, but you need a very decent well set up turntable and the vinyl needs to be in very good condition IMO such recordings, have not transferred well onto the digital domain remastered or not. CD can sound brilliant, but the 'loudness war' has given the format a bad rep. I find the sonics of CD's recorded by lesser known artists often trump more established artists. I have jumped on the streaming bandwagon and love the convenience of playing everything and anything from the comfort of my sofa, so much so that I have ripped my CD collection onto an Innuos hard drive which is just so convenient . Getting lazier as I get older I guess. The best sounding album I have heard regardless of format is the Porky vinyl cut of Deep Purples 'Made in Japan' . Listening to this, recorded 50 years ago at a cost of $3000 IMO begs the question, where did it all go wrong. A sonic delight.

IMO older classic and prog rock vinyl LP'S still sound fantastic, but you need a very decent well set up turntable and the vinyl needs to be in very good condition IMO such recordings, have not transferred well onto the digital domain remastered or not. CD can sound brilliant, but the 'loudness war' has given the format a bad rep. I find the sonics of CD's recorded by lesser known artists often trump more established artists. I have jumped on the streaming bandwagon and love the convenience of playing everything and anything from the comfort of my sofa, so much so that I have ripped my CD collection onto an Innuos hard drive which is just so convenient . Getting lazier as I get older I guess. The best sounding album I have heard regardless of format is the Porky vinyl cut of Deep Purples 'Made in Japan' . Listening to this, recorded 50 years ago at a cost of $3000 IMO begs the question, where did it all go wrong. A sonic delight.