lurksalot

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1509968550' post='3402886'] Possibly the only band for which average Joe Public can name both the drummer and the bass player. [/quote] Possibly not if they had to pick 2 names from the 4

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509896095' post='3402385'] I guess you had to be there.😂 Blue [/quote] My point being that you are not 'here' , you are still back 'there'

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1509736506' post='3401346']............ The future? I contend we never have a great grasp of today or the future if we dismiss the past. BTW what's today, Ed Sheeran? If yes, John gets my vote. Blue [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1509752755' post='3401487'] .......... I can't intelligently comment on Sheeran because I'm not familiar with his work. ...... [/quote] This kind of shows the futility of this sort of discussion On a side note regard influence , Mr Sheeran headlined Glastonbury , on his own , to 80,000 peeps on site and countless millions worldwide (live) , he writes all ( or most) of his own songs , and he's a ginga , now , if that doesn't turn out to be a massive influence on countless numbers of people for their future musical ambition and inspiration I would be astonished. I am not a great fan of Mr Sheeran , though I have seen him, but I saw the Glasto set on TV and was mightily impressed.

Consecutive posts for me on the thread , tonight's gig was the best ! A fund raiser for the village pre school nursery , pub rates of pay , on a proper stage with the best view of the best looking crowd we have ever played to We have made an executive band decision to seek out pre school fundraisers to play at very competitive rates Ed to add the gig was about 500 Metres from home, beer provided and half the ladies recognised me from the decorations I do on the house for the trick or treating they did on Halloween !

My first efforts at recording were though a zoom pedal/interface , my advice is ditch it , use a pucka interface for the interface bit and the zoom for your tone, keep them seperated , it makes it simpler , I like simpler

A gig in my local , and SWMBO was happy to collect me me , so all good except ....... on this basis it is not a good idea to quaff a pint setting up , have another to start the first set and then kill another before the break , when one gets to a certain age , 20 minutes is just not long enough to prepare for 1 1/4 hours of a second set accompanied by 2 more pints , nothing to do with playing ability after a few pints , but massively due to not having the ability to empty the bladder sufficiently in the break . A great gig nevertheless , but I will be on either wine or whiskey for the first set tomorrow night.

'Cheapest print online' I used for thin A3 posters , I seem to remember they were almost giving them away , since our 'rebranding ' the singer is doing it , they are a bit over the top TBH , they only need to last 2 weeks on a pub wall and then they are for the bin !

Jeez.... a lovely shouty lyric type picture this month AND the bonus of killing a classic next month .........happy days

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1509548516' post='3399815'] http://youtu.be/Z9t_KDGqOmE [/quote]

I hope it's a shouty lyrics type one , I haven't done shouty lyrics for toooo long

Well done , that was an incredible piece , top work!

I am really struggling to finalise my vote this time , Scoring them out of ten , I have one ten , and a ruck of 9.5s , outstanding bunch of entries

[quote name='adamg67' timestamp='1508673767' post='3393662'] If it looked like a bad elf / pixie / , I might be inspired, but it looks like a real goody-goody elf to me. It's all just an excuse for the fact that whatever I try and write ends up as blues rock. [/quote] 😄 I started off thinking blues rock would be a good road to follow with this , but while it developed , the blues part seemed to ebb away , and then, by some odd coincidence, so did the rock !

Great gig last night , about 40 people in a small village social club, by the end of the evening there seemed to be a competition as to who could dance on the highest piece of furniture ! Snooker table , pool table, normal tables even the shelf that runs behind the bench seats , return booking and the prospect of 2 parties . We played quite well and the FOH sound was good , but both the monitors packed up and we had utilise a little powered speaker from the venue for the drummist to hear the vocal.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1508511111' post='3392700'] An elf, surely..? (Fairies have wings, don't they..?). Or maybe a Borrower..? [/quote] NOOOOOOO. I have really struggled for inspiration on this fairy topic and put in an entry that's just about fairy nuff, and mow I find it's a picture of an ELF !! Oh my days !

I'm in , its a little underwhelming TBH , trying to set something up with Lurksalittle and her mates just didn't happen , and this entry is 'lame' in her words I couldnt get any other angle so bland it is unfortunately https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/fairy-nuff

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1508330605' post='3391398'] Spector Euro 4LX. Possibly an unpopular choice... Some awesome tones, but the preamp output was WAY too hot (and no trimpot on this version). The ergonomics just didn't work for me and although I liked the tone, it didn't fit the band I was in at the time. Traded it for a Fender Marcus Miller Jazz, which was also a bit meh. Too heavy and with a stupid preamp. I can work with most instruments, but those two were moved on pretty quickly - the beauty of the Basschat market place! [/quote] I loved the tones on my Euro 4 but I just couldn't get on with the thickness of the neck , my legend is a bolt on neck and just slightly thinner and is a different beast and still love it. I am going short scale though cos of my small hands but will always have a place for the legend , the Euro was traded for a lovely Gordon Smith SG!

We tried rocking it , but just couldn't nail it , parts sounded good , but it didn't gel so after trying to gig it we gave up ..... however 'Does your mother know' rocks out brilliantly 👍

The point at which the band you are in, are playing different tunes

We have used the EV zlx12's for yonks and never felt the need for subs , we occasion mic the kick, but not for any 'belt you in the guts' effects , just to be heard , mist of our stuff is covers based around the vocal or lead , we just need to let that shine most of the time and the slx12's work brilliantly for everything we throw at them

Lurksalittle had some ideas for this , and may even have an ensemble to perform it , I doubt it will come off as she is still to young to realise the work needed to realise her ambition , however , hope springs etc and I would just love it to happen

Well wow that ended up a close call Well done Bilbo at close of voting you got it 👍 A really close call at the death and I am well happy to have pushed you to the end 😄

I have a set of etymotic er 20 I think , I haven't used them in ages as we used to use a big rehearsal space and set up as a gig so the back line went flying past with no real issue, we now use studio type rooms , which is massively convenient for set up times , it does mean though that we effectively face each other so i have started using the etymotics again. Much better than the H&S ear bungs , as I still have an excellent mix getting to my ears , just significantly quieter .

I think your enthusiasm commendable my friend , but does the French calendar need another day adding in September to bring it in line with the UK version .

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