Tonight

[theplumber]

Just packing my gear and washing my hair!....I am playing in Oban tonight,at The Lorne Bar!....anyone else out tonight and where are you!....maybe a follow up tomorrow when we can compare notes on how it was!

[steelman]

In a marquee for a wealthy persons 40th bithday!!

[okusman]

Wedding Reception in the Cotswolds

[Mike]

50th anniversary function in North London.

[tonyf]

Cover's gig in a pub in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Trying to motivate myself by supping a cuppa and doing a bit of browsing. Been a couple of months since the last gig so I've gotta get together all my gear and then pack the car. The bit I hate the most, apart from the unload late tonight.

Hey ho though, onwards and upwards!

T

[PTB]

I'm at the George IV on Chiswick High Road with Gentleman Tim & The Contenders, one of our regular monthly gigs.

Any Basschatters who come, please make yourself known! It would be good to meet you.

To those also gigging tonight, I wish you all large appreciative crowds and (most of all) good drummers!

[yorick]

The Iron Works in Oswestry. Great venue, but a crap load in up an external cast iron spiral staircase...........

[flyfisher]

Both my bands are here tonight: [url="http://www.woodmanware.co.uk/woodfest.html"]http://www.woodmanware.co.uk/woodfest.html[/url]

[risingson]

I'm in Chester tonight, Marquee joint 40th. Just packing up the Lakland and the Fender as we speak!

[Delberthot]

Grab a granny night at a club in Dundee

We were there last night so the gear's still set up.

[wateroftyne]

A wedding at The Baltic Exchange on Newcastle Quayside. Just got home from the soundcheck - we're not on until 11, so I don't have to go back until 10:30pm. Should be fun.

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[WalMan]

The Fountain, South St, Chichester.

Normally a good one, but it's been a while and I am currently cabless so will be running
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[*]G&L L2500
[*]Radio
[*]EBS Microbass II
[*]PA
[*]Monitor as my bass amp
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Well it's different

[jezzaboy]

New Century Bar in Motherwell tonight. Only play there once or twice a year and sometimes it`s good and jumpin and sometimes it`s not! Hopefully the 1st one!!

Jez

[BigRedX]

Night off tonight and I need it!

Dick Venom & The Terrortones were tearing up the 12 Bar in London last night and tomorrow evening I'm playing with my covers band.

[BottomE]

Cocktail bar in the centre of Bournemouth. The gear is already setup as went straight from lunchtime gig at Salisbury Arts Centre to tonights venue. Rock n roll.

[gjones]

Falkirk to Oban is a long, long way to go for one gig (there's a song in there somewhere?).

Edited May 14, 2011 by gjones

[WalMan]

As elsewhere a game of two halves, and the second went pretty well.

Ended up using the LM Tube into a spare bonitor and pretty nice it sounded to me.

Still no idea what occurred in the Eurovision Pong Contest

[Bassmonkey]

Charity fundraiser at Harewood House near Leeds in a huge marquee. 350 guests all up for it. Ran late so we played 9 songs in 2 sets. Still was ace if a lot of fannying around. Sat up buzzing after a night quaffing lemonade now. Rock n roll man!

[goblin]

I've just spent the week playing bass for a production of Boogie Nights. Bloody cheesy show and the scores were piss poor, but I've had epic fun doing it Just got in from the aftershow party. Unloading my gear at this time wasn't fun

[theplumber]

[quote name='gjones' post='1231209' date='May 14 2011, 06:29 PM']Falkirk to Oban is a long, long way to go for one gig (there's a song in there somewhere?).[/quote]
Lack of decent paying gigs in Central Scotland forces us to look further afield...it is a hobby band and we have full time jobs.I recently played with a band in Rockers,Glasgow. We were handed £15 between 5 of us for an hours set! I played a jam nite in Coatbridge for about 9 months. Every Thursday I played in the house band for a pint of lager!...it has since changed and the players get about £15 each to cover fuel etc....We get £300 to play in Oban,travel in the drummers van and give him fuel money off the gig fee.The rest is split 4 ways.It seems most pubs round this way...if they decide to have any live music that is,pay about £130 to £150 for a band. Our singer has decided that even though we would be about 30 minutes tops away from home,he will not do anything for at least £50 a head.....fair enough,he owns the pa and upgrades it now and again,taking nothing from the band,I can see his point. I on the other hand would play for free!.......within reason!!.....but yeah,the gigs are starting to wear me out a bit......25 years ago this was a laugh...but to drag my 50 year old arse up to Oban and Skye every few weeks is wearing a bit thin....that and the lack off new songs being added to the set will mean that I will be looking around in the near future for something else!