nilorius Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 31 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: Just got in from a Spacewasters rehearsal, going through 3 songs for recording tomorrow. Used my fave Precision as figure best to record with the instrument you play best. Went well, all sounding good. Then we get the call that it’s had to get cancelled due to the engineer having a family problem. Shame but we’ll reschedule. Edit - I should also point out that a full scale bass (both weight & size) really isn’t the right choice for me now, and although my Precision is my fave bass in all honesty my Mustangs suit the sound of the band better. So.....what will You choose on next rehearsal - precision or mustang ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Well that’s a good question, I think I have to go with head rather than heart and take the Mustang for live work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 12 hours ago, Gasman said: Last night's rehearsal for my band Mustang Sally was in a beautifully restored Victorian village schoolroom in the middle of nowhere, use of kitchen, sparkly bogs and a flat load in and out - it even has acoustic panels on the ceiling, so a good sound too - it made me feel good even before unpacking the bass. I used the Roland Cube 100 combo and took along the new Talman shorty 5-string for a change. Three new numbers (Footloose, Maneater (me on sax) and Money for nothing). All went well until our lady singist said she didn't feel right fronting the last of these, not able to phrase the words laconically enough, and a bit low for her too. I stood next to her and sang along with her to try and help her fit the words in - big mistake! I suddenly found myself catapulted into the lead vocalist slot for this number by popular acclaim having successfully avoided it by shoe-gazing whenever this 'opportunity' had arisen before... What a fool I am... have pity on me! "No, it goes like this..." Yes, I've fallen foul of that one too! 😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) Back into rehearsals last night. We haven't gigged since January as our singist was made redundant and he's been spending his time trying to find a job. Fortunately he's all squared away now, so we're back into it. We travel light for rehearsals, monitors and my Orange Crush. I took my my Fender Mike Dirnt roadworn and the Ibanez mandolin. Did about two hours, tightening up in a few new songs were doing and dusting off some old ones we hadn't done in a while. Went OK. Edited April 28 by Bassfinger 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Back into rehearsals today and managed to find a combination of settings on the Elf (gain at 9 o'clock, volume virtually maxed at one point) that, combined with turning it off during breaks to give the fan a break, meant I got through rehearsal with only one minor blip, so on that front I was pretty pleased. Singist and I are getting pissed off at others not doing their homework. We've had three rehearsals trying Common People and, despite it not being a complicated song, we just can't get the ending right because our keyboardist has so many different versions of the song on his keyboard that we never know which one he's going to bust out. At least Club Foot and Two Tribes are sounding pretty epic, and hopefully the latter will make an appearance at the next gig in a couple of weeks - not sure the WMC scene is ready for Club Foot yet! We might get Boys Don't Cry in there as well, which would make three new songs, which would be nice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Decided to take my Revelation PJ tonight in lieu of my Dingwall on account of running a bit late and this is the bass that lives in the case until I swap it out. It was surprisingly fun with this one. Even the 105-45 strings going down to drop C wasn't terrible. Less muting to worry about overall, but there are some phrases I find easier on the fan frets. I'm also starting to wonder if I prefer a gloss neck to a satin one... Seems like madness, but my EB3 was gloss, so is my Mustang and Revelation, and my recent Harley Benton LP is also gloss. Doesn't seem to hamper me in any way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 My yesterday rehearsal in a new band was critical. The band was death metal, all tattued with satanistic signs, very young age. I thought i would be killed after the rehearsal and all my gear will be taken away. They all drunk 40% balm like coca cola. Finally i got up and said that nothing will continue and got home. Really felt very bad. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Probably a good move from the sounds of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Met with a drummer and mate for project number 2… felt pretty good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasman Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Mustang Sally had an unexpected gig-break this month due to the cancellation of two outdoor events due to rain and soggy ground. We now start gigging again (I hope) on Saturday, so we had a rehearsal yesterday to polish off, sorry, UP the new numbers we practised nearly a month ago. 'Footloose' went well so that's in the songbook now. 'Money for Nothing' with me desperately croaking away in an ersatz imitation of Mr Knopfler whilst trying to remember the lyrics and the bass notes in the right order - that wasn't so easy. I thought that the rest of the band were taking the piddle when they said it would be OK for Saturday's gig... The failure was 'Maneater - (me on sax). Although the Hall & Oates original has only drums, bass and keyboard behind the vocals and sax (same as our band would have had) the problem was with getting a full enough, authentic Hammond then synth keyboard sound from our chap's Korg Stage Piano, which until then I hadn't realised was just that and not actually a synth - yes, a Gasman lightbulb moment; apparently it's an electronic piano-emulator without any meaningful way of delivering sustain or other useful alternative voicings - at least, that's what our chap said - so I gave up the struggle and told the band to ditch it. Disappointing, as I'd worked hard to nail the original (deceptively simple) sax solo by H&O's Charles 'Mr Casual' Dechance. Never mind, I said, let's do some 50s-60s Rock'n'Roll with sax instead. 'Yay, result!' was the reaction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddster Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 We play Hot N Cold by Katie Perry in a 4 piece (so no keys). Last week drummer says he's never been happy with the feel (after 3 years), basically we miss the 16s sequencer. So we spend 10 mins working on it, he's back to 4s on the hh and I'm playing 8s as I always have. So he's happy with that. Thanks all for persevering to change it. This week, I say "remember how we played it last week? " " No?" " You 4s, me 8s" "no I don't remember that, it's been a busy week. Hmm, no I think I prefer it how we used to play it" 🤨 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Had the first rehearsal/jam for a brand new originals blues/rock band with the old guitarist from my other band... Weirdly, it was in a church (drummer is the vicar's hubby!) which sounded great as we weren't even loud enough for me to use earplugs. And it shows promise, some good groovy improvisations ranging from almost harmolodic jazz through straight-ahead blues to funk slap-bass rock. Looks like there's some potential! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardi100 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 First rehearsal with a Madonna cover project. My pedal's power supply caused a clicking through my amp when the keyboard was plugged into the PA (!), so I had to play all the lines clean and not using the carefully crafted synth-type sounds I'd created. Songs went well, we all clicked and all are keen to put some effort in to take it further. Result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 My full time band rarely rehearse, other than to figure out a key for the singer, and the other bands I play with usually just send me a text to say, 'Are you free next Thursday and if you are here's 30 songs to learn'. I actually enjoy rehearsing but my recent experience of rehearsals, with new bands, is that bands that rehearse a lot never gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 I think there's a fine line between rehearsing enough and too much. I left a band last year because the rehearsal became a comfort zone and they had lost the interest in gigging. On the other hand, I used to play with a band for whom rehearsal was a swear word - it was fine while we were playing regularly (although the setlist rarely changed) but once the gigs became more infrequent the band lost it's edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddster Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 I can only speak for my band, but if we don't rehurse for a few weeks after a gig, it's quite obvious who hasn't been keeping thier hand in at home in the mean time. Things are forgotten. I find it very frustrating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) My current gigging band only rehearses when either we’ve got a gig coming up - we only do about 10 a year, if that - or if working on material. As we’re a garage punk type band it doesn’t hurt to have a slightly loose feel and fortunately when we do get together there isn’t anyone lagging. Edited May 18 by Lozz196 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBuccaneer Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Every band I’ve been in has rehearsed weekly or fortnightly, regardless of gigging schedule. Are you guys telling me that isn’t the norm? 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 We rehearse just before each gig. We do our own practicing in-between. If we are learning new songs then we get another rehearsal in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Good run through before next weekend's gig. Tried using some samples to go between tracks and that worked nicely. Also managed to work out I can use the harmoniser for +/- 1 octaves for some extra filth if I downgrade the reverb from the "plus" option on my GX-100. That, with my always on OD, plus fuzz, reverb and delay sounds enormous. I've recently switched out to processing all of my dirts as parallel paths too, combining bass and guitar effects to make a thicker sound. I'm so pleased with my tone at the moment! I dread to think how much I'd have spent to get my current setup in a traditional pedalboard format. Especially once you add in a pedal switcher that can do parallel paths. It'd be massive and heavy to boot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 A long and late finish rehearsal last night (one of many to come) in advance of the Hullabaloo festival in June which the Hulla band organises and headlines. There are a few acts in the line (including a support slot for four of us from the main band) and we're working with another one ( a local choir) to play four songs with them. We have a workout with the choir in a couple of weeks but in advance we went through the four songs we'll do with them - City of Ruins, You're The Voice, Land of a Thousand Dances and Rocky Ground. Rocky Ground has a choirboy/female vocal at the start and throughout before the choir comes in. Yours truly was deemed to have the most choirboy/girly voice and so it falls to me to sing those bits. It's a little above my range and my throat is suffering a bit today. It's all coming together nicely, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexBuccaneer Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Just back from rehearsal. Targeted a few songs that are nearly there rather than running through our set. Are You Gonna Go My Way (for some reason we couldn’t nail the timing coming out of the solo) and You Could Be Mine (GnR) are now gig-ready. Numan ‘Cars’ and AC/DC ‘You Shook me all night long’ are homework for next rehearsal. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 19 hours ago, EssexBuccaneer said: You Could Be Mine We;re learning that one, too. I reckon it'll be a belter when we've got it baked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Don't usually get to post here as I generally try to avoid rehearsals. However one of my bands is changing direction which necessitates learning a new set, so we got together to make a start. We're switching to an all northern soul set in a bid to get off the pub circuit, aka the Eternal Valerie Chore. Last night we added four tunes, one each from Dobie Gray, Brenton Wood, Shirley Ellis, and The Four Seasons. Nothing challenging bass wise, but all fun to play. Need to get my backing vocal game up to speed now 😬 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy109 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 On 23/05/2024 at 10:23, stewblack said: Don't usually get to post here as I generally try to avoid rehearsals. However one of my bands is changing direction which necessitates learning a new set, so we got together to make a start. We're switching to an all northern soul set in a bid to get off the pub circuit, aka the Eternal Valerie Chore. Last night we added four tunes, one each from Dobie Gray, Brenton Wood, Shirley Ellis, and The Four Seasons. Nothing challenging bass wise, but all fun to play. Need to get my backing vocal game up to speed now 😬 Stew, should get on the scooter club scene - could be lucrative. National rallies and all that. Local club as well Radstock Devils! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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