martthebass Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 5 hours ago, JapanAxe said: I've been down that road before when I played in a Stones tribute - that's my story and I'm sticking to it! What's your band? We've started a FB group called Glam UK with the aim of benefitting all the bands working in the genre. I’ll check the FB group out. We’re on FB as Glam Fever Live. Also on the webby thing as glamfever.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 26 Author Share Posted October 26 Thought an update might be in order: Party band startup: Hideously difficult to get us all together for rehearsal, never mind gigs. Big gaps between rehearsals and a fair amount of chopping and changing of numbers. Some progress in that a nice venue has been booked for a promo gig in front of an invited audience, where audio and video will be recorded for a showreel to tout around agents. Glam band startup: Original bass player baled. Tried out with bassist and singer from an existing band with a view to a merger - wasn’t going to work. Then lined up guitarist and singer already working in another band, and I switched to bass. Singer is still on board (until she decides she’s not, I suspect), we’re currently auditioning guitarists. Early on I volunteered to take on the job of making tracks work for this band, so bought a digital mixer which we have successfully used for ‘silent’ rehearsal and recording (drummer has an electronic kit). I have also edited the backing tracks and added vocal cues to the click. Turns out about 50% of players are vehemently against clicks and/or IEMs… In the meantime the guitarist in a band I have previously depped with had a stroke so I am covering their gigs at least until the end of 2025. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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