dmccombe7 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: A photo speaks a thousand words That's very "floral" Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: A photo speaks a thousand words What is the back story here - such an intriguing picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 21 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: A photo speaks a thousand words I sense a rousing rendition of Terry Wogans Floral Dance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK Jale Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Great pic of East London's best-decorated stage! Hey @Cat Burrito, I'm gonna be there December 8th, what was their backline like, or did you take your own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 A great home gig for us last night, at a little 100 seat venue. Everyone was on top form and really pulled together well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Cat Burrito said: A photo speaks a thousand words Great picture, was that in Leytonstone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 44 minutes ago, Reggaebass said: Great picture, was that in Leytonstone The voice of experience speaks? Yes, it is indeed. @Paul S, just a very cool night called What's Cookin'. I have played it a few times over the years and it is always great fun. @KK Jale, I saw a Laney combo on the side but I'd brought my smaller Orange rig. If whoever speaks with Steve queries it, I am sure if it works he'd be cool for you to use it. Everyone else will need their own backline. The band can move the cones and park right outside for free. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Very nice gig in a 17th century church in a little East Yorkshire village last night. A far cry from our normal haunts but enjoyable nonetheless 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 24 minutes ago, martthebass said: Very nice gig in a 17th century church in a little East Yorkshire village last night. A far cry from our normal haunts but enjoyable nonetheless Looks great Mart, where was this please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 12 minutes ago, casapete said: Looks great Mart, where was this please? Eastrington - near Gilberdyke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 8 minutes ago, martthebass said: Eastrington - near Gilberdyke Damn, not far from me! Would have come if it had been a public event too, looks like an interesting setting. Hope you’re well buddy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 26 minutes ago, casapete said: Damn, not far from me! Would have come if it had been a public event too, looks like an interesting setting. Hope you’re well buddy. Cheers Pete, would have been good to see you, pie and pea supper too! Hope you’re keeping well mate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogo Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 had my first go at an open mic night with my band (minus the drummer), got a lot of compliments and had a great time so not too bad overall 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Pic from the gig last night as mentioned earlier in the thread. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Its just dawned on me that last 2 pics i've posted of gigs have had barriers to seperate the audience from band. 😂 Ivory Blacks and Dreadnought. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Played at our regular place in Manchester town centre Friday, the Oirish bar; given the weather hoohah I'd imagined a quiet night, but there was a queue outside all night of never less than a dozen people, it was one out, one in all night... And they were all up for it, too...a cracking night...during one of the set breaks (we do 3x45) I was chatting outside to a bloke from Guatemala who'd come over for 5 days; his first day in Manchester and he couldn't believe how lively it was...'Eeees crayzee, crayzee...' 🙂 On inspiration from the gig I went to during the week (Elbow at the Night&Day Cafe*), we didn't turn it up too loud, and the sound was soooo much better for it... *Incidentally, there's an online petition to try and defend against them losing their license after a Noise Abatement complaint (yet another ar*ehole who buys a flat next to a music venue that's been central to Manchester's music scene for 30 years and then suddenly decides to get it shut down because they play live music till half ten), if you can find it, please sign it... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb625 Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Muzz said: *Incidentally, there's an online petition to try and defend against them losing their license after a Noise Abatement complaint (yet another ar*ehole who buys a flat next to a music venue that's been central to Manchester's music scene for 30 years and then suddenly decides to get it shut down because they play live music till half ten), if you can find it, please sign it... This is the one. Utter tools! https://www.change.org/p/manchester-city-council-remove-our-noise-abatement-notice 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 My 80s alternative / Goth duo played the local open mic. Set 1 is us doing Cure / Sisters of Mercy etc on folk instruments (mandolin, bouzouki, mandocello) and then onto the electric set with our drum machine / keyboard programming. We wound up doing a third set completely acoustically in the bar afterwards. Busy day at work and when the night ends with the landlord wavering drink charges, I am reminded that I am not 22 these days! 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) First gig since February 2020 for the jazz standards quartet! Things are slowly opening up here but numbers are still limited at venues so very few club gigs. Yesterday we played some "wallpaper music" at a Christmas lunch for about 200 military personnel at the base in North Bay. We have been together for 8 or 9 years now and have been rehearsing for a couple of months and this was an easy no pressure way to get out playing again. We played one long set and did some of our usual stuff and also some seasonal songs and it went over well and we got some nice compliments at the end of the gig. Due to the military "hurry up and wait" system we were there and set up over two hours before we actually played the gig so we had a nice rehearsal and were well warmed up and ready to go when the room opened up for the actual lunch. It also gave us a good chance to do a decent sound check and tweak our Bose PA. This was the first time I have gigged the "70's Czech bass that I got a few months ago and it was a joy to play, I liked my Engelhardt but this bass is much more comfortable and easier to play and the Obligatos sounded great on it. All in all a good gig and we also had a lovely Christmas dinner after we played. We will be doing another one of these affairs in a week or so but doing it as a trio with vibes, bass and sax/clarinet and we haven't played any gigs with this combination before so it should be an interesting day. Great to finally be back out and playing in public, we are hoping that things will get busier in 2022 but the live music scene is still pretty dead over here. It wasn't a very fancy set up, we were in the corner of a very large dining room but the sound was good and we could be heard by everyone.😊 Edited December 5, 2021 by Staggering on 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dankology Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Second gig with our new band on Friday night! The sorry tale of how we were reduced from a 5-piece to a renamed trio is recounted in another thread but the new band is shaping up very nicely indeed now. The gig was a free-in in the bar at a small local theatre. We all know virtually everyone involved in some way so the preparations were very relaxed and informal. The guitarist had been in touch with the venue engineer a few days before to sort out the set up and had explained we were 2 x vox and wanted at least some of the kit in the mix so we could use some effects on it. All was ok'd and it was arranged to meet him on the afternoon of the gig - no show... As we loaded in we were greeted by what I can only assume was a volunteer/work experience bod and the "desk" photographed below. (In case the photo doesn't attach properly, imagine something you might give to child who wanted to pretend they were doing a podcast.) We resigned ourselves to just putting the vocals through the PA but soon realized that there wasn't even a basic built in reverb so rushed back to the rehearsal room to grab the XR18, modem, tablet etc. Amazingly, it all went well from there on: really decent crowd by the end, many of whom seemed to be happily bopping along. All our giveaway cds were nabbed and we even had a girl come up at the end to ask for a setlist - although I wonder if she had anticipated something like the very pretty one that our guitarist had shared on Facebook rather than the crumpled, beerstained plain A4 printout I was standing on. Oh, how I have missed playing live. (a free live EP from our first gig is available here: https://deadtenantmusic.bandcamp.com/releases ) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Nice wee punk gig in Riverside Bar in Dumfries. The band have played there quite a few times but a first for me. First live band since covid so not as busy as it usually is but a decent sized crowd with several people of varying ages up dancing. Blondie being a floor filler to the point our stage area was being pushed back 😂 Good feedback from the audience afterwards and some good phone vids posted on FB. Using the new Sandberg MarloweDK last night and it sounded amazing and so easy to play. Also got my Mesa Mpulse back from repair altho only fault found was dirty master volume pot. Fully serviced and it was great to have "that tone" back again after using my Markbass Nano for past 2 gigs. All in all a pretty good night, few minor mistakes made one where i had a complete loss of memory during a short guitar solo and had to just ad-lib on the root notes for 2 bars and then my memory came back. I'm still learning the songs to a point where i dont need to think about them. Had put new strings on the bass that day and it left me with some prettty painful blisters on my plucking hand. I usually put new strings on a week before the gig so the edge is taken off them but i only got the bass on Thu afternoon. Dave 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Nice wee punk gig in Riverside Bar in Dumfries. The band have played there quite a few times but a first for me. First live band since covid so not as busy as it usually is but a decent sized crowd with several people of varying ages up dancing. Blondie being a floor filler to the point our stage area was being pushed back 😂 Good feedback from the audience afterwards and some good phone vids posted on FB. Using the new Sandberg MarloweDK last night and it sounded amazing and so easy to play. Also got my Mesa Mpulse back from repair altho only fault found was dirty master volume pot. Fully serviced and it was great to have "that tone" back again after using my Markbass Nano for past 2 gigs. All in all a pretty good night, few minor mistakes made one where i had a complete loss of memory during a short guitar solo and had to just ad-lib on the root notes for 2 bars and then my memory came back. I'm still learning the songs to a point where i dont need to think about them. Had put new strings on the bass that day and it left me with some prettty painful blisters on my plucking hand. I usually put new strings on a week before the gig so the edge is taken off them but i only got the bass on Thu afternoon. Dave Good man - my family comes from Dumfries and Galloway, and I love Dumfries - nice work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, Cuzzie said: Good man - my family comes from Dumfries and Galloway, and I love Dumfries - nice work The gig was a freebie as a thanks to the owner who has been really good to the band pre-covid. They agreed to do the first gig there after covid for free but it was a great wee night. Oddly enough the young bar manager said he'd seen me before in another band and for the life of him he couldn't think who it was. Fame !!! Some of the band stay overnight in Dumfries but i'm an hour home so it was a nice wee drive to Biggar on roads that were virtually empty, even the motorway was quiet. My kind of roads. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Sounds great, Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 I did have to wear my Xmas T shirt for effect of course. All very punk you know. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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