How was your gig last night?

[AlexDelores]

Last gig of the year last night for us.
 

Cracking little bar called Vandal Bar in Warrington. Bit different to the usual wedding venue and a really up for it crowd, albeit small party of 50. 
 

This was wedding #68 for the year for us but it was the first one we’ve ever done through an agency and all went well, got the payment through nice and fast this morning so all ‘round a good first experience. 
 

It was a bit of a squeeze to fit in the corner but my ‘rig’ was my Gretsch into my B3, direct into the PA, 64 Audio IEMs and brown DM Thurston boots, oh and my SM58 and Tama kick pedal. 
 

 

 
 

 

[steantval]

1 hour ago, cetera said:

Xmas gig with local covers band 'Too Much Fun' at Thames Side Brewery in Staines last night. Fantastic evening.... 100+ punters in, all up for a sing and dance and enjoying our varied set of 60's/70's classics.... and there were some interesting ales/ciders on tap alongside some good food! 😉👍

 

Cool For Cats and Rhythm Stick went down especially well.... as did the Xmas songs (Slade/Wizzard)... but surprise of the night was seeing pensioners rocking the dance floor for our mental encore of Pretty Vacant... 😲🤣😂

 

I played my Jap Fender FSR 70's P, thru my Haz pedal, GK Legacy800 and Genz 2x12 last night and had some lovely compliments afterwards on both my sound and my playing, which sealed the deal nicely. 🎸👍😎🥰

Great to hear you guys are playing some tricky songs, but what’s with all the music stands on stage.

[neepheid]

Uh oh - shots fired!

[scalpy]

10 hours ago, tubbybloke68 said:

Just back from our usual 2 nights at Trading Boundaries Christmas gigs. Lovely intimate atmosphere as always and only just under an hour’s drive away from home. Both nights went very well and I always feel Xmas is here on these occasions. Happy Christmas everyone, my best wishes to you all 😊

Now that is a tasty bass. On my lottery win list one of those.

[cetera]

1 hour ago, steantval said:

Great to hear you guys are playing some tricky songs, but what’s with all the music stands on stage.

They have music and/or lyrics on them.....

 

 

 

 

..... and noone cares.....

[steantval]

47 minutes ago, cetera said:

They have music and/or lyrics on them.....

 

 

 

 

..... and noone cares.....

Never seen Peter or his band using them 😀

 

 

[dave_bass5]

1 hour ago, cetera said:

They have music and/or lyrics on them.....

 

 

Why dont they know them?

 

Asking for a friend 😎

[tauzero]

Last gig of the year for us, and indeed our last booked gig (see later) - time to get some diary action for 2025 (not dairy action, that's a particularly specialised area of Pornhub). The Walsgrave in Coventry, a goodly size stage area (albeit flat to the floor). I took the acrylic bass which I'd just sorted shimming the neck on, or at least I thought I had - some notes were choking out on the bottom two strings so I did some revised finger positionings with only a few cockups. Used the Sei for most of the gig.

 

 

 

And me committing "Come up and see me". This is as good a reason as anyone needs for me not to be principal lead vocalist.

 

 

One audience member came up to me after the gig and asked me where the subs were. He was rather surprised that everything (well, all the vocals plus kick drum) was running through the Alto TS408s. Turned out he was the drummer for Flat Badger, a Coventry band.

 

When I got home, after settling down for a bit, I thought I'd check that the gigs page displayed correctly as we have no gigs - it's supposed to show a message saying we'd got no gigs and to check back, but it showed column headings with no content. This was due to a change I'd made a little while ago, so at 3am I was unable to go to bed without having sorted it out first (didn't take too long though).

[Cat Burrito]

Not so much of a "gig last night" but today marks 35 years of playing live! With all the occasional rubbish that life throws at us all, it's been the one constant source of sanity. Across 16+ bands, several countries and several instruments (I reckon 80% of them have been on bass), it's been amazing. I'd be surprised if I manage a 2nd 35yrs and I definitely have reached a stage where I enjoy the small local pubs as much as the ones that sound more impressive. 

 

22nd December 1989 was pretty woeful and I am so grateful we didn't have the internet but it will always be a fond memory because it set the wheels in motion for what was to come. 

 

[dmccombe7]

6 hours ago, grapefruitmoon said:

 

Cracking gig last night Dave, thoroughly enjoyed it! First time I've seen Blockbustarz, such a good set and energy. As I mentioned, I thought the bass sounded great, I was down at the front and there was no boominess there. Got some pics of you and your Santa cape if you want them posted. 

 

Also, Dave wins any footwear contests on here hands down.

Any pics just fire them up. Its all good fun for us.

Many thanks for coming along and so glad you enjoyed it. Dreadnought at Xmas is always a good night.

We were back in there again this afternoon at a private party which turned out really good fun too. Slightly different set list to accommodate the more mature audience members which all worked really well.

Hopefully i'll be able to catch you guys at The Dreadnought next year. 

Dave

[Jackroadkill]

2 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

Not so much of a "gig last night" but today marks 35 years of playing live! With all the occasional rubbish that life throws at us all, it's been the one constant source of sanity. Across 16+ bands, several countries and several instruments (I reckon 80% of them have been on bass), it's been amazing. I'd be surprised if I manage a 2nd 35yrs and I definitely have reached a stage where I enjoy the small local pubs as much as the ones that sound more impressive. 

 

22nd December 1989 was pretty woeful and I am so grateful we didn't have the internet but it will always be a fond memory because it set the wheels in motion for what was to come. 

 

 

That's a great montage, Cat.  Here's to the next 35 years (you'll still be there!).

Edited 8 hours ago by Jackroadkill

[cetera]

5 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Why dont they know them?

 

Asking for a friend 😎

Because they're very busy working people with family lives and multiple bands (and hence hundreds of songs) who get together as this band for fun....

 

You know....fun...... that thing the audience were having....

[Lozz196]

Although I’m not a fan of “the look” of music stands on stage I’m envious of those who have the ability to use them. Prompts I could do but sight reading def beyond me, even without taking middle aged eyesight into account. 

[Geek99]

10 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Although I’m not a fan of “the look” of music stands on stage I’m envious of those who have the ability to use them. Prompts I could do but sight reading def beyond me, even without taking middle aged eyesight into account. 

It’s not as hard as learning to read English, and you have the advantage of not having to learn to write it as well as read. I’m learning slowly, I’m good at spotting rhythms now, but pitches are coming slower

Edited 5 hours ago by Geek99

[MacDaddy]

1 minute ago, Geek99 said:

It’s not as hard as learning to read English

 

 

Depends on how easy you find learning Italian.