How was your gig last night?

[Lozz196]

In my last band we were regularly asked to pose with people for photos, sign merch/set-lists etc. All part & parcel of it I suppose but at 50 plus and being rather uninteresting (to put it mildly) I always felt a bit of a fraud doing this.

[martthebass]

17 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I'm the opposite and would quite happily wait in the changing room until the venue is empty and then strip down my gear. With the Glam band most people don't recognise me when i walk out to strip down my gear. Maybe i should get a band t-shirt with "Road Crew" stamped on the back. 

Dave

Exactly the same with me with our Glam Band Dave.  The number of times I've been asked if I'm with the band or part of the 'shifting and lifting crew' is significant.

[Cat Burrito]

A rare outing on lead guitar with Deadlight for our producer’s 60th 🎉 It wound up being a showcase of all the local talent, with tonnes of variety. Our original 80s inspired goth is always very well received and we had loads of friendly heckles - “you two are too polite to be goth”, to which I replied, “it’s a very misunderstood genre!”. A really special night and a pleasure to be a small part of it. 
 

[dmccombe7]

7 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

In my last band we were regularly asked to pose with people for photos, sign merch/set-lists etc. All part & parcel of it I suppose but at 50 plus and being rather uninteresting (to put it mildly) I always felt a bit of a fraud doing this.

I think that's how i feel about it. At 64 i don't feel i'm anything special but usually they just love the show.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

6 hours ago, martthebass said:

Exactly the same with me with our Glam Band Dave.  The number of times I've been asked if I'm with the band or part of the 'shifting and lifting crew' is significant.

T-shirt with Road Crew - Bass Tech is my suggested move. 

[Bluewine]

6 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I think that's how i feel about it. At 64 i don't feel i'm anything special but usually they just love the show.

Dave

 Hi Dave,

 

At 71, I feel more intimidated than special. Most folks that come to our shows are in the same boat as me. Just trying to eek by in life with a little dignity.  Lol

 

Daryl

Edited Wednesday at 03:41 by Bluewine

[dmccombe7]

13 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 Hi Dave,

 

At 71, I feel more intimidated than special. Most folks that come to our shows are in the same boat as me. Just trying to eek by in life with a little dignity.  Lol

 

Daryl

And doing a grand job Daryl.

Dave

[Bluewine]

4 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

And doing a grand job Daryl.

Dave

You too, Dave. 

 

Keep us posted on the status of the Glam band 

 

Daryl

[stewblack]

I did my regular Wednesday Bandeoke this week. Usually I take a small, light rig, for convenience as much as anything. However I watched Bass The World's review of the new Orange valve head yesterday, and it gave me a hankering to enjoy a proper amp. 

So tonight I used this set up

and it was an unforgettable experience. A bass you can feel as much as hear, a tone to die for, it was worth every ounce.

[dmccombe7]

11 hours ago, Bluewine said:

You too, Dave. 

 

Keep us posted on the status of the Glam band 

 

Daryl

Looks like they are going to run it to the end of the year and after the Hogmanay gig that will be it, unless they manage to change my mind before then. 🤩

Dave

[dmccombe7]

8 hours ago, stewblack said:

I did my regular Wednesday Bandeoke this week. Usually I take a small, light rig, for convenience as much as anything. However I watched Bass The World's review of the new Orange valve head yesterday, and it gave me a hankering to enjoy a proper amp. 

So tonight I used this set up

and it was an unforgettable experience. A bass you can feel as much as hear, a tone to die for, it was worth every ounce.

Is that the all valve 44Kg amp head ? Did you hire a forklift to get it in position atop of those amazing bass cabs.  

Dave

[stewblack]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Is that the all valve 44Kg amp head ? Did you hire a forklift to get it in position atop of those amazing bass cabs.  

Dave

Yep. It's the real deal. I have a system for moving it. But I won't lie it is a beast 

[msb]

48 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Yep. It's the real deal. I have a system for moving it. But I won't lie it is a beast 

They are a misery the lug around. And make a terrible sound if they get dropped.

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

Yep. It's the real deal. I have a system for moving it. But I won't lie it is a beast 

Huge respect there sir. 👍

Dave

[dmccombe7]

56 minutes ago, msb said:

They are a misery the lug around. And make a terrible sound if they get dropped.

Especially if dropped on your toes. 

Dave

[WalMan]

22 hours ago, stewblack said:

I did my regular Wednesday Bandeoke this week. Usually I take a small, light rig, for convenience as much as anything. However I watched Bass The World's review of the new Orange valve head yesterday, and it gave me a hankering to enjoy a proper amp. 

So tonight I used this set up

and it was an unforgettable experience. A bass you can feel as much as hear, a tone to die for, it was worth every ounce.

Did the venue survive? 🤣

[Bluewine]

SATURDAY!
She's Right - I'm Left at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant 5:30-8:30pm! 
Bourbon and BBQ specials! We’ll provide the tunes!

 

This Harley gigs are starting to concern me. The crowds have been weak the last two times we've played there. 6 out of 30 diner tables were filled.

 

Daryl

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[BigRedX]

First gig of the year for Hurtsfall supporting The DSM IV at a new venue in Nottingham - The Grove in Sneinton Market. This may now have the record for being the smallest venue in the city as it appears to be even tinier than The Jam Café. There's an upstairs with a balcony but that's reserved for the bands and last night also for the person running the psychedelic light show projectors. Small stage meant that the headliners had to completely remove all their gear after sound-checking in order for us to have any chance of fitting on. Luckily there was an acoustic duo and a solo guitarist on before us so we were able to keep most of our stuff set up. Small but excellent sounding PA and a great sound engineer meant we were set up and sound checked in well under 30 minutes.

 

By the time we went on the venue was completely packed (which was very gratifying as Heartworms were also playing Nottingham that night, a gig I would have been attending had we not be playing), and although it looked like quite a different audience to our usual local Goth crowd there were people dancing from the start and the end of each song received plenty of cheering and applause. Managed to catch my finger on a protruding bridge screw during the second song and was dripping blood all over my bass and stage for the rest of the set. I've done this before so I realised what was going on and the fact that there was little point in worrying about it until the end of the set. It does mean I'll be cleaning the strings before Tuesday's practice it not actually change them.

 

Really enjoyed all the other bands, especially The DSM IV who were much more aggressive live that their recording suggested, and which made for a great evening.

 

The promoter was also impressed with our performance and has offered us a potentially great gig later in the year which I can't share until it's confirmed. From what was being said when we were arranging the gig, I got the feeling that they thought we were a relatively new project that had been formed after the dissolution of my other band, and we were quite happy to let them carry on believing this until we played. There were several photographers with serious cameras in attendance, but nothing has surfaced on Social Media yet. No doubt I'll be posting something later this weekend.

 

Next gig is Friday 7th March at The Arches in Coventry.

Edited 7 hours ago by BigRedX

[BigRedX]

Just to give you an idea of how small the stage is...

 

[tauzero]

First time at Jack's Entertainment Club in Bedworth with Dirty Roses. There are two rooms there, a larger one about the size of a typical WMC function room with a large high stage and a smaller cosier one with a small low stage. The manager thought there wouldn't be a huge number of people there so put us in the smaller room. He also put the vocals and one guitar through the house PA (saved the guitarist putting his cab on the stage) though I had to use my monitors. We squeezed most of the gear onto the stage, with the mic stands and git 2's guitar rack going on the floor and git 2 positioned in the middle rather than vox git. Nice back projection screen too.

 

 

All went well, and they want us back - next time in the big room with the big stage, going through the house PA with house monitors, which is nice. The house PA in the smaller room was installed very recently and includes an Allen & Heath Qu-24 desk which the manager was still getting to grips with, and I think the one in the larger room is similar.

 

It was also a first run out for the GR Bass AT212, which acquitted itself well.

[tauzero]

4 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Next gig is Friday 7th March at The Arches in Coventry.

 

At least you'll have a decent sized stage there.

[Lozz196]

Yep decent venue that

[BigRedX]

When you can find it! I've played their twice with other bands and both times it took us ages to work out exactly where it was -even with the benefits of sat-nav. However the last time was less than 12 months ago so I think I may remember now!

Edited 3 hours ago by BigRedX

[Lozz196]

Ha, yes sat-nav invariably takes you to the other side of the wall - a case of so near yet so far.

[tauzero]

14 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

When you can find it! I've played their twice with other bands and both times it took us ages to work out exactly where it was -even with the benefits of sat-nav. However the last time was less than 12 months ago so I think I may remember now!

 

I was following our keyboard player and drummer, both of whom know it (the drummer used to be the sound engineer there). I don't think I'll have a problem finding it again.