beerdragon Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Nothing impressive as BurritoBass. a local hotel, small but a good sound. our Keyboard is not well. threw up during the set. he has lost two stone in the last couple of months and is convinced he has cancer, the NHS is so slow so he is paying £400 for a scan. the sad thing is going private means you are using the sane scanner as the NHS but jumping the queue. so pushing other people back. Edited November 8, 2009 by beerdragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fudge Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='648473' date='Nov 8 2009, 12:34 AM']Nothing impressive as BurritoBass. a local hotel, small but a good sound. our Keyboard is not well. threw up during the set. he has lost two stone in the last couple of months and is convinced he has cancer, the NHS is so slow so he is paying £400 for a scan. the sad thing is going private means you are using the sane scanner has the NHS but jumping the queue. so pushing other people back.[/quote] Christ I hope he is ok. My old man fell ill about 8 weeks ago. He was 69 and generally indestructable. He died 3 weeks ago tonight and I am still completely numb and in shock. I haven't really been here or anywhere else for the last three weeks. My band has been using a dep as I don't want to leave my wife or 3 kids alone for 1 minute. Im going to try and push on but I really loved the old bastard. Im 41 next week and 3 weeks later can end up in tears at the drop of a hat. sh*t .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdragon Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='Mr Fudge' post='648494' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:29 AM']Christ I hope he is ok. My old man fell ill about 8 weeks ago. He was 69 and generally indestructable. He died 3 weeks ago tonight and I am still completely numb and in shock. I haven't really been here or anywhere else for the last three weeks. My band has been using a dep as I don't want to leave my wife or 3 kids alone for 1 minute. Im going to try and push on but I really loved the old bastard. Im 41 next week and 3 weeks later can end up in tears at the drop of a hat. sh*t ....[/quote] Sorry man. 69 is no great age. my dad is still around at 89, apart from being totally deaf and never sleeps from the tinnitus he's still good. life's a bitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fudge Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='beerdragon' post='648495' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:34 AM']Sorry man. 69 is no great age. my dad is still around at 89, apart from being totally deaf and never sleeps from the tinnitus he's still good. life's a bitch.[/quote] Thats a good old age. God bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='Mr Fudge' post='648494' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:29 AM']Christ I hope he is ok. My old man fell ill about 8 weeks ago. He was 69 and generally indestructable. He died 3 weeks ago tonight and I am still completely numb and in shock. I haven't really been here or anywhere else for the last three weeks. My band has been using a dep as I don't want to leave my wife or 3 kids alone for 1 minute. Im going to try and push on but I really loved the old bastard. Im 41 next week and 3 weeks later can end up in tears at the drop of a hat. sh*t ....[/quote] That's really sad man. Try to keep positive. I wouldn't imagine your dad would want you feel like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) [quote name='Mr Fudge' post='648494' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:29 AM']Im 41 next week and 3 weeks later can end up in tears at the drop of a hat.[/quote] Been there 8 years ago. I was still having 'no warning' weepy fits six months later. Slightly embarrassing when you're down the pub. It's a life-changing experience - affects different people in different and (sometimes) unexpected ways. Fine now, but probably should have signed up for bereavement counselling, rather than trying to tough it out. Could have saved a lot of time. Edited November 8, 2009 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fudge Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='Ou7shined' post='648499' date='Nov 8 2009, 01:43 AM']That's really sad man. Try to keep positive. I wouldn't imagine your dad would want you feel like this.[/quote] Cheers mate ... Life will go on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Fudge Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 [quote name='skankdelvar' date='Nov 8 2009, 02:01 AM' post='648502'] Been there 8 years ago. I was still having 'no warning' weepy fits six months later. Slightly embarrassing when you're down the pub. It's a life-changing experience - affects different people in different and (sometimes) unexpected ways. Fine now, but I probably should have signed up for bereavement counselling, rather than trying to tough it out. Could have saved a lot of time. [/quote My problem is I thought my old man was indestructable. Small Cell Lung Cancer killed him in 6 weeks start to finish, He had been ill but obviously kept it quiet. His Father was at Dunkirk and then murdered in 1943 embarking on a Greek beach. My kids worshipped him .. and so did I. f*** .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 So sorry Mr fudge. It sucks. Five years now since my dad died. I still cry and I still have days where I go to pick up the phone to get his advice........ just made myself cry again. Thankfully sitting here on my own today. All the best mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Played an open air party last night. First set was brilliant, second set not so brilliant, mostly due to one of the guitards playing just about every intro in a toe curlingly awful fashion. A few real Les Dawson moments. I've never played with gloves on before. They were thermal fingerless mittens, my wife reckons I looked like steptoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanx Posted November 8, 2009 Share Posted November 8, 2009 Was mixed: It was an awesome gig, but our last one with our current drummer, so was a bit sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 Played the Crimea Tavern in Castleford last night and whilst it was not packed out we managed to keep a decent audience all night and had a cracking gig. The venue is an average sized pub but they have a cracking in house pa ( two huge bass bins and four mackie srm450 tops with a 32 channel mixer ) complete with their own sound engineer who gave us plenty of time for a very thorough sound check and kept it loud and pumping all night. Great gig and looking forward to returning in 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 We played last night at The Betsey Trotwood in London. Completely acoustic! No mics, nothing. No chatting in that crowd! I thought we were good and I got the biggest cheer when the band was introduced. The bass player from the headline band was better than me but then I've only been on the upright a few months. My second gig since I started battling cancer so I can only look at it as a complete success. Tired today mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalMan Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 (edited) Red Lion Stubbington. One of those nights for me really. Couldn't get into it. Played cr@p. Bass sounded cr@p to me. And yet still people were saying it was a good gig, the sound was good, etc., etc. The Blackstar HT Dual proved a complete non starter for what I was trying to do. Mildly pee'd off at the end of the evening having got there early to unload the PA from the van and then helped load it all again at the end of the night, and yet [i]certain[/i] parties just stood and watched when it got to getting my gear out to the car. And then to cap it all the wiper motor went on my car on the way home so I had to call out the recovery service and get towed home. Just back now Added to which I am supposed to be taking MrsW to one of her old school chums birthday party in Eastbourne tomorrow, but I am going to have to start the day getting the car towed to a garage to be fixed and sorting out a courtesy car, which will no doubt be some rubbish 2 cylinder 1 Ltr bar'o'cr@p. Double Edited November 14, 2009 by WalMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witterth Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 "although I did have one of those hideous "I can't remember how to get from verse to chorus moments" oh yes! I know that feeling. I thought that sort of thing was just ME! thanks for that, Im not losing it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Despite a slow start and slightly ropey and boomy bottom end sound, 2nd and 3rd set were really good, the pub was rammed, everybody was singing along and we got 3 weddings out of it. Nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Not very packed, which is not surprising as half mid Sussex has been flooded or blown over! Oh well, back in January by which time it will probably be snowing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Not many people there - knew most of the audience by name... However, it was a chance to have a little live trot-out for the ad-hoc blues band (minus our gobiron player, who's recovering from pneumonia). And the interval band was me and Mrs Zero - we haven't done any gigs since August or so, so half an hour or so was a good opportunity to play out and for Mrs Zero to regain her confidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Played at the Carlisle Blues Festival on Saturday night or more accurately Sunday morning. My blues band OV8 played after the headline acts had finished – we went on at about 12.30 and did two 45 minute sets and then jammed with some of the main acts until about ten past three. Apparently I was on stage with some famous people but not being a proper blues person, I’m fooked if I know who they were. Connie Lush got up and did a couple of songs with us – I know Val quite well from my mate John being her guitarist for donkey’s years. The other people who got up and jammed were Ian Siegal, Earl Thomas, Mark Butcher and a few others I can’t remember. It was one of the best gigs I’ve ever done – there was a fantastic atmosphere and we got a lot of great feedback and an invite to play a festival in Holland. A few people said we were the best band on that day which is quite a compliment. Got to bed about 5.30, got up at 9, had breakfast and drove for two hours straight to a four hour rehearsal with my other band. I don’t look good today . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisba Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Did a private party on Saturday night for a music/drama school, but the audience was reduced because lots of people got tickets to go and see one of their pupils in X-factor. Not sure who, but it isn't the pathetic twins. ( they did tell me, but I don't watch it, so means nothing to me ). The rest of the audience weren't really our target demographic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stylon Pilson Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 [quote name='chrisba' post='656054' date='Nov 16 2009, 04:15 PM']Did a private party on Saturday night for a music/drama school, but the audience was reduced because lots of people got tickets to go and see one of their pupils in X-factor. Not sure who, but it isn't the pathetic twins. ( they did tell me, but I don't watch it, so means nothing to me ). The rest of the audience weren't really our target demographic.[/quote] So what you're saying is that your target demographic is X-factor fans? I wouldn't put that on your CV, if I were you S.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisba Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 [quote]So what you're saying is that your target demographic is X-factor fans?[/quote] Actually, in this case it was X-factor fan's parents. That's not quite so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 (edited) Achieved the unthinkable and outnumbered the audience. We're a three-piece OK, there were mitigating circumstances, like no-one knowing the bar was open except us and the staff (not sure all of the staff were sure either), the night not having been promoted, it being in a bloody hard to find place anwyay, and a few of our usual folks being unable to make it due to distance. Upside is that the staff (who outnumbered customers to a greater extent than even we than we did) really enjoyed it, especially the chef it would seem (always a good sign), and we were on pretty good form musically. All in all a good rehearsal. And very nice food C Edited November 16, 2009 by Beedster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceguyhomer Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Sounds like you had a great time Chris . It reminds me of a similar gig we did about 1 year or so ago. We'd just done a local celeb wedding at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool - it was our Wembley, a stunning venue playing to about 6-800 people. The following night we played at the Strawberry Gardens in Fleetwood to one drunk and two members of staff. The manager was so embarrassed, he went upstairs and dragged his kids out of bed to come and watch. It ended up being a lot of fun but talk about coming back to earth with a bump...sheesh.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Great gig at our first time at the Thornhill Arms in Stanningley near Leeds Brilliant little pub with a very live music orientated landlord and clientele that lots of local bands enjoy playing Lots of good comments on facebook this morning from local musicians in the audience which is always nice to hear Full day of rehearsal to look forward to on Thursday with 7 new songs ( plus the xmas ones ) to sort then gigs Fri and Sat, lovely stuff !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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