How was your gig last night?

[EliasMooseblaster]

1 minute ago, KevB said:

I remember seeing Deep Purple playing live on The Big Breakfast. It just looked all wrong somehow.

I can't help but think that would have looked all wrong at any time of day...

[KevB]

Presumably they had to get the gig in early so Gillan could get to his day job taking people's luggage at some big hotel...

Edited April 1, 2019 by KevB

[Stub Mandrel]

51 minutes ago, KevB said:

Presumably they had to get the gig in early so Gillan could get to his day job taking people's luggage at some big hotel..

What incredibly, utterly incompetent editing and camera work!

"Whatever you do, don't show the faces of anyone other than Gillan and Paice - and make the 'crowd' of 30 punters look like LIve Aid!"

[ricksterphil]

Played The New Barrack Tavern in Sheffield Saturday night, decent crowd and got £70 extra (on top of our fee) from a hat passed round the crowd. It was Stephanie the landlady's birthday too. Great night...we're back there in July

[Woodinblack]

5 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

What incredibly, utterly incompetent editing and camera work!

"Whatever you do, don't show the faces of anyone other than Gillan and Paice - and make the 'crowd' of 30 punters look like LIve Aid!"

I was wondering if there was some contractual reason they couldn't show the guitarist, I wondered who it was then, but they refused to show him!

 

[Stub Mandrel]

9 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

I was wondering if there was some contractual reason they couldn't show the guitarist

Froma distant shot I think it was Steve Morse - right build, hair, blue strat...

[KevB]

Definitely Morse (Ernie Ball, not a strat) and no contractual issues, he'd been with the band since 1994's Purpendicular album.

Edited April 2, 2019 by KevB

[Woodinblack]

I assumed there weren't but it seems like they were almost going out of their way to not show him!

It did show he had the nametag 'steve' above his guitar!

Edited April 2, 2019 by Woodinblack

[dmccombe7]

Debut gig with new 70's Glam Rock covers band at a private function. 

2 bands on  and also 2 other singers with backing tracks filling in the gaps between the bands.

Using the new Sandberg VM4 that i just bought 3 days ago and first time using my Mesa rig at a gig. 

Great fun, great bass and best birthday party i've ever been to.

 

[Bluewine]

As some of you know my band is in transition. We're losing a founding member, guitar, vocals , blues harp and bookings.

The booking ball was dropped and our normally busy summer season is weak.

I was whizzed at how this happened. I'm the only retired person in the band that needs the money.I had nothing for April and May.

My discontent must have made it to someones ear. I actually had 2 gigs this week Acoustic gigs.

I played 35 minutes at the BlondiPop Thursday night and 5:30- 8:30 at The Harley Davidson Museum Restaurant last night. Great load in and parking, a really posh place with nice class of patrons. The staff was great. 

I use to poo poo acoustic gigs, " me, I don't do acoustic gigs. I'm beyond that"

Well , I was beyond it until I was slapped in the face with reality. I'm in no position to turn down any kind of paying offer.

Guys, I learned my lesson and have stepped down from my ' high horse".

 

Blue

Edited April 8, 2019 by Bluewine

[BreadBin]

Have you considered picking up the booking ball @Bluewine? You say you are retired, would that give you the free time to chase gigs when others in the band are working their day jobs?

[Bluewine]

16 minutes ago, BreadBin said:

Have you considered picking up the booking ball @Bluewine? You say you are retired, would that give you the free time to chase gigs when others in the band are working their day jobs?

Yeah, I can and I should. Thing is I'd have to figure out how to expand non-existent network.

I'll take advantage of going out and doing these acoustic gigs.

Blue

[Woodinblack]

So how was the acoustic gig, was it ok?

[martthebass]

On ‎31‎/‎03‎/‎2019 at 22:53, peteb said:

Brilliant first gig for the Magnum tribute band (A Storyteller’s Night) last night, supporting Backstreet Thunder in Rotherham. A decent sized audience, great crowd reaction, and quite a few came specially to see us (some from as far away as South Wales and from Co Durham).

I’ve put a clip over on the tribute thread if anyone is interested.

 

That looks like the 'backyard' of the Cutlers?  Great venue.

[martthebass]

10 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Debut gig with new 70's Glam Rock covers band at a private function. 

2 bands on  and also 2 other singers with backing tracks filling in the gaps between the bands.

Using the new Sandberg VM4 that i just bought 3 days ago and first time using my Mesa rig at a gig. 

Great fun, great bass and best birthday party i've ever been to.

 

Hope you get used to the 'wig itch'..........took me about a year, seems strange when I play on stage without it now lol!

[dmccombe7]

7 hours ago, Bluewine said:

As some of you know my band is in transition. We're losing a founding member, guitar, vocals , blues harp and bookings.

The booking ball was dropped and our normally busy summer season is weak.

I was whizzed at how this happened. I'm the only retired person in the band that needs the money.I had nothing for April and May.

My discontent must have made it to someones ear. I actually had 2 gigs this week Acoustic gigs.

I played 35 minutes at the BlondiPop Thursday night and 5:30- 8:30 at The Harley Davidson Museum Restaurant last night. Great load in and parking, a really posh place with nice class of patrons. The staff was great. 

I use to poo poo acoustic gigs, " me, I don't do acoustic gigs. I'm beyond that"

Well , I was beyond it until I was slapped in the face with reality. I'm in no position to turn down any kind of paying offer.

Guys, I learned my lesson and have stepped down from my ' high horse".

 

Blue

Playing the Harley Museum would be my perfect gig. I'm a longtime Harley owner  Nowt wrong with acoustic gigs Blue. I'd go for it.

Dave

Edited April 8, 2019 by dmccombe7

[peteb]

22 minutes ago, martthebass said:

That looks like the 'backyard' of the Cutlers?  Great venue.

Well spotted sir! It is a top venue. 

[dmccombe7]

 

Excellent. Well done. I knew it would be a great success. You underestimate the popularity of Magnum especially back in the 80's. They were the band to see and have albums. Great mix of rock and a touch of Prog thrown in.

Can't get the quote thingy to work but i know there are site issues going on

Dave

Edited April 8, 2019 by dmccombe7

[dmccombe7]

24 minutes ago, martthebass said:

Hope you get used to the 'wig itch'..........took me about a year, seems strange when I play on stage without it now lol!

To be fair i probably don't need the wig as band said my hair is long enough but the wig helps the 70's image whereas my hair is just long  but white these days. No wig itch but extremely warm and a bit more than a touch of stage sweat. 

Was a great night tho and the feedback from people that were there and people that have seen some VID clips has been excellent so all good and we can get onto full size gigs with a bit of fine tuning on the show.

Dave

[martthebass]

19 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

To be fair i probably don't need the wig as band said my hair is long enough but the wig helps the 70's image whereas my hair is just long  but white these days. No wig itch but extremely warm and a bit more than a touch of stage sweat. 

Was a great night tho and the feedback from people that were there and people that have seen some VID clips has been excellent so all good and we can get onto full size gigs with a bit of fine tuning on the show.

Dave

Glad you're enjoying the 'Glam' side Dave, I'm into my 3rd year now with Glam Fever and it shows no sign of slowing down on the fun side.  I did think about growing me hair so that I didn't have to bother with wigs but couldn't face that 'between time' when the hair was not long enough but irritated under the wig. First world problems eh

If you get down Yorkshire way you'll have to let us know, us 'Glam Bands' tend to support each other.

[Bluewine]

4 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

So how was the acoustic gig, was it ok?

I had 2 acoustic gigs last week. Both were a lot of fun. Nice crowds and I could hear myself.

I learned a lot from this. I can't put my nose up to work and it's nice to be called on for work. 

Blue

Edited April 8, 2019 by Bluewine

[Ricky 4000]

Low volume is the new way! 😎

I'm thinking of starting a new tribute project called "Whinge Against The Machine". 😀

[bassbiscuits]

12 hours ago, Bluewine said:

As some of you know my band is in transition. We're losing a founding member, guitar, vocals , blues harp and bookings.

The booking ball was dropped and our normally busy summer season is weak.

I was whizzed at how this happened. I'm the only retired person in the band that needs the money.I had nothing for April and May.

My discontent must have made it to someones ear. I actually had 2 gigs this week Acoustic gigs.

I played 35 minutes at the BlondiPop Thursday night and 5:30- 8:30 at The Harley Davidson Museum Restaurant last night. Great load in and parking, a really posh place with nice class of patrons. The staff was great. 

I use to poo poo acoustic gigs, " me, I don't do acoustic gigs. I'm beyond that"

Well , I was beyond it until I was slapped in the face with reality. I'm in no position to turn down any kind of paying offer.

Guys, I learned my lesson and have stepped down from my ' high horse".

 

Blue

Nothing wrong with acoustic gigs at all Blue.

I love the challenge of reinterpreting songs into really good acoustic numbers, and selecting (or even writing) material to do with an ear for it being performed acoustically.

As I'm getting older I'm finding singing in an acoustic setting is a lot easier than trying to howl over a loud band.

And there's some surprising mileage in easing off the gas a bit on some loud songs and discovering a whole new quiet, sparse acoustic version in there too.

Enjoy it!

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, martthebass said:

Glad you're enjoying the 'Glam' side Dave, I'm into my 3rd year now with Glam Fever and it shows no sign of slowing down on the fun side.  I did think about growing me hair so that I didn't have to bother with wigs but couldn't face that 'between time' when the hair was not long enough but irritated under the wig. First world problems eh

If you get down Yorkshire way you'll have to let us know, us 'Glam Bands' tend to support each other.

Do you have a FB page and i can like to keep track of you guys as well.

Our band are called Bockbustarz. This was a party for our drummer but our 1st official gig is 3rd Aug in Glasgow. Tickets are selling pretty well so far.

Dave

[martthebass]

26 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Do you have a FB page and i can like to keep track of you guys as well.

Our band are called Bockbustarz. This was a party for our drummer but our 1st official gig is 3rd Aug in Glasgow. Tickets are selling pretty well so far.

Dave

We do Dave, it’s Glam Fever Live.  Let me know if you’re set up on FB.  I know you’ll enjoy it as much as we do, it’s good to be in a band where you don’t have to take yourself too seriously - quite hard anyway when you’re dancing about wearing a flashing police helmet.

We don’t have anything set up north of the border, but may look at a ‘mini tour’ at some point.