chaypup Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 10 hours ago, chaypup said: Played at a business networking event in Oxford on Wednesday. Why? Why book a band that isn't background music for an event that exists solely for people to talk to each other? Anyway, as was predicted, everyone went outside to continue talking whilst we played to the bar staff. Off to Wilderness festival today and then have a dep disco wedding set tomorrow so a nice busy weekend of music playing 😀 Wilderness was great, good crowd, amazing stage and crew 😀 Topped it off by getting to watch Incognito after our set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Thd Baree gig last night was great. We played from 6:30-9:30,very appreciative crowd. We put on a good show Got the money Got home safely Blue 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_c2 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 (edited) Not long arrived home from an afternoon gig at Chester Bandstand. We were fortunate with the weather - several other weekend events/bands had cancelled so far this summer; and lightning is forecast for tomorrow (I received an email a few days ago asking if we were still doing it, I'd said 100% yes even if it rains, but risk of lightning we'd need to abandon/cancel). It was a brilliant gig, helped by us having 2 other gigs quite recently so all the music was well rehearsed and everyone was able to relax, enjoy it and played well. It was a tight squeeze but good fun. Load in/out is a complete nightmare - need to park on a roundabout - but I was able to borrow a disabled blue badge which helps. Only a few pics (and a sketch) so far.... Oh, and a video, but its on Facebook and I don't know how to post a link to it. Edited August 3, 2019 by paul_c2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Played the Summer of Love party in Kent last night. It went very well, we were on after Here & Now and was able to have a good chat with Keith from the band, very good chap. I was slightly concerned about going on straight after one of my bass playing heroes, but forgot about that once we were on stage. It felt good and tight (great sound and monitors) on stage, and apparently the same applied out front. We just managed to complete the set list we had prepared, a good solid 2 1/2 hours. I wasn't able to use my own rig (my car broke down on the way there, had to get it recovered and set off again in my wife's little car, no room for the BF Super Twin) but was lent a Fender Rumble 100 by another band - and it did the job on stage just fine - everything was mic'd up or DI's anyway. Make s me wonder why I schlep around a 2x12 cab and an ABM head when a little combo I can lift with one finger does the job just as well! Left home at six a.m. yesterday morning, left for a second time after the break down at midday, got back about 3 a.m. today. Four hours sleep and I'm about ready to start unloading the (little) car! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Debut gig with Blockbustarz last night at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow. Fantastic night of 70's Glam Rock music. Very warm night and a great crowd all having a great time dancing to some classic Glam music. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 24 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Very warm night and a great crowd all having a great time dancing to some classic Glam music. Epic. Nice happy crowd too 🙂 Never has such a daunting display of wiggery graced a British stage since Poison won Crufts... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Played a wee local festival, that’s been going for a few years and seemed quite good, yesterday afternoon. Had a great time and went down well, however a raging hangover from the night before, that I had to fight off, made slightly less enjoyable. 🙄 Lesson learned there, won’t going out the night before a gig again. Seems the older I get, the better I was. 😳 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Angelus said: Played a wee local festival, that’s been going for a few years and seemed quite good, yesterday afternoon. Had a great time and went down well, however a raging hangover from the night before, that I had to fight off, made slightly less enjoyable. 🙄 Lesson learned there, won’t going out the night before a gig again. Seems the older I get, the better I was. 😳 Aye that'll teach you. At least it was an outside gig with fresh air. Not so good if a hot sweaty nightclub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Yesterday, a bit meh. Afternoon was a gig in a campsite for someones birthday. They originally wanted us later, but we had another gig in the evening so it was 3-5:30. Set everything up and used 2 PAs as the guitarist was keen to do that. Unfortunaly remembered everything except my ipad to set up the mixr. The singer had his, but it meant I couldn't monitor it and my IEM mix was for some reason completely wrong. Half time I downloaded the iphone x18 app, which meant I could fix some issues, but frankly it is not easy to use something you arent' familiar with. The second half there was a lot more response from the crowd and by the end everyone was joining in and enjoying it. Its a shame we couldn't do later as that would have been better. Evening, set up in a small pub we play often. I remembered the iPad, but everything isn't working, I think the iphone app really set the mixer funny, so all the EQ is everywhere. Set it up and it sounded ok but too loud. Told the guitarist to turn down, but he ignored me as usual. Went out, came back for the gig and the sound had changed horribly for some reason. Set it up as best as we could in the few minutes, my mic level was way down for some reason, the singer was feeding back but not loud. Anyway, did the first half then the drummers dad (who is at most our gigs came up and said the sound was terrible and everything was too loud. Turned the bass amp down (to way lower where I normally have it in that pub), so did the guitarist. Played the second set. The guitarist was actually too quiet, i told him to turn up a bit but he said he didn't hear me (probably didn't understand me saying to turn it up, he has never heard that). Honestly I think we were tired, it was all a bit flat. Aparerntly the sound was great in the second half, everyone seemed happy (I was told I looked bored, but pointed out she mistook bored for tired). Paid well, but honestly I could have been as happy to have not done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 played outside in the afternoon. Never comfortable in this country. Sure enough it rained. Not much but enough to panic me. we did what we could with umbrellas and coats but it was an uneasy half an hour 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) Bit of a weird one. Played a private garden party this afternoon. Duo gig. Vocals and me on acoustic. One lady guest had a bass in the car and sat in and the client's 5 year old grandson's drum tutor was there too and he sat in on the boy's kit. After we'd finished, we got another gig from one of the guests😆 For a band that doesn't exist. However, we're all up for it so it's in the diary😳 Edited August 4, 2019 by leschirons Spelling 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 7 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Aye that'll teach you. At least it was an outside gig with fresh air. Not so good if a hot sweaty nightclub. Was in a Marque and it was roasting. I kept feeling something run down the back of my leg and was so relived to find out later it was only sweat. Last song was A LongWay To The Top, so standing 3 feet from bagpipes just rounded it all off nicely. 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) An 'outdoor'afternoon/early evening slot for me yesterday too. Landlady was leaving it until last minute to decide to put us on outside or inside as a thunderstorm was forecast. By the time the forecast changed we were a bit short of time to get set up so it was a bit of a rush to get everything in place. Not too late starting though and even if it was still very humid outside (in fact its in a big lean-to on side of pub so we had some shelter anyway) it was far preferable to the sweat box it would have been inside. Best of all was our very own Len Derby popped in and actually endured both sets, bless him. We don't rehearse enough so it was sloppy in places but we got some good feedback from punters and the pub seem to like us, its one of our better paying gigs at the moment and only half an hours drive for me so happy to go back if they book us again, this was our second visit there this year. Only real downer was our drummer announced he was leaving, actually not just leaving but retiring from drumming completely. He has had back issues and sciatica for some time and has slowly had to go on to stronger and stronger pain killers to get through gigs and has, understandably, decided enough is enough. He is the only original band member left so it will be interesting to see how things pan out. Good drummers are tough to find. He says he will carry on as long as it takes to find a replacement and we only have 4 or 5 more gigs this year so I'm suggesting we only take bookings for next year from now on and use the downtime between gigs (once we are out of the summer hols) to scout round for a replacement. Edited August 5, 2019 by KevB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, KevB said: An 'outdoor'afternoon/early evening slot for me yesterday too. Landlady was leaving it until last minute to decide to put us on outside or inside as a thunderstorm was forecast. By the time the forecast changed we were a bit short of time to get set up so it was a bit of a rush to get everything in place. Not too late starting though and even if it was still very humid outside (in fact its in a big lean-to on side of pub so we had some shelter anyway) it was far preferable to the sweat box it would have been inside. Best of all was our very own Len Derby popped in and actually endured both sets, bless him. We don't rehearse enough so it was sloppy in places but we got some good feedback from punters and the pub seem to like us, its one of our better paying gigs at the moment and only half an hours drive for me so happy to go back if they book us again, this was our second visit there this year. Only real downer was our drummer announced he was leaving, actually not just leaving but retiring from drumming completely. He has had back issues and sciatica for some time and has slowly had to go on to stronger and stronger pain killers to get through gigs and has, understandably, decided enough is enough. He is the only original band member left so it will be interesting to see how things pan out. Good drummers are tough to find. He says he will carry on as long as it takes to find a replacement and we only have 4 or 5 more gigs this year so I'm suggesting we only take bookings for next year from now on and use the downtime between gigs (once we are out of the summer hols) to scout round for a replacement. Too modest Kev. You played a good, solid set. A very enjoyable afternoon. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, Len_derby said: Too modest Kev. You played a good, solid set. A very enjoyable afternoon. Good to see the bass player given lots of room as usual 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Yep i've been mistaken for a fence post in past bands too. I need to move more on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 04/08/2019 at 09:22, FinnDave said: Make s me wonder why I schlep around a 2x12 cab and an ABM head when a little combo I can lift with one finger does the job just as well! I'm actually wondering about that too. I generally just want to hear my bass on stage and if thru PA its DI'd anyway so its really just a basic monitor for me.. Only thing is i've tried smaller combos and they just don't cut it on stage for me. My Mesa head and 212 cab seem to fil the stage more same at rehearsals when i take it. The studio Ampeg 810 and Aguilar SC500 amps never seem to cut thru the mix the same way or fill the room. Might look at the Mesa Subway lightweight gear now that i've tried Mesa i'm a convert. Expensive tho but that new WD800 amp looks and sounds the biz on youtube anyway. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 34 minutes ago, stewblack said: Good to see the bass player given lots of room as usual That was for our George Formby medley including 'I'm leaning on a fence post..' * * yes I know that's a bit wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 The photo is slightly deceptive, I had marginally more cat-swinging space than usual. For anyone interested, here's the tap dancing monkey at work... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, KevB said: That was for our George Formby medley including 'I'm leaning on a fence post..' * * yes I know that's a bit wrong. I don't suppose a certain little lady came by did she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 If she did she walked straight past me and out the car park...😃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Nice bit of Deep Poiple there. Drummer looks well into it 🤘 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Just got back from an afternoon set at Down On The Farm Festival near Hereford... It was the first time out for my Markbass 4x10/2x10 stack - band were impressed with how well it cut through. Not only that but there were only a couple of minor booboos, and a bass player from another band came up afterwards and complimented my playing (doesn't happen often!), saying as well that we sounded like Rage Against The Machine blended with Jamiroquai! Eek! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said: Just got back from an afternoon set at Down On The Farm Festival near Hereford... It was the first time out for my Markbass 4x10/2x10 stack - band were impressed with how well it cut through. Not only that but there were only a couple of minor booboos, and a bass player from another band came up afterwards and complimented my playing (doesn't happen often!), saying as well that we sounded like Rage Against The Machine blended with Jamiroquai! Eek! And all while doing a splendid Patrick Stewart impression , make it so dude 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 We played there ^ on Friday night and it was ace! Proper professional sound crew, I got to use my own drums, and Bob from Terminal Rage helped me out with my gear afterwards. Brilliant night! The drive home was a bit of a nightmare - got to bed around 3, up again at 7 as I had a rock 'n' roll band recording in my studio all weekend. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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