How was your gig last night?

[scrumpymike]

On 12/09/2022 at 09:56, Rich said:

Oh I do like the King Billy.

Same here Rich! There was a kind of carnival atmosphere on Saturday, both inside the pub and out in the street. They're a pretty knowledgeable lot too when it comes to music - no surprise there I guess. Amusing to see a couple of Bobbies on the beat chatting amiably with a small crowd sat on the war-memorial steps in front of the pub. The crowd had been smoking dope 5 minutes earlier and the motionless air was still loaded with the unmistakable aroma. The banter finished, the police strolled off, the smokers lit up again, and everything was back to normal.

[Stub Mandrel]

My brother's band played to 2,000 bikers at a recent festival, one of their most enjoyable gigs ever.

[Leonard Smalls]

An actual photo in full 2 bass glory!

 

Edited September 15, 2022 by Leonard Smalls

[MacDaddy]

1 hour ago, Leonard Smalls said:

An actual photo in full 2 bass glory!

 

 

Loving the zebra print troos! Takes me back ☺️

[Woodinblack]

2 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

An actual photo in full 2 bass glory!

 

 

Is your guitarist in some kind of witness protection program with his face blurred out?

[Leonard Smalls]

5 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Is your guitarist in some kind of witness protection program with his face blurred out?

He actually suffers from the rare condition Tweedfaciatis, where the facial skin takes on the appearance of a tweed cloth cap 

[Stub Mandrel]

3 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

An actual photo in full 2 bass glory!

 

 

We may look like punks, but secretly we're a prog band...

 

[Leonard Smalls]

1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said:

We may look like punks, but secretly we're a prog band...

You've obviously been to see us! We thought ProgPunkFunk (or is it PunkProgFunk?) was a genre that needed more exposure...

[Mickeyboro]

Another band too shy to say who they are…

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

too shy

You hum it, we'll play it!

We're Choked, in my sig...

[Stub Mandrel]

4 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said:

You've obviously been to see us! We thought ProgPunkFunk (or is it PunkProgFunk?) was a genre that needed more exposure...

 

You are not alone... ne of my favourite t-shirt designs too:

 

[Bluewine]

I'll make few comments on these gigs Sunday night.

 

Friday September 16th

 

SHE'S RIGHT-I'M LEFT LIVE
LITTLE SWITZERLAND!
SLINGER WI
6:00 - 9:00

 

Saturday September 17th

 

LIVE @ HOLY HILL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR!
2:00PM
HOLY HILL ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR , 
HUBERTUS WI

 

Sunday September 18th

 

Maple Road Blues Band

Boots Q 'n Boogie / Bailey Hall
Waubeka WI

 

Blue

[Stub Mandrel]

Thanks Reaper!

Excellent 12 band EQ plugin with HP and LP filters has done a lot, still a bit too much reverb.

 

 

Edited September 16, 2022 by Stub Mandrel
better sound

[Bluewine]

First of a 3 gig weekend.

 

4 Piece Acoustic

 

Friday September 16th

SHE'S RIGHT-I'M LEFT LIVE
LITTLE SWITZERLAND!
SLINGER WI
6:00 - 9:00

 

1. Overall very good gig.

2. We sounded good

3. 15 minute travel

4. Excellent pay

5. Upscale clientele

6.Home in bed by 10:00

 

Tomorrow we start at 2:00

 

Blue

 

 

 

[SICbass]

4 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

1. Overall very good gig.

2. We sounded good

3. 15 minute travel

4. Excellent pay

5. Upscale clientele

6.Home in bed by 10:00

 

4 hours ago, Bluewine said:

You’ve just described my ideal gig. Especially the bit about in bed by 10:00.

Oh yes I am in my mid 50s with 2 sleep-averse kids…

I hope the rest of your weekend is just as agreeable 

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2022 by SICbass

[Bluewine]

7 hours ago, SICbass said:

 

 

Thanks Sicbass,

 

My ideal gig too. It doesn't always happen that way.

 

Blue

[Bluewine]

Ok, 2nd gig of the weekend.

 

Holy Hill Arts & Crafts Festival

4 Piece Acoustic

 

1. Hours were great 2:00-300

2. The provided sound was gear from the 70s which sounded awful.

3. Pay was respectable

4. We sounded awful

 

Guys, it was not a good gig.

 

Blue

 

[stewblack]

Just played a wedding in a tent in a field. I too am in bed before midnight which is awesome.

However. It's not my bed. It's a 10 quid Air BnB and it took me 6 1/2 hours to get here.

So I most definitely win in one way but my goodness the M5 and M6 route north is not the easy drive it once was.

[Len_derby]

Just back from playing at The Old Star in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

It’s a pub that consistently supports live music, has a proper stage and friendly, obliging staff. But……bands play outside in a courtyard area. By the end of the second set tonight it definitely felt chilly. Time to get the hand warmers out again.

[Lozz196]

Just got in from a gig at The Dublin Castle in Camden. Was fortunate enough to find parking right outside, so all good there. 4 bands on so a bit of gear sharing, decent sized crowd who appreciated all the bands. Load out not too bad considering it was 11:30 in a packed pub. Overall it was the first gig I’ve really relaxed into in this band - which is only the fifth one I’ve done, and with a different set list at each - just felt more at ease, which was nice.

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, stewblack said:

So I most definitely win in one way but my goodness the M5 and M6 route north is not the easy drive it once was.

 

Umm.. when was it an easy drive??

[jimmyb625]

3 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Ok, 2nd gig of the weekend.

 

Holy Hill Arts & Crafts Festival

4 Piece Acoustic

 

1. Hours were great 2:00-300

2. The provided sound was gear from the 70s which sounded awful.

3. Pay was respectable

4. We sounded awful

 

Guys, it was not a good gig.

 

Blue

 

Did you get bottled off stage? Yes = not a good gig, no = a good gig.

 

If the crowd enjoyed themselves and you got paid, it's always a good gig. We're always too quick to find fault with what we do, life's too short to focus on the negatives.

[stewblack]

6 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Umm.. when was it an easy drive??

You youngsters won't remember those halcyon days.

[BCH]

Gig at Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Bedfordshire. Fab venue, sound & nearly full.

 

HELP...We had an issue...any ideas???????????????

Our guitarist used a 70's strat & Tele the pickups, picked up a pulsing 4Khz signal, sounding like a cricket! We isolated mains, guitar, no hearing loop, or modem, phones, lights, wireless for iPad, no backline or monitors etc. I tried a passive p/u bass, same issue.

Anybody had this experience 

 

 

[Woodinblack]

Noone left a phone on top of an amplifier or something?