How was your gig last night?

[Merton]

2 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

From the limited amount I’ve heard from Gasoline & Matches I quite like them so will have to check out the Katy Hurt material if of similar genre?

Yeah def similar - we’re possibly a little more raw live but I’d say we compliment each other quite well. Katy’s got a fantastic ear for a catchy hook. We’re down in Sutton on Friday, albeit a bit of a trek for you. Will keep you in the loop for future gigs

 

edited for spelling mistakes and now to add a cool pic:

Edited October 8, 2023 by Merton

[lozkerr]

Last night in Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar with the Girls Rock School showcase. This one featured some of the students from the spring term that I'd helped teach. 

 

Girls Rock School is primarily about helping women build confidence rather than become festival headliners, but they put on some pretty impressive performances. The punk band I'm in was supporting the main act - here's a song from our set. Includes profanity.

[Jackroadkill]

4 minutes ago, lozkerr said:

Last night in Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar with the Girls Rock School showcase. This one featured some of the students from the spring term that I'd helped teach. 

 

Girls Rock School is primarily about helping women build confidence rather than become festival headliners, but they put on some pretty impressive performances. The punk band I'm in was supporting the main act - here's a song from our set. Includes profanity.

 

That's a cool band you've got.  Proper old-school punk sound.

[Greg Edwards69]

Epic. That’s how last night’s gig was. We played our debut gig for the Cow & Telescope in Southend, one of the cities premier music venues for cover bands. So much so, you need to sort out dates about a year in advance. We’ve been trying on an off for some time to get in there so we were dead excited to finally get the opportunity.

 

We brought a sizeable crowd of friends and family with us who along with the colourful regular were ready for a party from the get go. We were told that most bands on their debut at this pub usually pull 50 punters at most. Apparently we pulled in excess of 170 according to the doormen. Not far off some of the more established top tier bands on the circuit. Indeed, the buzz from the regulars was that we was just as good as those particular bands. The boss and staff were very happy and want us back next year.

 

So yes, a great weekend!

[Bluewine]

23 hours ago, gafbass02 said:

Private function in a cocktail garden in Hereford. Pretty fab night all round, small crowd of lovely folks, paid well, easy load in, good sound. All good  Outdoors, but under cover and a pleasant, balmy evening. I used my new bass and was very pleased with it. It’s been a bit of a nightmare situation, but almost sorted. I might post about it soon, it’s pretty damning for a well known bass specialist retailer. Sadly the video was shot using a potato. 

 

Nice video!

 

Blue

[martthebass]

Another nice local gig in Rotherham last night. A well run and packed social club with a verrry compact stage. The audience were up for it from the start, I was just about sat on the drummers lap 😂 The club was full by the time we’d got the gear in which compromised the sound check somewhat but we managed. It was a 3 spot gig which is unusual for us but it made the night go quickly. 
That’s the last local one for a while, next week it’s the seaside - Withernsea.

[gafbass02]

9 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Nice video!

 

Blue

Thank you 🙏:)

[Bluewine]

On 05/10/2023 at 14:19, Bluewine said:

This Saturday October 7th 5:00 !

Maple Road

Old Falls Village Park Beer Depot
N96W15791 County Line Road, 
Menomonee Falls WI

 

Blue

 

Overall a good gig .  However, initially unbearably cold

( 50°) and windy. When the wind died down it was tolerable. 

 

You can't tell from the video but we had an awesome crowd. 

 

We used our new digital mains.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid09zVbFaLXvdsnR7F5Cz3rtyGoEK7Z2tDpgMM3sBgxomBTxcSC17W9txgfrUVHvjaQl&id=1470144703&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

 

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xk521A7V9AF4K2xkYgBx4wJo2XxHMktNjMXFnwRDLDTRVogGGcWPym3PAzzoUwkgl&id=1470144703&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

Blue

Edited October 8, 2023 by Bluewine

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

 

Overall a good gig .  However, initially unbearably cold

( 50°) and windy. When the wind died down it was tolerable. 

 

You can't tell from the video but we had an awesome crowd. 

 

We used our new digital mains.

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid09zVbFaLXvdsnR7F5Cz3rtyGoEK7Z2tDpgMM3sBgxomBTxcSC17W9txgfrUVHvjaQl&id=1470144703&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

 

 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02xk521A7V9AF4K2xkYgBx4wJo2XxHMktNjMXFnwRDLDTRVogGGcWPym3PAzzoUwkgl&id=1470144703&mibextid=Nif5oz

 

Blue

That sounded really good Daryl. Nice overall sound. Was bass thru PA too. Nice and deep but i can still hear a nice edge coming thru.

Sounds like a very talented band. Love the girls voice, easy to listen to.

What did you mean by "digital mains" ?

Dave

[Bluewine]

28 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

That sounded really good Daryl. Nice overall sound. Was bass thru PA too. Nice and deep but i can still hear a nice edge coming thru.

Sounds like a very talented band. Love the girls voice, easy to listen to.

What did you mean by "digital mains" ?

Dave

 

Thanks Dave, 

 

I'm always XRLed direct to the PA.

 

I'm not sure what digital mains means. Jenny's husband Dave who does all our sound and light described them as digital. 

 

Daryl

[peteb]

A double header for the Zep tribute this weekend. First up was a gig in St Helens on Friday. A slightly strange venue, a very small theatre with a seated dress circle and a decent sized stage. We were a bit rusty and had one of our old keyboard players depping (who was good), but not a bad gig. Quite a reasonable crowd in the end, despite initially slow ticket sales, so all in all a pretty good night. 

 

Saturday night was at the Cluny in Newcastle, one of our favourite venues. We had Phil Manchester (aka Didge Digital from FM) depping on keys and a big step up by the band from the night before in terms of performance. A packed crowd who were great (as they always are in Newcastle), a top performance and a decent payday. A 100 mile drive home (for me, longer for some of the rest of the band), but an awesome gig…! 

 

Edited October 9, 2023 by peteb

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

... What did you mean by "digital mains" ? ...

 

33 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

...I'm not sure what digital mains means...

 

'Digital Mains' translates as a digital mixing console for the PA ('Mains' = FOH, or Front Of House, for the US bunch...), such as the Behringer X18 and the like.

Edited October 8, 2023 by Dad3353

[dmccombe7]

38 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Thanks Dave, 

 

I'm always XRLed direct to the PA.

 

I'm not sure what digital mains means. Jenny's husband Dave who does all our sound and light described them as digital. 

 

Daryl

I think i know what you mean now. It was when you mentioned digital mains i think of 110V power feeds. Digital sound and lighting i kinda understand the basics

Dave

[Bluewine]

5 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

 

'Digital Mains' translates as a digital mixing console for the PA ('Mains' = FOH, or Front Of House, for the US bunch...), such as the Behringer X18 and the like.

 

Thanks

 

Blue

[Bluewine]

6 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

That sounded really good Daryl. Nice overall sound. Was bass thru PA too. Nice and deep but i can still hear a nice edge coming thru.

Sounds like a very talented band. Love the girls voice, easy to listen to.

What did you mean by "digital mains" ?

Dave

 

 

Dave,

 

I think that "edge" comes from the active pre amp in my G&L ASAT Bass.

 

Daryl

[Cat Burrito]

I nearly missed this one - Friday I played at The Gifford Arms in Wolverhampton. It seemed like a lot of effort for such an early slot but I really liked the venue. the three piece has only done a couple of shows this year (singer moved away) but three days of spending my evenings playing along with a Spotify playlist and I think we were as prepared as we could be. I had a few issues with the effort vs reward of this show but always good to catch up with old friends. 

 

[cheddatom]

Friday night was The Robin 2 in Bilston supporting the Steve Ignorant band, who are incredible. I used their drummers shells, and it was impossible to get the rack tom into anything like a normal position for me. I played the same kit every night on our tour last year but maybe I'd just gotten used to it. Anyway, I kept missing it but it didn't seem to make a bit of difference. We went down really well with the crowd and definitely won some new fans. Afterwards, I bought myself and the roadie a 9" pizza and a can of coke each, for £11, which is the cheapest gig food I've ever bought, AND it was good! I watched the whole of Steve's set and loved it.

 

We got back to Stoke around 1AM. Driving home from there I saw a tall guy stumbling around right near a main road. He looked really messed up so I pulled over to check on him. When I got closer I realised I actually knew the guy from the local music scene! Obviously I gave him a lift, but unfortunately he lives at the opposite end of the city to me so that added another hour on to my bed time. Bed at 3AM

 

The same line-up on Saturday at Corporation in Sheffield. This time Carole Hodge from the Steve Ignorant band got up to do her guest part on one of our songs (she did it on the record too) and it was brilliant! The venue and crew were fantastic and the sound was the best we've had for ages. I had to pose for photos and sign stuff for people I'd not seen before, so I guess we did well. I watched a good bit of Steve's set again. I'd highly recommend checking them out, even if you don't like Crass. They're amazing performers. Bed at 2AM

 

The Tivoli in Buckley on Sunday. We played there a month ago supporting The Undertones, and the sound guys were the same. We used the exact same gear. Last time sound check took 5 minutes and the result was great. This time there were constant issues with feedback, they didn't like how I'd tuned my drums etc. Anyway, we muddled through and the sound out front was apparently brilliant. We had to hang around to watch Ferocious Dog's set afterwards, and they are sh*t hot musicians, but I really don't like the music, and there was no decent beer at the bar. Next time I'll bring more for the dressing room! Bed at 2AM

 

I'm tired now

[Dan Dare]

Saturday's gig was in a long room, all hard plaster walls, arched glass ceiling and full height glass patio-type doors along the entire wall behind the band. No drapes, few soft furnishings (barring the bodies of those in the audience). The sound was, um, interesting. Certainly didn't need reverb. Went down well and got asked back. Perhaps I should take a pink noise generator next time we play there...

[asingardenof]

On 08/10/2023 at 08:42, Merton said:

Long day yesterday. Left Surrey 10.30am, drove to Manchester (well, Steve our drummer did, I sat and talked in the passenger seat), quick lit stop via Nicki McBrain’s Drum One and onto Gullivers in Manchester for soundcheck

A self-promoted Katy Hurt gig with Gasoline and Matches providing first class support. (Great songs, vocal harmonies, guitar solos, musicianship, lovely people).

Not a huge number of ticket sales sadly - that’s the problem with a last-minute self-promoted gig 😆 A fair bit of walk up though, so the room’s atmosphere certainly didn’t feel lacking by the time we hit the stage at 9. Just under 90 minutes later we’d had an absolute blast, played two new songs which went great given we’d only run them both once in soundcheck, and the crowd were marvellous.

 

Used my Zoot P5, TE Elf and Barefaced Two10; onstage bass was immense and the lovely sound guy did a superb job with monitoring and FOH.

 

Finished up, packed away, back on the road 11.10pm and home 3.15am. Very glad when the boss decided to get up at 7.30am to make a cuppa and then sit in bed noisily drinking it 😒

 

But a great day! Roll on Friday 13th in Sutton for more of the same, only significantly closer to home 😎

 

 

Nice one! Still gutted I'm going to miss you guys in Sheffield. Just the wrong end of the month for such things alas.

[Staggering on]

Not a real "gig" but just a few songs for extended family members at a Thanksgiving dinner (I'm in Canada)on Saturday.

My nephew's 15 year old daughter has been playing flute at school for about 4 years and is also taking private lessons. She has played in various school bands and a flute choir(who knew they existed?) and is quite good and is a good reader. When I saw her in the summer I suggested that she should try some jazz charts, she had never played anything like that so I sent her a few charts and some advice and a few links to the songs. After a bit of rehearsal time we played a flute and bass duet(I used my Yamaha SLB 200 and Acoustic Image amp instead of hauling my DB around) for our little family audience and it sounded pretty good, she wants me to send her some more charts and is planning to talk to her teacher about some music. I'm hoping she will get right into it and we are already talking about a flute/bass version of Canadian Moe Koffman's Swingin' Shepherd Blues when we get together in a few months, should be fun. On Saturday we played Gravy Waltz, Perdido, and Four and a couple of others and played them at nice snappy tempos and she did a fine job, I hope she gets into some more jazz in the future.

We live a long distance apart and only see each other 2-3 times a year but we are both looking more to playing together.

Sorry if it doesn't quite fit the topic but it was her first "gig" other than large bands so I hope no one minds.😊

[Gasman]

Another Saturday night gig, another North Dorset Carnival at Gillingham this time, so another early start (5.15) for me to get into the town before the roads closed at 6.30 for the procession at 7.15. Set up in the Royal British Legion, again a bit squashed with our temporary 6-piece line-up, but all neatly done - sat around swapping stories until we were on at 9pm - 10pm, then 10.30 to 11.40. Very good post-carnival crowd, some a little bit wobbly after too much cider, but no aggro and an invite back to play back at the club again in December. Our dep singiste did extremely well to cover all the material our regular lady does (she's away on a cruise somewhere), nice to know that there's essential backup in case of future emergencies.

 

Back home to West Bay at 1.10 am, head still buzzing; nice that our Persian Cat Nunu was so glad to see me that he  immediately deposited an epic present for me in his litter-box before I could even grab a cuppa... a sign of real love or an adverse comment on my absence perhaps? No pix of the gig unfortunately, but here's the glare I got when staggering in!

[Lozz196]

That is a Paddington Stare of the highest quality!

[MacDaddy]

45 minutes ago, Staggering on said:

Not a real "gig" but just a few songs for extended family members at a Thanksgiving dinner (I'm in Canada)on Saturday.

My nephew's 15 year old daughter has been playing flute at school for about 4 years and is also taking private lessons. She has played in various school bands and a flute choir(who knew they existed?) and is quite good and is a good reader. When I saw her in the summer I suggested that she should try some jazz charts, she had never played anything like that so I sent her a few charts and some advice and a few links to the songs. After a bit of rehearsal time we played a flute and bass duet(I used my Yamaha SLB 200 and Acoustic Image amp instead of hauling my DB around) for our little family audience and it sounded pretty good, she wants me to send her some more charts and is planning to talk to her teacher about some music. I'm hoping she will get right into it and we are already talking about a flute/bass version of Canadian Moe Koffman's Swingin' Shepherd Blues when we get together in a few months, should be fun. On Saturday we played Gravy Waltz, Perdido, and Four and a couple of others and played them at nice snappy tempos and she did a fine job, I hope she gets into some more jazz in the future.

We live a long distance apart and only see each other 2-3 times a year but we are both looking more to playing together.

Sorry if it doesn't quite fit the topic but it was her first "gig" other than large bands so I hope no one minds.😊

 

Maybe some Jethro Tull? 😎

[BillyBass]

58 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Maybe some Jethro Tull? 😎

 

[Bluewine]

15 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

I nearly missed this one - Friday I played at The Gifford Arms in Wolverhampton. It seemed like a lot of effort for such an early slot but I really liked the venue. the three piece has only done a couple of shows this year (singer moved away) but three days of spending my evenings playing along with a Spotify playlist and I think we were as prepared as we could be. I had a few issues with the effort vs reward of this show but always good to catch up with old friends. 

 

Man, I'm loving that double cutaway bass.

 

Blue