Didn't you have to carry a big bass amp someplace?
I assumed that meant giggage...
(berk, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:15, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

Oh, sorry, with you now.
I was moving the amp up to the pub in advance. Gig's not until Thursday, but I managed my delivery on the train and my back, arms and floppy wrists have all lived to teapot another day.

Just got confused as there was the possibility I would have also been playing last night with a different band, but the drummer pulled out on Sunday. Even if my dignity hasn't really gone, my sense of self-organisation disappeared long ago...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:16, Reply)

Good grief, man
how many bands are you in?
(berk, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:18, Reply)

Erm...
*counts*
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:19, Reply)

Between 3 and 6, depending on whether you count those that aren't doing anything at the moment

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:20, Reply)

Talented git
Do you play bass in all of those or other stuff too?
(berk, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:21, Reply)

Bass guitar in 5 of them
Acoustic guitar in the 6th.

It's not so much 'talented' as 'in demand due to choosing an instrument that fewer people want to play.'
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:23, Reply)

our bass player seems to get all the attention
in spite of him being a mildly retarded ginger scotsman.

I don't know what it is about my band, whether it is just us or not, but people seem to think it is fine to try and hold conversations with us while we are in the middle of playing a song. Or that every time we finish one shouting "bass solo!" or something similar is a nice way of showing your appreciation.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:25, Reply)

Well, obviously everybody loves a good bass solo
Except the feller who runs the blues jam I go to. But I'll eventually teach him otherwsie.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:30, Reply)

I like a good bass solo as much as the next man
in fact, probably more so, but it is fairly disheartening when all your audience does is shout for them, rather than acknowledge that you've just finished a song as a band.

It'd make me slightly happier if people asked for more guitar solos, but I don't think I could fit any more in.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

There comes a point where you have to just tell the crowd to fuck off
Give him a song with a dedicated bass solo in it, then when they beg for another you can say he's already had one and that will be all, thank you very much.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:36, Reply)

he plays like Flea on a double bass for the most part
the whole set is a bass solo!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:40, Reply)

So why's my triangle career stalled so badly?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:26, Reply)

You've got to learn how to use the other two sides of it.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:28, Reply)

Fuck that shit.
I just want the GLORY AND FAME
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:38, Reply)

I believe Gene Simmons took the same approach to music
(And yet has still achieved far greater glory and fame than me to date...)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:42, Reply)

I hate that cunt.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 11:05, Reply)

He is an unbelievable cunt
Or 'CUNT' as the fans insist on spelling it.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 11:27, Reply)

If he could do that he'd be promoted to bass.

(Cave Duck, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:42, Reply)

BAND SLAAAAAG!

( girlinthehole, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:24, Reply)

It's true
I am a complete and utter basswhore at the moment.
Edit: Though if it makes you think any better of my musical whoring, I am still playing with that Sensational Alex Harvey Band Tribute Band
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:28, Reply)

b

too easy
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:32, Reply)

As am I at the moment, it would seem.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:34, Reply)

*rapturous applause*
BASS SOLO!
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:37, Reply)

*obliges*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYdqCUM5bg
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)

Excellent

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 14 Sep 2010, 10:39, Reply)