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When the last child moved out I moved my gear into a bedroom. Suddenly, I had a 'music room'! I may or may not have done all this while my wife was at work without actually discussing it with her before hand. My practice gear is on a desk against the wall. It has a POD X3 Live which accepts the...

This thread was helpful for me recently. I read the comments with interest as a while back I purchased one of the first Gretsch Junior Jets when it only had one pick-up. Although this isn't a suggestion for OP I thought I would put my question here because of the common subject matter. Last...

I've had decent luck with it. Certainly no worse than CL. I've had an account for years. When a member of the band moves on that's one of the places I start my search. I just click on "premier membership", specify one month membership and they bill me. I can usually find someone during the...

I adjusted the EQ on my music player as suggested and it works great. Thanks very much for the help.

When I learn new songs I plug headphones into the jack of my laptop. On some songs I have trouble hearing the bass line if it's not prominent in the mix. I searched for a low pass filter that might be suitable without luck. I want a finished product and not a Popular Electronics project. I just...

Felken, there’s more to this than meets the eye. My very first recommendation is, since you seem new to this, find an existing band that wants you. That way you can see firsthand what goes into the band environment and what can go wrong. But you say you need to start a band. Being a band leader...

I just HATED the blues. It all sounded like that same kind of tedious progression with some whiny lyrics along with it. I started out playing rock because that's what my age group listened to. Years later I had to relearn all those songs and it was called classic rock. I got tired of the band...

We have taken advantage of local public access television stations. They are always looking for entertaining content. Many of them broadcast a show in their schedule that showcases local talent. For us it's always been a multi-camera shoot. We'll go in and do about a dozen songs for them. The...

FB13, There's more here than meets the eye. Posters above have echoed my experience that you might find the right person at a variety of sources. I’ve tried to put a few bands together over the years and have made more than a few mistakes. I think the question of how to find band member is...

Thanks for the tips, everyone. These are some really solid ideas. I'll start using these at various points in the show. I'm (thankfully) not the frontman but I don't think he should have to carry the whole load.

I just watched a video of my band playing recently. I have absolutely no stage presence. Obviously, I know what to do with my hands but I don't know what to do with the rest of me. My eyes were wandering all around, I kept looking up in the rafters (there was nothing in the rafters). I thought I...

As others on here have said, the song almost always gets the audience up and moving. I've had people come up to the mike and join me on "ride, Salley, ride." It makes it more fun for me when they get involved. The 'red flag' for me is when I audition with a group and they have 'Susie Q' on the...

I was able to figure it out myself.

OK. So I took the advice here and searched for 'Bassmasta Torrent.' One of them downloaded a type of download manager called ilivid Setup. There were about 6 'DOWNLOAD' buttons to choose from. I don't think any of them are what I want. The second link I followed downloaded a file that looked...

Hi All, My name is Chuck and I play bass. (In unison, Hi Chuck) I just found this forum and am enjoying going through all the threads. There are a lot of fun things to read on a lot of topics. You seem like really interesting folks to hang out with. I started playing guitar in high...