Recent content by jz75

DaveLS That's a solid marketing plan.

Remember good old email? Posting a show flyer? Having a decent website? Facebook doesn't replace all that elbow grease. At the end of the day, if you play a show and your draw isn't good, that bar manager will, or should appreciate that you tried to market the show. They may not, but I won't...

I have come to the conclusion that facebook is becoming less and less useful for marketing lately. Sounds crazy but here's what I've seen over the past year or two (we've had a fb page since 2008 after shutting down our MySpace page which we started in 2007). Remember that decade? Everyone has...

Factor88 makes a good point. Some things you just can't plan for, but after doing enough side gigs with acoustic and bass only, it seems like most 90s and classic rock tunes can be broken down to vocals, bass and guitar if needed or simply vocals and guitar. Learn the tunes you don't usually...

Some good advice here. If you have room for extra stuff, by all means. I don't travel with a separate amp anymore but I do have a DI if my amp were ever to go. If you happen to play a bass with a pickguard, I jam a pick in between it if your hands ever cramp up. It happened once during a punk...

I happened to stumble on a tab book about 20 years ago when I was a beginner that had Phantom of the Opera wedged in between Def Leppard and Priest tunes. For me, that song is a great representation of Steve Harris's many techniques. Highly recommended. And as for what fingers to use, use...

I agree with other posts about doing it yourself. Once you learn what works and what doesn't, it will make a world of difference if you later get management and can actually see what is/isn't getting done for you from a marketing and management standpoint. I'm not 16-18 anymore, but if I can...

Lots of good ideas are posted. Another angle is to make friends with bar managers and bartenders. They may have all the pull depending on venue and will know about band needs when bands have to cancel. Also if you decide to start a band from scratch, they may give you that elusive foot in the...

This sounds as cynical and ridiculous as can be, but is it at all possible that he wants these gigs at any price when you two might not be interested, hooks you in with the promise of a rate to keep you in it and then pulls this at the end so you don't want to cancel and save face - when he...

I dont know if it was breaking in the strings or what but the noise is gone.

There are some earlier threads that discuss the "pinky salute" if that helps.

Seems to be a 50/50 split on this.

Thanks. That's very helpful. I thought it was odd that the coated strings made such a change. Honestly I never heard noise before which is why this was so odd.

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Much appreciated. I have both a P pickup and a bucker. Maybe I just need to break in those strings.