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Outdoor gig with wicked winds. Somehow a gust caught the back of my rig and blew it right over onto its face. The towel bars offered a little protection but the straight-ended plug still punched out the back of the socket. Yes, I'm going to be using 90º plugs from now on... The input sockets...

TL;DR How do you get a 1-time performance license for a bare-room environment ? I know, it's always' the venue's responsibility... Well, no, it's not... The question here is 'bare room' environments. Not a venue of any description. Not planned or expected to ever be a venue of any description...

This had scam written on it from the get-go but it took a while for the colors to show... Email to our band-booking acanddress -- Hello good day, I would be glad to hire you for my upcoming wedding anniversary, Please let me know about your availability for performance. It took 4 followup...

This may not be the best home for this thread, pls move if you've got a better idea... We're starting to get gigs booked and that means we need to up our visual promotion game. I see bands with their flashy poster-esque event flyers and their social-media equivalents and I wonder 'how'd they do...

Don't need advice, I know it comes with the territory and there is nothing to be done... I just wonder sometimes why venue managers can't be more like other businesses... I'm working getting my blues band booked on the new year's schedule. Have done all the prelim stuff like send emails and...

I like it where it is, at the top of the page. I would like it better if there were another one, at the bottom of the page. often i'll get to the bottom of a long page and realize 'OK, I'm done with this topic.' I suppose it's a bandwidth tradeoff -- do you want to transmit a potentially...

Of late, it's perceptibly quieter and with less pronounced attack. Perceptible acoustically (not plugged in i.e. not suspecting electronic issue...) Thought maybe too low causing pickup magnetic attraction, raised saddle 1 turn, no difference... Almost 3 years old. Nothing special about A...

I've got maybe a dozen OnStage tripod mic stands and over the years, most of them have shed their shoes. Usually they are to be in their transport duffle and I re-install them with some kind of glue to reduce the frequency of such... But a few are just gone... Anyone have a go-to source and...

Preamble: No great revelations. Just a story about a day in a working band. Intended to serve no other purpose than tell that story... It's not a 'tour' if you all come back home after one show... But it was a l-o-n-g trip (and day...) Original plan: meet up with singergirls and drive to meet...

Just a generalised observation / rant. Don't need advice, the issue is closed. But some of you may find it interesting / informative / amusing / relatable... I'm about one project shy of having my dance card full. I play with a few but nobody's working yet this year. (Full disclosure - I...

I have heard it said that if your band isn't working New Year's Eve, you might need to reconsider whether you're in the right band - or line of work... The other 'reliable party date' being Halloween. Clearly that's not universally true, but i's something to think about. If you're not working...

It seems post-quote notifications appear only in 'Alerts.' I'd like a separate level on control over quoted-message notifications, even from threads I have unfollowed. If someone is responding to or referencing something I've posted, I'd like to know about it, over and above just hoping I'll...

( Preview - followup with actual gig report tomorrow... ) Saw a post in a FB local musicians' group - piano trio needs a bassist for "oldies, Americana, stuff like that." OKfine - I can do that... Far enough away that everyone agrees there will be no rehearsals - just play cold... Get the...

Working with a wanna-be blues band with a singer/guitar who loves to overthink everything and seems to believe you just gotta follow the formula to be successful... We're auditioning a new guitar guy and in the consultation, singer guy says he didn't like how the candidate "didn't end on Beat...

Rhetorical question - I'm not actually looking for an answer. All the recent talk about BL-vs-Partnership business plans reminded me of a past situation. The band in question imploded several years ago. It was your standard 'voting democracy' organization with 5 members. The guitar guys...

So I'm dealing with a pitch-challenged singer. He knows he'll never be a star, we're just trying to make the most of what we've got on the local scene. I have a TC Helicon VocalOne processor at my disposal. Preliminary testing shows it can be helpful "some." OK, I'll take 'some.' The...

One of mine rolled off a table and onto a concrete floor, breaking off the neck-grabber. Thought I might just replace the neck-grabber part, but not only is that not available anywhere (even Hercules...) they no longer make that style stand. Their current offerings appear flimsier and use a...

I've heard this song since it was new; now I need to learn to play it. Two separate, related questions: On the recording, is the midrange-forward counter-melody and solo section guitar or bass? How is this typically approached in cover-band-land? Does the bass player do the solo sections...

Milestone for me... Bought a fretless 6 six months into my bass journey about 10 years ago and it's been my #1 ever since. Got the 6 on the 'one bass to rule them all' principle and the idea that if I played one bass, I'd be really, really familiar with it. I practice stuff up there, but...

Responded to a local CL post today for projects in my wheelhouse. (Same BL, same rhythm section.) Got back a document of requirements. Here's but a couple of lines from a full page: No full-time players. To [sic] much hustle*. PT players are easiest and the best. ... No 6-10 string bass. 4...

Mea culpa, I know there have been similar threads but I do have a specific application... So I'm looking at DigiTech Bass Whammy - DigiTech Whammy - same price DigiTech Whammy DT - ~$100 more I'm a bass player so I'd want something that's versatile on bass although as a...

Generalised rant, not seeking advice... Probably another covid casualty. Or maybe just clash of personalities, circumstances, and differing expectations... Background: Willie Nelson spent fall and winter of 2019 settling on a lineup and rehearsing the show. We put on a free "shakedown cruise"...

Harp player brought out some ancient Shure mic. Sounded great - until I switched on the phantom power for the drum overheads. Big horrible popping noise sounds; clearly _that_ doesn't work... My Soundcraft mixer/audio interface has Phantom On/Off - nothing switchable per-channel. Searches at...

I don't have a "shop." I am an independent occasional private-party seller. Reverb's not getting my bank account information. Bye.

I have some experience with ReverbNation and their $14/mo "basic" level (used to be $100/yr, maybe it still is...). Provided everything my band needed (mailing list management, video and sound hosting, EPK-on-demand) at a basically reasonable price. Didn't need the additional features the...

I blame @BassCliff for this ;-) Startup Willie Nelson tribute band. BL has been doing the WN thing on a solo basis for years so yeah, he's good enough to pull it off - got the sound, the look, and the guitar chops. Rehearsals are going well, first show scheduled in a couple of weeks. I'm the...

Not my site, no connection: Ari's Take: California's Music Economy Is About To Crash Evidently, per a law scheduled to take effect January 1, 2020, anyone (there are exception carve-outs, of course) accepting value for performing a service is to be considered an employee of the payor - subject...

Not looking for advice, thanks. Deed is done. Probably hung on too long, but previously committed to our (one) regularly scheduled gig a year, a back yard picnick party mid-August. I'd said to myself and the drummer, who's been with me through a few projects, that if they didn't get anything...

Broke the crossover in a TurboSound iNspire iP82. Mounting stand fell over in a crowded stage area during setup. Tweet works OK but woofer just makes occasional distorted crackles. Disassembled everything and drivers check out OK individually. Replacement crossover not available from...

If you don't, or won't, or wouldn't, thank you, this thread is not for you. I'll be back for that perspective in another thread... If you do, on some kind of regular basis (i.e. not "I went once ten years ago") why?

Does your main band (whatever that means to you) play ticketed events in a dedicated venue? Or do you play in a restaurant / bar setting, either for a negotiated, set price, or for the cover/door charge or some portion? Here in the Philadelphia area there are several live music listening venues...

Put a set of 5-string EB cobalt flats on my 6-string bass (because EB can't figure out how to make a 0.030" C like everybody else) maybe 6 months ago. The A and D are starting to sound a little "boingy" so I'm looking for a replacement set. Can't find them anywhere. Not Amazon, not...

this theme seems to be the current rage... So - as much as I like Tom Waits, and as much as I am ambivalent at best regarding Diana Krall, I just can't get into Tom Waits version of his own song, and I rather like Krall's interpretation. Check out the Christian McBride intro... And here is...

These are _great_ books, essential for anyone who believes they're in the music business. They are not so much about music per se - they are about the music business. Martin Atkins has BTDT and pulls no punches in what to do and what to avoid. Band:Smart is 600 8-1/2 x 11 pages; Tour:Smart...

Limited Edition (DarkGlass' first) Vintage MicroTubes DeLuxe #179/200. The original version, with the mojo-laden 'Era' knob. This was my 'always-on' effect so there are some minor signs of use and Velcro. Comes with original box, signed Limited Edition certificate, 'usage card,' logo sticker...

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] Wanted: amateur wannabe musicians to waste my time (Philly metro area) I'm an older serious bass player with vocals. I've been unable to find a band who shares my musical taste and commitment to practice and getting songs right. So I'm trying a different...

Background: Got a New Year's Eve Eve gig in a smallish room and we're planning a 'live album' recording. This is all quite ambitious but we're not obsessively committed to it - if things go sideways, we'll just concentrate on the live show... I've been working on incorporating compression into...

From time to time, big(-ish) name blues acts come through town. (Bonamassa comes through town, but I know we're not getting on with him, so let's drop down a tier...) Does the venue book an opener from their pool of local possibilities, or does the touring act book an opener? Do I start...

My first set of half-rounds so I can't tell if I've just got a bad string or 'they're all like that.' The B has almost no harmonic content. Nice thump, but no mids. I've had lots of different sets from a few manufacturers and this is the first that's acted like this. I know it's not the bass -...

Thought this would be an easy product to find but it's proving elusive... Probably I'm using the wrong search criteria. Soundcraft mixer has 5 monitor mixes - more than I need for my 4-piece band. Balanced TRS. We're doing a 'studio-live' recording session and want isolated headphone mixes. I...