success

  1. Neo1

    Ebay Horror Story? Nah, just the opposite...BEST SERVICE EVER!

    There are always threads popping up on Talkbass about the Ebay or Reverb deal that went wrong (just google “Talkbass bad” and see). I’m always drawn to them, though I can’t explain why I want to hear of someone else's woe (often followed by advice after the fact, or even chastised with an "I...
  2. lat

    What makes a gig successful?

    This is a spin-off from my last thread, where I was venting about the LS getting drunk to the point of not being able to properly do his job. Some of the responses in that thread made me wonder what different people think constitutes a successful gig. Money? Cheering? Dancing? Drinking? Playing...
  3. Alkali Ike

    Big Bets and James Holzhauer’s ‘Jeopardy!’ Success

    I know Jeopardy! is popular among many TB'ers but this guy James Holzhauer is worthy of his own thread. I've never seen anything like him on the show. He crushes his fellow contestants. Invalid Link Removed The quiz show’s reigning champ set a one-day record for winnings Wednesday with...
  4. Jason42

    Criminally commercially unsuccessful bands

    There are bands that I love, that are just never going to be commercially successful (I'm looking at you obscure instrumental prog & djent), but there are bands that I just don't get why they never made it big. King's X I've been reading the King's X Oral History book and pretty much all the...