Dani Chere... congrats, Arnie! Looking forward to catching her show!
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Having BassCliff Gig Report Withdrawals
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Good for you guys on finding a new vocalist.
Wish I could have made it.
Two gigs this weekend, hoping for the best but tonight's gig has already been changed from outside on the nice big deck to inside since it's snowing here right now! ***!?!?! Yep, not amounting to much but snowing on Fri of Mem Day weekend, geesh! Who knows what will happen on Sunday.
Last Sunday's gig was disappointing, didn't bother with any gig report. Also cold and raining so the great outdoor space was skipped and we had to move inside. Much smaller space meant fewer people. Our guitarist's amp went belly up on the 3rd song so that was troublesome. And I spent the whole day feeling like I just wasn't "in the space" for the gig, fighting through or something. I could feel the tension in my wrists/hands and was in alot of pain on Monday, damned arthritis. My heart's not in it much, practice last week was interrupted by a work issue, bad weather, etc. I guess we just need a good gig to get back into it again and things have been a struggle.
Anyway, onward and upward, hope is all I have right now right?
Wish I could have made it.
Two gigs this weekend, hoping for the best but tonight's gig has already been changed from outside on the nice big deck to inside since it's snowing here right now! ***!?!?! Yep, not amounting to much but snowing on Fri of Mem Day weekend, geesh! Who knows what will happen on Sunday.
Last Sunday's gig was disappointing, didn't bother with any gig report. Also cold and raining so the great outdoor space was skipped and we had to move inside. Much smaller space meant fewer people. Our guitarist's amp went belly up on the 3rd song so that was troublesome. And I spent the whole day feeling like I just wasn't "in the space" for the gig, fighting through or something. I could feel the tension in my wrists/hands and was in alot of pain on Monday, damned arthritis. My heart's not in it much, practice last week was interrupted by a work issue, bad weather, etc. I guess we just need a good gig to get back into it again and things have been a struggle.
Anyway, onward and upward, hope is all I have right now right?
Sorry - I had work related issues. Nothing like a 17 hour workday spread across the West Coast, amirite lol?
Hi Dan,
She's cute enough, I suppose.
But can she song harmonies? That would be cool. I'll try to look up some clips of X Factor in YT or Fox. Fingers crossed.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Dani Chere... congrats, Arnie! Looking forward to catching her show!
She's cute enough, I suppose.
But can she song harmonies? That would be cool. I'll try to look up some clips of X Factor in YT or Fox. Fingers crossed. Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Chris!
Oh my goodness gracious! Sorry to hear you've been out of sorts plus the weather is not cooperating. Yes, we have hope plus a whole lot more! Nothing in this world is permanent and will eventually change for better. It's a race we don't have to win, just finish. All the best to you and yours.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Good for you guys on finding a new vocalist.
Wish I could have made it.
Two gigs this weekend, hoping for the best but tonight's gig has already been changed from outside on the nice big deck to inside since it's snowing here right now! ***!?!?! Yep, not amounting to much but snowing on Fri of Mem Day weekend, geesh! Who knows what will happen on Sunday.
Last Sunday's gig was disappointing, didn't bother with any gig report. Also cold and raining so the great outdoor space was skipped and we had to move inside. Much smaller space meant fewer people. Our guitarist's amp went belly up on the 3rd song so that was troublesome. And I spent the whole day feeling like I just wasn't "in the space" for the gig, fighting through or something. I could feel the tension in my wrists/hands and was in alot of pain on Monday, damned arthritis. My heart's not in it much, practice last week was interrupted by a work issue, bad weather, etc. I guess we just need a good gig to get back into it again and things have been a struggle.
Anyway, onward and upward, hope is all I have right now right?
Oh my goodness gracious! Sorry to hear you've been out of sorts plus the weather is not cooperating. Yes, we have hope plus a whole lot more! Nothing in this world is permanent and will eventually change for better. It's a race we don't have to win, just finish.
All the best to you and yours.Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Nate,
We missed you too, buddy. I wanted to show you my new toy. Next time. I hope work has settled down. Happy Anniversary to you and Mrs. Kitsapbass.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
We missed you too, buddy. I wanted to show you my new toy. Next time. I hope work has settled down. Happy Anniversary to you and Mrs. Kitsapbass.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Hello my friends,
We haven't been able to meet for three weeks but tonight we had a good time chewing the fat. It's too bad @BassDad1964, @WI Short Scaler, @1bassplayinfool, @nixdad, etc, couldn't make it tonight.
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@ak56, the old country bass player, @Tony In Philly. @dbase, @s0c9, and @Holdsg sat around talking about gigs, practice, more gigs, and running sound. Steve seems to have more sound gigs than bass gigs in the near future. Gary will be rocking with his Who and Queen tribute bands. Bill's band is now one of the most sought after classic rock bands in South Jersey. Tony's band got the cops called on them during a practice on the front porch. What a bunch of troublemakers! Then later @McG showed up, fashionably late as usual. I introduced our new female singer in my band, Dani Chere.
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It seems she was on the Fox network show "The X Factor" with her girl band. Arnie must've found her through her agent.
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Everyone kept asking, "Can she sing?" Well, I don't know. All I've heard are a few short Facebook clips from a local honky tonk. We'll rehearse with her before we get back into The Ranch.
I know we had talked about getting together next Thursday for another Zoom GTG but I just remembered I'll be in Las Vegas. We still might be able to. I'll bring my laptop and hope the wifi in the hotel is up to speed. I'll confirm as soon as I can, OK guys? If anyone else wants to join in just drop your email address in a PM to me here in the forum. I promise I won't spam you. Unless you're into that sort of thing.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I miss all the fun!!!!!! Glad you were able to get together and hope to make the next one!!!!!
Wow! You guys don’t mess around at getting a great looking vocalist! Hope she works out for you, harmonically, as well as meshing with the band. If y’all ever head towards Texas, let me know, I will travel to see you! Keep us updated.
Hey Guys -
Sorry I missed the call, but good to hear everyone is doing well. Thursdays are hit or miss depending upon the family schedoolie.
Jeez Cliff - that gal's gonna attract a crowd, no doubt. Hopefully she sings as well as she fills an 8x10 and is easy to work with. If so, that's gonna be a heck of a win.
How much of a pay cut came out of your end to hire her?
Sorry I missed the call, but good to hear everyone is doing well. Thursdays are hit or miss depending upon the family schedoolie.
Jeez Cliff - that gal's gonna attract a crowd, no doubt. Hopefully she sings as well as she fills an 8x10 and is easy to work with. If so, that's gonna be a heck of a win.
How much of a pay cut came out of your end to hire her?
Good call last night as usual. Although I was ill prepared for a long meeting since the chrome book at home was only at 30% when we started. And thanks to my daughter placing the ac adaptor in a yet undisclosed location I was ejected early.
Carry on my friends.
Carry on my friends.
Hello gang!
I'm supposed to get paid?
You would've liked the meeting last night. @Tony In Philly had some great pictures and history to share from his recent visit to an electronic music museum type place. Hopefully he'll share it here in the forum too.
Suddenly you disappeared. At least you had given us a warning that might happen. It was a really fun discussion last night. We started off talking about "the FOH guy", what to pay them/the crew for which services rendered. Are they a sound company for hire vs. a member of the band who does sound, etc. @s0c9 was very informative on that subject because it seems he has more sound gigs than bass gigs in the near future. We talked about headstocks. We all showed each other our headstocks.
I decided I liked the thinner Fender headstock (like the Tele basses) over the traditional wider P-bass headstocks. A couple of us mentioned how we get lost while tuning when we switch between headstocks that are 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-0, 4-1, etc. @1bassplayinfool showed us his very nice fanfret bass (Dingwall?). Here's a picture before @Kitsapbass left us and @ak56 joined us.
We talked a bit about other subjects that are taboo on TB. I revealed to the room why you will never see me wearing shorts on stage. They were horrified.
@Holdsg told us about his opening gigs with his new tribute bands. It sounds like that project will do very nicely.
I grabbed a couple of screenshots of Tony's presentation. It was very interesting, gear from all kinds of famous touring acts, ELP, The Who, etc. Tony, please share that link again. (Found it! EMEAPP ) Was this an Entwistle Ric? And then you had a picture of yourself playing a bass that he once played? Pretty cool.
Some of those early electronic keyboards were pretty dang cool, even for 70s technology. The foundation has a gallery online here: Gallery
All in all, a great call last night. Thank you, my friends. @dbase, @s0c9, @Kitsapbass, @WI Short Scaler, @Holdsg, @ak56, it was a pleasure spending the evening with you from my hotel room in Vegas with a fabulous view, of the HVAC on the roof.
I hope everyone has great gigs this weekend. I guess I'll get my report started before we soundcheck this afternoon. Take care everyone!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Hey Guys -
Sorry I missed the call, but good to hear everyone is doing well. Thursdays are hit or miss depending upon the family schedoolie.
Jeez Cliff - that gal's gonna attract a crowd, no doubt. Hopefully she sings as well as she fills an 8x10 and is easy to work with. If so, that's gonna be a heck of a win.
How much of a pay cut came out of your end to hire her?
I'm supposed to get paid?
You would've liked the meeting last night. @Tony In Philly had some great pictures and history to share from his recent visit to an electronic music museum type place. Hopefully he'll share it here in the forum too.
Suddenly you disappeared. At least you had given us a warning that might happen. It was a really fun discussion last night. We started off talking about "the FOH guy", what to pay them/the crew for which services rendered. Are they a sound company for hire vs. a member of the band who does sound, etc. @s0c9 was very informative on that subject because it seems he has more sound gigs than bass gigs in the near future. We talked about headstocks. We all showed each other our headstocks.
I decided I liked the thinner Fender headstock (like the Tele basses) over the traditional wider P-bass headstocks. A couple of us mentioned how we get lost while tuning when we switch between headstocks that are 2-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-0, 4-1, etc. @1bassplayinfool showed us his very nice fanfret bass (Dingwall?). Here's a picture before @Kitsapbass left us and @ak56 joined us.We talked a bit about other subjects that are taboo on TB. I revealed to the room why you will never see me wearing shorts on stage. They were horrified.
@Holdsg told us about his opening gigs with his new tribute bands. It sounds like that project will do very nicely.I grabbed a couple of screenshots of Tony's presentation. It was very interesting, gear from all kinds of famous touring acts, ELP, The Who, etc. Tony, please share that link again. (Found it! EMEAPP ) Was this an Entwistle Ric? And then you had a picture of yourself playing a bass that he once played? Pretty cool.
Some of those early electronic keyboards were pretty dang cool, even for 70s technology. The foundation has a gallery online here: Gallery
All in all, a great call last night. Thank you, my friends. @dbase, @s0c9, @Kitsapbass, @WI Short Scaler, @Holdsg, @ak56, it was a pleasure spending the evening with you from my hotel room in Vegas with a fabulous view, of the HVAC on the roof.
I hope everyone has great gigs this weekend. I guess I'll get my report started before we soundcheck this afternoon. Take care everyone!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
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Hey Cliff,
The John Entwistle bass that they had on display was actually his Alembic and I forgot to take a photo of that one. Here I am playing the Ric that you mentioned. Apparently it belonged to both Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) and Chris Squire (Yes) at varying times.
And here I am playing a Fender 51 style P-Bass or (maybe an early Tele Bass) that came out of Greg Lake's collection.
And here I am pretending to play Keith Emerson's infamous modular Moog Synthesizer.
Fantastic photos Tony.
Cliff, thanks for leaving my name out at being the one confused by headstocks different from the 4 in line type I've always had.
There's alot of hate for shorts, it is what it is. I didn't hear the story Cliff, you'll have to share it with me next time. We'll do our gigs, do the voodoo we do, get paid and go home.
@BassCliff
Yeah the bass is a Dingwall Lee Sklar that popped up on the classified here. I pounced on it. It's a serious piece of work... Always wanted to get one.
Yeah the bass is a Dingwall Lee Sklar that popped up on the classified here. I pounced on it. It's a serious piece of work... Always wanted to get one.
Hi Chris,
Hey, I get confused sometimes too. It wasn't just you.
It wasn't a story but a visual presentation. I think I made their eyes burn. 
THAT is why you'll never see me wearing shorts on stage.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Fantastic photos Tony.
Cliff, thanks for leaving my name out at being the one confused by headstocks different from the 4 in line type I've always had.
Hey, I get confused sometimes too. It wasn't just you.
It wasn't a story but a visual presentation. I think I made their eyes burn.
THAT is why you'll never see me wearing shorts on stage.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Hi Chris,
It wasn't a story but a visual presentation. I think I made their eyes burn.
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THAT is why you'll never see me wearing shorts on stage.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Whoa, some sunlight wouldn't hurt those bad jacksons!.......
I guess I was lucky enough to inherit some hereditary pigment.
Chris,
Sorry to subject you to that. I guess I should have included a warning or disclaimer. "What you are about to see is not suitable for small children or old ladies!" Ack!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Whoa, some sunlight wouldn't hurt those bad jacksons!.......
I guess I was lucky enough to inherit some hereditary pigment.
Sorry to subject you to that. I guess I should have included a warning or disclaimer. "What you are about to see is not suitable for small children or old ladies!" Ack!
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
