Never use a wireless connection to your cab when you're in a cover band, as copyright holders will pick up the transmitted signal and sue you.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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When using a PA it's important to know if it's a private or public event so you pick the right sort of PA.
Before being acquired by Roland, Boss pedals were handmade by Bruce Springsteen in his kitchen in Passaic, NJ. He had started Boss Electronics, LLC in 1970, and was sad when he became too busy to continue building and selling effects.
John Cage once wrote a piece which uses only dead notes.
My boss had a PA, never did any work. (oops, now I'm in trouble) - I was the PA....
John and Paul wrote personal, nostalgic songs about Liverpool places from their younger days ("Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane", respectively), and Ringo wrote "Octopus' Garden" about "Octopus Gardens", the luxury, gated condo community where he spent his idyllic and pampered youth.
John Cage would have been much more popular had he componsed 4'20 instead of 4'33.
You should never put more than one second of silence in a song or between them at a gig lest the Cage estate sue. Luckily, the guitarist is bound to fill the gaps with string squeaks, random noodkings or 'tuning' or 'dropping the E to D', or the brass players will empty the last three months' worth of phlegm from their instruments into the audience with a loud parp.
But Nick really hates silence.
The sound of silence was written by an irritated audience member when Simon forgot to sing the intro to one of their early songs.
And clearly there had been a stage lighting issue too.
When playing Fretless Bass it can help to visualize you are at an amusement park to get accurate slides.
Here in the Antipodes solemn and hushed words had reached us that Progressive Rock had returned to the United Kingdom
Thank you for confirming and all the best for the times ahead.
I have long predicted this renaissance. And it will be spearheaded by the renaissance of Renaissance. If you haven't found a medieval or space or fantasy name for your new band you are going to be very sorry. I'm going for 'God Speed You! Holy Roman Emperor' myself.
Yes, and don't forget the drummer rapping his snare drum a few times, just to make it's still there.
Don't you mean rapping about the share drum, then introducing their tambourine like Nina Cherry in the extended mix of Buffalo Stance? I think we've all had this happen at some point. It's as inevitable as Mustang Sally or your Sisters of Mercy covers band being asked to do Freebird because "you already played that other Neil Young song, you know, the one about drugs".
To be a successful acoustic delta style blues singer, you have to go at least 8 hours without drinking anything before singing.
(or have only moonshine for those 8 hours)
(or have only moonshine for those 8 hours)
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