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Thunderbird Club

#112,221
fasterpussycat said:
Something like this? Wonderful speakers but unlikely to be a source of domestic harmony.

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Those are beautiful! The ones I used most back then looked more like this...
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The dumb part was that the studio owner liked em so much he didn’t even use nearfields...I’d hate to mix that way now, but it was fun back then.

Gaolee said:
I wouldn't know just yet. I have been living with a pair of Klipsch Heresy speakers for close to 40 years. The place where the record player (yep, records) is these days doesn't lend itself to ideal sound. I'm thinking about taking the Klipschs into the basement and using them with a smallish power amp to replace the truly crappy speakers that sit on my desk next to the computer. I can't say that listening to recordings we make is much fun on those. It's not conducive to doing anything useful with the recordings, either.

The speakers upstairs would get replaced with smaller, more precise speakers. I cannot bring myself to get rid of the Klipschs. They have been with me longer than just about else I have ever owned.
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I heard a famous mix engineer once say “the best mix monitors are the ones you’re the most you’re most intimately familiar with.” I totally get that. I’ve been trying to mix all day on my new monitors, which are way better than my last ones, but since I don’t know these very well yet, I’m struggling until I get used to them.

JJR58 said:
Those are top notch picks.
Back in the day. Whatever that was were NS10’s and Urie 809’s.
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Yep, most sessions I did the first 15 years or so was that combo. NS-10’s for the engineers and 809’s for the band and label people. Always thought those 809’s sounded terrible, but they got stupid loud and to a non engineer, louder is always better :)
 
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#112,223
Miles_ONeal said:
Maybe go to some concerts or at least crawl youtube and see how the pros do it. Move to the side. Dance. Strut. Play air guitar. Moan into the mic. Stare rapturously at whoever's leading at the moment, or otherwise focus on them. Crowd surf. Play a cowbell. Walk off stage. Drink something. Interact with the audience (crawl in and bite someone! 8^) If all you can do is sing (and that's important for singer), you shouldn't be trying to front a band.

We went out to eat with friends last night and ended up somewhere other than planned. There was live music, which made conversation difficult, but was very cool. One guy, Renee' a.k.a., The Reen. Just hime, his guitar, a couple of effects, and a PA. He had the chops (and made the songs his own), the look, the attitude, the moves. I'd love to see him fronting a band; I've no doubt he could come up with a hundred things to do on the spot if he wasn't singing and didn't need to play.

Not everyone gets it naturally, but you can definitely learn it.
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GonePlaid said:
It was a good time to be a musician, period. In my area(S.FL)they still paid live bands-not enough, but they paid. I had a part-time delivery job just for beer money, the 6 night a week gig paid all the bills. And I didn't hafta schlep gear :hyper:.
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Someone mentioned that few bass players could read music back then.

That’s what I’m doing now. Having a few lessons and the guy has me using a pick and (simple) reading.

I’m in the clumsy stage...

1976... I was 14 and into Skyhooks, AC/DC, Status Quo, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, first decade Rolling Stones, Kiss.
A year or two later had by first dabble with bass guitar. Probably added the Pistols, the Saints, the Ramones, Aerosmith & BOC to that list and the Beatles started infiltrating - but just their ‘Rock n Roll’ stuff.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
I'm claiming stage left as my domain -- keep ppl away from the Birds. The session we had with the left handed guitarist had a few nervous moments when she walked towards the Orville.
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I prefer to be on the left side (the audience view left) for some reason. The last two shows I played I was on the right and it felt "off" to me.
 
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#112,231
fasterpussycat said:
Well ... if I'm brutally honest ... there was the first problem.

A sample trigger pad will be part of the set up and it might be something to attach to the vocal mic stand. But yes, there are any number if things to do, dance, pose, interact with the adoring fans, play percussion, whatever.
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Just a cover band, but pretty good...

Note, singer finds something to do for two solid minutes while the rest of the band plays (about the 3:20 mark to the 5:20 mark). Just remind your drummer that flowing with the music is the mark of a really competent singer that feels comfortable on stage and with the music. Sometimes that flowing requires letting the rest of the band musically set the stage for the singer.
 
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Count Bassie said:
A friend of mine here in northern RI has some lifesize Motley Crüe cardboard cutouts...



Ok he just told me he doesn't have them, my bad. But I'll just leave this here anyway. Some of us are Crüe fans...
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Funny but true story. A number of years ago we took a family vacation. As is good practice, we put various room lights on timers. Our teenage daughter (who had a crush on Orlando Bloom at the time) had a lifesize Legolas cardboard cutout. For some reason she had it standing just inside the doorway of her room partially hidden by the half shut door.

We told our neighbors we'd be gone for a few days and gave them a key for emergency access, but unfortunately forgot to mention we had the lights on timers. Apparently the first night we were gone the neighbors noticed some interior lights turn on so they thoughtfully called the police. When the police showed up the neighbors let them in.

As luck would have it, while the police were cautiously walking through the house checking each room they came upon our daughters room which had the door ajar but the light was off. As the officer pushed the door open the light timer turned on and he was standing face to face with this...
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The officer later told us, there was a split second where he honestly didn't know if he should sh!t his pants or shoot his gun. Good news is we didn't find any bullet holes in the walls. :D
 
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GBassNorth said:
Funny but true story. A number of years ago we took a family vacation. As is good practice, we put various room lights on timers. Our teenage daughter (who had a crush on Orlando Bloom at the time) had a lifesize Legolas cardboard cutout. For some reason she had it standing just inside the doorway of her room partially hidden by the half shut door.

We told our neighbors we'd be gone for a few days and gave them a key for emergency access, but unfortunately forgot to mention we had the lights on timers. Apparently the first night we were gone the neighbors noticed some interior lights turn on so they thoughtfully called the police. When the police showed up the neighbors let them in.

As luck would have it, while the police were cautiously walking through the house checking each room they came upon our daughters room which had the door ajar but the light was off. As the officer pushed the door open the light timer turned on and he was standing face to face with this...
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The officer later told us, there was a split second where he honestly didn't know if he should sh!t his pants or shoot his gun. Good news is we didn't find any bullet holes in the walls. :D
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Good story, you can walk.
 
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RedVee said:
Someone mentioned that few bass players could read music back then.

That’s what I’m doing now. Having a few lessons and the guy has me using a pick and (simple) reading.

I’m in the clumsy stage...

1976... I was 14 and into Skyhooks, AC/DC, Status Quo, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, first decade Rolling Stones, Kiss.
A year or two later had by first dabble with bass guitar. Probably added the Pistols, the Saints, the Ramones, Aerosmith & BOC to that list and the Beatles started infiltrating - but just their ‘Rock n Roll’ stuff.
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I had the advantage of reading from about age 8(started piano at 7), then clarinet/sax starting at 12 so just a matter of figuring out where the notes were on the bass.
 
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fasterpussycat said:
I'm claiming stage left as my domain -- keep ppl away from the Birds. The session we had with the left handed guitarist had a few nervous moments when she walked towards the Orville.
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I should know this but stage left for the audience or for you? (sorry if this is a dim question) :bag:

Sorry - just saw this earlier post by CB :thumbsup:

Count Bassie said:
That's "House Left" in stage parlance.
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