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Post by d28boy on Oct 10, 2014 15:14:58 GMT
I've been lurking for a while as I've moved to electric land but this thread has caught my attention & so I'll chip in here as I have some current experience in this area & feel "qualified" to chat...
I've formed a band a while back and we got our final member... our vocalist in Jan..... Things progressed at a good rate from there and so we started looking for gigs. Quickly found out that pubs won't really risk putting a band on without some sort of live track record though a recording helps..We got our first gig beginning of May....our pay was ZERO....we just wanted the gig...but we got a free bar ...Having done that one gig seemed to open the door for us which is what we needed as most pubs just stick with the same selection of bands which they re-cycle. However we found that it appears usual to play for nothing first time out...If you're good and or bring in loads of new punters they'll have you back and pay you too..So now we get free beer and some cash. But hey aren't most of the punters on here playing for pleasure anyway....? Getting paid anything is a bonus and for we electrical sinners it does help in adding new equipment or paying for recording ( which we are having a go at next weekend ). But we've also lost gigs with places closing down or places just simply changing their mind.....Not much you can do about that but we're having great fun !
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Post by d28boy on Apr 9, 2013 10:46:32 GMT
Plug it in and turn it up to 11 I have been looking for an amp that goes up to 11 but the EU have banned them apparently something to do with people suffering with Hearing loss at rock concerts My amp maker got round this by not numbering the pots....but if you count them they do in fact go to ELEVEN !
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Post by d28boy on Feb 12, 2013 9:13:16 GMT
Ho everyone
thought I'd better joinb up here as well
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