GreyDad
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Well we did it, our second street gig last night as an ad hoc band without a name.
Ended up being the headline act (!) when the main band dropped out at the last minute - fame and glory in Falmouth Road was ours at last!
This time I convinced my friend Jamie, the charming but eccentric drummer from my originals band (which is also without a name!) to come along and hold things together. He got caught in traffic, arrived just before the set and had no time to practice so just set up and played the gig cold, which I thought was great - he'd never met any of the others in the band before.
I brought out the Bongo4H exclusively for this gig - Jamie insists I use it because he loves the tone and can hear what I'm doing no matter what else is going on. He says the B5HSp is too "soft" - which I sort of understand - so I pandered to his whim on the night, sorry Magnus.
Anyway, it went well, we played the same odd set of songs as before but I convinced them to throw in something upbeat so we did Walking On Sunshine, which is easy as well. We used my PA and gear so I had better control of the sound and even brought some lights along (more next time). We had very little time to set up and had to set up in the dark as we were moved to a later time - which was challenging (note to self: bring torches next time). With some audience participation I think we got a much better live mix than last time, and generally fewer mistakes although still a few (doh!
).
If we get a third chance I think we'll have it pretty much nailed.
Anyway, here's a few pics - thanks to my wife Molly for taking them:
Have to say I think the single H is the way to go for live gigs, much as I like the Blue Dawn, but I would have liked a 5er for a couple of the songs we did. I should have used my Stingray 5HH maybe, but I couldn't be bothered to swap instruments in the gig.
Or maybe I need a Bongo5H for live work - hmm, I can see a trend forming which ultimately and inevitably can only be to BP's benefit...
I noticed from the pics that I spend most of my time playing with my mouth open and my lower lip stuck out, like some sort of drooling bass zombie (see below for example):
I really must work on my stage presence
Cheers
Neil
Ended up being the headline act (!) when the main band dropped out at the last minute - fame and glory in Falmouth Road was ours at last!
This time I convinced my friend Jamie, the charming but eccentric drummer from my originals band (which is also without a name!) to come along and hold things together. He got caught in traffic, arrived just before the set and had no time to practice so just set up and played the gig cold, which I thought was great - he'd never met any of the others in the band before.
I brought out the Bongo4H exclusively for this gig - Jamie insists I use it because he loves the tone and can hear what I'm doing no matter what else is going on. He says the B5HSp is too "soft" - which I sort of understand - so I pandered to his whim on the night, sorry Magnus.
Anyway, it went well, we played the same odd set of songs as before but I convinced them to throw in something upbeat so we did Walking On Sunshine, which is easy as well. We used my PA and gear so I had better control of the sound and even brought some lights along (more next time). We had very little time to set up and had to set up in the dark as we were moved to a later time - which was challenging (note to self: bring torches next time). With some audience participation I think we got a much better live mix than last time, and generally fewer mistakes although still a few (doh!
). If we get a third chance I think we'll have it pretty much nailed.
Anyway, here's a few pics - thanks to my wife Molly for taking them:
Have to say I think the single H is the way to go for live gigs, much as I like the Blue Dawn, but I would have liked a 5er for a couple of the songs we did. I should have used my Stingray 5HH maybe, but I couldn't be bothered to swap instruments in the gig.
Or maybe I need a Bongo5H for live work - hmm, I can see a trend forming which ultimately and inevitably can only be to BP's benefit...
I noticed from the pics that I spend most of my time playing with my mouth open and my lower lip stuck out, like some sort of drooling bass zombie (see below for example):
I really must work on my stage presence
Cheers
Neil
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) leaping around like David Lee Roth just looks daft and in any case I'd injure myself so the best I can do is try not to look like I should be in some sort of care home 
I regret it to this day.
