Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Community => Gigs => Topic started by: jazzyvee on January 02, 2016, 12:50:09 PM
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First gig of the year coming up at The Jam House in Birmingham.
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Here is a link to the venue listing. The gig is free entry.
http://www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/3872/jazzlines-presents--delano-mills-and-not-strictly-jazz--january-2016.htm (http://www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/3872/jazzlines-presents--delano-mills-and-not-strictly-jazz--january-2016.htm)
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Looks like some top notch players have shared that stage! Have a great gig!
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Absolutely it's a really great venue though usually the sound is too loud!!
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Time to bring the big rig!
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Hey Jazzyvee, do you have photos of your latest bass posted?
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http://club.alembic.com/Images/411/188516.html?1447943126 (http://club.alembic.com/index.php?topic=8329)
There you go my friend.
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Here are a couple of shots of my gig last night. I had my Series II and Series I basses with me.
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Nice pics jazzyvee !
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Great shots! What kind of strap do you have on your Stanley?
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It's called Bass Tribal that i got online from a small Greek company called Minotaur. I got the first one from when I got my series II and when my other bass straps needed replacing I've used this company. They are thick leather and well padded and comfortable
This is the specific one I have on the Shorty.
http://www.minotaur.gr/product_info.php/products_id/112/osCsid/i615409j7lsj867uv3a2kc58f8q0gmp9 (http://www.minotaur.gr/product_info.php/products_id/112/osCsid/i615409j7lsj867uv3a2kc58f8q0gmp9)
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Thanks Delano! It looks very comfortable!
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it is extremely comfortable Rusty, and the thing is, that on that bass the strap buttons have been moved previous to my ownership. The back button is moved to the upper half of the bass and the front button is moved about an inch closer to the headstock at the back of the neck.
What is interesting about this relocation is that the bass sits more vertical than my shorty signature bass which kind of leans slightly forward from the top edge. However this new location makes the reach to first position a bit further away and I have to slide the bass back towards my body to reach the D-string tuning peg.
I think though I will soon put schaller strap lock buttons in the original holes and try the standard locations.
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I tend to play mine on my right hip VS directly in front of me. I think I'm subconsciously trying to keep it away from my belt buckle even though I always put my buckle on the left side when I play.
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I have a gig tonight with musical youth at a music college in Birmingham. The event is also being filmed by ITV for airing in April this year in a documentary about the band. https://m.facebook.com/events/898043390292304?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A98%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&aref=98&refid=17&__tn__=H (https://m.facebook.com/events/898043390292304?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A98%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&aref=98&refid=17&__tn__=H)
Its a free gig so if you live around the Birmingham/West midlands area feel free to come along and say hello.
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Here is the venue address & web site. Though the site rarely gets updated so the gig is not listed.
http://thecrossingdigbeth.co.uk (http://thecrossingdigbeth.co.uk)
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Here one of the few video's that have shown up on line so far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6G5sO5H4Tg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6G5sO5H4Tg)
I think it was taken on a mobile phone.
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(Message edited by jazzyvee on March 13, 2016)
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Here is my next gig, standing in on bass for an all female band called EEEk. The current bass player, on the let of the picture, is on a round the world trek. then drummer, she played drums for my jazz funk band when our drummer was unavailable, guitarist, lead vocalist and backing vocalist on the right from New Jersey.
I've had one rehearsal with them so far and we may have a couple more before the gig.
Here are some links to the band.
http://eeekmusic.bandcamp.com (http://eeekmusic.bandcamp.com)
https://www.facebook.com/eeekmusic/
They are playing a support slot for a great band called Never the Bride.
http://www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/1127 (http://www.theroadhousebirmingham.com/?q=node/1127)
Date: 7th April 20:00
The Roadhouse Birmingham
Lifford Lane, Stirchley, B30 3DZ Birmingham, United Kingdom
Find Tickets
Tickets Available
www.theroadhousebirmingham.com (http://www.theroadhousebirmingham.com)
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Here is a picture from the gig. Not the best exposure but ok. I had a really great time and the band have asked me to do a couple more gigs for them so they must have been happy. The headlining band was Never The Bride and their bass player, who also plays bass for Paul Rogers, told me it was ok to use his bass rig. As it happens his rig was an ashdown...... I did however bring my F1-x in a rack and used that into the return socket and left his settings alone. I kept the my stage volume low and let the FOH do most of the work as it was a small venue.
When the main band came on they sounded great and bassie was using a 5 string jazz bass. Their drummer's mum sang backing vocals on some of Jimi Hendrix's records.
A great night was had by all.
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A couple of youtube video's from my gig with the EEEK Band.
Chandelier
https://youtu.be/OpkeAOoUWUw (https://youtu.be/OpkeAOoUWUw)
You Lose ( an original track by the band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-kljWwlXyQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-kljWwlXyQ)
So different from my regular gigs and a useful education in restraint. :-)
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Very nice!
John
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Nice stuff, Jazzy, What bass are you playing? Doesn't look like one of your usuals!
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Nice vocals!
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RV_bass, the bass is the one I use mostly for reggae gigs. It's a 5 string, all black, all maple apart from purple heart neck laminates, Europa with signature electronics and Elan neck. Great great great sounding bass and after trying my others at rehearsals and practice sessions I decided that was the right bass for the gig even though I never touched the low B.
Davehouck, the vocals are amazing. Check out this track called Fire star from their album Love, Loss & Bowling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQb1e12Eus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQb1e12Eus)
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Very nice! The overall sound on that studio piece is very balanced.
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Interesting thing about that studio is it was the first studio I ever went into. It was in the late 70's when a band I was with was recording an album. When I got the album from the EEEK band at their album launch last year I realised it was the same studio and called the owner and had a good chat. Funny how things somehow come to a full circle sometimes,
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Had another gig last night with Musical Youth at a Ska Weekender at a venue in Skegness, Lincolnshire. Was a really good gig I had my black Europa bass and the band loved it as usual. For me it was a much quieter on-stage sound for a change so I could hear the full bottom end and actually didn't need my ear plugs.
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I'm gigging on guitar with a Stevie Wonder Tribute band on May 28th.http://www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk (http://www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk)
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Looks like I'm on TV this weekend on a programme called Where are they Now. It's on ITV in the UK. Not sure if anyone outside the uk can get the programme live on the internet. Anyway it's between 19:00 and 20:00 on Sunday 29th May
Looks like I'm on TV this weekend on a programme called Where are they Now. It's on ITV in the UK. Not sure if anyone outside the uk can get the programme live on the internet. Anyway it's between 19:00 and 20:00 on Sunday 29th May
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week22/where-are-they-now-reunions (http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week22/where-are-they-now-reunions)
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Well I watched the programme and whilst the video is not focussed on me I managed to get about 5 seconds of exposure on tv with my Series I Europa. And to think we played a whole 90 minute set for the recording.
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I'm gigging on guitar with a Stevie Wonder Tribute band on May 28th.http://www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk (http://www.eastbournebandstand.co.uk)
Here is a short video taken with an iPhone 6 of Signed Sealed Delivered.
https://youtu.be/1j0mCsyJDQg (https://youtu.be/1j0mCsyJDQg)
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Well I watched the programme and whilst the video is not focussed on me I managed to get about 5 seconds of exposure on tv with my Series I Europa. And to think we played a whole 90 minute set for the recording.
Here is a video of the programme that was used for the feature on ITV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3oDYn6jCWU&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3oDYn6jCWU&feature=youtu.be)
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https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6gEcOPkjuB3Yloje/html5 (https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6gEcOPkjuB3Yloje/html5)
I have my next gig with a band called Eeek at the Actress & Bishop venue in Birmingham, England this Saturday 25th June 2016
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Next gig with Musical Youth at Camperjam 2016
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Got a short notice dep gig tonight with a UB40 tribute band called UB42 at the Royal Telegraph pub in Derby, UK
I must be one of the few people in my area who don't know much of their music so I'm cramming the setlist into my head. :-)
http://www.ub42.fourfour.com/shows
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Looked like a nice place Jazzy... sub gig went well? One thing I find interesting about the U.K. (and here in the Eastern U.S.) is how older buildings are being re-purposed. I'm assuming by the name that the telegraph offices used to occupy that building.
I also couldn't help but notice that's not too far North from merry old Huncote, where they apparently have only one small pub called the Red Lion, which is on some record as having been an ale-house for a couple hundred years. Way up on my bucket list is to go play there one day. ;)
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Yeah surprisingly it went really well considering I had to cram the music. In fact 4 of the 6 band members on that night were dep players although they had played with the band a few times. So it was good that it went really well. Packed house and the sound was really good especially the bass was lovely warm deep and clean. Helped by low ceiling, wooden floor and cabs in the corner oh yes... and an alembic bass. . :-)
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Looked like a nice place Jazzy... sub gig went well? One thing I find interesting about the U.K. (and here in the Eastern U.S.) is how older buildings are being re-purposed. I'm assuming by the name that the telegraph offices used to occupy that building.
That could well be the nature of the buildings origin although t's popular for the name Telegraph to be used in local newspapers so it might have had that use in it's history too.
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I have a gig with a reggae band called 1 Eye, they are having an album launch and I'm depping on guitar on this one for a change.
It's at a club in Birmingham UK called the Jam House so if any alembicians are around and up for a night of reggae, pop along and say hi.
Not decided which guitar to take with me yet but whatever it is it will be alembic powered.
(http://www.thejamhouse.com/image/events_2016_10/4008---EYE-REGGAE-REVIEW-245-main.jpg_400.jpg)
http://www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/4008/1-eye-reggae-review-october-2016.htm (http://www.thejamhouse.com/birmingham/live-music/event/4008/1-eye-reggae-review-october-2016.htm)
Here is one of their tracks called Mr Baliff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1Jv284DZQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1Jv284DZQ)
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This is the gig I have this evening with the Birmingham Basement band in Solihull.
2nd December at 20:00–23:00
The White Swan, Solihull - J D Wetherspoon
32-34 Station Road, B91 3SB Solihull
https://www.facebook.com/events/209243162832176/
Highly likely to be two alembics on the gig. The bass player has PierreYves old but new looking MK bass and I'll be take the Dragon Magic. Hope there will be some pictures I can get of that rare event. It's a big band jazz gig so we won't be the dominant part of the sound of the band, It will be all those people blowing bits of plumbers pipe off cuts. :-)
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Here are the two alembics that turned up at tonight's gig
It's great but strange playing guitar at a gig and hearing a lovely clean sound of this alembic bass holding down the bottom end. Now I know what sound I must be getting from mine. Interesting how different it sounds compared with how my bass sounds to me when I'm playing it. It helps that he was using a Phil Jones briefcase which I have and know the sound of really well.
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Two beautiful instruments!
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Bonus points for multiple Alembics at gigs. Nice! 8)