onstage

I am not a tech but know what I need to. I am not any sort of sound technician. I sing, play bass, and various strings in a fairly loud Brit folk/ Americana band. Some songs are loud and punchy, some very acoustic. With The L1s behind us ( there are 4 including a drummer I am nearly vomitting...

i have yet to play live, but whenever i play with anyone, or i’m alone on my deck throwing out low frequencies for my whole neighborhood to hear, i always have certain movements and ways i act. i move my bass neck vertically at an angle when i hit a “powerful note”, and i always stamp my foot...

Good morning, afternoon or evening, For the past 10 years now i've had pretty much the exact same live rig. 5 str P bass into a GK 800 rb head. Its so damn crispy + punchy and DIs super well in the studio. I've never had any problems with it but gigging post-pan venues are wanting fewer and...

It has been a fun few months (during the coronavirus quarantine), as a new member of TalkBass. Now that the music business has straightened out a little, I’ve found a way to work around the limitations, & I am getting back to playing full time, so I will be leaving TB. I have found some things...

So this has been bugging me for a bit. I'm 18, and have only been in one band, at least as a bassist, and I'm wondering about stage placement. You always see these bands, singer in the middle, drummer in the middle back, guitarist and bassist on either side of the amplifiers. The thing that's...

Oh thank God it’s almost the weekend, which means a lot of us are fixing to go onstage and play for a little (or lot) of money and stories! Which is what got me thinking about the best way to maximize stage estate, and one of the odd-shaped things that takes up some of that stage space is our...

What are your thoughts on gig attire? I play in a local originals rock/indie group, nothing major or much of a following but we’re starting to get some traction. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what to wear to gigs, what I should wear anyway. Normally my mind set has been wear what’s...