South West Jam - Factory Studios (Bristol) Edition - 8th June 2019

Vibetronic · April 2019

I'm bringing my AX8 which is equivalent to the Kemper @spark240 is bringing, so there'll be all the sounds needed between those two and other amps. Plus the Axe-Fx/Kemper gear takes up virtually no room

Are we still short of a drummer? My original one couldn't make it, but I can ask around others if we still don't have one sorted.

roberty · April 2019

Know a couple of drummers I can ask too, they'd want a bit of money for their time though

Legionreturns · April 2019

There are a few part time drummers among us. I'm happy to busk drum some stuff, but I'll not be learning anything note perfectl

Brocco · April 2019

Whilst we do have feelers out for the 'main' drummer, as yet no-one has been secured, so encourage everyone with drummer connections in reach of Bristol to ask around.

Brocco · April 2019

repeating the post from the song list discussion...

jonnyscaramanga of this here parish has very kindly sourced a drummer on the recommendation of James Hester, Head of Drums at BIMM in Bristol. I have just discussed the event with Conor Ross Harrington and agreed terms! Conor will be following the track list discussion as it evolves here.

roberty · April 2019

Brocco said:

repeating the post from the song list discussion...

jonnyscaramanga of this here parish has very kindly sourced a drummer on the recommendation of James Hester, Head of Drums at BIMM in Bristol. I have just discussed the event with Conor Ross Harrington and agreed terms! Conor will be following the track list discussion as it evolves here.

Awesome, thanks!!

fandango · April 2019

Great news! If you've not yet paid, then what are you waiting for?

clarkefan · April 2019

Holy crap this sounds like it's going to be mega!

Great news on amps and drummer. Oh and I'll be bringing my *lefty* Wolfgang if there are any other lefties coming.

spark240 · May 2019

Question - my pal plays a bit a sings a bit, he’s not currently a forum member but would like to attend the jam day and maybe help us out on a few songs, ( if not he’s happy just to attend ] quite happy to pay the subs, and we may have another member for future jam days.

subject to overflowing numbers....is there any objection ?

fandango · May 2019

spark240 said:

Question - my pal plays a bit a sings a bit, he’s not currently a forum member but would like to attend the jam day and maybe help us out on a few songs, ( if not he’s happy just to attend ] quite happy to pay the subs, and we may have another member for future jam days.

subject to overflowing numbers....is there any objection ?

No objection, Your Honour.

Brocco · May 2019

We have scope to accommodate more players, so no objection from me either.

fandango · May 2019

I would like to clarify what PAs / equipment we need as a collective - I would need to understand wants & expectations for other equipment provided (or not) by Factory Studio, so I can advise them accordingly.

If I understand the thread, we need one PA in the live room, with @Legionreturns very kindly bringing his own setup for the general practice room. There are also some plans afoot to provide an interesting side feature, and from what I can make out, there is a preference for a PA to this room too.

This adds up to some serious firepower. Have I interpreted the discussions correctly?

If you intend to bring your own amp/s, please bear the above in mind.

I have advised Factory of the reduced room requirement - and I've now gone for three rooms, based on current numbers.

roberty · May 2019

fandango said:

I would like to clarify what PAs / equipment we need as a collective - I would need to understand wants & expectations for other equipment provided (or not) by Factory Studio, so I can advise them accordingly.

If I understand the thread, we need one PA in the live room, with @Legionreturns very kindly bringing his own setup for the general practice room. There are also some plans afoot to provide an interesting side feature, and from what I can make out, there is a preference for a PA to this room too.

This adds up to some serious firepower. Have I interpreted the discussions correctly?

If you intend to bring your own amp/s, please bear the above in mind.

I have advised Factory of the reduced room requirement - and I've now gone for three rooms, based on current numbers.

You said previously that the rooms come with PAs and stage mics?

mrkb · May 2019

roberty said:

fandango said:

I would like to clarify what PAs / equipment we need as a collective - I would need to understand wants & expectations for other equipment provided (or not) by Factory Studio, so I can advise them accordingly.

If I understand the thread, we need one PA in the live room, with @Legionreturns very kindly bringing his own setup for the general practice room. There are also some plans afoot to provide an interesting side feature, and from what I can make out, there is a preference for a PA to this room too.

This adds up to some serious firepower. Have I interpreted the discussions correctly?

If you intend to bring your own amp/s, please bear the above in mind.

I have advised Factory of the reduced room requirement - and I've now gone for three rooms, based on current numbers.

You said previously that the rooms come with PAs and stage mics?

I’d have thought all rooms have PAs, they are usually easier to leave set up permanently , and all bands will need them for vocals!

roberty · May 2019

mrkb said:

roberty said:

fandango said:

I would like to clarify what PAs / equipment we need as a collective - I would need to understand wants & expectations for other equipment provided (or not) by Factory Studio, so I can advise them accordingly.

If I understand the thread, we need one PA in the live room, with @Legionreturns very kindly bringing his own setup for the general practice room. There are also some plans afoot to provide an interesting side feature, and from what I can make out, there is a preference for a PA to this room too.

This adds up to some serious firepower. Have I interpreted the discussions correctly?

If you intend to bring your own amp/s, please bear the above in mind.

I have advised Factory of the reduced room requirement - and I've now gone for three rooms, based on current numbers.

You said previously that the rooms come with PAs and stage mics?

I’d have thought all rooms have PAs, they are usually easier to leave set up permanently , and all bands will need them for vocals!

Yep all the rooms have a PA/mixer https://www.factorystudios.co.uk/studios

roberty · May 2019

Okay so I just spoke to factory and the rooms all have PA included

Each piece of backline is an extra £5 flat so we can hire bass amps and drum shells. Sure there's enough nice guitar amps to go round between us

fandango · May 2019

Cheers to everyone who's replied above. I just wanted to make sure we all understood what we were getting against what our expectations are.

roberty · May 2019

fandango said:

Cheers to everyone who's replied above. I just wanted to make sure we all understood what we were getting against what our expectations are.

Easy peasy :-) nice one

spark240 · May 2019

I’m sure we can bring a couple of Bass amps if required, I have a Trace Elliott 1 x 15 combo if needed.

spark240 · May 2019

So, If anyone fancies some acoustic jams in the other room, I have a few to try out, me and a pal can run through them and anyone can join in if time and circumstances permit. ;-)

High and Dry - Radiohead
Hero - Foo fighters
Nothing ever happens - Del amitri
Empress - snow patrol
Harvest Moon - Neil young

fandango · May 2019

spark240 said:

So, If anyone fancies some acoustic jams in the other room, I have a few to try out, me and a pal can run through them and anyone can join in if time and circumstances permit. ;-)

High and Dry - Radiohead
Hero - Foo fighters
Nothing ever happens - Del amitri
Empress - snow patrol
Harvest Moon - Neil young

We are only getting three rooms.

One for the song set, one for workshops, and one for song set practice.

If you want an Acoustic jam, please organise this well in advance to slot in with other plans, otherwise it will be chaos.

Funkfingers · May 2019

With one month to go, the song list and instrument roles could do with being confirmed and finalised.

Time constraints at the venue mean that the current song list is probably too long for everything to get a proper turn. Your friendly neighbourhood organisers are considering a cull.

To make sure that your preferred songs remain on the list, volunteer to play on them or convince others to do so.

Alnico · May 2019

I have offered to run a group workshop tutorial at this event.

It's designed for beginner to intermediate players and it's aimed at improving skills relevant to playing live at jam sessions.

If enough people are interested and if it can fit in with the performances, here's what it will include:

1 - Basic theory applied to the guitar fretboard.
2 - Key signatures and commonly used chord progressions.
3 - Shortcuts and relationships between strings.
4 - Major and minor scale, intervals and how to use them.
5 - Phrasing technique and rhythm.

The only real pre-requisites for this are:

1 - Know all 7 chords and how to play them, both major and minor . (14 chords total).
2 - Know all of the notes at every fret position up to the 12th fret on the Low E (6th) and the A (5th) string.
3 - Know how to play the E and the A Shape bar chords in all positions up to the 12th fret.

The idea is to have everyone who's taking part sat with an electric guitar plugged in and the volume turned down.

Part of it is listening and for those who want to, part of it is playing. One part of it will involve a few playing together and then one person at a time stepping forward sonically to play something improvised.

With the use of a PA there'll be examples of techniques from songs and some backing tracks to play along to.

This can be skimmed down to 1 hour and run a few times through the day or it can be expanded with more time for each subject and run once. There's a lot to learn if you're the type who's only ever played at home, doesn't really get theory at all and runs scared of those higher fret positions because you just don't know what they do or how they fit in with the rest. If you've already conquered that part of playing, this might be a bit too basic for you but anyone is welcome to sit in and watch.

This is a basic course aimed at taking the bare bones of playing and filling it out with some easy to remember techniques and some rock solid guidelines that will help you fit in and sound as good as you can do playing live. (Actual results may vary from person to person !).

Any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.

If this isn't of enough interest or if people think that this will clash with the excitement and nerves of the actual jam, It's perfectly fine. I run these tutorials as and when I can and have done for years in various ways. I've been thinking of taking it out as a complete "Thing" for a while so this was one possible way of testing the water.

I completely understand if this isn't of much interest and doesn't fit with the day.

It's also safe to say that if not *enough* people want to do this then we'll shelve the idea and I'll run this as a specific "Thing" at some point in the near future.

What do people think?

Brocco · May 2019

@Alnico - this is hugely appreciated. My main goal would be to improve my lead fluidity and ability to improvise on the fly

MagicPigDetective · May 2019

@Alnico sounds good. I'm down to play 3 or 4 songs, so I don't know how much time this allows me to do other things. If time does allows me to take part in your workshop, count me in.

Alnico · May 2019

MagicPigDetective said:

@Alnico sounds good. I'm down to play 3 or 4 songs, so I don't know how much time this allows me to do other things. If time does allows me to take part in your workshop, count me in.

That's going to be the biggest sticking point with doing this.

I'm not trying to sell this, I'm looking for whether or not it will fit in and if it does, I'd enjoy doing it but if it doesn't work with a jam day, I'll work out how to run this as a "Thing" on it's own some other time.

It's no problem if this doesn't work for the Bristol Jam.

First thing to assess is how many are interested and *then* see if those people can be free for long enough to take part.

Just to reiterate this, the moment this adds to the headaches of the day, please drop the idea for now and I'll arrange a day doing just this in the near future.

If it's popular enough to become part of the day without causing headaches then I'll be glad to do it.

Brocco · May 2019

@Alnico - I am pretty confident that we can facilitate the workshop. It would help the organisers enormously to know asap who wishes to participate, so we can consider this when thinking about the running order for the live room.

mrkb · May 2019

Sounds like it’ll cover some theory I’d be interested in and maybe give another view/way of thinking on things I do know, so I’d be interested in doing it. I’m only guitaring on a few tracks so should be able to make it work timing wise.

Alnico · May 2019

Ok:

1 - Fandango
2 - Brocco
3 - MagicPigDetective
4 - Mark Blagdon
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10-

Fill that up and there's enough for one or two "Group(s)" as suits the day.

The minimum to make it work is 5 so if it works better and we only have 10 people, we could still run it twice in one day for two groups or if we get 20 people we can run two groups of 10.

10 is the max to keep it small enough to focus and relax.
5 is the minimum to have a broad range of personalities, ability and approach in the room.

As it stands it's 1 away from being worth doing for one group of 5. That's cool so if it gets a bit more interest, the organisers can start to stitch it in however they want to.

The order of the list above is simply the order in which I've seen names in the thread and has no bearing on who is in which group, if that becomes a thing.

I'll keep a close eye on this thread and update the list as we go.

Legionreturns · May 2019

I'd probably be interested @Alnico but I feel like between singing, playing and looking after the recording, I'll be very hard to fit in.

I suppose I could just book you for a 1:1 sometime up north though, so less of an issue. It's a good excuse to come and see you or have you and the lovely Audrey round

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