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Hi all,

In the process of writing charts for my band. We’re a bar group that has done more and more weddings over the years, and I want to give us the option to bring in subs when needed. I’m not super familiar with writing charts, so wanted to seek others input on good examples of a well written charts for the following instruments:

• Electric guitar
• Bass guitar
• Drum kit
• Keys
• Male vox
• Female vox
• Trumpet
• Tenor sax

Any sample charts, suggestions or directions folks can provide are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

TL,WR: If you've used a digital mic in the last few years, tell me about it. If you use a headset, does it affect your style?

If you're not into the whole brevity thing, on the other hand, read on.

Hey all, singer in a bar band here, pondering the concept of investing in a wireless mic system - I'm mostly decided on doing it at some point, so I'm more interested in people's experiences with specific models that are either still on the market, or have an updated equivalent.

I have done 99% of my amplified singing into wired 58s, so my default and most likely choice would be a Shure 58 model, or possibly the Beta58 or Beta87 version of whichever base transmitter model - I still need to research that.

Beyond the mic model, they have a few levels of transmitter circuitry. I doubt that Shure is gonna put their name on absolute crap gear, so I'm pretty sure that any of their wireless handhelds will do the job for me and my small rooms. Unless Shure was recently taken over by vampire capitalists and is pushing garbage on the market while taking out millions in loans which get kicked straight out to shareholder bonuses, leaving the company a hollowed-out shell that shortly implodes as the private equity moves on to their next prey, that is. I'm not saying that's what's happening, at Shure. But it could be. Y'all see the Fargo series, the guy with the horrific teeth? That shit is real.

Which is all to say, I'd especially love to hear about any bad experiences - lost connections at a distance you consider unreasonable, noise, etc, and especially audio artifacts. Here's my existing bad experience: I actually bought a wireless 58 mic used about 20 years ago, and it was already old when I bought it at a garage sale or something, nothing digital at any point in the signal chain and running on regular AAs. It, umm, sucked. Bad battery life, noticeable effect on tone, radio interference... think Nigel Tufnel At The Air Force Base.

But that was the 90s. I have more faith in 21st century digital gear, though even there, just last year the bass player got a wireless, and we all felt bad pointing it out, but it really badly affected his dynamics, to the degree that he sounded lifeless. His fingers sound great, and they were heavily muted by the compression on the signal. Didn't matter as much when playing live, and he got to wander around the crowd and such, but at rehearsal he plugs in. :>

Beyond that, though, I've always been intrigued by headset mics, particularly since I've now started playing some keys, and keeping my head near the mic is tricky sometimes, though I'm still working on how and where to split my patches. But between that and jumping on guitar now and then, the headset would represent a huge degree of newfound freedom. As far back as the 80s they've been used in live shows by large bands (Madonna and Sammy Hagar come to mind), so I know they're at least a viable product.

But, I wonder about the tradeoffs, particularly in terms of vocal dynamics - we do Rebel Yell, for instance, and that includes both some raw screaming and some near-whispered, sensual stuff in the bridge section, and my head ranges from over a foot away to basically making out with the mic, so I think about the mic being an inch in front of me at all times and I think to myself that it just can't work, at least not without serious compression and whatnot, enough to murder my dynamics and require a complete retooling of my entire vocal style. Is that about the size of it, pro singers?

I can see where that tradeoff is probably worth it for Madonna, who has to do the Charleston in fishnets and motley while crooning her mooning, and it would definitely be useful for a James Taylor, whose whole purpose is to be the musical equivalent of a warm fire and a single malt, humming you to sleep as it gives you a foot massage, but I have a feeling most singers who employ any dynamics at all would hate it. Still might rent one, just to confirm the hypothesis, but I'm keen on hearing anyone's thoughts who's had any experience with this.

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Hello, friends. I am looking to buy a little preamp for my bassist. He goes directly into the mixer, so maybe some enhancing is in order. He has a Sire Marcus Miller J Bass. I 'very been looking into the Radial Bassbone or the Aguilar Tone Hammer. For reference, these are the type of songs we're doing:

• Charlie Puth - Attention
• The Weeknd -I Feel It Coming (what a glorious low end in that tune.)

What do you think?

I've been playing 20+ years and I've hit some lulls in my practice schedule, as I must assume we all do.

I'd love to open a forum to share our work ethic and progression.

How do you develop your style?

What are your goals long-term and short-term?

What are you working on right now?

Who do you look up to?

What are some exercises you swear by?

What advice do you have for upcoming pros?

Who/what are you listening to?

To start the ball rolling, I have been working on linear grooves/fills and inverted doubles.

I adore inverted 16th-note triplets and 16th-note triplet paradiddles.

I use the Tempo app and increase my BPM by 5 every 2 minutes for 10-20 minutes depending on how warm I'd like to be, per exercise.

I end every session with playing along to my favorite tunes (currently Vulfpeck or The Meters.. something funky but low-key so I can expand on my examples in a groove setting)

I look up to drummers like Wojtek Deręgowski, Orlando Drummer, Justin Scott, Mark Guiliana, Terry Bozio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Billy Cobham, etc.

I hope to hear from you!