Yes, just a cheap one from Amazon so I can work on my tan and play bass at the same time 
And thank you 
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Thanks Travis.
Loving the Boogie Night tune, well played 
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Awesome, that second picture looks great, how did you eliminate (not a ZZ Top reference lol) the blue glow?
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Bahahaha, good one though. Not really sure how it happened. Just kept moving the black light (placed under me) around and kept shooting pics until it came out like that. Probably a fluke but I liked it so.
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Thanks Duncan!
I wanted to shoot this outside, but the weather did not cooperate .
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Great job Andrea!
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The background and bass have a great visual theme going along with your playing here!
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Thank you Jerry
@Billn Thank you Billn, I bought the background for this song, but it is a little small. It does look good though.
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The Killers - Mr. Brightside
This was a suggestion by The Invertants vocalist and is on our list to have a go at. It’s a fantastic song with a great groove!!
Hofner Shortie Bass into GarageBand via my Scarlett Solo.
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Love this song, still listen to it all the time.
One comment on the mix. I have always hated the mix of this song (I mean by the Killers’ sound engineer, not you) because it is way overcompressed and EQ’d way too treble-biased and thin.
Unfortunately the stem separation made that worse (as I would expect it would, stem separation can really mangle a mix). Your added bass is mixed fine (if a bit high in the mix - perfectly legit for a cover) but the end effect is - well, you were totally let down by the original mix and master here.
What I am really looking forward to is your band’s full cover
Nice work on the bass, sounded great.
I am mostly calling this out because I don’t want anyone else to fault your mix here - the original has serious issues.
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Yes, I’ve had this issue on a few songs of late, the separated tracks sounding pretty awful. Actually, the Oasis song I posted a coupe of days ago had the same problem. You end up trying all sorts to get it sound right, but it just doesn’t. With this one (Mr Brightside), I even doubled the stems, trying to make them sound fuller, then took the doubles out again as it sounded worse.
Yes, I’m looking forward ti having a go at it with the band. In fact the guitarist and I are likely to get together before the next rehearsal to work on how we create a ‘full’ live sound with just a bass and one guitar. ChatGPT actually had a few good suggestions!
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Yeah, it’s tough to fix over compression and bad EQ on something that has already been mastered. Not a ton you can do.
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Nice job Duncan, and a very summery backdrop of palm trees too.
Well said.
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Absolutely! Nice work Duncan!
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I just mentioned this song in another thread, and realised I hadn’t posted it here! So for your listening pleasure, and because it is quite apt as I’m now unemployed, here is Why Don’t You Get A Job? - The Offspring
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Good job. And a nice added touch that you matched your nail polish to the bass.
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Haha, yes, thank you
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Here’s an old favorite of mine, courtesy of Old Fart Radio.
Thanks for watching!
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Good work Jerry…I use to like playing this one until I discovered it is tuned at 451hz so you need to retune to play to the recorded version or you will be flat…barely ever play it now 
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