Thinking it was easy enough to let the frontmen take care of business and feeling safe in the fact that the drummer was pretty good too I thought no-one was listening to the bass.

I drifted off, hit a few duff notes, didn’t even care as I thought no-one had noticed. When we came offstage an audience member complemented my on my bass but then pointed out “You need to stop dropping off – you were completely in a different zone to the rest of the guys, out of time and you hit at least 6 duff notes in one song alone”. I didn’t know what to say, after all – he was right!

It was an embarrassing and painful lesson – now even when I’m pumping out 8th’s on the root I’m listening all the time to ensure I’m on beat and on note. I may be playing the world’s easiest and most boring bassline – but I’m playing it well!