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Originally Posted by Bass_Junkie  plus i was gonna be in a band next month and they've just told me they've found someone else so i'm not needed, great. |
Hey hardest thing to learn is music is a business and like applying for jobs you don't get them all and it isn't all about your skills. Just go out and find some others or do some auditions there are lots of people to play with. Then when you don't get the gig use it to your advantage ask yourself why but don't beat yourself up. I didn't know the style well enough. I didn't pickup on the songs fast enough. I talked too much, too little. My sound wasn't right. Don't forget they didn't know what they were looking for. They wanted someone exactly like <fill in the blank> and that isn't me. You need to read them too... They appeared to already have make a decison, but let me audition anyway. They were all into a "Look" or style and I'm not that. If really concerned ask around see if someonen might of heard who got the gig you might find out they gave it to a friend so you had no chance unless you blew the doors off the jams. You have to have a feel for who your dealing with but sometimes you can ask why you didn't get it.
This is the music and you're going to be going after gigs all the time and get some and not get a lot, you can't take it personal. If you haven't figured it out by now muscians are a strange lot so reasons for getting and not getting gigs for most part never make a lot of sense. There are great musicians that are great friends but won't play with each other because for some reason musically they don't click. There are musicians, singers, managers who all have some "Vision" of what they need and you don't fit. Learn from each audition or jam what you can, do what you need to improve, and keep on playing.
The only other option is to just play for yourself or have music as a hobby. The bad side of that is many may not like playing with you for musical or other reasons. The great part who gives a dam. Some of the best Jazz players are ones that play for a hobby. They don't have to worry about paying the bills so not afraid to live on the cutting edge musically.
