Stupid things your bandmates have said.

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by stepswork4me

Drummer, "Dude, play in 3/4 timing".
Me, "I am. I think you mean whole notes".
Drummer, "NOOO, I mean 3/4 timing. Like (motions note) 1-2-3- (motions note)1-2-3"!

So he actually meant dotted half notes?

[BogeyBass]

whole notes are for 4/4

at least the drummer can count

this is a great video to learn how to count

[Rockmusician]

The stupidest thing was said by my former drummer.

"From now on, all we are going to do is heavy metal and if you guys don't like it, you can go find another band".

We ended up finishing gigs that were schedule and broke up.

20 years later, we got back together minus one original guitarist. We auditioned one guy and the same drummer wanted him to be in the band. I suggested that we audition a few more before making a decision. The drummer said "He is the new guitarist and if you don't like it, go find another band". I left the band, the rhythm player, lead singer and keyboard player also quit.

Some guys never learn.

[kho]

Our former drummer, who refused to regularly show up to band practice:
"I think practicing on my own is a waste of time."

On wanting summers off:
"I don't want to practice from July through to September. We'll have to put the band on hold until then."

He was booted out shortly after the last comment.

[stepswork4me]

Originally Posted by bassybill

So he actually meant dotted half notes?

He did. My bad on not using the correct term. It's been a long time and too many drugs ago for me to remember exactly what was said or my training. I was playing in 3/4. I remember the piece. My line went: dotted half - dotted half - eighth - eighth - half - quarter - quarter - quarter - quarter - quarter - quarter - eighth - eighth - eighth - eighth -eighth - eighth - dotted half - dotted half - dotted half .... and so on. It was just too busy for his tastes and he wanted all dotted halfs.

[worxforme]

Drummer:

"I can't play with a click track."

Guitarist:

"I know, I was out of time."

Huh??

[zoonose]

"Maybe you should try playing with a pick"

[NOAH_FX]

Originally Posted by zoonose

"Maybe you should try playing with a pick"

That isn't a stupid comment, a stupid comment would be
"You should use a pick because ____ does"

[s_mcsleazy]

guitar player - I INVENTED MY OWN TIME SIGNATURE
me- thats just 6/8
guitar player - what if i play it slower

[makkE]

When I just started out on drums, I was playing with a local metal guitar "hero".
I played a 6/8 and he goes "That's wrong, play a real beat" - "That's a 6/8" - "There is no such thing."

Funny thing is, his band played a ballad where he'd pick a very basic 6/8 (think nothing else matters).

Same guitarist wrote 20 riffs using only positions "on the dots" - and was very proud when he found out you could play "inbetween the dots too" - but he claimed you may not "mix them up".

A keyboard player, on playing chords on 8th notes:

Me: "Can you not double the chord with your left? That's my sonic space there"
"Nah, I can't play as good with only one hand"

[powderfinger]

This isnt my band, but I saw a doc. on Netflix last night on The Minutemen (We Jam Econo), and the bassist and guitarist are in an interview. They said, 'we didnt know we had to play in tune together... we figured those tuning knobs were just because some guy like their strings loose and some like them tight". I thought that was hilarious.

[panama]

Originally Posted by powderfinger

This isnt my band, but I saw a doc. on Netflix last night on The Minutemen (We Jam Econo), and the bassist and guitarist are in an interview. They said, 'we didnt know we had to play in tune together... we figured those tuning knobs were just because some guy like their strings loose and some like them tight". I thought that was hilarious.

It's forgivable because that was when they were pretty young. Thankfully they both turned into spectacular musicians!

[Rebop]

Last week my band played with a fill-in drummer.
The intro of one of our songs has a two measure intro that ends with a dotted eighth note followed by a sixteenth (basically a swing); then break for 2 measures and into the song.

I explained the dotted eighth - sixteenth note rhythm to the drummer and he said, "you can call it whatever you want as long as we play the same thing; I call it a 'bam-bam'".

So we play the song and his "bam-bam" is straight eighth - eighth.
Ironically his facebook says he has a doctorate in drumming from University of Miami. Pure BS.

[Downunderwonder]

Erm, I got no idea what you're talking about but a dotted 8th is a 16th to me!

[Rebop]

Originally Posted by Downunderwonder

Erm, I got no idea what you're talking about but a dotted 8th is a 16th to me!

A dotted 8th is an 8th + 1/16th.

A dot adds on half of the notes value that it is next to.

i.e. a dotted whole note would be 6 beats, a dotted half note would be 3 beats and a dotted quarter would be 1 1/2 beats.

Doesn't look like you'll have to renew your mediocre bassist membership as I'm sure it's already in the mail.

[Muzoid]

Me: "Move!...that Manfrotto is about to fall!!!!!!!"

Drummer: "What's a Manfrotto?"

(ended up missing him by about 6", and wrecked half his kit)

Good news is: he now is perfectly familiar with what a Manfrotto is

[SMILEYSIXX]

"Why the hell should we tune when we practice? Not like we're playing for anyone." -former guitarist, now drummer referred to later

Upon being asked who in the band had formal instruction (only the lead guitarist and I) the dummer raises his hand. I ask when he had any formal music training. He cites his two day stint in a beginner music theory class.

"Dude you can't gallop in this song. Galloping is three notes, you can only do it in 3/4 time" -Drummer

When I tell someone to sing an A note, the rhythm guitar hits it dead on and the singer says "Who cares about notes, my voice just has to sound good" -Singer

"Why do I need to hear you guys, I'm the one keeping the tempo" -Drummer

[Downunderwonder]

Originally Posted by Rebop

A dotted 8th is an 8th + 1/16th.

A dot adds on half of the notes value that it is next to.

i.e. a dotted whole note would be 6 beats, a dotted half note would be 3 beats and a dotted quarter would be 1 1/2 beats.

Doesn't look like you'll have to renew your mediocre bassist membership as I'm sure it's already in the mail.

or dotted underneath for half it's value eh! I haven't been reading since I was playing violin at highschool. Bass clef refuses to compute in my treble clef brain, should have kept up the piano when I was 8 huh?

[Downunderwonder]

Duh. it's coming back to me. That would be a staccato.

[Twocan]

At a a charity event for battered women:

"Now we're going to play a popular tune by Devo!"