Little story, and then a question, don't feel obliged one bit to reply, hopefully I'll provide for a little entertainment on my way to the point.
I've met this friend of mine(who lead me to playing bass) about 4 years ago and then knowing both him and a long time friend lead me to this other guy(Dave).
Dave is one hell of a guitar player, he's been playing for close to 15 years and gigged for about 3(though very randomly while in HS) He's still what you'd consider a youngster though(~23). My friend's been playing bass for about 7 or 8 years. Dave has all these ideas, he's been writing for a while now and given what I've heard, it's pretty solid stuff. He constantly brings about the idea of getting in shape, finding a drummer and going out there. But my friend is a regular hippie, he'll play now and then but procrastinates to hell and can go weeks without playing(don't ge me wrong here, I'm not attacking all hippies!
.)
Couple of weeks ago they moved in together(as they're gf-less) and I was told they've played twice but that they had somewhat conflicting schedules. To me, that is mind-blowing, you have a very good guitard and a place to play everyday but take absolutely no opportunity in the matter. But strangely enough, and I know he's a bit shy by nature but still, Dave seems like he's counting on him. I'm sitting there and I know I would bust my ass off to help him with this project, plus it'd be a great way to play with someone better than I. I almost feel like I'd need to impress him though to 'convince' him that I could do the job, plus, my cousin can play pretty solid drums nothing flashy but he's very constant.
In about 3 months I'll be moving to a place about 800miles away from here for post-hs studies(about time, I'll be turning 24 this year) so the idea of forming a solid band is completely out the picture. But given that my friend shows no sign of getting into this idea himself(which, I'm gonna state again, is mind blowing to me) wouldn't this be better than nothing at all for this summer?
What do I do? I know I would have to impress him somewhat, because I know my friend is clearly better than me, I want to play, no matter what, I love playing(now's about the right time I tone it down before I get too carried away
). But then again I reflect, is it even worth it since he's never even come close to asking me about it, he knows I'll be leaving in 3 months.
I'm at a loss, whoever's better doesn't really matter though, we both never played a gig before, and I know damn well that it would not be too mellow for his hippie-mood, too much stuff at once if you get my drift.
Then again, maybe all this babbling is for nothing and I should just let it all go and forget about it
(Upon re-reading myself, I'm positively worried, maybe this isn't the right section at all for posting this, I'm gonna go ahead because I think it best suits this section but if I've made any mistake, please let me know)
