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11-12-2006, 01:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hiding from the INS! | | | Breaking up with band in less than 2 hours
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I've got a practice at three and I'm announcing my departure. I've got reasons ready and an offer to play out scheduled gigs and help ease the transition to the next bassist, but I'm afraid it's going to be ugly. Any last minute advice for me? |
11-12-2006, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: New York, NY | | | Be levelheaded and professional about it. Don't walk in angry.
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11-12-2006, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boca Raton, Florida | | | Don't start any drama. Just give them the truth.
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11-12-2006, 02:06 PM
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11-12-2006, 03:10 PM
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11-12-2006, 03:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Atkinson, WI | | | Tell them everything you've hated about the band since you started with them. They'll appreciate the feedback. Make sure they know you're not messing around. Use profanity and violence if necessary to make your point.
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11-12-2006, 03:35 PM
| | | Just tell them that "It's not you, it's me... because I really don't like playing with you."
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11-12-2006, 04:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hiding from the INS! | | | It went surprisingly well, especially considering that the drummer took the opportunity to announce that he was leaving too!
It might have gone so smoothly because only 3 out of 5 of us were at practice.
Time to start looking for a new band I guess. |
11-12-2006, 04:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dublin, Ireland | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by gsys It went surprisingly well, especially considering that the drummer took the opportunity to announce that he was leaving too!
It might have gone so smoothly because only 3 out of 5 of us were at practice.
Time to start looking for a new band I guess. | So there was only 1 guy left in the room who was staying in the band?
Ha!
Sorry but that's hilarious! 
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11-12-2006, 04:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hiding from the INS! | | | Yeah, and he called the other guys, who will presumably be at practice tomorrow. |
11-12-2006, 08:01 PM
|  | Deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Frederick MD USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by davidmurphy So there was only 1 guy left in the room who was staying in the band? Ha! Sorry but that's hilarious! | I wonder what he's posting on his favorite forum right now?
Something like this:    
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11-12-2006, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Lazylion | ha ha... I always wonder the same thing when I read about what a bunch of jerks the other guys in some bass player's band are.
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11-12-2006, 09:42 PM
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11-12-2006, 09:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Kansas City | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by B-NoteCowboy ha ha... I always wonder the same thing when I read about what a bunch of jerks the other guys in some bass player's band are. | +1
I hang out on both bass and drum forums, and I keep waiting for the day that I witness matching gripe posts. |
11-13-2006, 01:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hiding from the INS! | | | Hey, I didn't say nuthin about anybody bein jerks in the band. Although some of them do, um, lack perspective sometimes. |
11-13-2006, 09:28 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by msquared +1
I hang out on both bass and drum forums, and I keep waiting for the day that I witness matching gripe posts. | I'm on a couple of boards that have guitar/bass/drums/etc all on there. I once saw a post where someone was griping about his band and talking about how bad he was treated, and his guitarist inadvertently posted on there and said he shouldn't put up with that kind of stuff from the band, and the original guy posted back and was like "Well your the main cause of all this." They didn't post after that what happened. |
11-13-2006, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gsys Hey, I didn't say nuthin about anybody bein jerks in the band. Although some of them do, um, lack perspective sometimes. | And apparently only 1/3 of them bother to show up for scheduled rehearsals. 
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11-14-2006, 08:51 PM
| | Deteriorating faster than I can lower my standards | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Frederick MD USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by gsys Hey, I didn't say nuthin about anybody bein jerks in the band. Although some of them do, um, lack perspective sometimes. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by bhawk1 And apparently only 1/3 of them bother to show up for scheduled rehearsals. | Aha! Jerks! 
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11-17-2006, 09:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canterbury, United Kingdom. | | | I know this is late, but it helps if you tab out everything for the new bassist: the band will appreciate it. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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