Recent content by 3rdInstrument

when i was still a GC manager (recently, Union Square location, NYC), i tried to get a MB combo repaired for a local pro, reasonably well-known guy. i don't know if MB has taken back responsibility for US repairs, but at the time it was still being handled by GC. it took me months to even get a...

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like i said, we'll all know more tomorrow... official word is Kanye took the band back from Gaga (as at least Jeff was originally slated to MD for Kanye on the Fame Kills tour and i know Shmeeans has also done work for KW), and no firings were involved. the new band is nearly all pros that we've...

easy. cattle-call increases the likelihood of finding an unknown/unrepresented musician who would be grateful enough to get the gig that they can be severely lowballed. also increases the likelihood of getting non-musicians who won't complain about being hidden behind a screen or playing at low...

in this instance, i don't think anyone really missed the part about "looking the part". the issue is more that they really weren't looking for people who could play, they were strictly seeking a "look". in fact, i suspect they were more interested in people who weren't particularly qualified...

Glastonbury was during the Fame tour, with the band comprised of people who'd worked on the album, yes? They actually got to play. The band that was hired after that, for what was meant to be the Fame Kills tour but following Kanye's bounce, and who I undertstand to have just been fired, is...

you were the guy with the dreads that played disco heaven for your audition, yes? heard you were one of the better ones. y'all bassists must have played too much music, the guitarists that they liked the best were the young/tall/muscular ones who jumped around playing random bad rock wank out of...