Recent content by Dark Star Wars

I agree somewhat with your point - but 1)it's anonymous, y'all dont know him, and he will never see this. 2)I gave you the entire story. 3) I would never send texts like that to another person - ever. 4) I wanted others' opinions about the situation - again I would never try to sting-arm...

poopie, I moved back to MPLS, I gotta update that... yes in Austin there were LOTS of players - MPLS has a bunch too but seemingly harder to find...

I LOVE Phish and I love playing it - the key is 'know thyself' ie if you can jam top-tier for 3 mins, don't take 5 mins...but yes jams only work with high level musicianship, intense listening, interplay, confidence and humility... as a band we are rich in confidence! [groan[. There is a...

Yeah I wouldn't exactly say "abusive" however in reality I have a poopie ton of band experience/stage time/great experiences in bands - and he is VERY VERY green... so his hubris in 'directing' and leading with his half-baked ideas is kind of insane to me... all compounded because I like him as a...

there is no money - our first "show" there was a $5 cover (I saw none of that, I suspect it went to the bar owner - ie pay to play - and there was about 118 bucks in tips - which was split 5 ways - oddly there are 4 band members, so my friend either paid him self twice (because he played his...

Victor Wooten is the Plato of music - I LOVE his views. And yes every time I pick up my bass my goal is to support the music and make it better! This project doesn't pay, and I dont see it paying more than 25 bucks (from tips) anytime ever.

The chair is key, during a proper whipping session, you will want to sit down and rest every so often

I met my friend Rick, from a Craigs list ad placed by a 3rd random guy. We had lots of jams a few gigs (backyard and no-pay bar gigs. A few years pass and I rejoin with Rick, who has this grand vision of being a songwriter/lead acoustic player (with lots of fx) Over the course of time we...

Johnny Lightning and the Thunder Billy Bathtub and the Bubbles Puppet Show (guarantees top billing AND the bigger dressing room)

Ha! I'm in the exact opposite situation; in very casual jam situation (though they do want play out) - 2 acoustic guitars, both through amps and guitar effects, and the tempos are C R A Z Y slow.... we play covers and the tempos are so slow that these once rockin' baselines now just plod along...

I assume this is a cover band. I'm not a fan of using subs, it undervalues the group - and kind of feels poopy to the guy getting subbed out. Guy puts in the time and effort and if he's unavailable its like - ah shag it well jsut get some one else to do it... it just feels wrong - but I'm...

Yeah I had a weekly get together/jam with some friends and the guitarist would jsut say "1, 2, 3, 4". and then start playing in a tempo that had NOTHING to do with the count in... it was kinda cute and its was all jsut for fun. He later "fired" me for making jokes about drugs... weird but...

Oh nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good lord people ***!?!?!?!?!?

I played in a 2000's era "power pop punk?" cover band - all covers (a few bands has basically the same songlist) BUT we also played 3 originals - and I thought this was really weird - we opened the show with the 3 originals... oh well not my band