Recent content by MrHarryReems

Man, this is a super tough one from the BL perspective. To date, I have written all of the originals we play, but that's certainly not by design. One of my bandmates is a far better songwriter than I'll ever be, but he just doesn't 'get' our genre. Everything he writes comes out as country or...

This is very similar to the I run the band. That said, they get paid before I do. Some of the organizations that hire us take months to pay us, so I'll pay my guys out of pocket so I'm the only one that has to wait on the check. They shouldn't have to worry about the business of the band...

My band is a dictatorship, and I'm the dictator. I do, however, consider my bandmates as advisors. If someone has an idea, we will try it. If it makes the product better, we keep it. If it doesn't, we don't.

One of my bandmates is in his 70's. No sign of stopping yet.

I lost our brand new fiddle player and our drummer right when this nonsense started. Lockdowns started days before our tour was scheduled to start, so our entire season was bust. All of the festivals we usually play were cancelled, and many of our usual venues are now closed for good. The...