band members

I am in a 5 piece band and the only people putting real work are me, the drummer and the lead guitarist. The vocalist is nowhere to be found and hasnt written anything but still has wants. And the other guitarist kinda sucks but again has alot of wants. What should i do? Should we look for other...

What are some of the things your band mates do that you appreciate? I did this as a band leader and one of the members noticed and went out of his way to thank me at a gig once; I paid the band in cash for the evening and the event organizer handed me a cheque later that evening. My current...

I’ve had a basic Bandmix subscription for a couple of years, and this morning, I upgraded my membership and refreshed my profile information to hone in on other musicians with similar interests. Some of my challenges are a lean body of prior gigging experience, a full-time job as an attorney...

I wanted to come back as promised after writing this thread the week before last: Would You Stick Around Any Longer? If you recall correctly, it was the beginning of a couple drugs & alcohol posts that later followed in the next couple days. I asked our friendly Mod to lock down the thread...

We bass players are sociable and for the most part nice to be around people. We hardly have tendencies to rant for attention on stage and mostly like to just be the guys giving the foundation to the music or dragging along a drummer with bad pace ect.. In my band we're not professionals. We...

So in my band the usual set up is from left to right looking at the stage..Lead guitar, me (bass), drummer center back, singer center front, rhythm guitar and Keyboards next to him... however there are a couple of places we play where I set up on the other side of the drummer..so its lead...

Hey all I have been part of a band the three original members ( myself included) are childhood best friends. We are an all original band that used to be fully instrumental but just a year ago added a singer who had some songs written (lyrics only). We have been extensively composing and...