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An odd FB occurrence....thoughts

#26
Personally, I did not see anything wrong with it. Sounds like the guy is looking to pick, heard your band, bought a CD and thought he would contact you guys on the outside chance you might be looking for a bass player.

I have subbed in the past, and occasionally the band(s) I subbed with was looking for a bass player.

There have been times in the past when I heard a band I particularly like, I have dropped a hint or to myself, very casually.
 
#27
1954bassman said:
Personally, I did not see anything wrong with it. Sounds like the guy is looking to pick, heard your band, bought a CD and thought he would contact you guys on the outside chance you might be looking for a bass player.

I have subbed in the past, and occasionally the band(s) I subbed with was looking for a bass player.

There have been times in the past when I heard a band I particularly like, I have dropped a hint or to myself, very casually.
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So really? You would go to a bands FB page and advertise yourself? Really? Haha, ok, well...diff strokes they say.

Interesting takes you guys-
 
#31
I'm not sure what all the consternation is about. Bands lose members all the time. I went up to a guitar player early in my career and said, "you have a great bass player, but if he ever leaves, I would be interested in auditioning for your band." It turns out that the bass player was actually the second guitarist and just playing bass because the actual bass player left with no notice.

I agree that this should be done in private, but I don't see the problem with letting a band know you are available if they ever need a bass player.
 
#33
Wifey can sell most anything to anybody.

I ask her from time to time how she does it and her reply is always along the line of "I always ask for the sale."

When you are looking for a playing situation you are selling yourself and if you don't ask for the sale no one will ever know you'd like to be bought. some folks might even think of it as networking.

Granted, it takes a lot of confidence, or a lack of humility, to put yourself out there, but if you can haul your own water what's the harm in letting some of your fellow water haulers know you are interested?

I don't know that I'd cold call on a public forum like that, but if I was new to the area and looking I wouldn't be waiting around for the locals to figure me out through osmosis.
 
#34
lfmn16 said:
I'm not sure what all the consternation is about. Bands lose members all the time. I went up to a guitar player early in my career and said, "you have a great bass player, but if he ever leaves, I would be interested in auditioning for your band." It turns out that the bass player was actually the second guitarist and just playing bass because the actual bass player left with no notice.

I agree that this should be done in private, but I don't see the problem with letting a band know you are available if they ever need a bass player.
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Yes, privately is best. I take a slightly different approach. I tell the guitar player that I like his playing and offer my services if he ever starts another project. This tactic has worked out well for me too.
 
#35
Vince Klortho said:
Yes, privately is best. I take a slightly different approach. I tell the guitar player that I like his playing and offer my services if he ever starts another project. This tactic has worked out well for me too.
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That's a good approach too. Frankly, if my position with the band is so shaky that someone handing the guitar player a business card gets me replaced, I probably wasn't going to last too long anyway.
 
#36
Interesting to read so many see it as rude.....it is not rude, they are stating a point by speaking their mind and making an offer in case a situation opens.
Whether you follow it up or not is up to you, but i would have checked them out, find out a bit more about their ability and keep the contact if it looks like you could use them......you never know you might need to form a new band sometime in the future so another like minded player is a useful contact.
Its not even a social media thing, this thing has gone on through out music history, Keith Moon reputedly done to join The Who, as did Steve Vai to join Zappa, and of course Jaco did to join Weather Report.

If you don't ask you don't get.........the worst that can happen is they say no, which if they do, then nothing has changed.
 
#38
Apparently the definition of "rude" has changed.

To me, rude is interrupting a conversation to text or receive a phone call. Asking yourself over for dinner or asking to borrow someone's car / bass / tools over & over again. Farting or burping in ear-shot (or nose shot) of someone else.

Giving a band a public compliment and saying "if you ever need a bassist I'd love the chance" is not at all what I'd consider rude.

But apparently I'm wrong and what was once rude is no longer and what once was not now is.
 

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