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Band Drama!!!

mellowinman

mellowinman

Free Man
Oct 19, 2011
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#1
It was hot on Saturday.

Terribly, terribly hot.

We lugged gear a long way, and played for free, for the American Cancer Society. I hear they raised $45,000.00 that day!

Everyone did everything wrong, and I was annoyed, and I acted annoyed, and I could tell you in great detail about how each person could have done things better, and I considered quitting, and even divorcing my wife, who is also in the band.

The drama raged, and I was right about everything, and everyone else was wrong, and then I remembered something very important; something we each must come to terms with at some point in our lives; something that made me reconsider the entire thing.

I am an ass.
 
#6
mellowinman said:
It was hot on Saturday.

Terribly, terribly hot.

We lugged gear a long way, and played for free, for the American Cancer Society. I hear they raised $45,000.00 that day!

Everyone did everything wrong, and I was annoyed, and I acted annoyed, and I could tell you in great detail about how each person could have done things better, and I considered quitting, and even divorcing my wife, who is also in the band.

The drama raged, and I was right about everything, and everyone else was wrong, and then I remembered something very important; something we each must come to terms with at some point in our lives; something that made me reconsider the entire thing.

I am an ass.
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Mellowin bro, I've done that too. Maybe you and I should live up to our monikers. :D
 
#11
gfaulkner said:
The asshat has to be worn by somebody,may as well be the bass player.
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Don't hate me, but much of the time I'm just the lead singer.

We're a band with not only two bass players, but two bass players with different axes and different rigs.

My wife plays an Ibanez SR700 through a huge old Sunn cab with two 15 inch JBL speakers, and I play a Fender Jazz through a Fender Rumble combo.

Mine sounds better. :)
 
#12
Free gigs, hot days, a lot of gear. I hear ya. We do the same thing for our church's fundraiser, Cancer society (Susan B Koman) Habitat for Humanity, and a new one this year - Wounded Warriors. It gets hard to do sometimes, especially in AZ where today it was 106 - but we suck it up.

As far as everyone in the band "effin" up, that's a different story. Free gig or not, you should always strive to do your best.

Glad you came to grips with reality though. No matter how bad things are, there is never a good reason to be an ass about it.

Cheers.
 
#15
"Use Me" with our Guitar Player's seventeen year old little brother on lead vocals. He did try to cut through the mix best he could. He was using my mic, and I'm just a bit louder than him.



Musically it was a good day.

Set-up and tear down were ridiculous.

We had to park a long way from the spot we jammed at.
 
#17
mellowinman said:
"Use Me" with our Guitar Player's seventeen year old little brother on lead vocals. He did try to cut through the mix best he could. He was using my mic, and I'm just a bit louder than him.



Musically it was a good day.

Set-up and tear down were ridiculous.

We had to park a long way from the spot we jammed at.
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I can definitely understand why you were pissed.
 

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