The prizes I can see...but why would you want to be involved in a recording and photo shoot for a band you were planning on quitting?
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- Thread starter calebray2001
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To have proof that you are the original bassist if they make it big after the recording and photo shoot?
@OP, it could be worse, they could have replaced you with a 12 year old!!
I got the boot once, back in the day. They replaced me with some dude named Paul who was left handed. I'm sure they never went anywhere after that. I mean, they even renamed the band after some stupid little car or bug or something.
Mmm .... I've been enjoying Modelo Negra lately. Very nice.
I got kicked out of a band in 1974. I'm still mad ... not. I wanted to play material that would get us gigs, the BL wanted to play whatever he liked with no thought to the audience. No hard feelings; I took one of the guitar players with me and we played tons of gigs by playing what the audience wanted to hear. The other guys played once in a while. Too bad, they were really good, and nice guys.
Not sure why the OP wants to record and get photos with a band he's not in though.
It always sucks, just move on. Practice hard and get in a really good band, that would be the best revenge.
Not sure why the OP wants to record and get photos with a band he's not in though.
It always sucks, just move on. Practice hard and get in a really good band, that would be the best revenge.
if you were thinking of leaving, I bet no reasons from them were needed, as typically in these situations the feeling of something not working out is mutual.
By any chance were you replaced by a guy you play with at church? Was your singer a Janis Joplin wannabe? 
Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.
- Shane Falco, The Replacements
- Shane Falco, The Replacements
By any chance were you replaced by a guy you play with at church? Was your singer a Janis Joplin wannabe?
Lololololololol
To the OP:
I quit a cover band once because i was frustrated at the lack of progress. We had been learning songs for literally months and had only one freebie gig to show for it.
I stayed friends with them all. We all went on to do different musical stuff but stayed friends.
10 or so years later, we were all at a BBQ at the drummer's house. I had been working on a batch of original songs in the interim. Soon, we were all together again, working on originals.
After recording an album and playing quite a few gigs, the singer quit.
We got a new singer and played more gigs and wrote enough songs for a second album.
Eventually, I quit because I was frustrated at the lack of progress - everyone in the band (but me) was playing in between 1 and 3 other bands and just didn't have enough time to work on the material to my satisfaction.
They recorded a bunch of demos without me, played no more shows under this name and eventually the project just died due to lack of interest.
4 years later, we got together again as a studio-only, low-priority project so we could finish that second album. It's been 18 months and we're getting near the middle of recording and the pace is picking up. There's even talk of writing some more songs and maybe doing a few shows.
Do you see where I'm going with this?
I quit a cover band once because i was frustrated at the lack of progress. We had been learning songs for literally months and had only one freebie gig to show for it.
I stayed friends with them all. We all went on to do different musical stuff but stayed friends.
10 or so years later, we were all at a BBQ at the drummer's house. I had been working on a batch of original songs in the interim. Soon, we were all together again, working on originals.
After recording an album and playing quite a few gigs, the singer quit.
We got a new singer and played more gigs and wrote enough songs for a second album.
Eventually, I quit because I was frustrated at the lack of progress - everyone in the band (but me) was playing in between 1 and 3 other bands and just didn't have enough time to work on the material to my satisfaction.
They recorded a bunch of demos without me, played no more shows under this name and eventually the project just died due to lack of interest.
4 years later, we got together again as a studio-only, low-priority project so we could finish that second album. It's been 18 months and we're getting near the middle of recording and the pace is picking up. There's even talk of writing some more songs and maybe doing a few shows.
Do you see where I'm going with this?
I was waiting for the smart ass comments!Errrm.....Nowhere fast?.....
How unlucky. You guys could have "made it" and played for 50 cents each at a local bar playing to drunks that don't hear anything other than lyrics....
Something has really killed the live music business. It was pretty good back in the 70's-80's. But, it is really weird now.
It's like this: You're about to dump that girl, but she dumps you so you're ticked and jealous. Same thing.
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