Cover band set-list conflicts.

This has been on my mind lately because it tends to happen a lot especially in cover bands. I was gonna audition for this cover band and the leader sent me some songs to practice. I wasn't particularly fond of his song choices and voiced my opinion about it. He then proceeded to mock my reading abilities saying I didn't read the bands he had listed in the ad. The bands weren't the issue the song choices were. I've had conflicts in the past with other cover bands I've been in where one of the members and I didn't see eye to eye on the song choices. Needless to say I don't think I got the gig haha. How do you guys deal with that? Do you just play what you're told? or do you speak up if you're not gelling with a song?

 

Haha I guess I wouldn't pass your audition. That's the thing I don't need the gig I was looking to play covers for fun. This dude is taking the concept of a cover band way too seriously. I have my own originals band I do, I just wanted to have some fun on the side.

 

I can see both sides. This guy didn't even have a drummer, the songs he picked to weren't what I considered crowd movers.

 

Mmm don't know how you would know that. I haven't played in a cover band in over 7 years. Last conflict I had was with my old guitarist over a Megadeth song. We only ever played 3 gigs and I was 17 then.

 

Elaborate.

 

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It would make sense to fall in line with no conflict if I was looking for a paying gig. I'm not, I would think when choosing covers everyone should have a say on what songs would work well. An original band like mine has structure and lack of a democracy. You play what I wrote and how I arranged it simple as that. A cover band I don't see that happening unless I was making money from it.

 

Ok??

 

Technically he was looking for people. One guy. A lineup hadn't even been formed yet.