This to me is the funniest ad, that pops up on the Atlanta site- every two days--- funny because from my experience tuning differently between songs is a nightmare where all kinds of things go wrong. For these tools, the audience will probably walk out because they will be retuning between EVERY songs. see for yourselves... note- they are going to play exactly LIKE the record so you better not throw in any extra fills!! Word.
We are a new rock cover band looking for a Pro Bassist. Our goal is to get into the Wild Wing Scene just as soon as we have everyone on the same page and on board. We are doing all songs by band's that are played on Project 96.1. Your favorites. We will be covering new songs by Volbeat, Chevelle, Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, and much more..... If you are a serious and professional Bassist, you know that these low tunings, you have to have a 4 string and usually a 5 String for the Low B. Please be able to play these exactly like the Record. Our tunings are from Standard, Drop D, Drop C, Eb, Drop C#, Drop B, Drop A#. These are what we will be doing songs in. If you are interested, please contact me at the above email link. Please tell me about yourself, whether you have a Demo, or how long you have been playing. We are all Pros and have played together before in other Projects. We will be booking shows very soon once the Setlist is established and learned. This means we could be playing our first Gig by next Month. Everyone will make $100 a night, and then we will ask for more. You have to get a Reputation as a descent cover band first to start out before you can start asking for more money. We all have jobs, and this is going to be a Weekend Gig. We just want to have fun, and be the best we can. If we get into the Wild Wing Circuit, we can make alot of money as a professional cover band. We have Space and Full P.A in Decatur, GA.
We are all in our mid 30's and expect the same. Age isn't that important, but we do want to make a good impression and have a good image. Please only Ages 25-35. The songs we are doing are very hard on Bass, so please be able to play them as accurately as possible as we as pro musicians are going to be playing these exactly like your hear them on the Record. We are very cool guys, and easy to get along with. This is about having fun and making money. Please email us back to let us know you are interested, and we will be emailing you the 2 to 3 songs for your Audition, and once you have learned those, we will setup an Audition time for you. Please be able to commit to practicing these songs on your own time, and learning them very quickly. We want to get together at least once or twice a Week to perfect setlist and to make sure we are tight on the songs so we can perform out very soon professionally within a Month or two.
Thanks for your time, and please email me back just ASAP.
While there are other red flags in that ad, having a lot of tunings is not that big of a deal. I've been in a band for 8 years that plays very similar music and we go through about six different tunings a night. I play a five-string for all material, but my guitarist tunes in standard 440, drop-d, drop-C#, standard a whole step down, B standard, and drop-a. He has a number of hardtail and Floyd-equipped guitars and can do drop tunings on his Floyd-equipped guitars with a D-tuna. He generally bringa four or five guitars to every gig. Making sets flow well isn't that big of a challenge. When I write setlists, I just start each block of songs with a different tuning on a song that contains a bass or a drum vamp for the intro. That gives my guitarist time to switch out guitars. The truth of the matter is that if you play modern rock covers, your guitarist(s) needs to be able to handle multiple tunings - at least 440, drop-d, and either drop-c or drop-c#. So much modern material is just in such diverse tunings.
However, the fact that they're playing in both E and Eb is not exactly efficient. Most bands choose either to play all standard tuning stuff in 440 or a half-step down. I did some sub work for a band that, with one exception, played all material in the exact key of the recording, including stuff that was tuned down a half of step. However, the guitarist played a 7-string Musicman all night. It did make learning some of the tunes that were heavy on the open E a pain for me though.
