A drummer friend knowing I was bandless but looking to just play music invited me to join his jam band.
Turns out it's a lot of fun, but, man, where do I start?
The drummer and I, do click, we aren't perfect, I sometimes hit the wrong fret, he loses his sticks, no big deal.
The singer is plain bad, does not want to take lessons, had to tell him to stop using his chest voice to sing high and instead to use falsetto, he never heard of it. Guy is very loopy and goofy, but it's a show in itself. He is delusional but very positive. Most of the time I tune him out, often I pay attention because he is so entertaining.
The guitarist is a good guy who's been hit hard by the economy and considers himself poor. Drummer and I have helped him a few times. Let's say he has issues. After 2 months playing together he asks me what kind of pick do I use. Except that I am a 100% finger style player. But he knows all the classic, note for note, it's eerie.
The Nuge, The Who, Led Zeppellin, The Eagles, Molly Hatchet, Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, Skynyrd, he's like a classic rock jukebox. He does an incredible Stranglehold. I take this opportunity to really learn and master all these great classic tunes.
But after 2 open mics, I am wondering how many Spinal Tap moments am I going to witness. I am actually having a lot of fun. It's like an awkard trainwreck where you can tell there is a certain amount of talent, but the whole thing is overall very goofy and that's part of what makes it fun.
But the point is: I have been in a few bands where there was a lot of talent, but also a lot of ego. And most of these bands disbanded before ever playing one single gig. Some lasted 6 months, which were 6 months of musical direction bickering while auditioning for the same position, because we could not either keep a drummer or a guitar player or a singer.
But these guys have absolutely no complex at all, do it for fun, and after not even 2 months since I joined, we're on stage playing open mics, and pretty soon even some little paid gigs. Kid you not, people want to pay us to play.
Seriously, we've heard both good and bad reviews from the audience. Some people even friended us the same evening writing that we were a lot of fun and asking for gig dates. If they were joking, or not, I don't know
Has anyone been in this situation? Where the "talented", serious musicians can't get it done, while the average or below average musicians have no issues doing it, and on top of it, it's so much fun at so many levels?
Turns out it's a lot of fun, but, man, where do I start?
The drummer and I, do click, we aren't perfect, I sometimes hit the wrong fret, he loses his sticks, no big deal.
The singer is plain bad, does not want to take lessons, had to tell him to stop using his chest voice to sing high and instead to use falsetto, he never heard of it. Guy is very loopy and goofy, but it's a show in itself. He is delusional but very positive. Most of the time I tune him out, often I pay attention because he is so entertaining.
The guitarist is a good guy who's been hit hard by the economy and considers himself poor. Drummer and I have helped him a few times. Let's say he has issues. After 2 months playing together he asks me what kind of pick do I use. Except that I am a 100% finger style player. But he knows all the classic, note for note, it's eerie.
The Nuge, The Who, Led Zeppellin, The Eagles, Molly Hatchet, Joe Walsh, Pink Floyd, Skynyrd, he's like a classic rock jukebox. He does an incredible Stranglehold. I take this opportunity to really learn and master all these great classic tunes.
But after 2 open mics, I am wondering how many Spinal Tap moments am I going to witness. I am actually having a lot of fun. It's like an awkard trainwreck where you can tell there is a certain amount of talent, but the whole thing is overall very goofy and that's part of what makes it fun.
But the point is: I have been in a few bands where there was a lot of talent, but also a lot of ego. And most of these bands disbanded before ever playing one single gig. Some lasted 6 months, which were 6 months of musical direction bickering while auditioning for the same position, because we could not either keep a drummer or a guitar player or a singer.
But these guys have absolutely no complex at all, do it for fun, and after not even 2 months since I joined, we're on stage playing open mics, and pretty soon even some little paid gigs. Kid you not, people want to pay us to play.
Seriously, we've heard both good and bad reviews from the audience. Some people even friended us the same evening writing that we were a lot of fun and asking for gig dates. If they were joking, or not, I don't know
Has anyone been in this situation? Where the "talented", serious musicians can't get it done, while the average or below average musicians have no issues doing it, and on top of it, it's so much fun at so many levels?
