**arg, there be rants ahead!**
I'm really beginning to dislike my guitarist. We had a gig this past weekend for St. Patty's Day. Normally we don't start playing on a gig until 11pm or so, and I figured the same would go for this gig.
Well 8pm rolls around the night of the gig and I started to make a quick dinner before the gig. At 8:10 my guitarist's roommate, a mutual friend of ours, gave me a call to ask what the plan was for that night. My guitarist overheard us talking and yelled over the phone that we had to be at the bar by 9pm (less than 50 minutes at that point) and setup so we could start playing at 10.
I told him I'd do my best, but since he didn't tell me we had to get there so early I might be a few minutes late as dinner was on the stove, I had to eat, and then I had to clean up. I asked him if he could help me out and throw my gear in his car since it was at his place, but he said no way
Anyways, I hurried up with dinner as fast as I could, went to his place to grab my gear, and then made it out to the bar by 9:15.
I get there and he instantly starts making wise cracks at me being late, but I held my tongue and got setup and was ready to play by 9:30 (30 minutes before we were suppose to start). Well 10pm rolls around and we don't start. 10:30 rolls around and again we don't start. We didn't end up starting until 10:55 despite my guitarist telling me how urgent it was for us to get there by 9 so that we could start by 10!
We did the gig and it went down well enough, but afterwards he came up to me to discuss 'professionalism' and how me showing up late somehow put his name on the line as he booked the gig
I was like ***. First of all, he didn't tell me we had to get there so early until 45 minutes before the gig. Second, despite me being a few minutes late I was still setup and ready to go before 10. And third, we didn't even start when we were supposed to - how is that my fault?!
He then went into detail about how he doesn't want to play with a bassist who is unreliable
I quickly reminded him that he didn't let me know until 50 minutes of the gig that we had to get there so early, that he didn't grab my gear to speed up the process like he could of, and that we still didn't start on time despite me being there and being ready to go. All of this he shrugged off. He wouldn't even take any responsibility for his carelessness to inform me of the time changes 
The irony to this story is that we had rehearsal twice that week before the gig. Both times I showed up to rehearsal early, both times rehearsal got pushed back 45 minutes to an hour, both times he neglected to tell me this change until after I had already arrived, and both times he said he texted or called me beforehand to tell me - he never did :scowl: I'm beginning to think the guy is going nuts.
I'm really beginning to dislike my guitarist. We had a gig this past weekend for St. Patty's Day. Normally we don't start playing on a gig until 11pm or so, and I figured the same would go for this gig.
Well 8pm rolls around the night of the gig and I started to make a quick dinner before the gig. At 8:10 my guitarist's roommate, a mutual friend of ours, gave me a call to ask what the plan was for that night. My guitarist overheard us talking and yelled over the phone that we had to be at the bar by 9pm (less than 50 minutes at that point) and setup so we could start playing at 10.
I told him I'd do my best, but since he didn't tell me we had to get there so early I might be a few minutes late as dinner was on the stove, I had to eat, and then I had to clean up. I asked him if he could help me out and throw my gear in his car since it was at his place, but he said no way
Anyways, I hurried up with dinner as fast as I could, went to his place to grab my gear, and then made it out to the bar by 9:15.I get there and he instantly starts making wise cracks at me being late, but I held my tongue and got setup and was ready to play by 9:30 (30 minutes before we were suppose to start). Well 10pm rolls around and we don't start. 10:30 rolls around and again we don't start. We didn't end up starting until 10:55 despite my guitarist telling me how urgent it was for us to get there by 9 so that we could start by 10!
We did the gig and it went down well enough, but afterwards he came up to me to discuss 'professionalism' and how me showing up late somehow put his name on the line as he booked the gig
I was like ***. First of all, he didn't tell me we had to get there so early until 45 minutes before the gig. Second, despite me being a few minutes late I was still setup and ready to go before 10. And third, we didn't even start when we were supposed to - how is that my fault?!He then went into detail about how he doesn't want to play with a bassist who is unreliable
I quickly reminded him that he didn't let me know until 50 minutes of the gig that we had to get there so early, that he didn't grab my gear to speed up the process like he could of, and that we still didn't start on time despite me being there and being ready to go. All of this he shrugged off. He wouldn't even take any responsibility for his carelessness to inform me of the time changes The irony to this story is that we had rehearsal twice that week before the gig. Both times I showed up to rehearsal early, both times rehearsal got pushed back 45 minutes to an hour, both times he neglected to tell me this change until after I had already arrived, and both times he said he texted or called me beforehand to tell me - he never did :scowl: I'm beginning to think the guy is going nuts.
