Is This Normal?

[TheoFly]

"Prerequisites : THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BAND YOU ARE IN WHEN YOU GET STARTED. this has been an issue and quite frankly we are done dealing with it. WE want someone who has a true interest in playing with us only.

What??? Don't tell me Metallica is looking for yet another Bass Player!!!

 

[debassr]

Seems reasonable to me. I think they're just saying that they want it to be treated with the same level of respect as a job.

 

[RustyAxe]

Normal? I don't know. But it screams "we are all amateurs who have only ever played with amateurs" to me. I'd rather have a root canal than play with that band, I think.

 

[lawsonman]

Normal? I don't know. But it screams "we are all amateurs who have only ever played with amateurs

+1

 

[ColdSteelRain]

Run. Run far away.

I think it's great that they tell you their expectations up front, but I think they're also telling you that they're total loons.

What I read from the ad is that they want to own your weekends. All of them. If your wife or kid gets sick, you gotta make their one practice and short session or you're OUT.

I don't give that to my day job; family comes first.

It'd make a lot more sense if they were a full-time band, with rehearsals 2-3 times a week and a couple of gigs on the weekends, or an out of town touring schedule.

 

[Jim Powers]

This spells trouble from the start. If they want to run your life you'd better bet they'll want to run the way you play. Doesn't sound like fun, sounds like the band gestapo.

 

[Munjibunga]

That's a little stronger push-back than normal but yeah, there are probably more bands that don't want a hired gun than there are bands that do.

Showing up for the gig is pretty much a no-brainer.

Missing practice is a fact of life when 4 or 5 guys are involved. My keyboardist flagged practice before last. I don't know why or really care.

I flagged the last one because I have an abscessed tooth and am all pilled up and not about to dive anywhere.

I'm confident both of us will be at the gig Friday.

They said if you're a no-call no-show. I think you can miss practice, but you have to let someone know. I'm down with that.