Keyboard Player Quits

[Discount Bassy]

No. Nope. No bueno. The behavior is a least disrespectful to the band members and at worst passively malicious. Literally not healthy. He should know better at least in his capacity as a trained medical professional. You have already given him enough rope to hang his entire family. How many times do you need to be shot to stop blaming the bullet for pulling the trigger? You deserve better. He has chosen his priorities.

 

[Methaneman]

We had a 5 piece band. 2 guitarists, Bass ,Drums and keyboards.
The keys guy lives right across the street. I have known him for 66 years. He recently got a divorce and has hooked up with a gal with 5 at home kids.
My buddy has 4 Irish Setters and the gals oldest son brought a mama pitt bull and 7 puppies.
The dogs are all inside the house. And the house smells of dogs and dog poop.
We have asked him not to let them into the practice room and he says he won't but they do and they crap in there. They pick up what they see.
We have complained about it 3 times and he has quit over this 3 times besides throwing little bitch fits saying he has provided a place to play and had water and beer for us.
Last Friday at practice the drummer found dog poopie behind his vintage Sonor drum kit.
We started practicing and took a break and the keyboardist got off work ( he is a licensed Pharmacist ) and got there. The drummer told him there was dog poopie in there and it stunk.
Keyboard guy got mad and went inside and cleaned up the poop and lit a scented candle. Came back and told us that he told those kids to clean it up and that he cleaned it up and lit a candle and angrily that he was through with us and he quit.
He went back upstairs .
We got our stuff out of there and decided that we should let him stay quit.
We had a gig the next night and cleaned all the cables with Clorox wipes and got a lint roller to get dog hair off the PA and Monitors.
We are better off without his melodrama and nasty dogs .
I think we were way more than understanding for too long.

Keys player has a blackbelt. He must be 70 if you known him for 66 years. He might hurt himself throwing roundhouses unless his name is Chuck. Also maybe he'd be better off going back to his ex.

 

[TOOL460002]

Can I request that you wait a few practices but eventually buy fake dog poo and leave it behind his kit?

 

[Ostie]

a gal with 5 kids and 8 dogs, you say

Call me shallow, but If she’s not a supermodel, I’m outta there.

 

[crazyBassClown]

We are moving to the drummer's house. He has a large room.
We might get another keyboard guy.

Doesn't this move by iktself solve your problem with original keyboard guy, or is there more to the story?

 

[WillyW]

With the band equipment out of the way there’s space for at least 6-18 more dogs.

 

[DaveParker39]

yikes.

welp, time to program some key tracks and set up a sample pad on the drumkit!

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I got nothing…other than having been married for almost 48 years (same same one), and we she goes, I’m heading to a monastery…

 

[SharpCat]

So many straight lines...

Hit the fan? No, hit the tom, the snare, ...

If it was a country band, could have put on your, um, kickers, and practiced that.

Guaranteed at least 5 kids sizes+1 adult size sales for each new shirt design.

 

[Aidenn7]

program the keys and have the drummer trigger them.. more money in your pocket!

 

[Parzival]

You’re now in a great situation. No more dog crap, no more keyboard player.

Win-win.

 

[HolmeBass]

This is a quality thread, through and through. Good job everybody!

And that’s no crap!

 

[SkylineFiver]

8 untrained pitbulls across the street…..
You still have problems.

 

[Rootzilla]

He kept profusely apologizing and said it wouldn't happen again. And that his only joy in life was playing with us. So we took him at his word.

So he gets into a relationship that brings 5 kids and 8 dogs into his life BUT no joy? Dog poop seems to be the least of his problems.

 

[ezra1]

So he gets into a relationship that brings 5 kids and 8 dogs into his life BUT no joy? Dog poop seems to be the least of his problems.

I agree. We all tried to talk to him but he would just get pissed off. The girlfriend is in her 30s . Way younger than him .
I told him I wasn't impressed with the younger woman. He had nothing to prove .

 

[logdrum]

You have known him for 66 years? I hope in kindergarten not when you were 20, cause even at 72 - he hooked up with a woman with 5 kids and over 12 dogs, that is wild and maybe not the best thing to start doing now. No wonder he is still working at 72. Now if you have been friends since you were 20, WOW. Just wow. The dog poop, beer and water and scented candles - as they say you cannot make this stuff up.

 

[db59]

So you're telling me.....................................................................................................nah

 

[Jaygetsreal]

LOL best thread I have read on TB for a long time

 

[MotorCityMinion]

I have known him for 66 years.

Um, it's time.

 

[Chickenwheels]

I’ve read the OP three times. And then the comments. Thank you!!!