Lost our drummer AGAIN!!!! ARSE!!!

[Ritchie_Darling]

Well, I hate to be the guy who says "I told you so"....

So, I'll borrow a Sheldon Cooper line and say "I INFORMED YOU THUSLY!!!"

Last year, just before Christmas, our drummer packed up his car and moved back to New York.

Not so much as a "so long" or a "kiss my a**"... Nothing.....

We didn't even know he had left until the guitar player called to see about a New Years gig.

He tells the guitar player that he is already in Pennsylvania and isn't coming back!

After deciding New York was STILL too expensive, he returned eight months later. Almost...

He came back to Arizona, but is about two hours drive from here.

The singer and keyboard player wanted him back. I did not.

And they pressured the guitar player to get him back.

I made my opinion well known to the others.

I told them I did not think he would stay with us. That he was living too far away.

And in a metropolitan area with LOADS of bands.

I figured he would find someone local and that would be that.

After being outvoted, and reassured that he wanted to be in this band, and that the distance wasn't a factor....

HE LASTED TWO SHOWS!!

As I predicted, he found a local band, has been playing with them since a week after he returned, and left us with no drummer and a half dozen gigs before the end of the year.....

ARSE!!

I informed you thusly! I SO informed you thusly!!

 

[devinp17]

Drummers...

 

[mellowinman]

It sucks when you see what is glaringly obvious, but others are blaringly oblivious.

 

[INTP]

You should give him another chance.

 

[Gaolee]

I'm working on drums pretty hard these days. When I get the chops to start gigging on the drum kit regularly, I'll start working on becoming a complete flake. I'm married, so I won't have to live in the van until she locks me out. wOOt!

 

[tjontheroad]

I'll ship you mine. You just have to let him sing

 

[BassGuyFL]

It sucks when you see what is glaringly obvious, but others are blaringly oblivious.

I'm stealing this for a sig!

 

[Henko]

Drummers seem to be of a special breed. In my current band the three previous drummers have quit/been fired due to (in chronological order) mental illness, stealing and selling equipment, moving to Lapland without notice.

 

[Haji]

What is it with drummers and wanderlust?

The drummer in my band isn't exactly the style I wish he was, but he's got great time, he can actually count, is considerate and is more than sufficiently funny. That goes further than far enough in my book!

 

[Spent]

Two words, Beat Buddy. You're welcome.

 

[Tazz]

Drummers...

Musicians...

 

[Space Pickle]

arse indeed old bean

 

[mboogiemanusa]

Find someone local who wants to jam with you guys. Having paid gigs on the calendar is always a great incentive. Besides Craigslist......check out some local open mics. I host one at a local dive bar and have great drummers coming out of the woodwork begging to join a working band. Paid gigs on the schedule is a nice carrot to attract someone good.

 

[Ritchie_Darling]

Find someone local who wants to jam with you guys. Having paid gigs on the calendar is always a great incentive. Besides Craigslist......check out some local open mics. I host one at a local dive bar and have great drummers coming out of the woodwork begging to join a working band. Paid gigs on the schedule is a nice carrot to attract someone good.

Normally, this would work well.....

But, we are a funk and disco band in a town full of middle aged white guys who think they are blues gods.

And in this one horse town, there isn't any woodwork for them to hide in!

Seriously though, this is the least musical place that I have ever lived!

And I include the three years that I lived in India!

UGH!

 

[Bass Viking]

Drummers seem to be of a special breed. In my current band the three previous drummers have quit/been fired due to (in chronological order) mental illness, stealing and selling equipment, moving to Lapland without notice.

LMAO! Is there some kind of drummer migration?

 

[lowfreq33]

Musicians are flaky in general.

 

[hrodbert696]

At least the band has gigs on the calendar. That should help you find a replacement.

 

[obimark]

Color me baffled by the geography lesson going on here. How is Arizona two hours from New York?

 

[Haji]

LMAO! Is there some kind of drummer migration?

Huge drumming commune in Lapland. Drum circles, all that stuff. Quite the percussive Mecca.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Had a drummer once who, after another argument with his girl friend, (note: girl friends/wives on the road will always cause things to end badly) decided that all his problems were a result of talking. This train of thought he had while walking in the field behind the hotel we were playing. He decided he would take a vow of silence and all his problems would be over. Having reached this live changing decision, he walked back the hotel's restuarant and sat down.
The waitress came over and, of course, said, "What'll you have?"