So a friend of mine who plays drums and i created a band called march of the mannequins. The drummer's cousin became our guitarist and a friend of ours the singer. The guitarist uses drugs and is a bit of an airhead but he plays really really well. We wrote about 8 songs, rehearsed twice a week since last october and have had two gigs so far. Unfortunately we had to stop playing one of our most popular songs because the guitarist kept forgetting his parts. On our debut show he forgot his part and it was so bad that i had to stop for two seconds to find my place. it was so embarrassing that i felt like quitting the band. fortunately our last song was so good that it saved our show and people left happy. we forgave him and told him to sober up.
Then our friends many of whom are musicians themselves informed us that his tone was really bad (we knew this and had told him about it before and even bought him and effect pedal but he refused to use it and we had to return it). This past week we had schedule a show for the 16th and were beginning pre production for our EP. The singer and the guitarist had to record first but the guitarist could not play to a click. The singer told him that he was not keeping time and asked me to record the bass while he sang. This greatly embarrassed and offended the guitarist (i felt bad for him but he was messing up). I told his cousin and the singer that they should talk to him because i knew he was offended. That thursday (the day before the show) his girlfriend called stating that he could not make it to rehearsal because he was sick. i was suspicious and wondered if he was really sick or if he was just trying to get back at us. Then the day of the show he called and told us he could not play because he was sick. This was really annoying because it was our 3rd show and we did not want to develop a reputation for canceling shows and irresponsibility.
Two days later he told his cousin (drummer) he was quitting the band because his cousin did not like his friends (who are junkies). So my suspicions were correct he flaked out because of what happened at the studio. Now we have to find a guitarist, get him up to speed before we can start gigging again and to record the EP April 8. Damn it!!
Then our friends many of whom are musicians themselves informed us that his tone was really bad (we knew this and had told him about it before and even bought him and effect pedal but he refused to use it and we had to return it). This past week we had schedule a show for the 16th and were beginning pre production for our EP. The singer and the guitarist had to record first but the guitarist could not play to a click. The singer told him that he was not keeping time and asked me to record the bass while he sang. This greatly embarrassed and offended the guitarist (i felt bad for him but he was messing up). I told his cousin and the singer that they should talk to him because i knew he was offended. That thursday (the day before the show) his girlfriend called stating that he could not make it to rehearsal because he was sick. i was suspicious and wondered if he was really sick or if he was just trying to get back at us. Then the day of the show he called and told us he could not play because he was sick. This was really annoying because it was our 3rd show and we did not want to develop a reputation for canceling shows and irresponsibility.
Two days later he told his cousin (drummer) he was quitting the band because his cousin did not like his friends (who are junkies). So my suspicions were correct he flaked out because of what happened at the studio. Now we have to find a guitarist, get him up to speed before we can start gigging again and to record the EP April 8. Damn it!!
