Sorry guys I just need to vent.....I play in two bands one band is great awesome musicians I love the music we play except for the minor disagreements we generally get along great and the guys are professional and we enjoy playing with each other. All experienced musicians. We have a lot of fun playing and the bar patrons always seem to love that band which fuels our passion to play even more.
The other band I play in are comprised of guys that are mostly basement hackers that never really played out much. There are three core members that are terrible musicians and think they know everything and control everything. Music selection gigs etc.
Fights are the norm while I sit there and stare into space. well I have had enough and want to quit. I actually like a few of the guys personally and when I talked about quitting, they begged me to stay. I was actually OK with playing with these guys in the basement minus the constant arguments over things like harmonies that none of them seem to ever get right anyway. I generally thought of this band as a way to keep my chops up. They started to get gigs (only because the drummer has a lot of connections, if they had to get a gig on musicianship it wouldn't happen). The more gigs they attempt to book the less I want to stay. TBH I am embarrassed to play out with these guys.
Well I finally went off on them last night about an issue of them trying to take advantage of me. I know, and they know I am done. But......we have a gig coming up this Friday night. As much as I dread having to play with these guys again, I feel like I need to honor my commitment for the gig.
An experienced rhythm guitar player (who gets it) who was also in the band, just quit last week for the same reasons. He and I were discussing how much we hate this band, He says I should I just call up and quit now. His thought is life is too short to let them make me miserable any longer, gig or no gig.
The other band I play in are comprised of guys that are mostly basement hackers that never really played out much. There are three core members that are terrible musicians and think they know everything and control everything. Music selection gigs etc.
Fights are the norm while I sit there and stare into space. well I have had enough and want to quit. I actually like a few of the guys personally and when I talked about quitting, they begged me to stay. I was actually OK with playing with these guys in the basement minus the constant arguments over things like harmonies that none of them seem to ever get right anyway. I generally thought of this band as a way to keep my chops up. They started to get gigs (only because the drummer has a lot of connections, if they had to get a gig on musicianship it wouldn't happen). The more gigs they attempt to book the less I want to stay. TBH I am embarrassed to play out with these guys.
Well I finally went off on them last night about an issue of them trying to take advantage of me. I know, and they know I am done. But......we have a gig coming up this Friday night. As much as I dread having to play with these guys again, I feel like I need to honor my commitment for the gig.
An experienced rhythm guitar player (who gets it) who was also in the band, just quit last week for the same reasons. He and I were discussing how much we hate this band, He says I should I just call up and quit now. His thought is life is too short to let them make me miserable any longer, gig or no gig.
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. OTOH it's usually the bass player and drummer against the gui****s, sing****, and key**** 
so best have each other's backs 
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