Nightmare drummer audition

[Krakmann]

Hurt!

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Without pictures of her feet, how can I truly judge? Heh. I guess he knew he didn’t make it and might as well swing for the wall?

 

[Shepsdad]

Probably all of you should block this guys number from contacting you again.

 

[lordradish]

Odd, never had middle-aged incel with a foot fetish who lives in mom's basement on my list.

 

[bearhart74]

Dodged that bullet like Neo

 

[Shoreline Gold]

At least you don't have to fire him.

I'd fire him anyway.

 

[Five or Six]

I've hosted tons of auditions over the decades... and I have to say... the drummers have been generally the worst to deal with lolol.

Thus the saying: "Fire the drummer"!

 

[LowActionHero]

Yowza...

 

[HardNHeavy]

this goes way beyond just firing the drummer....yesss come back for a 2nd audition, we'll be waiting.

 

[ebo]

We asked what he did for a living and he said he worked for a friend. (Relatively unskilled manual labor) I read that to mean he might not be able to work at an actual company with a real boss. As he was leaving he asked how he did, and what he should tell his mother. Started to get the vibe there was a reason he was single. The guitar player and I both wanted a crack at him after seeing the text but our singer just blocked his number. Lucky he didn’t send a 2am d… pic. Better he got weird right up front than possibly join and have to fire him (or kill him) later. I’m losing faith in humanity.

 

[jthisdell]

Bill Wyman plays walking lines?

 

[el jeffe bass]

I see a new nickname in your singers near future, “Toes” perhaps.

 

[Aaron Singer]

Small wonder that he still lives with mommy at age 50.

This living-with-a-parent thing is an easy criticism to make, but a total cheap shot. Maybe they support each other in many ways - financial, emotional, practical. He may be a great help and comfort to her, considering she is in her 70s. Maybe all they have is each other. I would rather live with my children as opposed to growing old and alone. There is a well known and prominent bass player on the west coast, many of you will know his name, an old old friend of mine, who lived with his mother his whole life, because of these reasons. No shame. She died a couple of years ago, now he is alone, but who cares, just mock the man, I guess, even though he plays his ass off and is successful beyond probably most of us. I won't name him, because not sure he could withstand the collective scorn /s. The kick-em-out-when-they're-18 philosophy does not pervade all cultures, nor should it.

 

[Thumpin6string]

Time for your singer to block his number and get a restraining order.

 

[39-Bassist]

It's called "Block Number" on all the phones.

 

[basseux]

I see you found our old drummer. Don’t know how he got from Alabama to California.

His mom moved place and he followed along.

 

[Shoreline Gold]

His mom moved place and he followed along.

That's why you do it while he's out, don't leave a forwarding address, and change your name.

 

[HubbardsFate]

This living-with-a-parent thing is an easy criticism to make, but a total cheap shot. Maybe they support each other in many ways - financial, emotional, practical. He may be a great help and comfort to her, considering she is in her 70s. Maybe all they have is each other. I would rather live with my children as opposed to growing old and alone. There is a well known and prominent bass player on the west coast, many of you will know his name, an old old friend of mine, who lived with his mother his whole life, because of these reasons. No shame. She died a couple of years ago, now he is alone, but who cares, just mock the man, I guess, even though he plays his ass off and is successful beyond probably most of us. I won't name him, because not sure he could withstand the collective scorn /s. The kick-em-out-when-they're-18 philosophy does not pervade all cultures, nor should it.

I agree with the main gist of your post. However, it's a bit of an apples-to-oranges comparison, because in the case of your friend, he almost undoubtedly COULD have moved out of his mother's house years ago, in terms of being financially able to do so and whatnot - he simply chose not to. As opposed to this drummer, whom, on the surface it seems, has other, less-legit reasons for still living with his mom.

 

[JC BASS 91]

I'm a stickler on being on time. If I was auditioning a drummer, or anyone for that matter, and they showed up 20 minutes late, I'd tell them not to bother unloading their gear from their car. Their audition was over. If they can't be on time for an audition for something they say they want to do, then they will always be late...including to any gigs there might be down the road.

 

[Admiral Akbar]

The guy has no problem texting but can’t use GPS?

He needs to be blocked, STAT.