red flag prior to auditon...

[NKBassman]

If someone's paying me, I couldn't care less what they call themselves.

 

[Sparkl]

This weekend I heard about a casino band that was looking for a guitar player. Scuttlebutt was they play one, occasionally two weekends a month and got payed casino rates + casino bene's (room, food, drinks.) So I shot off an email, got the setlist (same ol' same ol' casino dance band stuff) and a link to the band website. There are a couple video clips so I take a listen. The bass player is a funky beast! And the rhythm section has a pocket deep enough to smuggle small children! Score! I have a fairly direct, to the point no messing around phone convo with the band leader and everything seems to be "show up, play the gig, get payed, go home in the AM.


Easy Peasy, right?


I take another look at the website and the name of the band doesn't make any sense to me, so I figure it's just a goof I'm not getting. No worries, as long as the Benjamin's are green, right?


Then I realize it's not a joke. The name of the band plastered all over the top of the webpage is "Copestetic".


wait a second. Copestetic???


Really?


So I message the band leader and ask what's up with the band name?

He replies "It's Copestetic, as in everything's cool and smooth. Just like us; cool and smooth"


They can't spell the XXXXng name of the band correctly on the XXXXing webpage. No one took the time to google a word they had no idea how to spell.

This morning I sent the BL a message saying i regret that after checking my bookings for the rest of the year I just don't think I have to availability they're looking for at the present time.

Five minutes ago I get a return email asking if I can still come to rehearsal this Saturday. They're auditioning a new bass player and were hoping to double up on the guitar and bass audition at the same time. Dodged a bullet with this one. The bass player that I was stoked about grooving with ain't even in the band anymore.

Do I get red points for inviting you to play in a band called "The Stringz Killaz"?

 

[Stumbo]

Do I get red points for inviting you to play in a band called "The Stringz Killaz"?

I think we've been Lownered.

 

[J_Bass]

Words become "real" words by a few simple steps:

1) Someone makes up a word. If noone ever did this, we'd all still be standing around in caves, making grunting noises. New words are an absolutely essential part of the growth of a civilization.

2) Other people start to use it, the word has an agreed upon meaning, and its use becomes common within a certain subset of the population.

3) The word gradually (sometimes it's fast - "skyjacking" got into the vernacular in a real hurry) moves into wider use.

The Urban Dictionary is part of #2. While you can say it's not a "real" dictionary, that misses the point of why the Urban Dictionary exists - to build our vocabulary to incorporate new ideas. Many would argue it's more up to date and therefore more relevant (at times) than a "real" dictionary. In times like today, where things change fast, things like the Urban Dictionary are vital and very useful. Old words (what's in most dictionaries) you don't have to look up very often - people know what they mean. Where a dictionary is really useful is for new stuff. To be useful in that context, it has to be up to date - on line and updated frequently, not printed in a book.

"Brexit".

 

[downunder]

IFormed a group with a pretty well-known jazz musician. He wanted to call it the Renaissance jazz quartet. He spelled renaissance so wrong on some promotional materials that I was completely embarrassed and didn’t know how to tell him. However, this had nothing to do with his playing ability, business acumen Or anything else. Some people just can’t spell.

 

[nnnnnn]

He replies "It's Copestetic, as in everything's cool and smooth. Just like us; cool and smooth"

If he's pronouncing it the way you quoted here then the spelling isn't the problem because it's just following the incorrect way that they say the word.

 

[micguy]

"Brexit".

Yep, that's another example of a word that was in the fast lane. Just like how every scandal gets "gate" added to it nowadays in the US.

 

[Jeff Elkins]

Or even...a portmanteau (hybrid) of copacetic and (a)esthetic = copestetic = it's all cool + artistic?

I was hoping that this was it exactly when I saw it.

 

[lfmn16]

I thought I had a pretty extensive check list to go through before auditioning. I guess I'll have to add "can they spell" to it.

 

[sabre79]

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I didn't know that Van Heflin sang.

 

[Jeff Elkins]

... name of the band correctly on the XXXXing webpage. No one took the time to google a word they had no idea how to spell.

Yeah, not going to lie -- this would speak volumes to me about how well I'd fit into the band. I'd probably also have taken a pass.

Five minutes ago I get a return email asking if I can still come to rehearsal this Saturday. They're auditioning a new bass player and were hoping to double up on the guitar and bass audition at the same time. Dodged a bullet with this one. The bass player that I was stoked about grooving with ain't even in the band anymore.

The point of your post, and a good warning about thoroughly checking out an opportunity! Congrats on the dodge! Maybe figure out where that bass player landed...

 

[grinx]

I have heard of a band hiring a guitar player but the band is called Intensive Purposes

bah, nevermind...

 

[jnsnj]

Could be worse. They could have spelled it Copaseptic.

 

[pbassnut]

What's an "auditon"

It's especially ironic in this case.

Years ago, a bass buddy of mine got involved in an originals band that wanted to call themselves "The Shambles" which would've been a very cool name for a rocked up roots/Americana band, IMHO. Unfortunately, that name had already been taken so they called themselves "The Shambells" instead. I would be willing to bet that name changes like this happen all the time given how many band names have already been taken and/or copyrighted.

 

[bassstrangler]

$2400 to $12,000 a gig is what they get. It's a shame you didn't take your geetar to their auditon and and empress them with yo playun prowress. But hey its all gud and copastatical.

 

[Jimmy4string]

$12,000 a gig??! Who gets that kind of green?? Are they giving out sex acts in the bathroom?!
I would feel like The Beatles if i was making that...

 

[pie_man_25]

I thought misspelling things was pretty standard both in and out of music. I mean Parliament funkadelic doesn't even register on autocorrect, but then neither does victimology.

 

[Knavery]

Thanks, I'm aware of how words enter a language though. I'm also familiar with Urban Dictionary, which exists to sell merch, not to fulfill some high-minded greater purpose. It's a site that lets any random goon with an internet connection post a word, and then they make it available on a mug or whatever. Sure, it's sometimes useful for figuring out what kind of slang young people are using these days, but it's also loaded with nonsense like "Copestetic". I mean, seriously... I know you want to bust the OP's chops, but I cannot believe you could possibly really believe this is anything other than a misspelling of "copacetic". That's what it is. You know it, I know it. Some dork didn't know how to spell the word correctly, didn't know it had been slang for years, and thought he was the first one to punch it into Urban Dictionary.

How do you know that? They could have misspelled it intentionally. You seem to have a lot more knowledge than the rest of us on this matter.

 

[marko138]

I'm guessing this isn't how the OP thought the thread would go....

 

[sawzalot]

Oh I so needed this thread this morning, I love it.