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[alaskaleftybass]

Must be ripe with opportunity and bands. Well that's copacetic with me.... Ha ha, I misspelled copacetic and Google Chrome corrected it!

 

[B-Lo]

Funny, I knew it was misspelled but in thinking about, that is the way I was pronouncing it. What a maroon!

I too knew it was misspelled, but I thought it was intentional because like you, everyone I've ever heard using that word in a sentence pronounces it that way. I've even heard it pronounced that way on a major cable network news program recently lol.

 

[ThumbyAche]

Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, The Black Crowes, The Monkees, Linkin Park, Descendents, The Byrds, The Weeknd, etc.

Wait.. I had "the byrds" wrong all these years???.. I am soooo tromatized right neow.

 

[Chango Malo]

Chango, you are joking, right.

It is in 'bass humor and gig stories". Yeah, it's tongue-in-cheek.

You would turn up a gig cos the band can't spell a word that's not even a real word (and has multiple spellings anyway)? You must get a lot of good offers

I do this for a living. I'm just looking for a side-gig really. And the bass player in the vid really caught my attention.

I just checked them out on youtube. What a great band! You turned them down because of grammar? I don't see how that matters, sorry. Great music, great players, horn section, keys, dancing, they have it. They just don't have a dictionary.

Well, I prefer Sting musician than Sting the English teacher. I would've said yes.

Bass dude is AWOL. Seems the drummer is too at this point. And yes, the misspelled band name pinged my wa. It's not a world-ending deal, just one of those things.

Sometimes I think posts on here are spoofs. They can't possibly be posted to generate serious discussion.

Bass humor forum... but only half spoof.

On the upper side, OP, the "auditon" is only Saturday. You still have time.

True. After reading up on this thread this morning, I talked to the BL to say if they needed a guitar guy to cover any/all auditions this weekend I'm around before 1700 Friday and Saturday. Sunday after noon. I'm going to cover Saturday afternoon for them at this point. Left an open door for whatever else they need. Can't hurt after all.

Who gives a s*** about the misspelled name... really? Especially with a great gig like that! That would be the least of my worries. Reconsider and do join!

The band's rebuilding; no gigs are booked at this time. The pay rate, gig rate, etc. are all 'wish list items'

This is a really unusual post--almost trollish.

Sorry, wasn't meant to be. Guess I didn't make as funny as I thought it was...

If they’re gigging, I don’t care if their name is Butter Queens on Sale

Butter Queens on Sale would be a go.

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

I'd do that. 'Specially with a bass player with the moniker 'Sparkl'

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.

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...

That and the "walk in, play the gig, get paid, go home" side band turned into a near total re-tooling of a band where the deadly bassist in the vids was a hired-gun sub...

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

I've never correctly predicted how a thread will go. But it has been useful .

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Guess I didn't write as funny as I was thinking it.

Anyways, after reading all the responses I called the BL up and I'm covering Saturday afternoon for their rhythm section auditions. You guys are right; no reason not to see what's up in any case.

 

[Knavery]

Anyways, after reading all the responses I called the BL up and I'm covering Saturday afternoon for their rhythm section auditions. You guys are right; no reason not to see what's up in any case.

That's good to hear. I don't think you'll regret it.

 

[Renaissance]

This thread is the shizzle!

 

[trailer]

Wow you grammar nazi'd yourself out a good gig...awesome. I had never even seen the word copacetic spelled out until I saw this thread.
*edited to add that I think you should actually tell the BL why you're turning down the gig.

 

[denhou1974]

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.

Whew, you slipped out of that one!

The @$^& cares about spelling? They got the gig. Go play and stop nitpicking.

... or send me their contact info.

 

[Sixgunn]

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.

Noone isn't a w3rD butt that'z irrelvant.

 

[tekhedd]

Hey, I don't know how to spell the word without looking it up, but I sure as hell know that ain't it.

 

[Medicine Man]

That's why I quit Chvrches.

 

[Jimmy4string]

I like your thread chango -and I like your spanish monkey name!
(just don't put an "I" in there). HA HA i can see an office meeting now "There is no "I" in chango"

 

[Stumbo]

...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...

Based on the OP's description of the group, I think dodged lots of good pay days more than anything else.

 

[Dogbertday]

My next band name

"Huge Red Flag"

 

[Plectrum72]

...just don't get it...

Was about to post this then saw yours.​

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Sounds like the band might've dodged the bullet!

 

[JRA]

real red flags:
- gig is in the drummer's basement
- have to carpool with guitarist and his sister
- singer is face down on floor
- beer is warm

 

[jelly6466]

Clearly this is just a goof post by the OP, and a pretty ingenious one at that. To create a post about the grammar of another while the post itself is rife with grammatical errors is pretty funny.

 

[mikew31]

I usually figure it out pretty quickly when I see that the thread is posted in the Bass Humor section, but I was sucked in on this one. I'm glad I actually read all the posts, especially the OP's, and see that it was largely a goof. Well done Chango, well done

 

[zubrycky]

Wait a minute... Are we talking about this band?



Man, they're good. I would love to play with these guys.

BTW, with all due respect, I need to be honest here: To me, this is the oddest reason for turning down an audiction that I ever saw in my entire life.