Remember the bus to Ohio story? The issues of tee shirt design? I quit today.

I might still do a BoB with the group, but I'm outtie. Too many issues and I no longer enjoy being in the band.

I am going to start my own band, actually be the bandleader, and I have been writing and recording stuff. I want to do the vocals and will probably have to do guitar since I don't trust other guitarists anymore. It will be alternative rock, with some progressive elements. Basically, the music I would want to play as a bassist, even though I will probably not be the bassist.

List O' Problems (I probably forgot some of them)

• frontman had his gf do "band photos" for an upcoming BoB and they all suck; they picked a photo without me.
• guitarists have started a volume war with their tubes and I have tinnitus and probably hearing loss from the last two practices alone.
• they bought a friggin' gas guzzling bus and used it for a single show out in Ohio just so the frontman could impress his friends and family - luckily I didn't pay out of pocket for this. At this point I am not the only one who disagrees about this
• I don't agree with any of the band's decisions on what to use the earnings on.
• they are focusing too heavily on band image and I don't agree with their thoughts. I think more thought and time ought to be spent on the music instead.
• I have problems with the vocalist's style and I think he sings off-pitch and chooses out-of-key melodies. He is not a good frontman; he is not funny or entertaining and comes across as if he is overcompensating for something.
• The bass is mostly an afterthought and completely buried in the mix. The lead guitar is too flashy and I was competing with two 8-string guitars. They also wanted to add keys and another guitarist. Pfft.
• The music is going in a direction that I don't like. The songs that drew me into auditioning are not played live anymore and have changed all the things I liked about it, and the newer songs are not reminiscent of the style.

 

A crappy style of metal that was too focused on droning F notes on the bottom string - yes. I don't really care for that kind of stuff. I do like Meshuggah. I want to do rock though.