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#116,141
fasterpussycat said:
What a thoroughly unpleasant week it has been and the next week promises to be unpleasant also.

We have a situation where one band member's commitment cannot be questioned (in fact commitment strays over the border into obsessive behaviour which the rest of us find 'freaky') but said commitment far outstrips musical ability. The outcome is inevitable, but it's not something I'm looking forward to and hopefully will be the first and only time we need to do it.
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Not a fun prospect. Sorry for your difficulties.
 
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#116,142
ToddOfThunder said:
No you’re right BUT I was already diving him to and from practice, buying him 2- 2 liters of Coca Cola plus cigs and he was smoking my good stuff.....No AHEM needed here.
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Consider a drum machine...

It is often useful to point out to people that they can be replaced with a machine should they become too much trouble.

<insert adult toy reference>

Ahem.
 
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#116,144
fasterpussycat said:
I managed to punch myself in the face a couple of days ago. Lost my grip on something, arm and hand flew up, whack! Must remember not to do that again.
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Maybe you've got the drummer gene? It's recessive is all, so you don't see it often.
It's ok, I've got it too. :)
 
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#116,151
PillO said:
It is entirely possible that the drummer is right in this case; the band does owe him/her just for showing up. In this area (and I am told in many areas) drummers, regardless of talent/skill, are few and far between. That being the case, yeah, you should consider yourself lucky that the guy/girl bothered to show up.

The other side of course is that for a relatively small cost, you can buy a drum machine that does exactly as it is told (programmed), doesn't do fills when you are trying to talk, and doesn't endlessly twirl drum sticks. The volume can even be set by the band...
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I took up drums partly because of the scarcity of drummers. Turns out drumming is a lot of fun.
 
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#116,157
fasterpussycat said:
What a thoroughly unpleasant week it has been and the next week promises to be unpleasant also.

We have a situation where one band member's commitment cannot be questioned (in fact commitment strays over the border into obsessive behaviour which the rest of us find 'freaky') but said commitment far outstrips musical ability. The outcome is inevitable, but it's not something I'm looking forward to and hopefully will be the first and only time we need to do it.
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Once you oust the player in question, do you have a viable option to replace her? If not, does this place the entire project on hold or at a standstill? I understand that for recording drums there are a lot of options these days, but what about live? Do you (hopefully) have someone waiting in the wings?
 
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#116,159
JJR58 said:
Have you seen your barista lately? I'm sure this is banning material.
But hoping the naughty bits that have been disguised................ ok, i probably don't stand a chance.

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Ha! from what I've seen WA leads the race on those.....
on another note, I must be a bass player....initially I thought the coffee machine was an SVT until I looked closer..
 
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