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- Thread starter Bongofour
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When you've worked hard to nail 30-40 songs, and the band leader/singer/rhythm guitar player who chose all the songs hasn't?
When the bar empties due to above?
When you cringe through songs you don't like personally?
When you have to turn down the rhythm guitarists' amp because he's banging away on a Dmaj chord all the way through "Black Magic Woman" and is too drunk to notice the difference.
When the band never calls you back after your first "gig" (ok, it was really the band's 5th practice, but in a bar)
When you begin to fight more with band members more than you do your significant other. Basically when you stop having fun.
Probably the moment you start a TB thread topic about it, I'd guess
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Yeah, I and a buddy were sucked into a covers band by some work associates of mine, but Im a gear head, so at least it gave me an excuse to buy more gear.
I mostly enjoy writing/recording (just for fun) but seems every musician (god, I hate musicians) want to do the band thing, so well, I guess thats where I ended up.
I have to say, I wasnt having fun gigging live for quite a while, but I knew that if I bailed, Id be screwing everyone else (I own almost all the equipment and they couldnt function as a band without me), so I stuck it out, but just veeeeery recently Im baaaarely starting to have a decent time.
But hey, it has definitely made a better bass player (and to a degree, musician) out of me, and Im learning skills playing live that recording would never get me.
So, Im not going to quit, but stick it out.
I mostly enjoy writing/recording (just for fun) but seems every musician (god, I hate musicians) want to do the band thing, so well, I guess thats where I ended up.
I have to say, I wasnt having fun gigging live for quite a while, but I knew that if I bailed, Id be screwing everyone else (I own almost all the equipment and they couldnt function as a band without me), so I stuck it out, but just veeeeery recently Im baaaarely starting to have a decent time.
But hey, it has definitely made a better bass player (and to a degree, musician) out of me, and Im learning skills playing live that recording would never get me.
So, Im not going to quit, but stick it out.
A couple experiences of mine include:
- When you drive 1400kms to spend 5 days with a cover band to play 3 shows, and they pay you $262.00 for your trouble, and you have to hunt them down for the money.
- When you're not on the same page as everyone else.
- When you stop looking forward to playing paid gigs.
- When you drive 1400kms to spend 5 days with a cover band to play 3 shows, and they pay you $262.00 for your trouble, and you have to hunt them down for the money.
- When you're not on the same page as everyone else.
- When you stop looking forward to playing paid gigs.
jive1
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When you work for 6 months thru several line up changes to finally get a setlist of classic rock covers down. You then book the band of guys who are more experienced in playing in bands, gigs etc that then complain at every gig and blow the doors off the clubs with the PA, tickin' off bar managers and chasin off customers 
When your guitar player quits in the middle of a show cuz his wife is mad that the band isnt making as much money as promised off the door..slow night. This again was another band I booked and it was another repeat gig that all the band did is complain about.
When your guitar player quits in the middle of a show cuz his wife is mad that the band isnt making as much money as promised off the door..slow night. This again was another band I booked and it was another repeat gig that all the band did is complain about.
