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Too Soon To Put My Foot Down?

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Febs said:
Let me refresh your recollection.

Posted January 16, 2011

And then:

And so what was your point again I forget.

As I read my history, being out of a band for only 2 months is not bad.

The other members were looking for the ideal band while I was out auditioning. None of the others have had an audition and its November.

I think those guys are going to be waiting a long time.

For whatever reason they won't play or audition for cover bands which to me means they really don't want to be out gigging as much as they say they do.

I wanted to play out more and did something about it.
 
bassbully said:
FWIW I have no issue staying in the background as a bass player. IMO unless you are doing vocals you should be by the drummer.Its not a diss its really to make each hear better and work together. A band needs to work like a team and yes you do need to hear yourself but the drummer also needs to hear..work it out..as a team.

I will be doing background vocals and I will be out front. When I'm not doing backgrounds I don't mind being in the back.
 
We all, well I should say my definitions are always a little different.

I have been playing for 45 years I guess it doesn't necessarily mean I have 45 years of experience.

However, either way I have been doing this so long I will never look at myself as the new Guy under any circumstances.

Neil Peart has been playing with Geddy and Alex since 1974 ( or is it 1975?) and is still considered the "new" guy.:D
 
shaggy45 said:
maybe you should change your handle to bluewhine.

I have to be careful because I have always been a "Take Charge " kind of Guy.

At the last rehearsal on one of the songs I start, I started the song by saying:

"Ok, Energy everyone, ok tempo lets finish where we started"

I can see where that might be a little cocky.
 
I have to be careful because I have always been a "Take Charge " kind of Guy.

At the last rehearsal on one of the songs I start, I started the song by saying:

"Ok, Energy everyone, ok tempo lets finish where we started"

I can see where that might be a little cocky.

I don't see this as cocky, nor insulting, nor offensive to anyone. It's for the benefit of the song. Anyone who takes offense at such innocent comments has an ego issue.

Objective comments directed at problem spots and intended for the benefit of the song and the general good should not be punished. I personally appreciate when one of my bandmates (besides me) points out rough spots and makes helpful suggestions.

And seniority should have nothing to do with it. Again, that's an ego issue.
 
electracoyote said:
I don't see this as cocky, nor insulting, nor offensive to anyone. It's for the benefit of the song. Anyone who takes offense at such innocent comments has an ego issue.

Objective comments directed at problem spots and intended for the benefit of the song and the general good should not be punished. I personally appreciate when one of my bandmates (besides me) points out rough spots and makes helpful suggestions.

And seniority should have nothing to do with it. Again, that's an ego issue.

I never looked at it that way, however I agree with you.

I was sort if thinking it let's them know I respect them and take my role seriously.
 
electracoyote said:
I don't see this as cocky, nor insulting, nor offensive to anyone. It's for the benefit of the song. Anyone who takes offense at such innocent comments has an ego issue.

Objective comments directed at problem spots and intended for the benefit of the song and the general good should not be punished. I personally appreciate when one of my bandmates (besides me) points out rough spots and makes helpful suggestions.

And seniority should have nothing to do with it. Again, that's an ego issue.

I never looked at it that way, however I agree with you.

I was sort if thinking it let's them know I respect them and take my role seriously.
 
As I read my history, being out of a band for only 2 months is not bad.

August to November is 3 months, not 2 months

Perhaps you shouldn't invite people to look more closely at your threads...

According to your posts, you spent from March 2009 to July 2009 auditioning. That's 4 months. Prior to that, you appeared to be someone just getting back into playing after some period by getting involved in trying to get a start-up off the ground...you and your publicist and manager :rolleyes:

You joined a band in July 2009, and that did last approximately a year, in which time you apparently were unsatisfied, playing a total of 9 gigs and suffering booking problems that go along with being in a low-level originals band. Call that "stable" if you like, but being in an unsatisfactory situation for a year isn't what I'd call stable.

From July 2010 to January 2011, you spent 6 months auditioning. You did apparently agree to join a band in that time, but decided against the commute after accepting. In January, you miscounted and called it 5 months "The 5 months of auditioning (since NWR broke up)"

Mid-January to the beginning of August is 7 months, not a year.

So, you've spent 13 months of the last 2 1/2 years auditioning, with a bunch of angst and teeth-gnashing...

You describe your band experiences during this period, in large part, as being unsatisfactory because of lack of frequency of playing out. They also have appeared to contain a fair amount of drama, miscommunication and discord. Not exactly the picture of contentment and stability.
 
Oh snap!

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drpepper said:
August to November is 3 months, not 2 months

Perhaps you shouldn't invite people to look more closely at your threads...

According to your posts, you spent from March 2009 to July 2009 auditioning. That's 4 months. Prior to that, you appeared to be someone just getting back into playing after some period by getting involved in trying to get a start-up off the ground...you and your publicist and manager :rolleyes:

You joined a band in July 2009, and that did last approximately a year, in which time you apparently were unsatisfied, playing a total of 9 gigs and suffering booking problems that go along with being in a low-level originals band. Call that "stable" if you like, but being in an unsatisfactory situation for a year isn't what I'd call stable.

From July 2010 to January 2011, you spent 6 months auditioning. You did apparently agree to join a band in that time, but decided against the commute after accepting. In January, you miscounted and called it 5 months "The 5 months of auditioning (since NWR broke up)"

Mid-January to the beginning of August is 7 months, not a year.

So, you've spent 13 months of the last 2 1/2 years auditioning, with a bunch of angst and teeth-gnashing...

You describe your band experiences during this period, in large part, as being unsatisfactory because of lack of frequency of playing out. They also have appeared to contain a fair amount of drama, miscommunication and discord. Not exactly the picture of contentment and stability.

I'm sticking with 2 months and that my experience has been stable.

But thanks for looking up the history.

bluewine said:
I'm curious why would you spend that amount of time and effort chronicaling my history?

You do know that I'm not famous, right?

blue
 
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