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Trying to find new drummer...

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I play in a band called Total Posers (mostly classic rock and pop-punk covers, some originals). We've been together for about 3 years. We were kind of on hiatus for the last few months of 2003 (I got married, guitarist got new job, etc). Anyway, we haven't heard from our drummer since at least November. Doesn't return our calls, never picks up his phone, doesn't answer e-mail, etc. Basically I get the feeling he is too busy with classes to be in the band. He was always somewhat unreliable to begin with anyway, but he was a good drummer so we stuck it out.

So we've been looking for a new drummer for almost a month now, with no luck. Put up flyers, been asking people in other bands, etc. Nothing has come up. No calls or anything.

The kicker is before we took a break, we were actually becoming somewhat known in the area (we are in the Whitewater, WI area). We had some pretty successful gigs, actually.

Any advice on what to do now?

Thanks.
 
You guys were successful and now you can't even get one response to your ads? Sounds like yet another reason to stay away from Wisconsin and it's music "scene."

My advice is, keep looking -- posting ads, talking to other bands, attending some open mics, but in the meantime, keep jamming. Do you guys get a version of The Entertainer newspaper there in Whitewater? If so, I've gotten the most responses from placing a cheap ad in their paper. Although, I'm still sitting here with my thumb in my ***...

Good luck, bro! BTW, I'm in Appleton.