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'undermining' keyboardists 'authority' what would you do in my position?

#81
lowfreq33 said:
Yeah, don't waste one more second on those people.
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#88
Gravedigger Dav said:
No offense intended. It was all just weird. Like the bass player. If he had no intention of participating, why did he even show up.
There isn't a guy in your band named Jack Nicholson or a big Native American guy that doesn't talk much, is there?
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I don't know why he returned or what his thought process was but it was really odd that he came despite him not wanting to have anything to do with the band.

And no fraid not aha

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#89
Remyd said:
They sandbagged you with a request to provide gear that you don't even have?

I don't like any part of that sentence. Musicians need to have an instrument. It doesn't even need to be a nice one - just SOMETHING.

"Yeah, I'm still the concertmaster of the London Symphony, but they might have this violin to use, so I don't even need to buy one. "
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They don't have any gear at all which I find very odd, I would have at least expected them to have some starter gear but I found there was was nothing. I think from now on I'm just going to walk off whenever someone says "I don't have gear but--" but nothing.

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#93
Kragnorak said:
Is your college like the American high school, and then you go on to "uni" afterwards?

The bass player thing is creepy:

I'm honestly picturing the keyboardist as a sociopath that threatened this guy "I'm gonna tell your Puritan parents that you're playing SINFUL MUSIC in a band that glorifies SEX and SATAN if you don't re-join my ... er, OUR ... band!"

Many people in this thread are confused about why this grand reunion in the park went on so long; I'm guessing that this is the famed British manners in action? Because that was a good moment to RAGEQUIT spectacularly to take pressure off the bassist! You can still take this route in the future if need be... ;) I understand that there are teens in the band which is why I understand the drummer wanting to hang with his mates rather than shake the boat, but I've got a motto "stoopid people gotta learn" which means that blowing up every bit of the keybiatch's desires will teach all of them to think twice before stepping on people in the future (or going along with those that do).
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Yes the college thing is correct. And the worst part is that it's a pop covers band so I can't really imagine many people claiming it's sinful but each to their own.

Aha british manners? I don't think so. They just kept repeating themselves as to why the bassist should return and why I should give my gear. The rest was waiting for the keyboardist, guitarist and drummer to turn up. Drummer never came in the end. Meeting lasted about an hour tops.

I wish I had the patience to stick it out and blow up the keyboardists desires but I'd much rather go do something else. Anything else.

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#96
HolmeBass said:
Another vote to leave. I have dealt with situations like that, when I was young (in my 20's). What I didn't realize then was that it would have been fine to not be in that band, and that eventually another opportunity would come around.

On the other hand, I might not have learned so many valuable lessons about what not to do, and how not to be, to be successful in a band if I hadn't swallowed my pride and stuck it out. But you already have other opportunities, don't waste another precious second with that keyboard player.
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Aha yeah I forgot that it'd be fine not to be there. In fact I'd be much better off. Preserve my sanity and not have to buy them gear.

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#97
Uncle Psychosis said:
Erm, it is absolutely not the norm for British people to be scared of dogs.

Other than that, run for the hills. It sounds like the setup for some kind of terrible sitcom.
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Definitely not most British people but a lot of the people in my area do seem to be. I don't quite understand it myself. But not all British people. I should have been more clear when I previously stated so.

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#98
4stringNaeem said:
Aha yeah I forgot that it'd be fine not to be there. In fact I'd be much better off. Preserve my sanity and not have to buy them gear.

Thanks for commenting and sharing your experience
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If it's a requirement that YOU buy the gear...walk away. Never worth it...especially if they have the money but feel too entitled to do it themselves. Not people I'd want to be associated with in any situation.
 
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