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Was this a d!(% move?

#23
Hi,

I'm sure you wish your friends well. Wouldn't they rather have a bassist in the band who shares their musical tastes? Wouldn't they rather have someone in the band who enjoys the music they want to play? If they have hijacked the band and insist on taking over the repertoire, they really haven't left you much choice. If money was involved, if they were paying you to be a hired gun/sideman, then I would stick around for as long as I was obligated, collect my pay, and then give notice. But this doesn't sound like that kind of situation. If this is just a casual throw-together band for a party then I wouldn't worry. If you are going to get grief from your co-workers, just be up front with them. It's better you left sooner than later. It would have been much more awkward later after they started gigging, if they ever start gigging. I don't know what the music scene is like there or how prepared your ensemble will be to put on a show.

I hope the situation doesn't cause any undue stress at work. Just tell everybody what happened. You started the group to do one thing. The group was hijacked and started doing something else that you were not on board with. Hopefully people will understand. I wish you all the best.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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#24
Trauma said:
Exceedingly novice-to-mediocre bassist here with 3 years experience in a regularly gigging reggae band. In February....

What say you?
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Quit. And stay quit. 3 guitarists is 2 too many. You have been infested with metal wankers. They're not musicians, they're guitarists.

Start another band, or join one that's playing music you want to play.

This is the first of many, many, quits you can enjoy. Bask in it.
 
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Trauma said:
aaaand, according to a close coworker, the expected trash talking has begun... mild, at least for now
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Guitarists trash talking the bass player? Yup, this is the same universe I went to sleep in last night.

Seriously, I doubt that *just* started. Maybe they just just started not being afraid if you knew...

You gotta think like them.
You have 2 less strings than they do, therefore you can't possibly be as intelligent and cool as they are, otherwise you'd be playing guitar too!
And no one likes to take orders from an inferior. (Metal-head logic.)
 
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#34
To some metalheads the bass is just something that doubles their awesome guitar lines at a slightly (only just) bassier sound. If these guys are of that kind you don't want to be in their (yes, it's now theirs) band. ;)

And don't worry about any trash talking, that usually just makes the trash talker the trash.
 
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#35
Hi,

swamp_bass said:
As others have said, it might be a good thing not to be part of the band that runs everyone out of the party with 3 ear splitting shredding guitars as they dish out the metal apocalypse. The trash talk around the office might be on that trainwreck in the weeks following the party.
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Oh! I didn't think about that. Sure, the other band members may trash talk you around the office now. But after the party the whole office will be trash talking all those guitar players. Bwaa haa haa haa haa haaaaaa!
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Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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