Why are band dynamics so delicate?

[Peteyboy]

I don't know who was the band leader in Queen, was it Mercury? For The Band it was certainly Robertson.

I don't disagree with you but The Band was Levon Helm's until he acquired a taste for junk and Robertson took over. Took advantage some say. Delicate band dynamic for sure.

 

[callofcthulhu]

Yes, but who was the leader?

I don't know who was the band leader in Queen, was it Mercury? For The Band it was certainly Robertson.

After all, Ellington had multiple writers in the band: Tizol, Strays, Hodges, and several others - but Duke was the band leader, made the decisions. Basie hardly ever wrote anything but you know who was the leader. As I noted above, Lennon and McCartney were the co-leaders of the Beatles even though George and even Ringo made meaningful creative contributions. Elvis hardly ever wrote any songs, but he was the leader of his band.

But my point wasn't really whether the band leader is the one doing all the writing and arranging - my point was that this theoretical utopia of a cooperative band where the decisions both creative and commercial are made by consensus, is almost always a fantasy, rarely ever exists in reality, and trying to structure your band to look like it willl generally not end well.

Centralizing the business aspect is a whole different thing, and wasn't mentioned by the OP nor in your post I quoted.

 

[allexcosta]

Change style. Rock musicians have huge egos.

 

[Amano]

Change style. Rock musicians have huge egos.

Try jazz with vocalists and pure soloists like brass players. They maybe a bit more subtile in the end there is no difference.

 

[wysiwyg248]

Life is too short to worry about these things, practice double of what you normally do and look for diffent band mates.

 

[BassDad1964]

Because it's like having 3-4 romantic relationships at the same time.

Except no one is having sex (presumably) so there ain't much reason to stay and hang when you get belittled and dismissed.

Seriously though......the questions you asked here should have been asked of your bandmates first.