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Why I NEVER Vent On Here About Band Problems
- Thread starter JimmyM
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Rabbit holes don't derail threads, people derail threads.
Hi Manti 
Wow! That' s
When I think about the threads you posted e.g. "pay to play" or the the thread(s) about your drummer
You were never the bad guy on your threads!
Internet has two faces! A good one and a bad one.
Heads up! And
!!!
greetings
Wise(b)ass
Wow! That' s
When I think about the threads you posted e.g. "pay to play" or the the thread(s) about your drummer
You were never the bad guy on your threads!
Internet has two faces! A good one and a bad one.
Heads up! And
!!!greetings
Wise(b)ass
You were never the bad guy on your threads!
how do folks accomplish that? what's the secret? (asking for a friend.)
easy, simply include a small-print disclaimer
No the pay to play stuff I don’t care because believe me I said it to their faces. Also I wouldn’t mind at all if they read the feedback.Hi Manti
Wow! That' s
When I think about the threads you posted e.g. "pay to play" or the the thread(s) about your drummer
You were never the bad guy on your threads!
Internet has two faces! A good one and a bad one.
Heads up! And
greetings
Wise(b)ass
But yeah the drummer thing. Someone in the thread was like “I just saw your band and he wasn’t that bad.” That made me feel kind of dumb. Word to the wise. Also, he really just needed a good
monitor to hear the band I think. It bothers me that he fell out at shows more than once and said he couldn’t hear the band yet did not take steps to properly monitor the band. I don’t think it was his skill as much as not making the effort to be able to hear the band.
But I digress. If you post about your band, assume one of your fans is reading it. Or they are. Seriously.
It’s funny how we are never the bad guys in the anecdotes staring us! Bias? Impossible!
cannot be combined with other offers. in rare cases: may cause death. it's all done with one mirror!
Oh the irony... A rabbit hole about rabbit holes...
No, it's more like I get this sort of manic energy that I never get unless I'm playing music, and it bugs people. And I'll talk into the mic when I should be talking in person. Also I'm usually the songwriter (nowadays more like riff writer), and I either have a finished product in my head, or I'm dicking around trying to find one, and both of these things are annoying.
TB folks like cats!
I never get likes when I post a rabbit!
Wuse(b)ass
Greetings All,
I like cats.
Just can't finish a whole one.
Absolutely true.
Same applies for joining TB for that matter.
Anyway, great post by JimmyM and to add on that, I'm not a fan of naming Gitarists "ritards" and something similar for drummers either.
I understand the urge to rant and to vent, but still, hey, respect and looking in the mirror and all that...
I skipped ahead as usual, just to say thank you Jimmy. I for one will be more circumspect about my postings.
Tom
Tom
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Stick with me. The road gets bumper the farther you go.Long way to go for that joke
Hi Jimmy
Finally! Page 11!
The drummer has been fired, which makes me sad! I like him!
(I won 't take a drummer to a restaurant but still…)
The BL hired a guitarist who auditioned with a 10 W practice amp (the only one who wasn 't loud)
And the keyboarder who is vegan and doesn' t drink started to sample my sounds.
Rock & Roll stopped to smell funny!
thx for the thread!
Wise(b)ass
Finally! Page 11!
The drummer has been fired, which makes me sad! I like him!
(I won 't take a drummer to a restaurant but still…
)The BL hired a guitarist who auditioned with a 10 W practice amp (the only one who wasn 't loud)
And the keyboarder who is vegan and doesn' t drink started to sample my sounds.
Rock & Roll stopped to smell funny!
thx for the thread!
Wise(b)ass
I like this probably more than I should, especially since I have
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Speaking as a sometime drummer, if I was your drummer, the dis is probably true.
As far as a drummer not being able to hear the rest of the band, it depends on the music up to a point. It's far better if everyone can hear everyone else. There have been time when I cannot hear one or more other band members. That happens both as a bass player and as a drummer. It's frustrating, but you get through it by sticking to the groove as you know it, as best you can. Especially as the drummer, you are keeping the time and being a clock for most, but not all, music. Keep looking around to pick up other cues when you can, and listen to as much as you can actually hear. Do that well and it's less of an issue. It's even worse in a boomy room, but so it goes.
