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"Nobody is really researching robot jokes"
"Nobody is really researching robot jokes"
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
It's hard to find a group where you all gel and have a democracy. There's always some-one with some megalomania, not all bad, a good source of inertia for the band but sometimes they have their own master plan for the band which you don't fit it.
I joined a band a year or so back which I'm still in and love but I've had to fight my corner a lot. They're used to having guitarist who just play what they are told to play and that's that. I'm a lot more creative and strong minded which can cause clashes but it's healthy. Rather than arguing about different parts in the song it becomes a fight to improve the song because we're so passionate about it.
I think it depends how far your strayed from the base line. I have a few solos and melodic riffs in verses but I know when I'm overplaying and when what I'm playing is counteractive to the groove. Most of the time it gets ironed out in practices which is the key thing...it's all about communication of peoples opinions, once you have a healthy mechanism for that it makes everything a lot easier to deal with. When it comes to playing live I improvise but I see the band as a sum of it's parts, it's everything and everyone working together that makes it.
Think of it this way, throw 4 random people together off the street and get them to work together for hours at a time, travel to get there, for no pay and tell them whatever they come up with will be put on public display and judged and you are all accountable...
Being in a band is harder than it seems... you can't gel with everyone so take it on the chin and get posting those classifieds!
I have been sacked once, or replaced by a keyboard player, I was bassist. Pisses you off, but move on.
I left a band once, and tried to do it on good terms, which can also be difficult.
Other guitarist of the band came down and asked me to reconsider etc etc, I said no, nothing personal but its time to move on blah blah , but he kept on an on, and eventually I had to tell him, sorry mate its YOUR guitar playing that's the problem, when he asked what was wrong I said just two things, your lead playing and your rhythm playing !!! Stopped asking anymore after that !
That sucks.
I was once sacked from my own band .. by email.
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