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Well there's another band gone down the shitter.
Seven months in, and just as we're about to start gigging.
Why can't people just behave decently.
Grrrr.
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Feel for you mate, surely it 'should' be a lot easier than other seem to make it sometimes.
I was in a band for 18 months or so, and we only managed 4 gigs! At the beginning of this year, I took the step of leaving as it was clear that some of the members weren't quite as committed as others, even though they said they were. Actions speak louder than words sometimes! Once I left, it became apparent that others felt the same and the band collapsed, just at the point where we were being asked to do 2 weddings. We couldn't guarantee that the band would still exist later in the year so we had to turn them down. I've just been sounded out about another wedding, but unfortunately, I don't have a band anymore.....which is a big bummer!
Good luck in finding something else though, fingers crossed the next bunch are a bit more decent!
I obviously don't know what happened, but get gigging sooner.
Seven months is a long time for just rehearsing, and that's when people can start to get pissed off with each other or jaded.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Just my two cents
Totally agree - An originals band is a totally different kettle of fish, isn't it?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Got you. Feeling your pain - been there too. Sucks big time.
It takes dedication. Much more than "Oh, Thursdays is band night for three hours..."
Bollocks to that. You should be getting together every weekend to do stuff, regardless of kids, family, and all that. If you can't do it, then you shouldn't be in a band. It really is that simple. I am really tired of seeing musicians approach live music in a haphazard and half-hearted fashion. Just fuck off. You're not adding to the live music scene at all. You're killing it with your apathy and eagerness to compromise.
The same can be said of the audience.
Not aimed at anyone in particular. I've just seen lazy musicians complain for too many years to be able to sit back and nod my head in tacit agreement. No.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The reason I think this is different for a covers band is that the material is already laid out for you and all you have to do is learn your part, subject to the odd key change or arrangement issue (e.g. agreeing on an ending for a song where the record fades out). When I say months of rehearsal are not required, I'm not saying "just throw something together, that'll do"..I'm saying that competent musicians should be disciplined enough with their own time to study and learn their parts (and communicate between themselves) so that they don't have to play the same songs repeatedly together in a room they are paying for in order to get the songs together.
Doesn't mean there's no work involved, but for me homework is more vital in this case than studio time, whereas for an originals band both are equally important, as you say.
Guitarists are ten a penny, decent singers are the tricky bit, especially a decent singer who is also a good frontman, and to me that's the difference between a good covers band and a great one.
I have sometimes wondered if a tribute band is in some ways the simplest. You have a finite pool of songs you can make your set list from and once you know who you are ( I'll be George, you be John, etc)you know what you have to learn as well. How musically simple of course depends on who you are tributing. Or maybe it's just a different set of headaches.