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To be blunt, there's a lot of excuse-making there (on behalf of your bandmates, not you mate!)..Smacks, to me, of a bunch of people who know they aren't up to the task in hand and don't want to put their necks on the line and have their fears confirmed.
I get that they are nervous, but if you are to be a band on any level whatsoever, you MUST be able to get ready for a 45-60 minute gig with no excuses and no fannying about. If you can't do that, don't join a band.
My advice? Get another band, dude!
The thing about it being a "Rock venue" and they might get "bottled or booed off stage"? Utter, utter drivel. Even if rock fans were that small-minded (and I don't believe the kind of people who take time to go out and see live bands ARE that small-minded), the worst that happens when people aren't into your band is that they walk off back to the bar, or nip out for a fag and a chat to their mates, or they go home, or they have a chat at full volume whilst you're trying to nail the quite bits in Silent Lucidity or whatever.. Bottled off?
Nah, you're not Daphne and Celeste at the Reading Festival!
As for the "I can't sing Motown, I'm not black!".....yeaaaah, cos Dan Akroyd and John Belushi were dead spits for Aretha Franklin too, right.....?
Look ... here is the evidence ...
Songs that the singer wants in / has brought in.
Songs that the bassist and I can play and have played in current or previous incarnations of this band, but have been / will be ditched as the singer can't / won't sing them. Or, with a few, because the drummer can't play them.
Read it and weep.
In (recent)
Out (recent and historic)
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No only do I make @PolarityMan right, but I would go a bit further -
TBH I have watched all of the videos along with my wife. I did when you first posted them and I almost posted something but avoided it for the risk of upsetting a forumite who was looking for positive critique - which can obviously be a debatable and touchy area. Here's how I saw it then and still do, but now I am going to post it as I think it might actually help you currently rather than give you more to worry about.
Really I felt before reading your posts today and still feel now that the bass player and yourself are wasting your time and talent. I honestly think than even if you lived on an Island with only 6 residents you wouldn't struggle to improve the other two areas of your line up.
I hope it all goes well for you as I know how frustrating things can be, but never be afraid of taking a step backwards in order to move forward long term, as @monquixote's recent band history can confirm.
Just my opinion, but your singer isn't great, certainly not worth hanging onto with the other problems that come attached. From the videos she's the weakest link.
We all have to make sacrifices and back down at times just for an easy life if the outcome us worth it - but I dont think your singer is good enough to compromise this much for.
I'd leave with the bass player, find a drummer and meet up with the 'new' singer. Just my opinion but I wouldnt waste any more time. I reckon it will happen eventually regardless.
UPDATE
The band has now been disbanded.
The bass player & I have decided, after several extremely fraught weeks of concern and anxiety, that it is better to write off the time already spent, than to continue to spend time on something we know won't be as good as we expect or want, no matter how much time we give it.
The deciding factors for me ...
The band wouldn't take the gigs I arranged
The singer couldn't learn new songs quickly enough, if at all
I have no regrets and it feels like a weight has been lifted.
Time to start all over again.
Or seek a position as a 'jobbing guitarist' with no responsibility and no decisions to make - just turn up and play.
Or quit chasing the dream of playing in a band and just concentrate on duo acoustic work with my wife singing.
I am genuinely appreciative of all the time each and every contributor made to this discussion. If I have not thanked you personally with a reply, I wish to thank each and every one of you now. Your comments and insight / perspectives have been more helpful than you know. And will continue to be helpful in to the future also.
Cheers one and all!
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you mean copy / paste this one?
http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/535777/#Comment_535777