mikegatward

Another vote for the polytune. Added bonus is that it's easy to read from above. Big bonus if you're on the verge of needing reading glasses

A slightly different slant on auditions. My band lost it's singer so I advertised in the usual places. From the small number of replies, I invited a guy to the next rehearsal and gave him the current set list and said to try out 3 or 4 numbers. So we all turn at the rooms at the usual time except for the drummer. I introduce everyone to the new guy and then say "Where's Ivan ?" (drummer). Turns out Ivan is trawling round Leeds trying to find a spare key for the rooms cos he's lost his. And yes, he's the only key holder. She's very sheepish when he lands back to tell us there's no key. Very embaressing with a new guy in tow so I apologise profusely and suggest we go for a pint. The net result is a very positive and productive hour spent getting to know the guy and him getting to know is. There's clearly a personality fit and a fit in terms of musical taste. Of course we've not heard him sing yet. But next week, he'll turn up in a less nervous state than he would have done having at least got to know us beforehand. Hopefully, we'll all get the best out of it. I think we'll do any future 'auditions' this way. I know people will say some of this can be sorted on the phone beforehand but invariably the contact tends to be between the applicant and the advert placer - not the rest of the band