theplumber

Was in a band a few years ago. It became apparent that our set was beyond the vocal ability of the singer. After a torturous gig in which he murdered a few rock classics I sent an email to the band suggesting that it may be time to revamp the set and get some rehearsal time booked. Never mentioned the duff singing at all. In all fairness he was ok on about a third of the set. I got a message back suggesting that the band had played that set for years and were in no hurry to ditch anything. Also I was told don't reinvent the wheel and if I wasn't happy,I knew where the door was.... I sent one word back....SLAM!

Bought a music stand to put the set list on...can't see it when it's on the floor....can't get back up when I bend down to look at it!

Was in a covers band a few years ago and after a few months of weekly practises we had only done 3 gigs...all unpaid! I suggested we all tried contacting local pubs to see if we could get some bookings. I phoned around a bit and after a couple of hours had managed to get bookings in 3 separate pubs. Next practise I turned up and gave the news to the band .One by one they knocked back the pubs saying...''too far away'' and ''shithole'' Ok I said,what have you got? As you can imagine they had nothing. So after a pretty tense practice we had a bit of a chat. I said that if we don't get gigs soon I am going to have to pack it in. They said they would have a meeting the next night when they had more time to chew things over. I decided then and there that I was not going to the meeting. Needless to say the very next morning when I open up our Facebook page I spotted that in the band line up it had been altered to Bass Player ?.........I contacted the singer next day and she said that I had ''Taken the fun out the band''

I'm sure I seen Rod Stewart driving a bus through Glasgow a couple of weeks ago.......

''Unbranded mystique''.........I think I will have some of that!!

I like to go for anything that say's ''Pro'' on it. Like tools ,etc. It make's you better! right?

It was Guy Pratt who played Kiss and Tell as seen on his lockdown videos!

True but at 64 I don't think my vocals will get any better! I could have put the work in and yes it could have led to something else,but it had echos of a similar originals project which faded away after a few months of practise and a gig where the punters were the support band and a guy hired to take pictures! Originals are always a hard sell!

So I answered an advert on Facebook from a guy looking to restart his band after a couple of years break. It was a 3 piece doing mostly original songs in a blues/rock style. A bit of Rory Gallagher/Captan Beefheart. type thing. I liked what I heard on ReverbNation as they have about 40 songs. I was given two covers and 5 originals to learn about 2 weeks ago. I set about learning them and as you know it's always a bit harder to remember songs that you have never heard before! Anyway I met the drummer and singer last night in a practise studio and had an hour and a half of a run over the songs. No issues really,nice guys,good players....couple of things put me off. It looks like it's going to remain a 3 piece,ie guitar bass and drums. The drummer doesn't sing so backing vocals are needed from myself. I have done backing in bands before but usually with others pitching in. The journey was a nightmare in the Glasgow rush hour for a 6pm start at the studio. The drummer works so no chance of and early practice and late ones are pretty much a no no as we all get too tired lol! Anyway there was another guy to try out at 7.30 so I left. They asked me if I was up for it and to have a think about things and they would call later...by the time I had reached the car I decide it was not for me. Been down that road too many times before and I could see my interest dropping off as the band had zero gigs lined up,the drummer was in another busy band and my vocals are deffo not up to scratch! I had to try at at least to see if it would work and I hope I did not waste their time. But I really felt after thinking about it that I could not really be bothered! Apathy...guilty!