4-string-thing Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 [quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327172866' post='1507477'] I politely informed him that I no longer wish to be part of his band. [/quote] I've done that! [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1327173215' post='1507484'] I'd have lured him to a deserted warehouse and shot him in the face. [/quote] I've thought about doing that! [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1327180035' post='1507622'] then slap him with my cock [/quote] Never thought about doing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Some people just get too up tight about stuff. You really have to decide if it's worth the bother. The world is full of prats. I tend to try to avoid them. I do not necessarily exclude myself from the 'prat' classification of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I don't think you even need to ask, mate - if you're not going paid, no-one talks to you like that, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I would have walked just before your third paragraph. You don't need that crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='Mike' timestamp='1327186907' post='1507717'] I don't think you even need to ask, mate - if you're not going paid, no-one talks to you like that, ever. [/quote] Even if I am getting paid, no one talks to me like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_S Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1327180035' post='1507622'] He's supposed to be your friend and he treated you like that? I've have knocked him down a peg or two. If he didn't like it I'd tell him to turn the other cheek... then slap him with my cock [/quote] I'd have knocked him [i]out[/i]. And, to clarify, wouldn't even slap him with a stolen cock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Just so we're clear, here's the plan for dealing with this bloke:[list] [*]OP lures him to a deserted warehouse [*]Politely informs him OP is "no longer in the band" [*]Chrismuzz slaps him with his cock [*]Spike kicks him in the nuts [*]Steve injects his bell-end with mercury [*]Ed S knocks him out [*]I shoot him in the face [*]Jake eats his liver [/list] Followed by live music and disco till 1am. Cash bar, free parking. Tickets £10 in advance (£12 on the door) [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited January 22, 2012 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1327193673' post='1507780'] You forgot the pussy.[/quote] Possibly. I also had to edit for a couple of other suggestions. We'll probably have to improvise the pussy thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSix Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1327193459' post='1507779'] Just so we're clear, here's the plan for dealing with this bloke:[list] [*]OP lures him to a deserted warehouse [*]Politely informs him OP is "no longer in the band" [*]Chrismuzz slaps him with his cock [*]Spike kicks him in the nuts [*]Steve injects his bell-end with mercury [*]Ed S knocks him out [*]I shoot him in the face [*]Jake eats his liver [/list] Followed by live music and disco till 1am. Cash bar, free parking. Tickets £10 in advance (£12 on the door) [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Who's selling the tickets...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='StraightSix' timestamp='1327194107' post='1507787'] Who's selling the tickets...? [/quote] Good point. Thanks for volunteering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OliverBlackman Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1327193459' post='1507779'] Just so we're clear, here's the plan for dealing with this bloke:[list] [*]OP lures him to a deserted warehouse [*]Politely informs him OP is "no longer in the band" [*]Chrismuzz slaps him with his cock [*]Spike kicks him in the nuts [*]Steve injects his bell-end with mercury [*]Ed S knocks him out [*]I shoot him in the face [*]Jake eats his liver [/list] Followed by live music and disco till 1am. Cash bar, free parking. Tickets £10 in advance (£12 on the door) [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] student discount? [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1327193869' post='1507784'] Possibly. I also had to edit for a couple of other suggestions. We'll probably have to improvise the pussy thing. [/quote] i love the image of a group of bass players trying to pickup girls!... errrr i mean cats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) [quote name='blackmn90' timestamp='1327194701' post='1507798'] student discount?[/quote] Please PM all queries to the official ticket agent StraightSix Enterprises. [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited January 22, 2012 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Tell him that you're happy for him to supply sheet music for bass parts for all the songs a week before the concert and you'll attend the final rehearsal the day before the gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 Lol you guys crack me up Good read to wake up to! Glad to hear I definitely did the right thing. Regarding some other questions: - i was asked to play guitar (I do that at a similar sort of standard to bass) - the bass player is his girlfriend (go figure, no idea what she sees in him) - despite being the music guy for a gospel choir he isn't a christian Every time we've seen him he's been bitching about how you can't find the band members these days and 'this musician' won't learn the parts, 'that musician' isn't available when we want to practice... every person he has referenced has been a musician who earns a living from playing gigs and teaching locally. He is an out-of-work sound engineer with a lot of time on his hands who calls off practices at a moment's notice cos he got a job, or cos he wants to go water-skiing, yet throws a wobbly because 'you've got a prior commitment that night'. What bugs me most is not necessarily the attitude, but something some of you have already touched on. He is expecting session level professionalism and ability WITHOUT paying for it, AND without reflecting any of what should be expressed by an employer of such musicians. In fact, scratch that, what bugs me the most is that no-one pulls him up for it. Well I will. And have. What. a. tool. I will have no more to do with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327237237' post='1508060'] I will have no more to do with him. [/quote] Good, but I was hoping to see a bit of cock-slapping. Plenty of other sites for all that, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurfitt Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Shouldn't you have read his emails thoroughly and taken in the information? Pmsl....you were doing it for free and he treated you like that? I'd have given him a Claire Grogan with my headstock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='smurfitt' timestamp='1327237981' post='1508079']Shouldn't you have read his emails thoroughly and taken in the information?[/quote] Absolutely, and I did, and there were holes in the information - massively gaping holes that I would get blamed for by this egomaniac. Not only that but the info was drip fed, unclear, and seemed to change with every message. I work at a law firm - the core skill is attention to detail and knowing when info is missing or incorrect and working out what should be said/shouldn't be said. This guy would have got labelled as a 'bad client' very early on from the start if it was work! Johnston, yup, I hear you. I have asked the same question (i.e. 'why hasn't someone cock-slapped him sooner' but wrapped up in something slightly more palatable). But that isn't a story for this thread and certainly not for the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 How many members are there in this band? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I like what you did there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 According to him? 4 until i dropped out... officially? him and his girlfriend. I just want to ask him 'have you ever thought that MAYBE the reason you can't find any musicians to play with you is that no-one WANTS to play with you?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327172866' post='1507477'] .......................I asked what he wanted me to work on first before a practice, and he informed me that he wants me to learn them EXACTLY as recorded and perfect them to a T before a first practice, otherwise what's the point.............................. ......................... He informs me he refuses to schedule a gig until he thinks the band is ready........................ Since then, he's had another couple of massive rants, expecting me to attend a rehearsal within a days notice, and insisting there will be no provisional gig til a practice. I've now been given an updated set list numbering 30 tracks, and he's not clarified which ones I'm meant to learn verbatim, create parts for, or ignore. I asked for him to specify, he said he mentioned this in an earlier email, I respond with 'what about the new ones' and his response his 'I've already explained all this numerous times in detail I refuse to do it again'. [/quote] All you need is, to hear about the $50 fine for playing a bum note & you have a perfect James Brown tribute act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademan_98 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327242657' post='1508196'] I just want to ask him 'have you ever thought that MAYBE the reason you can't find any musicians to play with you is that no-one WANTS to play with you?' [/quote] I know a few people like that Sadly they don't / can't / won't believe it is their fault...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted January 22, 2012 Author Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1327242891' post='1508201'] All you need is, to hear about the $50 fine for playing a bum note & you have a perfect James Brown tribute act. [/quote] at least with James Brown there is (would have been, rather) a level of improv and not so much about the notes and more about hitting the pocket hard. This guy wanted syncopated drum fills and unison lines at a moment's notice, when he himself couldn't clearly explain it to you. Well, I've made my stance clear, and I won't be accepting any invites to play with him in the future unless I get an apology *safe to say THAT won't happen* OR I get to call some shots... or I get paid by the hour according to my actual job's charge out rate. That would DEFINITELY satisfy me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime_BASS Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 [quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1327242657' post='1508196'] According to him? 4 until i dropped out... officially? him and his girlfriend. I just want to ask him 'have you ever thought that MAYBE the reason you can't find any musicians to play with you is that no-one WANTS to play with you?' [/quote] It would seem the common denominator would be that he is a mahooosive fag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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