gub Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 We auditioned a poss 2nd guitarist last night and was the strangest experience! , we had sent him the Set list a while ago , all pretty standard rock covers ( you know the score ) then we would ask him if he was ok to have a run through this song and he would say yes and then we would do the whole song start to Finnish without him playing a note !! And would look at the floor , 1st time it happened we didn't really say anything about it as we were all a bit of loss as what to say but then the 2 songs later he was doing the same , we managed to get out of him that he didn't play as he would just play same as the other guitar player so didn't play ! Any way we ended up cutting it short and he left without a goodbye or anything ! Very strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushers Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 maybe he was just super shy or just didnt bother learning any of the songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='mushers' timestamp='1340730673' post='1708810'] maybe he was just super shy or just didnt bother learning any of the songs[/quote] Could be! Or perhaps he's mentally ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Deluded nutter. Get 'em all the time round here. Saw some bloke advertising himself as a singer - "I can't sing the words and keep up with the music but it can't be difficult, can it?" Keep searching and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1340730936' post='1708820'] Deluded nutter. Get 'em all the time round here.[/quote] Certainly do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sounds like he only realized he was out of his depth once the audition started. We had a similar one, we gave the guy two months to start learning tunes from CDs , the first time he played with us his sat there doing nothing...."Er can you write me out a chord chart?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Plausible I suppose. We have 2 guitarists, and they take it in turns to do solo's, but work out parts on songs that were'nt specificaly written for two guitars so they are playing two complimentary parts. Maybe he was perfectly proficient but felt outclassed by your current guitarist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1340731417' post='1708834'] ...we gave the guy two months to start learning tunes from CDs , the first time he played with us his sat there doing nothing... "Er can you write me out a chord chart?"[/quote] I just don't get it, what was he thinking? Would anyone here turn up for an audition without learning the audition tracks backwards and forwards and expect to be taken seriously?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 How odd. ...are you sure he wasn't actually a drummer at the wrong gig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 This isn't really all that strange. A stranger audition would have been if your drummer had gotten out from behind his kit/escape his cage, walked into the middle of the space and said: [i]Go on then, son, get yer cock out.[/i] Really f***ing strange, as we all know drummers are incapable of forming structurally sound sentences. Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushers Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 has he called you yet to see if he got the spot ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1340733592' post='1708894'] A stranger audition would have been if your drummer had gotten out from behind his kit/escape his cage, walked into the middle of the space and said: [i]Go on then, son, get yer cock out.[/i] [/quote] Is that not normal then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1340733962' post='1708907'] Is that not normal then? [/quote] Beat me to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1340734803' post='1708930'] Beat me to it! [/quote] ...and certainly explains why we both have so many friends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderider Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 i never auditioned for bands as i thought i wern good enough.......turns out....IM FOOKIN GREAT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 There's probably a chap posting on Guitarchat right now about this strange audition he went to where the band thought they needed a second guitarist, but when they played there was no room in the arrangement for him to add a second guitar part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dom in Dorset Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1340736415' post='1708967'] There's probably a chap posting on Guitarchat right now about this strange audition he went to where the band thought they needed a second guitarist, but when they played there was no room in the arrangement for him to add a second guitar part... [/quote] almost exactly what once happened to my brother, went to an audition as lead guitarist, the band blasted through several songs leaving no gaps for him to fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 We auditioned a guitarist like that once. Hardly played a note all night but stood looking in awe at the guitarist (who's actually a drummer in the main - but a darned talented b@$+@rd!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subbeh Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Had an awkward rehearsal with a guy who said he was into and could play all the stuff in our set. I though things were looking good when he whipped out his vintage Gibson, unfortunately the only song he could play was a shaky version of All right now. Pretty bloody annoying and fairly awkward when we asked him to leave ater twenty minutes. Still the one song he could play was better than the drummer we auditioned who couldn't actually play at all. He really couldn't and I'm not convinced he'd ever actually sat at a drum kit before. Christ knows who was playing on the tape he gave us but it certainly wasn't him. He also brought along his other half, presumably to impress her with his drumming prowess. He walked out in a sulk when our guitarist took the sticks off and tried to show him how to keep a beat in4/4 time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 We had an audition like that, the guy sent us mp3s of his playing, kind of Petrucci/Malmsteen widdly widdly. He had a couple of weeks ot learn three of our tunes which weren't really hard at all. Apart from having so much reverb on that he sounded like he was playing from the bottom of a very deep cave, he just couldn't play. He clearly wasn't the fella on the mp3. When we went through one of our tunes he played the intro riff (very badly) and kept playing it all the way through the verse and chorus, at which point the drummer had to stop after dissolving into a fit of giggles. There are a lot of crazy people out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1340733592' post='1708894']...as we all know drummers are incapable of forming structurally sound sentences. Am I right? [/quote] Strike one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 We auditioned a drummer who, when asked to explain the large missing bits in the drumming, explained 'I haven't managed to get my arms & legs working together yet........' G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gub Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Well we had a text saying it wasn't for him , he has seen us live a few times so would have thought he would come to this conclusion before wasting everyone's time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL POSTERS Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1340733592' post='1708894'] walked into the middle of the space and said: [i]Go on then, son, get yer cock out.[/i] [/quote] You promised it would be our little secret and you'd never tell anybody about that... Edited June 26, 2012 by BRANCINI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1340745114' post='1709145'] Strike one... [/quote] Have a nice day [quote name='BRANCINI' timestamp='1340748624' post='1709228'] You promised it would be our little secret and you'd never tell anybody about that... [/quote] What't this [i]little [/i]business? I thought we both agreed it was the biggest secret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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