Just quit…big sell off incoming

[AndyTravis]

Howdy.

 

Not quitting bass, but have just announced to the band that the next gig in September will be my last with them.

 

There’s a lot more behind me knocking it on the head than just being fed up…

 

I just don’t think, after 2 years that I want to be in a band with them anymore. We’ve been recording an album and It’s taken an age and the bickering and differences of opinion are taking their toll.

 

I choose to do this, I’m not earning from it and it’s starting to feel like I should choose to not do it anymore…anyhow.

 

The gear I own is solely down to “need” for the band.

 

So I’m not overly attached to much of it.

 

I’m going to set up sales threads for each part, probably 20 pedals and about 10 basses.

 

I’m starting a project with a fellow basschatter and will just share music online - no plans to gig after September. 
 

Doing that “falling out of love with music” thing I seem to do every 4/5 years.

 

Keep your eyes peeled x

[Beedster]

All pat of the cycle mate, you'll shed a skin, find something new, and acquire a new skin. I'm on my 5th or 6th now 👍

[AndyTravis]

Just now, Beedster said:

All pat of the cycle mate, you'll shed a skin, find something new, and acquire a new skin. I'm on my 5th or 6th now 👍

Yeah, I’m in my 3rd or 4th mode of this.

 

I haven’t got the time for the shite I used to tolerate just to be “in a band” anymore.

 

It’s a choice to be in a band, to wade through weeks of nonsense just to make hours of music makes no sense to me.

 

I don’t really need a band as such. Wish I’d learned how to sing 😆

[Lozz196]

I get where you’re coming from Andy - and I’m sure we all do - many years ago I left a couple of bands due to this, where it wasn’t adding anything to my life anymore but taking stuff away from it. 

[AndyTravis]

Mrs T said “it’s draining you”

 

and I completely agree.

 

I’ve somehow become the bands guidance counsellor and I haven’t got it in me anymore.

 

a real shame, some good music has happened but the inch pinching rows have done me in.

 

I really don’t care enough.

[Beedster]

3 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Yeah, I’m in my 3rd or 4th mode of this.

 

I haven’t got the time for the shite I used to tolerate just to be “in a band” anymore.

 

It’s a choice to be in a band, to wade through weeks of nonsense just to make hours of music makes no sense to me.

 

I don’t really need a band as such. Wish I’d learned how to sing 😆

 

It's taken me 30 years to find the right band, and in doing so I've realised how much I need a band, and how much shite was going on in my bands previously. I've joined around 30 bands, left 28 of them for the same reasons as you, and the other because had I stayed I'd have ended up a junkie. My current thing started as a way to catch up with mates, have a beer or two, and play some tunes, but it's working beautifully.

 

Bands are like relationships, you just never know which one's going to work 👍 

[Doctor J]

Been here, life's too short. Filter it down to what you enjoy and keep doing that. For me, it's writing and recording, love it, all the joy of new music with none of the baggage of being stuck in bands with people who need to sort their f***ing lives out.