band members are plotting to remove one of us... suggestions sought

[Kyndainverse]

3 hours ago, BigRedX said:

IME the less serious the band is the worse the band politics are. 

Sayre's law "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake."

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

When the fun stops stop 

[Beedster]

5 hours ago, BigRedX said:

IME the less serious the band is the worse the band politics are. 

 

Ha ha, I very nearly said just the same yesterday, one low-talent/high-ego member is manageable, but four of them.........  

[Sean]

Everyone's experience is different but my solution to this problem is to walk away and let them get on with it. You don't need that level of cr4p in your life. 

[12stringbassist]

It is a very unsettling situation and I've never been happy with bandmates going plotting behind other people's backs, having been the victim of that kind of thing, after playing with a couple of very slippery people in the past.

Gettng your bandmates to be open and honest about this could blow the whole band apart.
Could your existing member improve?
Why the wait until the new year to replace him?

I would at least say you're not entirely comfortable with the way it is being done and that the wait to try the new person makes you nervous.

Good luck.

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I'm so glad that I'm in a band without any of this kind of BS.

 

 

— Unless they're plotting to oust me behind my back of course.