Band advice

[beej]

Yep.What Kev said.

 

[Craiguitar]

Yep, The minute it stops being fun, get out of there. It's not like being a kid at school where you're forced to put up with those around you. You can extracate yourself from a negative situation, much as it feels like a loss at the time, you'll thank yourself later on. I have done this, and believe me, I'm in a much better place now band-wise.

 

[Gio_Force_One]

The singer and I were the originals and he pretty much said he's staying and if your done good luck no hard feelings . Even though I put 7 months in before these other people . Right now there's a bunch of 45 year olds all excited cause the Facebook page has 200 likes . I don't get it it's seems more about image and Facebook now than it does music .
And as for the girl singer I feel bad for her cause she was so excited to be part of this she went and bought ear monitors was doing the web page and Twitter account . And now it's hey your not pretty enough bye.

 

[mikeller]

Sorry Gio - sucks that some people so serious that it supersedes reality and is destructive to others.

FWIW - your gear is fine and Line6 Helix isn't exactly traditional country gear either. Spend a few days in Nashville on music row - plenty of stellar playing and entertainment, and grab and go amp in one-hand, pedalboard in the other and a gig bag on the shoulder.

I am very fortunate in my musical situation - there hasn't been band drama in years. We do have an occasional meeting over pizza and beer, several social gatherings over the year and often have chit-chat for the 1st hour or so of practice in a paid space. We all have a great friendship off and on the stage and a mutual respect for each-other.

 

[kestrou]

Gio,

Well... how good of a singer is this gal? If she's got pretty good pipes, then maybe build a band starting with just you and her?

You'll both have the benefit of a bad experience to know the kind of crap you DON'T want to get in to!

Kevin

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

I play in bands for fun, and I've stopped playing with groups where there was too much drama or disagreement as to what direction to go in. Sometimes it's a one-shot deal, where I know it won't work during the first jam session, and other times it takes a while before it stops being fun. Around 8 years back I was in a side project that did a bunch of gigs and wrote a ton of material in preparation for an album - the drummer, bassist, and I found out that the singer wanted to use us to write and then record as his studio band so he could go out on his own. The 3 of us jumped ship together and found a great singer who more than fits with us, and have now been together approximately 4 years. The upcoming gig on Saturday is going to be a blast, I'm trying out a hot-rodded SBMM Majesty.

My main band has been together for 18 years and we are more of a family now than just band mates. While we do have some fantastic arguments at times because some are more outspoken than others, and views on certain things in the world may be extremely different, at the end of it all we are basically brothers in the band.

If it's not fun, get out.

 

[kbaim]

Once bands break up, what you're left with hopefully is
1. Recorded music
2. Some live performance memories
3. Some amazing lifelong friendships unlike any others you're likely to have.

Take away at least one of these, and hopefully all 3.
Even if it means staying together a bit longer to get one of them.

If you feel unlikely to get even 1, move on either by yourself or with some of the pieces

 

[benoa]

Read page 1, haven't read all of page 2, but I've been into band drama so many times in the past 15 years. Right now I'm on a well deserved break (and building a somewhat soundproof room in my house). With over 24 years with the same woman, a band is way more complicated than a marriage. Trust me!

Anyway, if it's your band, just simply kick him out.

 

[ksandvik]

PRS , Suhr, and line 6 helix

That was indeed funny comparing a Line 6 Helix to an JCM800. Oh boy.

 

[Slater]

The singer and I were the originals and he pretty much said he's staying and if your done good luck no hard feelings . Even though I put 7 months in before these other people ...

It's seeming like the singer and you can be the new originals (Spinal Tap reference ). In band lifespan, 7 months is nothing. In the long run, you'll be much happier forming a band with a few more people with like-minded goals.

 

[Gio_Force_One]

That was indeed funny comparing a Line 6 Helix to an JCM800. Oh boy.

hey well you know line 6 and jcm 800 are very close. lol

 

[Gio_Force_One]

It's seeming like the singer and you can be the new originals (Spinal Tap reference ). In band lifespan, 7 months is nothing. In the long run, you'll be much happier forming a band with a few more people with like-minded goals.

I know it isnt that long howeverthe male singer and i have known each other for a long time and have played in bands before. its one of the reasons i'm so surprised about how he has gone about this.

 

[Magic Jason]

Ain't fun? Run!

 

[Gio_Force_One]

Ain't fun? Run!

simple, to the point , GREAT ADVICE!!!!!!

 

[Jack FFR1846]

PRS , Suhr, and line 6 helix

Johnny Hiland played PRS for a long time. He's about as country as it gets.....even though he's from Maine.

 

[Gio_Force_One]

Johnny Hiland played PRS for a long time. He's about as country as it gets.....even though he's from Maine.

most of the country artists I see now have PRS , we need to get some EBMM in some of these guys hands.

 

[benoa]

simple, to the point , GREAT ADVICE!!!!!!

+1

 

[Gio_Force_One]

Not sure what changed but i got this today,

" Fyi we were talking about it , your right everything will stay the same. we are not rock stars. just letting you know."

Not sure what they actually talked about I wasn't included , I also havent anything since this text I got this morning. so I guess we shall see

 

[Wahoonc]

Sounds like the rest of the band shut him down.