https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:17:16 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/paged/2/#post-328400 Mon, 11 May 2009 22:37:10 +0000
I didn't feel any real nerves at all but there are a couple reasons for that. One, there wasn't many people there and the songs we played I've played for awhile so I didn't really make a glaring mistakes. So that was fun, but I'm not a solo performer and don't want to so I really wanted to bang a few songs with the "band" but our lead guitar player won't play in bars.(That's a whole other story that I had to bore you with the details about)

Anyway the problem with this open mic for me is that I know a bunch of songs but very few people ever seem to know the same songs or playthem the same so it's tough to pull off covers with strangers, what ends up happening is the end up playing some blues progressions which I hate but I have decided to jump in and learn some blues licks to play with them.

The second time I went I got there not expecting to play because I wasn't planning on staying long and ended up singing a few songs. I didn't really feel nervous then either which is strange because I'm very self concious of everything so I'm not sure what the deal is.

We are now working with a replacement guitarist (plus we still have the original) with the plan being that the new guy will learn allt he other guitar players parts so we can play out. We'd like to start doing 3-4 songs a week at the open mic.

We've been working a few more new songs and are slowly getting to around 25 or so now. we could be learning them faster but for some reason it seems to take forever to get one in the line up but we've added three new ones in the last two weeks. Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry, I got a line on you - Spirit and I just want to make love to you - Foghat. If we can keep adding a a song or two evey couple weeks we might be ready soon.

The drummer is going to have a party at his house sometime during the summer so that might be our first "gig" if you can call that a gig.

I posted to you about a possible party with my neighbor this summer too, but I'm not so sure about that now.

Keep in touch and maybe we can hook up again so night and play.]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/paged/2/#post-328400 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/paged/2/#post-328236 Sat, 09 May 2009 22:41:39 +0000
I haven't been around for awhile, so sorry so late getting to this. First, Congratulations! I know your goal was to get out and perform for crowds and you've accomplished that. I remember you expressing many times that you thought that would never happen. But you stuck it out, and through perserverance your dream came true. :D

So step one is accomplished, now you've got to move up to a full gig and getting paid. Just keep going and you'll be there soon. Once you have maybe 40 songs you are ready. And that Open Mic is the place to start. If the owner likes you, tell him (or her) you want a paying gig on Friday or Saturday night. You'll get it. When you get that, get on a rotation every other month or so. And all these clubs pay attention to each other, once you've played a few gigs your name will get around and it will be easy to pick up gigs at other clubs. This is how you do it, you are doing it the way all bands do it.

I would keep playing this open mic by yourself. You can sing. Mike will have to be a little busier on bass to fill the spaces, you will play a little less guitar so you can sing well. With a little practice you will get it down. Have the other guys sing too, backup vocals are huge and make every band sound better. And those guys can take the lead singing on the songs with more difficult guitar. Less players means more money. :D

Once again, Congrats! You are getting there.

Let me know next time you play this club and I'll try to come out.

Wes]]> Opinions and Polls Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/paged/2/#post-328236 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327455 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:11:16 +0000
So everything went well he played a bunch of our songs, jumped in and played a few solo's etc and turned us on to a new song by Foghat, well we all knew it but we hadn't played it before so we might keep it.

Then there was good news, bad news and oh well news.

First the good news. He is pretty much on the same page with the music we are playing although he's not into the 80's stuff we are doin he didn't have a problem playing it.

The bad news is that he's like half or age and he has many musical friends and I really couldn't see him playing with a bunch of old men for too long..heck I would feel bad for him.

But the oh well news was that after sitting around and drinking a few beers and playing a few games of darts he told us he would be around for another month or so until his job opens up for him in Montana...yippeee I O kayee looks like we'll be looking for another guitar player again.

So I guess we are going to continue with the current lineup playing in my basement until we can find someone else.]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327455 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327352 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:31:06 +0000
Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327352 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327229 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:10:10 +0000
But as of an hour ago all things are on schedule for tonight so it should be quite interesting the only thing I worry about now is that the new guy was discussing music with my buddy the bass player who happens to like blues....and I HATE the blues, but I'm not saying anything..yet. If I have to play some I'll play some if it gets us out there soon.]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327229 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327203 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:02:11 +0000
I live for groupies, but, the problem might be the groupies we'd attract take their teeth out at night.]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327203 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327196 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:26:08 +0000 then the groupies????]]> Opinions and Polls rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327196 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327188 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:39:27 +0000 Not sure if I've heard them but the name sounds familiar. The note for note thing is not really a hard and fast rule we absolutely adhere to but we aren't rearranging the covers or making any major changes.

Obviously alot of originals, especially if you are using the recorded version as the guide, just fade out and that doesn't always work easily for all songs in a live setting so we have changed many endings, so when I say note for note it's not always 100% but close enough.

dog - Yes I'm well aware of the job part. Unfortunately it's kind of a necessary evil to the whole thing. But the band was really more about the friendship/companionship ( OK that's sounds a bit weird) than the band itself. In that I mean we could replace anyone of us with better musicians but the whole point was to do it with these guys but since we have one person who is going in a different direction we are forced to drop him.

We told the guitar player that we need to move on without him and now he's kind of acting like we are kicking him out. I know he's going to have serious withdrawals if he's not playing but there's no way we can keep going with him this way.

So hopefully we'll see what happens tonight and of course the drama of today is that our drummer drives a truck and they have him running all over the place today so hopefully he'll make it back.

TR - Come on down we'll get you in

And for all the beginners out there that are worried about changing chords fast enough and learning scales...keep playing and soon enough you'll have these kind of things to worry about too!!]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327188 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327184 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:47:45 +0000 Opinions and Polls Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327184 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327175 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:11:50 +0000
So we are going to have to part ways with him and even though I like him and really want to play with him we are going in different directions at the moment.
hey, Nev...in retrospect I can see that it's not really the level of talent all band member have that counts...but the dedication. Ya can't hitch yer oxen to a plow facing in opposite directions and make a furrow.

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/band-drama/#post-327175