Headache

lee_UK · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: Headache

Our long time search for a singer ended when we found someone who also played sax, after the 2nd rehersal with him the drummer left saying he couldn't go on with these 'bad' singers and was peeded off with rehearsing new ones, i thought he was all right, but we got an e-mail from the drummer throwing his toys out of the pram and his towel in.
Bass player went the same way, he didnt want to go on without the drummer etc etc, no time to rehearse new drummers yada yada.
so we just got a new drummer, and a new bass player, we also have a new singer, the old drummer now wants back in, he has heard the news on a brand new singer with a bit of pro voice, he couldn't find another band so he wants back in, the old bass player isn't that fussed.
I don't want him back, but Sean the other original guitarist isn't that impressed with the new drummer.. headaches.

BTW, the bass man has a EVO 500 Ashdown head, the 4x10 ashdown cab (heavy one) and uses a Stingray (3band eq) bass and also a Fender Jazz, USA i think. Good Bass player too.

1bassleft · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:01 pm Post subject:

I'm a little confused. When you said you've got a new singer, is this the sax-playing singer or a new-new singer and is either of them supposed to be replaced by the new singer with the pro voice that the old drummer likes? It reminds me of that old comedy "Soap".

Without knowing everything, I'd still be in favour of persuading your other 6-stringer to persevere with the replacement drummer, especially if the old one only wants back in providing he gets his singer of choice. Next, he'll start whinging about the replacement bassist and generally being some dominant PITA.

Tim · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:34 pm Post subject:

Seconded. If he's that fickle the same will happen again in future, especially if it's worked before. IMO

lee_UK · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:24 am Post subject:

Our band is like a soap, we have had several singers of late, but last month we came across a sax tooting singer who i thought was quite good.
The PITA drummer didnt think so and left, bass went with him, a new new newer singer contacted us from an old ad, got him down and he sounded better than the sax singer, so he stayed.
PITA drummer wanted back in cos he heard on the grapevine about the new new newer singer... confused? you will be.
Anyway the PITA drummer was told today his srvices were no longer required, the point about PITA drummer is, we were all very good friends, we all played in the band for 3 years, did over 100 gigs, never a bad word, no sign of him dropping out, then one morning BAM, the old 'im not happy and havent been happy for a while' e-mail.
Just goes to show, you think you know someone..

1bassleft · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:40 pm Post subject:

Ah, all cleared up now. Sympa to the old-new singer; difficult to sing well through a sax - something to do with the bell end. When I put up a card for what was to become The Difference Engine, I was surprised that the first reply was an experienced and equipped drummer and naturally took him on. The very next call was "Got a drummer? You have? Well, get rid of him, it's me, Kevin, who depped for sub rosa at that big gig you did."

Now, Kevin was a known quantity and it had been tempting to jettison the sub rosa drummer in his favour so I wasn't going to drop him a 2nd time. Mrs Bass thought I was awful, letting down that other drummer who'd 'phoned the day before but that's the music biz. Better to tell him straight away than fanny around trying to please everyone (Mrs suggested a two-kit band, like that'd fit on the stages where we'd play Rolling Eyes

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