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Would you mind if I vented?
I was half expecting to have a rehearsal tonight. We auditioned a keyboardist a couple weeks ago, and I thought we were rather sloppy and suggested a quick rehearsal before we start gigging again. We haven't gigged in 6 weeks.
Drummer cancelled the first audition a few weeks ago saying he was sick. http://guitarscanada.com/Board/showthread.php?t=4133
Drummer said he couldn't rehearse tonight as he was too tired.
I understand tired. I'm on nights this week, and pulled in 57 hours topped off with a 12 hour night shift earlier today (Friday night/Saturday morning). I got home at 7:00am and slept until 10:30am when my wife had to leave for work. I got some groceries and took the kids to hockey. Came home and cooked a real dinner for the 3 of us. Did some homework and got the kids to bed (actually, my 5 year old is watching the Leaf game right now:tongue: ) I was still willing to come out to band practice when my wife gets home from work at about 8:00pm.
The singer, guitarist and myself are mid to late 30's all working full-time. The drummer is 24 and happily unemployed (and not looking), playing video games all day. I wonder what is so stressful and tiring that he can't pick himself off the couch to practice for a couple hours?
I've given up already on coming to the odd rehearsal we have with lyrics and charts and such, since the drummer and singer rarely learn what we agreed upon anyway. Just cruising on auto-pilot and waiting for more gigs to get booked.
I seriously need to find something new. Guys that come together, know their shit and want to hit the stage. Playing covers does not require 6 months of rehearsals. Grant it, we play very well at our gigs, but learning new tunes to freshen things up is akin to pulling teeth with this band.
Seriously - if anyone needs a bass player/vocalist, let me know! I'll play pretty much everything from the 60's on up (rock, country etc... Disco? Sure. Wedding band? Sure? Want to rip out some polka's for a family reunion? Why not?!? Your daughter thinks she's the next Hilary Duff and you're putting together the backing band? Give me a shout! I don't really have a taste for death metal or hip-hop though.
Thank-you for listening. I feel better now. Isn't there some beer in the fridge?
I was half expecting to have a rehearsal tonight. We auditioned a keyboardist a couple weeks ago, and I thought we were rather sloppy and suggested a quick rehearsal before we start gigging again. We haven't gigged in 6 weeks.
Drummer cancelled the first audition a few weeks ago saying he was sick. http://guitarscanada.com/Board/showthread.php?t=4133
Drummer said he couldn't rehearse tonight as he was too tired.
I understand tired. I'm on nights this week, and pulled in 57 hours topped off with a 12 hour night shift earlier today (Friday night/Saturday morning). I got home at 7:00am and slept until 10:30am when my wife had to leave for work. I got some groceries and took the kids to hockey. Came home and cooked a real dinner for the 3 of us. Did some homework and got the kids to bed (actually, my 5 year old is watching the Leaf game right now:tongue: ) I was still willing to come out to band practice when my wife gets home from work at about 8:00pm.
The singer, guitarist and myself are mid to late 30's all working full-time. The drummer is 24 and happily unemployed (and not looking), playing video games all day. I wonder what is so stressful and tiring that he can't pick himself off the couch to practice for a couple hours?
I've given up already on coming to the odd rehearsal we have with lyrics and charts and such, since the drummer and singer rarely learn what we agreed upon anyway. Just cruising on auto-pilot and waiting for more gigs to get booked.
I seriously need to find something new. Guys that come together, know their shit and want to hit the stage. Playing covers does not require 6 months of rehearsals. Grant it, we play very well at our gigs, but learning new tunes to freshen things up is akin to pulling teeth with this band.
Seriously - if anyone needs a bass player/vocalist, let me know! I'll play pretty much everything from the 60's on up (rock, country etc... Disco? Sure. Wedding band? Sure? Want to rip out some polka's for a family reunion? Why not?!? Your daughter thinks she's the next Hilary Duff and you're putting together the backing band? Give me a shout! I don't really have a taste for death metal or hip-hop though.
Thank-you for listening. I feel better now. Isn't there some beer in the fridge?