The stress of practicing 3-4 times a week, then getting loaded in/out for actual gigs are what kill it for me. When things are tight, and the crowd is interactive, thats always a high in itself, but the ratio of work to pay-off is extremely low.
The easiest band I've been in was just 2 of us. My biker buddy on his acoustic, and me plugged in with a Les Paul, and a Death Metal pedal. We played quite a few coffee shops, and some local bars doing original instrumentals, and some reworked covers. Paid really well sometimes too. |
@Plankton
ugh, I KNOW! getting all the equipment to the gig is a ****in hassle "Everybody go help the drummer bring out his drumkit" After getting a few constant gigs that **** gets annoying really quick >_> |
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I hear that. Actually, in the last band I was in (still am kinda, just not gigging right now) my guitar rig started to become such a monstrosity that (and don't hate me for this) a friend of mine dedicated himself to being my roadie. I've since toned it down a bit... Ok, a lot. Threw my back out many times lifting my cabs. |
@Plankton
No shame in using a roadie ive been used as a roadie as well if im not playing that night but a friend of mine is i help him carry the equipment ^^ i don't mind helping out a fellow musician in fact ive found out most musicians in my local scene are very nice and friendly i still haven't met anybody with an arrogant Rockstar attitude. |
So, you're all parenthetical pirannahs.
Well, haven't YOU noticed, that just saying, "I'm in a band." Gives you some respect. If, I said, "I make awesome sandwiches." Not quite the same. Get it? :) |
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If you're in a kitchen a sandwich maker trumps a musician and if you are hungry music won't feed you but a sandwich will ;) i do get your point though but like 80% of the ppl i meet are in a band and i kidd you not i remember a guy trying to hit on a friend of mine and he used that musician line on her and she was like "Almost everybody here is in a band" >_> I swear that guy woulda had a better chance with her if he had said he makes an incredible sandwich lol |
Yeah, the "I'm in a band" thing gets pretty ****ing old after a few years. Nobody really cares, and you come off sounding like an attention whoring little twat. Unless you're Keith Richards or the like.
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Hm, I think being in a band is pretty cool, but I may think that way because it's not common here. In America it might be seen different.
Of course, there's a difference in bragging and actually wanting to produce meaningful music. Or having fun or realizing an intention. Two very different animals! |
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Maybe you've just met a lot of wanky guys. Just say to them "I'm in a team of awesome cook". |
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You don't need a degree to see that, yep? Are you a 'homo'? Well, A %. You've, we'll assume, thought about it. Etc etc. Context and Percentages. Memory and Pattern Recognition. 'Darkness, within darkness, the gateway to all understanding.' Sandwiches AND guitar, unstoppable. |
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