Had an interesting pair of conversations earlier. I was talking to the singer in my old band (Closed Circuit, if you remember...) bemoaning the fact that female singers always advertise themselves as sounding like/influenced by Nightwish/Evanescence/Halestorm etc when they actually sound nothing like, it's just that one of their mates chucked out the name of the only female-led band they know when she was wailing at them one time.
Anyway...she suggested getting the band back together. That surprised me, because it all kind of went to shit (mainly because I chucked my toys out of the pram) and she was _really_ upset at the way it all went down. So I get hold of the drummer (who's the bassist in my current band), expecting him to be the voice of reason and torpedo it. He did nothing of the sort.
The old bassist isn't in a position to go with it, but all we need to do is find a competent bassist (or drummer) and we're back on the road.
Question is...would you do it?
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Why did you chuck the toys out and has that changed?
For an example...my current band has been going eight years, and is just going to release their first album (on about the third or fourth attempt, due to poor choices) in April next year, which has been in tracking and production since November last year. My previous band...we were together seven months before recording the album, and it was released a few months later.
Basically, I miss being the boss and being able to get shit done quickly
There's also the fact that the old band was more my natural kind of music, whereas the current one isn't.
All that aside, though, my major problem right now is that I can't physically play the old stuff. It was a lot more difficult than the current band's material, and I've become really lazy with my playing.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
The problem back then was...everything else. Logistics etc.
Q1: Has your former singer participated in any other bands since Closed Circuit folded?
Q2: If no, why not?
Q3: If yes, what is she finding so unsatisfactory about the current project that resuscitating Closed Circuit looks like a better prospect?
Get all involved parties to agree on a short list of compositions to attempt. Book a rehearsal facility somewhere. Have a portable recording device running in the corner of the room. Bang out some choons. See how it turns out.
After a few days, review the session recording. Carefully note how much of it is music and how much is yacking and/or arguing.
However, the main problem wasn't anything to do with the music or the playing. I wasn't in a good place, and the strain of dealing with absolutely everything got to me; the frustration of stuff constantly not getting done turned to rage, and....rage quit.
I like to think I'm a bit more zen nowadays, particularly since I've made steps towards fixing the insomnia problem, and the others seem to recognise their part in it all going wrong too.
JFDI.
You're bound to be more invested in it s a band, and I personally find being more invested more rewarding...but it is a bit pressure on time.
NEVER thought that would happen when it all ended (my decision) as there was partnership tax/ VAT bills outstanding which caused a lot of stress and resentment at the time but we're all older and wiser and get on famously now. Go for it
I should say...I wasn't asking the question in the hope of getting advice; I'd already decided to do it. The question was for two reasons: curiosity, and so that if anyone said, "Go for it!" then I get to blame them when it inevitably all goes to shit