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Was that an instant resignation or a few phone calls yesterday?
Here’s a shot taken by the drummer at the last but one gig.
For me it's never felt like work. People say you must get fed up of loading and unloading the van and carting all the gear about but as a band you tend to be a well disciplined little army so even that side of things isn't much of a ball ache.
Joining the Kate Bush tribute was a good move for me. There's a point where men in their fifties trying to play relevant music to a pub load of 20 to 30 year olds becomes a bit tricky. I can do the Kate gigs well into my sixties though. I'll just be some old dude dressed in black prowling round the back of the stage and that will look fine in the context of her music.
Having singers in their 20s means I can play the music I want to play (basically pop music from the last 15 years) instead of the miserable drudgery of playing 70s dad rock with other geezers in their 50s.
Usually I salvage key members of the feuding band who I know can be different if working with other musicians
John: Don't you mean it was your last gig with that band? You will be out again, even if it takes a few years of layoff. It never goes out of your blood so don't sell any gear, you'll regret it.
As it folded I definitely felt the guitarist to bloke as part of the former is playing with others in a live context ..
Went through the JMB route and met some nice people who had nice ideas but tbh were a bit flakey and didnt understand hard work .. and then there were some right idiots too whose egos and talent were indirectly proportional.
I tried / perhaps a little too hard to find something to fill in the band gap ; playing Toolesque stuff with a talented but chaotically organised mental health nurse; did edrum percussion with a Vietnamese ambient artist and tried singing with a uke / cajon combo .. Amd in the meantime did the occasional reunion gig with old lineup for charity things - which is sweet but comes with should we / shouldnt we reform etc post gig beers - if its done then move on .. etc
Fast fwd - I'm now rehearsing with two lineups - as guitar in a four piece and more recently and surprisingly as a vocalist in a 5 piece ...
Moral of story is you will find something else just be discerning , I wasnt and only served to emphasize the loss of my former band .. and find me whoring myself out to fill the band loss ..
-Do stuff with former band mates on a social level cos not only will you have lost the band spirit but worst still you will lose touch with people you have had unique experiences with ..
Good luck with the next chapter in your musical endeavors - and whilst I have no details of your life changing events - remember that music is such a wonderful part of life and as a musician its part of who you are . Keep well ..