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I wouldn't put up with it again.
Me : we will need to think of stuff that is bluesy but not 12 bar then.
Bass player: here are a couple of Chuck Berry songs we could cover.
Me: [ thinks: these are 12 bar numbers]
He is the talented one really. I have come to think that talented people are often lousy band members because they can get by easier.
At the other end of the spectrum I am fucking ace to be in a band with...
Bass player: not sure things are going the way I want so I am quitting.
:-t
Why grown men and women with sensible grown up jobs feel it is okay to behave like utter dicks once they walk into a rehearsal room I don't know.
For balance, I was expecting our rehearsal this week to be bad. (bad week at work for most of us, me a row with the missus, late because of rural road closures etc.) but we nailed 4 new ones and got an agreement on us doing Beetlebum which I've wanted to do for ages.
I've started doing structure diagrams (we're both in IT) and lyric sheets for our singer - he often won't do a song if he doesn't know the structure. He's worth it because he's such a good front man and the main reason we keep getting gigs. Some people just learn in a different way and the extra work is a means to an end.
Really works for us, and if nothing else it means you're all learning the same version because if there's a radio edit with a verse missing compared to the album version, it will be clear from the sheet which of the two you have worked from.
I'm in a position where I need the money I get from my curren band, and whilst I'm lucky to by and large be working with people I get on with and agree with, there's always going to be the odd moment when you get on each other's nerves and someone says something that makes you think "Bloody hell...why do I bother?" but if you know the band is good enough and the commitment is there, it's worth pressing on with. If not, then I wouldn't waste any more time on it. A bad band is worse than no band, in my experience.