Hi Guys
I don't post on this forum much only when my perspective slips - it's a helpful place.
I guess like most of us on here we've been through the mill a fair few times with different bands and musical situations that don't often workout the way we would've hoped.
I started playing drums to be a serious dedicated musician - to work hard and eventually have a career, I wanted to try to do this in/as a band, not necessarily as a session player.
My current situation is a tricky one, I joined a band that had 'fair' success back in 2005.
A top 100 UK album and 3 Top 30 singles, I joined them two albums in after them being dropped, when their curve was going down, the 'hey-day' had sort of ended, I guess you can say they sort of missed the boat.
On the surface everything looked solid and I thought it was just a case of building the whole thing back up and making good music. Through time it became clear that drinking and drugs may have been what contributed to things failing first time around. Gigs seem to be more of a 'party time' than actually doing the job, the same wrong stupid decisions kept being made - there's nothing wrong with making mistakes, there is if you don't learn from them.
I'd like to add I don't touch drugs at all, I don't drink and drum, the first and foremost for me is to do my job the best I can. The contradiction in all this is that in the rehearsal room 'it's all about the music' and doing everything right ...... but come show time or touring it all goes 'up the nose' and 'in the pint glass', I have put two years into this and every show has been the same - I have voiced my concerns about it and just get a load of hollow promises thrown back at me.
I really have had enough of it now, the fire in my belly for the band has gone out because I feel I am dealing with a bunch of time wasting idiots that don't learn from their mistakes.
What I would be leaving is:
A cult band with a pretty big following (even though slightly dated)
Playing to an average of 150 - 300 people a gig in the UK.
A band that's a level or so above the average band situation.
I feel in life everyone gets a certain amount of opportunities - if you keep f**king them up, eventually you stop getting them - that's the story of this band.
Would you stay with this or cut your ties and move on ?
Any views would be a great help.
All the Best.
I don't post on this forum much only when my perspective slips - it's a helpful place.
I guess like most of us on here we've been through the mill a fair few times with different bands and musical situations that don't often workout the way we would've hoped.
I started playing drums to be a serious dedicated musician - to work hard and eventually have a career, I wanted to try to do this in/as a band, not necessarily as a session player.
My current situation is a tricky one, I joined a band that had 'fair' success back in 2005.
A top 100 UK album and 3 Top 30 singles, I joined them two albums in after them being dropped, when their curve was going down, the 'hey-day' had sort of ended, I guess you can say they sort of missed the boat.
On the surface everything looked solid and I thought it was just a case of building the whole thing back up and making good music. Through time it became clear that drinking and drugs may have been what contributed to things failing first time around. Gigs seem to be more of a 'party time' than actually doing the job, the same wrong stupid decisions kept being made - there's nothing wrong with making mistakes, there is if you don't learn from them.
I'd like to add I don't touch drugs at all, I don't drink and drum, the first and foremost for me is to do my job the best I can. The contradiction in all this is that in the rehearsal room 'it's all about the music' and doing everything right ...... but come show time or touring it all goes 'up the nose' and 'in the pint glass', I have put two years into this and every show has been the same - I have voiced my concerns about it and just get a load of hollow promises thrown back at me.
I really have had enough of it now, the fire in my belly for the band has gone out because I feel I am dealing with a bunch of time wasting idiots that don't learn from their mistakes.
What I would be leaving is:
A cult band with a pretty big following (even though slightly dated)
Playing to an average of 150 - 300 people a gig in the UK.
A band that's a level or so above the average band situation.
I feel in life everyone gets a certain amount of opportunities - if you keep f**king them up, eventually you stop getting them - that's the story of this band.
Would you stay with this or cut your ties and move on ?
Any views would be a great help.
All the Best.