wsabol
Gold Member
A drummer's worst nightmare, or at least mine.
I'm in this afro/funk band right now, and in general its awesome. We are playing cool tunes, a few of us are excellent players, and a few aren't, but that's ok. Or it would be ok if the rhythm section was tight. I'm not perfect by any means, but our bass player is really messing with my mojo. and I don't know if I can handle it.
She is a mediocre player at best. But she insists on playing a fretless bass, she is always rushing, etc, all bad things. On top of it all, she is not a joy to play with, there's no life in what she plays, just bleh.
But it works, she's not horrible, just not good. She's also the band leader, and a really damn good one. Rehearsals/setlists/gigs they are all very organized and detailed. And she is in charge of booking at a local venue, so we get gigs all the time, which is a huge plus. I've been with this band for about 6 weeks, and a few things are really starting to click musically. They've been receptive to the tunes I've suggested, and they are all really good people.
So I don't really know where to go from here. Do I stay and let this women mangle my pocket, but get to enjoy frequent gigs playing the styles I love.. Or do I leave, and be mostly gigless? humph.
I would love to steal the guitar and keys from that band, find a bass player that know what he is doing, and start my own band, but that's bad form.
Have you been in this position? If so, what did you do? what do you think I should do...
I'm in this afro/funk band right now, and in general its awesome. We are playing cool tunes, a few of us are excellent players, and a few aren't, but that's ok. Or it would be ok if the rhythm section was tight. I'm not perfect by any means, but our bass player is really messing with my mojo. and I don't know if I can handle it.
She is a mediocre player at best. But she insists on playing a fretless bass, she is always rushing, etc, all bad things. On top of it all, she is not a joy to play with, there's no life in what she plays, just bleh.
But it works, she's not horrible, just not good. She's also the band leader, and a really damn good one. Rehearsals/setlists/gigs they are all very organized and detailed. And she is in charge of booking at a local venue, so we get gigs all the time, which is a huge plus. I've been with this band for about 6 weeks, and a few things are really starting to click musically. They've been receptive to the tunes I've suggested, and they are all really good people.
So I don't really know where to go from here. Do I stay and let this women mangle my pocket, but get to enjoy frequent gigs playing the styles I love.. Or do I leave, and be mostly gigless? humph.
I would love to steal the guitar and keys from that band, find a bass player that know what he is doing, and start my own band, but that's bad form.
Have you been in this position? If so, what did you do? what do you think I should do...