Should a cover band pay the singer more $ and let him completely control the band Because he’s the hardest to replace and very popular with the fans? This particular singer has LSD like I’ve never seen before. He doesn’t supply a sound system or anything, it’s all based on the fact he would be very hard to replace if at all and keep the same band success. I know everyone’s replaceable but it’s more complicated than that in this case.
Clearly he has the band by the shorthairs and is taking full advantage of it. But isn’t there an ethical side of this? It’s a cover band after all. It’s not like he’s a solo artist. The band was the brain child of another band member. We were all apart of it from the start. We all do our part in this band including booking shows and with the exception of the singer, we share other responsibilities like show advance, website, Facebook updates and general promotion even accounting. The other band members don’t want to make waves in the fear he will leave the band so he gets what he wants. Unfortunately I did make waves. I decided to leave the band because of all this, it doesn’t feel like a band, more like a dictatorship, I have zero say and get no respect. But it still bothers me... Maybe I’m wrong, maybe he deserves more money and all the control because in reality he is the most important band member for what we do. Not many people come to our shows to see me drum that’s for sure. It just bugs the hell out of me that I can’t except it like the other band members. Is it me? I wouldn’t mind giving him a bigger piece of the pie if I considered him a leader but he isn’t. But he is the eye and air candy for the fans.
I guess I wanted to see how some fellow drummers would perceive all this.
Clearly he has the band by the shorthairs and is taking full advantage of it. But isn’t there an ethical side of this? It’s a cover band after all. It’s not like he’s a solo artist. The band was the brain child of another band member. We were all apart of it from the start. We all do our part in this band including booking shows and with the exception of the singer, we share other responsibilities like show advance, website, Facebook updates and general promotion even accounting. The other band members don’t want to make waves in the fear he will leave the band so he gets what he wants. Unfortunately I did make waves. I decided to leave the band because of all this, it doesn’t feel like a band, more like a dictatorship, I have zero say and get no respect. But it still bothers me... Maybe I’m wrong, maybe he deserves more money and all the control because in reality he is the most important band member for what we do. Not many people come to our shows to see me drum that’s for sure. It just bugs the hell out of me that I can’t except it like the other band members. Is it me? I wouldn’t mind giving him a bigger piece of the pie if I considered him a leader but he isn’t. But he is the eye and air candy for the fans.
I guess I wanted to see how some fellow drummers would perceive all this.