Magenta
Platinum Member
When I started my original band two years ago, we couldn't find a guitarist so we roped in a friend who fronts another local band. That other band is always very busy, gigging 2-3 times pretty much every week. At first it didn't matter too much because we were just glad to have somebody, but now it's becoming a real problem. We keep having to turn gigs down because he's already committed. Our second guitarist is in the other band too, and as the rest of us are vocals, bass and me, we are in a pickle.
Our singer and I have decided that we won't be going anywhere with the current lineup, but we love what we do and we don't want the band to fizzle out. We want the guitarists to step aside so we can try to find replacements who will put our band if not first, then at least somewhere on their list of priorities, but I'm very much afraid that this is going to be difficult to achieve, not least because Lead likes to have a monopoly of the local music scene - not that we'd be much competition for him, if indeed any at all.
We can't sack them because not only would we be musical pariahs (Lead would see to that), but we are also very good friends with their wives, and additionally, Second's son is my drum teacher.
So how do we get them to make the decision to leave our band? The best idea I have come up with so far is to invent a well-paid wedding gig that I know they wouldn't be able to play, and then to say "I can't afford to turn down £££, would you mind if we found somebody else?", but (a) I don't like being untruthful and (b) I bet it would go wrong somehow.
Any suggestions? Please!!
Our singer and I have decided that we won't be going anywhere with the current lineup, but we love what we do and we don't want the band to fizzle out. We want the guitarists to step aside so we can try to find replacements who will put our band if not first, then at least somewhere on their list of priorities, but I'm very much afraid that this is going to be difficult to achieve, not least because Lead likes to have a monopoly of the local music scene - not that we'd be much competition for him, if indeed any at all.
We can't sack them because not only would we be musical pariahs (Lead would see to that), but we are also very good friends with their wives, and additionally, Second's son is my drum teacher.
So how do we get them to make the decision to leave our band? The best idea I have come up with so far is to invent a well-paid wedding gig that I know they wouldn't be able to play, and then to say "I can't afford to turn down £££, would you mind if we found somebody else?", but (a) I don't like being untruthful and (b) I bet it would go wrong somehow.
Any suggestions? Please!!