I got the call.

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well, I've been on the flip side of this situation being on the band end of it. only differences were -
A) we were and all original band
B) it was our singer, not the guitarist

I don't recall the details of your situation. our singer quit, we waited it out for a bit, then auditioned singers for a few months. finally we found a guy, but he was a pretty different style singer. so we told him we would start playing with him on vocals, but would likely do mostly new songs since his voice was so much different. everyone was cool with that.

a week and a half later, we get a call from our old singer saying he f'd up and wanted back in. we were all very tight as friends and loved the music. so after a week or so of talking shit out, we went back with the original singer. I had to call the new guy up(who I've known for a long time) and give him the bad news. he was cool about it though. it only lasted about a year, but we wrote a bunch of songs and played alot of cool shows. I still wouldn't change my decision now, even knowing the outcome.

sometimes as a business situation or one between friends, ya gotta do shit you don't want to do. sometimes you do what you feel is the smartest - even if it means being kinda shitty to someone. granted our new guy had little time or work involved at that point so its a little different.
 
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I've been through this before and I have a different take than some of you. When someone leaves the band it's not always a clean break usually due to deep feelings. Some times it takes several "leavings" before someone is truely gone.

If you really like this band and want to be a member you need to have a little patients. Look, you've already learned the tunes and maybe the band just needed time to ajust to the idea that the old guitar player would be gone. Why not give it a try and if it doesn't work out what did you lose. Hey, you might even have fun playing a few gigs and it might turn out to be a long term gig.

Don't let your pride get in the way...weedhopper...

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vchizzle":712e4 said:
well, I've been on the flip side of this situation being on the band end of it. only differences were -
A) we were and all original band
B) it was our singer, not the guitarist

I don't recall the details of your situation. our singer quit, we waited it out for a bit, then auditioned singers for a few months. finally we found a guy, but he was a pretty different style singer. so we told him we would start playing with him on vocals, but would likely do mostly new songs since his voice was so much different. everyone was cool with that.

a week and a half later, we get a call from our old singer saying he f'd up and wanted back in. we were all very tight as friends and loved the music. so after a week or so of talking shit out, we went back with the original singer. I had to call the new guy up(who I've known for a long time) and give him the bad news. he was cool about it though. it only lasted about a year, but we wrote a bunch of songs and played alot of cool shows. I still wouldn't change my decision now, even knowing the outcome.

sometimes as a business situation or one between friends, ya gotta do shit you don't want to do. sometimes you do what you feel is the smartest - even if it means being kinda shitty to someone. granted our new guy had little time or work involved at that point so its a little different.
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Although it sounds very similar Your situation is a bit different then Mine.

It seems as if you guys did the right thing. You actually called the guy and let him know the bad news. In my situation, everyone seemed psyched and gave me many pep talks on how they were excited to work with me. I would get calls or e-mails to see how I was doing and then out of the blue, everything stopped. I had to place many calls and e-mails to teh guys and ask them what was up. After about sevral calls, I finally got an e-mail that basically saud...look, the other guitar player asked to come back to the band and we let him being that he was the original member.

I had no problem with this at all. the problem that I had is when the calls just stopped. I can think about 10 different ways that they could have handled the situation better.
 
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amiller":e79bb said:
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I've been through this before and I have a different take than some of you. When someone leaves the band it's not always a clean break usually due to deep feelings. Some times it takes several "leavings" before someone is truely gone.

If you really like this band and want to be a member you need to have a little patients. Look, you've already learned the tunes and maybe the band just needed time to ajust to the idea that the old guitar player would be gone. Why not give it a try and if it doesn't work out what did you lose. Hey, you might even have fun playing a few gigs and it might turn out to be a long term gig.

Don't let your pride get in the way...weedhopper...

---------------KEEP THE DOORS OPEN. :D :D :D
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I totally appreciate your opinion!

Totally understand there loyalty to the original guitarist and there motives for letting him back in the band. I would have done the same thing actually.
I just think that they handled the situation wrong. I would not have had any problem with them had they done the right thing. You can look at the post above this to see what transpired!!


On another note, Pride has nothing to do with this. The truth is that I really don't enjoy playing covers. If I did. I would have said yes and totally squashed the drama lol :D
 
yeah, in that situation someone should've let you know what the hell is up. they probably just didn't wanna break the news...but communication is key and a HUGE part of why bands split with anger towards each other. and if you really don't wanna do the cover thing, then don't waste any of your's or their time.

though I suppose they have a bunch of unanswered calls and e-mails before they deserve to hear anything :D
 
Id swallow my pride and do it , hey you can network into something bigger and better by being out there and exposed , Id do it :thumbsup:
 
foxguitar":1ebef said:
Id swallow my pride and do it , hey you can network into something bigger and better by being out there and exposed , Id do it :thumbsup:
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Sup!! Nothing that I'm going to say is meant to come off as sounding nasty!! Just saying because its tough to tell the intent on a message board!! Now with that said, I'm not sure if you saw my other comment but prides got nothig to do with it! I Just don't dig playing covers anymore!

That said, If I were to play out with this band, I wouldn't want to network to bigger and better things because this is the band that I would want to play in. i haven't seen a cover band in years that can touch them for what they do.

Thanks for the reply!!


~R~
 
are they still looking for a guitarist ralph? i could use some extra dough with the baby coming!!! let me know..
 
Stratboy151":5ab7c said:
are they still looking for a guitarist ralph? i could use some extra dough with the baby coming!!! let me know..
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HolY Crap John!! I think you would kill in that band. I'll Place the call today. That said, They work every weekend. Is that going to be an issue with the other bands you are playing in?
 
Gainfreak":e81be said:
Stratboy151":e81be said:
are they still looking for a guitarist ralph? i could use some extra dough with the baby coming!!! let me know..
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HolY Crap John!! I think you would kill in that band. I'll Place the call today. That said, They work every weekend. Is that going to be an issue with the other bands you are playing in?
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well the coverband im playin with now plays 2-3 gigs a month, and the gigs arent paying very well. so if they are solid and have steady work and steady money i'd definetely be down. do they have a website or myspace or something i can check out?
 
Stratboy151":51ec8 said:
Gainfreak":51ec8 said:
Stratboy151":51ec8 said:
are they still looking for a guitarist ralph? i could use some extra dough with the baby coming!!! let me know..
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HolY Crap John!! I think you would kill in that band. I'll Place the call today. That said, They work every weekend. Is that going to be an issue with the other bands you are playing in?
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well the coverband im playin with now plays 2-3 gigs a month, and the gigs arent paying very well. so if they are solid and have steady work and steady money i'd definetely be down. do they have a website or myspace or something i can check out?
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They are booked solid every weekend till 2008. It is definitely a solid gig and you will get payed every weekend. If it was up to the singer, you would be playing saturday and sunday every week!!

They don't have any clips because they aren't the type of guys who work on there website all the time. They have a decent follwing and they are a fun band and will actually encourage you to play your ass off ;)

What makes them a cut above the rest is that they have fun.. but the singer can rap as well as he can sing. It opens up the door for some killer segways.

Let me know if you are into it and I will place the call NOW.

You can check them out here
http://www.whateverband.com
 
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