RE: I was a musician. I was never a good one, part 2
You are viewing a single comment's thread:
Dude, your band was "actually" Metallica š¤£ drummer is the leader yo. And you fill in Jason's role in your real life band. The more I dug into Jason's story, the more I understood the other part of the story of how he got kicked out. The only difference is, your drummer didn't really call the shots, it's more like a business manager that does a damn good salesman job, but didn't manage.
My band is full of lame ass including myself. What we are all good at, is to maintain a simple and average performance š¤£ like you have said, be a team player. We usually started on song with melody, no filler, no solo, clean tone no effectors allowed, make a record. Playback the record, then work on the first record š we're not sure how other band did it, but that's how we grow from there. In the end, our band has very little solo, usually simple drum and bass rhythm, and we let the vocal and lead guitar does all the shouting and showboating š¤£š¤£š¤£ it's like letting kirk hammet hybrid Axl rose does all the job, and the rest of us at the background supporting. We are the, "let's get one song straight, guys" guys š¤£
Your story, to me is very inspiring. Couldn't help it, read it twice. Inspired as in, I put myself in your shoe. I wish I could be there to help up.
I love this statement haha. I think that a lot of times that drummers are the most difficult to replace in any band because their equipment is so much more expensive than anyone else's and also requires the most setup time. I know that when we gigged out, I just set up my bass on a stand, did a quick sound check that consisted of me just hitting the high and low end of it, then switched off and went and got a beer. The drummer, well he was there for a really long time putting everything together. The time was cut back a lot when we scaled down his kit and convinced him to get a rack system, but it was still so much longer than the rest of us.
I mean no offense with this dude, but you and your bandmates are old haha. Being hip and fun is a young man's game but at least you are still gigging!
I'm delighted you read it twice. :)