Well, not really... I've white knuckled it home from shitty gigs in shitty bars for shitty pay many times. Suddenly THIS storm is bad enough to cancel a high-profile high-paying gig in the nicest place we play...
I've been wondering about you guys. So was the gig canceled because of the other band members or was it because of the location canceling?
I've been hearing about these possible conditions coming up and thinking about you.
And also thinking about that bald idiot. The carpetbagger
Why don't we get me moved out there, all settled in and all nice and secure. Then you and I will form a side band and we'll go out in any conditions at all. As long as I feel like it.
I'm sitting in a Awful House in Hickory NC right now waiting for yet another fucking ice storm to clear itself from the Roanoke area before I drive home. Nothing like sliding off the side of a mountain
I'm sitting in a Awful House in Hickory NC right now waiting for yet another fucking ice storm to clear itself from the Roanoke area before I drive home. Nothing like sliding off the side of a mountain
Can you put that to some banjo music?
Why don't we get me moved out there, all settled in and all nice and secure. Then you and I will form a side band and we'll go out in any conditions at all. As long as I feel like it.
So you say you feel cold when it's 70 out. Still think MI is viable place to move to?
Geeg in Michigan:
I feel for you Sluggo. It was that sort of crap that drove me away from trying to make a living out of music. Back in the late 80's and right through the 90's I had two bands going and it was a constant struggle to keep everyone motivated to do better and kept us working three or four nights a week. The rest of the guys were happy to maybe turn up for a practice once a month, get drunk and play the local pub every second Saturday. By the mid 90's I had regular gigs lined up all over the Melbourne and Mornington Peninsula areas and was starting to get invited to festivals. There were only two other guys that were consistent the whole time, the sound guy and the drummer, the rest of the band positions were a revolving door on about a twelve-month period. Musicians are generally hobbyists who find themselves thrown in at the deep end and it doesn't take too long before they realize they (or their significant other) can't keep up with the workload. Done right, it's a good job and needs to be treated as such.
I got a drummer/guitarist living in my basement that is really dedicated and has the same trouble finding other dedicated band members.
If anyone is willing to take over his food and shelter needs, I can get him to you.
kidding/not kidding
I've already got one of those living in a spare room.
You could start a collection. You know, get the whole set.
Excellent idea. Collect a complete band!
The Basement Band. The Spare Room Superstars.
I’ll start you off with a donation. He also has a degree in sound engineering. Will never miss a practice session, guaranteeed.
I've already got one of those living in a spare room.
you took someone in? to my room?
How does that joke go, bass player gets married, which room in his mom's house do you live in?
you took someone in? to my room?
Dylan the Marxist...
well that doesn't count!
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In my mom's family there were 10 kids. Without exception they each got kicked out of their house by the time they turn 18. On the day they turned 18 that they weren't out of the house already, they were out of the house. Everybody turned out pretty to be successful in life
Fuck, dropped from 17 to 11 in the last hour
