sergiodeblanc
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Playing with other musicians is one of my most fav things in life. Playing live with other musicians can be the absolute biggest kick in the pants while keeping the previously mentioned pants on. However, I don’t like the drama that develops due to unrealistic expectations, lack of commitment, lack of common sense/courtesy, or otherwise other flamboyant douchebaggery. When I owned my own company, hiring employees was the most difficult and time consuming task because I refused to allow an incompatible personality to poison the well. Same thing with bands, and my current band is looking like I have to take over the reins if it is to continue. This is where fun turns into business and that might not be what I want to do.
Serg, if you have to compromise values or comfort to make it work, then dump it. Something else will come down the road later in life. And even if it does, it may not stay that way for long because you just can’t keep a good band together. There are other things you can do with your creativity and I may just post about one of my recent experiences.
I'm not compromising any values but, the comfort thing... yeah.
Maybe it's just because I spent five nights this week tracking drums as an engineer and having to play the "dad" role? Telling people to turn off fans, don't move the microphones, scolding people for moving the microphones that I told them not to move, etc.etc.
They're super talented and great guys, like I said, it's me not them. They're just regular band guys that do regular band guy stuff, I think I just haven't been retired long enough to be jazzed about it.
Okay, and it is a little bit about them, they don't sound like Kool & the Gang or Gap Band so....