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I recently was excited about a new band prospect lately too.. swore up and down rehearsal would be in Bolivar out by Smith's Restaurant, after learning a few of the tunes at my own expense, a change was made, was told rehearsal would now be in Wheatland, Mo. which is 46 miles away compared to 18 miles to Bolivar.. told Tim I would have to pass, when the drummer gets the studio done rehearsals will be in Bolivar again, but when??????.. I doubt if they will get in touch with me when and if that comes to fruition.. time will tell..

joe1074854 wrote:Hello.... I was very excited about a promised audition, had date and time, offered to help get gigs. Got song list for review. One song lyrics I will not play... Ever. Politely asked not to play that song. Was abruptly told it won't work. What am I not understanding about musicians? Thank you for your time.

Don't try to understand musicians....you will go crazy. Start your own band the way you want it....and trust me you will turn away a lot of people, but just keep calling and make it happen.

joe1074854 wrote:Hello.... I was very excited about a promised audition, had date and time, offered to help get gigs. Got song list for review. One song lyrics I will not play... Ever. Politely asked not to play that song. Was abruptly told it won't work. What am I not understanding about musicians? Thank you for your time.

Did you give the reason why you won't play that song? Is it misogyny? Curse words? If you didn't say, they'll figure you're just a flake.

Dane - like I said before, 46 miles isn't that bad, if its temporary and once a week.

The lyrics of a song represent the morality behind the songwriter/performer.

If one musician rejects the message of a song and the rest of the band does not, it is a sign that you will be having many ideological disagreements going forward. For example, when I was an atheist I wouldn't have played christian rock... so I also didn't play any ACDC since so much of their music was sung to/for the devil.

Good on you to have a conscience, either way.

One of the main reasons I quit playing in bands is I didn't like the directions lyrics were headed. Even country music was getting too awful for me to want to keep playing that crap. I would go to a gig all hyped and ready to play and after the first set I was burned out on the music. After I quit playing in bands I began to feel better. Then a year after I had quit I was listening to an oldie station. They played Jeannie Seely - Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me". By the time it was finished I understood why I would get depressed at those gigs. The lyrics were so depressing they would drag me down. But that was back when Country Music was just crappy not sucky like it is today.

I could get on my high horse about moral values, I have some, and I try to live by them. But being a working musician and songwriter taught me humility. I had a lyric that said, "I suspect that I'm transparent, I don't worry."

After a couple gigs I realized the singer was saying, "I suspect that I'm a transplant..."

You can't win.

Talbot

ps - slacker,
I hate contemporary boring country. Like the old stuff though. And me a metal head.