fisherman bob wrote:"Drop the bass player in the small bottle". What could possibly be more Freudian than that? Why not say "here's the finite place, a jail cell, that you will occupy in this band." How about another Freudian remark: "Show me something you can do with my simple little tune." Or "I say to bass players on this project". ME SOMETHING. MY SIMPLE. THIS PROJECT. What if the bass player was a songwriter as well. What if he (or she) was a lead singer? What if the bass player was also a capable frontman? Everything about your post and your answer to my remarks SCREAMS I'm in control and you will have a finite place in this project. I know you created this thread with humorous intent but I'm a perceptive SOB and I've been in bands where I was given a place that restrained my creative abilities. In those situations I pack my gear and leave, give no explanation, and people are left wondering WTF happened...
Seriously Bob??
If you read my posts backwards, I'm really saying that Paul is dead... LOL! (and How Freudian toward bass players is that...?) I think you are reading way too much into my post. I view band efforts, such as performance and recording as a "business" part of the art. Its team oriented in the long haul... I'm not inclined to let my future go down a toilet on account of somebody else can't on a very basic level, comprehend my vision.
So, to that end, If I am failing to get my vision across, and or if what gets across isn't appealing enough, I'll work a little harder ... I'll just go figure out the bass lines myself...then if someone wants in later, I'm still gonna make em jump through my hoops...first. Its just gotta be that way...
A lot of musicians mistake that for arrogance... But its not arrogance. I have my standards, and I know what I'm willing to accept...everything else is just a waste of time...
And BTW, I'm a pretty perceptive SOB too...
I noticed that in two of your posts now, you've gone on about how you quit and leave a band hanging, if they don't agree with your sensibilities. In my world, that's really not professional. I mean, you might come off to others as that 'whiny guy who storms out when things don't go his way" .
You are suggesting that I foster a restraint on creativity against other musicians... You could not be MORE WRONGER EST about that. Its quite the opposite. I'm gate-keeping hard, to weed out copious amounts of losers/... Think of it like that search for the soul mate...except its the soul mate of music. It may come off to you as harsh or unreasonable... but there are some musicians out there who get what I'm trying to accomplish. Naturally, those would be the ones I'm interested in talking to.
Now, Here's the Million dollar question of the day for you:
Why did Led Zepplin quit and dissolve the band?