Andragon wrote:Wow. What's with the hostility between bands/musicians?
Whenever I go to a gig and I know the band, I'm there to support good music and have fun. It doesn't hurt getting to know the venue owners/gig organizers either. And vice versa when I'm playing the gig.
I dont know if that was aimed at me or not and honestly dont care, all Im saying at this point in my musical career the last thing Im worried about is impressing fellow musicians.
A typical gig for my band ussually has 1-4 people sit in with us on whatever intrument they play. We let some bands that are trying to get a gig somewhere play up to a set sometimes to show the club owners what they can do. So there is no hostility with me, Im willing to share info with starter bands just like I do on here. I dont like the ones that come to our shows and have the gunslinger mentality of knocking us down. Most of them dont have the chops anyway and the ones that do have enough respect for us not to even try but to just have a good time sitting in. When I see fellow bands I ussually get asked to sit in. I pick one or two songs off their list that I know backwards and forwards and play it, then say thanks for letting me sit in, hang out and enjoy some more of their show. If they dont ask me to sit in I dont worry about it.
Have a Merry Rockin Christmas everyone!!!!