#56614 by Crip2Nite
Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:01 pm
Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:01 pm
Well.. I knew it was eventually gonna happen... I've been juggling 2 bands for a while now and one of them is booking like there's no tomorrow which in turn is not giving my other band room enough to get a gig in... My band "PanikAtack" consists of very top notch musicians and it was my project that I started by myself from day one... we haven't been out that long so we're still in the showcase mode... but we are getting unbelievable critique everywhere we play!
The other band "Decades" is just a basic classic rock band that plays your basic runof the mill classic rock tunes (Sunshine of your love, Dirty Deeds, Born to be Wild, etc...yawn) but they've been out for 8 years and have a following and many gigs... Well PanikAtack got a coupe of real important gigantic venues coming up and it's an opportunity I just can't refuse...the dates just so happen to fall on 2 of the Decades shows which are 2 months down the road. I politely told the bassist I couldn't make those 2 shows (out of about the next 30) and he freakin' went ballistic and told me my services weren't needed anymore because I'm more into PanikAtack then I am into them!
... Huh??
Wow... the guys in PanikAtack are each in 2 other bands and I'm willing to work around their schedules... I was warned about this guy and I made it clear from the beginning that sometimes this was gonna happen... He's definitely got anger issues because if he were smart, he would've kept me on at least until he could replace me...
I am a little pissed off because this band was putting constant cash in my pocket every weekend but I still felt very strong about getting my project some cool gigs and I'm definitely not one to be controlled so we are going to run into each other as we play the same places and know the same people.... I just pray I keep my temper in check... Last time I lost it on an imbecile, the ole lady had to bail me out of jail... breathe in...breathe out....breathe in .....breathe out...
The other band "Decades" is just a basic classic rock band that plays your basic runof the mill classic rock tunes (Sunshine of your love, Dirty Deeds, Born to be Wild, etc...yawn) but they've been out for 8 years and have a following and many gigs... Well PanikAtack got a coupe of real important gigantic venues coming up and it's an opportunity I just can't refuse...the dates just so happen to fall on 2 of the Decades shows which are 2 months down the road. I politely told the bassist I couldn't make those 2 shows (out of about the next 30) and he freakin' went ballistic and told me my services weren't needed anymore because I'm more into PanikAtack then I am into them!


I am a little pissed off because this band was putting constant cash in my pocket every weekend but I still felt very strong about getting my project some cool gigs and I'm definitely not one to be controlled so we are going to run into each other as we play the same places and know the same people.... I just pray I keep my temper in check... Last time I lost it on an imbecile, the ole lady had to bail me out of jail... breathe in...breathe out....breathe in .....breathe out...
