#4903 by Tombolino
Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:01 pm
Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:01 pm
I agree with Austintatious. Being friends is very important. Or it helps a lot.
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Front_Man wrote:You guys think you've got it bad, try finding something worthwhile in one of the shallowest talent pools in the country, also known as Central Kentucky!
Sometime in the not too distant past a "close enough/good enough" mentality permeated the scene around here -- from musicians all the way to club owners, and it seems that most all musicians/bands are now more worried about entertaining themselves rather than the people who pay to see them. Club owners couldn't care less how the Band sounds any more, as long as the patrons are buying booze!
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having fun, but to me the REAL fun starts when everyone is focused and brings their best to every gig, whether you're playing for 10 people or 10,000 people. We all know you can't get rich playing at club's on weekends, but to see someone from the crowd leaving a gig saying "damn, that was a kick-@ss band" is worth more to me than just about any amount of money I've been handed after a Friday or Saturday night show.
A perfect example; a few months before I resigned from the last Band I was with, the bass player "accused" me of being a perfectionist and said you can't strive for perfection every time out or you'll be disappointed most every time. My reply to him was "if you never strive for perfection I can guarantee you never attain it!"
I just don't think a guy should have to apologize for wanting it to be gnats-@ss tight every time out...
SDavis22 wrote:Yeah... Everyone in Phoenix, AZ are either into pop-country, punk, or heavy metal. All styles that are dead and have been for a long time (no matter how many think they can raise it again, no pun intended... being from phoenix). I don't understand why it is so hard to simply get together and play rock and roll (real rock and roll - not one's shallow obsession with one of its sub-genres)... Very frustrating!
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