#67635 by Shredd6
Sun May 17, 2009 8:06 pm
Sun May 17, 2009 8:06 pm
Yesterday I spent the better part of the day unloading and re-loading a lot of equipment because the 2 shows we had back to back were different situations (indoor/ outdoor). It basically took me all day to get ready for our show with Pati.
Showed up, played our set, everything was fine. Take a break Pati is next.
Before Pati's set I was told a drummer for a band called Bonafide was going to sit in on a song. Ok.. Cool. Whatever.
2-songs into Pati's set, the drummer get's on stage.. Then Pati says he wants the Bass player from Bonafide to play too.. So our Bass player unplugs and lets the guy plug in. Then Pati turns to ma and says "Can this guy play your guitar??"
So I'm like.. Ok. Whatever. I guess this is something that was discussed that nobody told me about. So I hand over my guitar to the Bonafide guitar player..
They played the whole set..
So me, the Bass player and our drummer watched from the sidelines while this other band played our gear for Pati's set. It was so odd, I didn't know really how to feel. Should I be pissed? Should I just accept it? Bonafide did write the music for one of Pati's CDs. But they didn't even play those songs at all. They played the same songs we worked on all week.
Needless to say the 3 of us were burnt. It made us feel like s**t. We worked all freaking week on Pati's set ONLY, lugged our gear down there, set it up, to have Bonafide play the set??? Are we Bonafide's freaking Roadies now??
I'm still not sure what the hell happened here. After the set, Bonafide walks off and leaves. Pati leaves. And there we are to tear down and load the equipment again. Is this what Pati wanted?? Did Bonafide hijack the show?? I'm still not sure what the f**k just happened.
It was just f**king weird, and disrespectful to the 3 of us.
I still got paid. But what the f**k??
It doesn't exactly make me want to give a s**t about playing guitar for Pati. At the moment. Right now. I feel like, f**k Pati. Next gig he wants to play down here he can just leave me out of it. Call up Bonafide (who won't do it by the way). Bonafide don't want to be Pati's band, or else they already would be his backing band. But they sure did hijack our s**t yesterday.
What sucks is, VIZZUN entertainment has Pati signed on their label. And we love helping them out. Shawn is always good to us. We really don't want to make him feel caught in the middle.
If we stop playing for Pati, we'd be hurting the guy who helps us the most right now. VIZZUN has ties with Pati, Bonafide, and us.
Well.. Fine. Put Bonafide on the bill and let them lug their own gear and play their own set like the rest of us. And if they want to play Pati's set, let us know in advance so we don't have to practice his songs all freaking week. I'm sure Shawn had no idea any of this was going to happen though.
Am I overreacting? Should I just blow this off?? I don't know.. Wasn't cool at all. It looked like we'd just got permanently replaced right in front of a crowd. Like we weren't good enough to be playing his songs. Like the 3 of us were just douches who didn't belong up there. We should just step back and watch how it's done. And by the way they train-wrecked the endings of every song. It wasn't a step up at all.
Weird, weird, show man.
Showed up, played our set, everything was fine. Take a break Pati is next.
Before Pati's set I was told a drummer for a band called Bonafide was going to sit in on a song. Ok.. Cool. Whatever.
2-songs into Pati's set, the drummer get's on stage.. Then Pati says he wants the Bass player from Bonafide to play too.. So our Bass player unplugs and lets the guy plug in. Then Pati turns to ma and says "Can this guy play your guitar??"
So I'm like.. Ok. Whatever. I guess this is something that was discussed that nobody told me about. So I hand over my guitar to the Bonafide guitar player..
They played the whole set..
So me, the Bass player and our drummer watched from the sidelines while this other band played our gear for Pati's set. It was so odd, I didn't know really how to feel. Should I be pissed? Should I just accept it? Bonafide did write the music for one of Pati's CDs. But they didn't even play those songs at all. They played the same songs we worked on all week.
Needless to say the 3 of us were burnt. It made us feel like s**t. We worked all freaking week on Pati's set ONLY, lugged our gear down there, set it up, to have Bonafide play the set??? Are we Bonafide's freaking Roadies now??
I'm still not sure what the hell happened here. After the set, Bonafide walks off and leaves. Pati leaves. And there we are to tear down and load the equipment again. Is this what Pati wanted?? Did Bonafide hijack the show?? I'm still not sure what the f**k just happened.
It was just f**king weird, and disrespectful to the 3 of us.
I still got paid. But what the f**k??
It doesn't exactly make me want to give a s**t about playing guitar for Pati. At the moment. Right now. I feel like, f**k Pati. Next gig he wants to play down here he can just leave me out of it. Call up Bonafide (who won't do it by the way). Bonafide don't want to be Pati's band, or else they already would be his backing band. But they sure did hijack our s**t yesterday.
What sucks is, VIZZUN entertainment has Pati signed on their label. And we love helping them out. Shawn is always good to us. We really don't want to make him feel caught in the middle.
If we stop playing for Pati, we'd be hurting the guy who helps us the most right now. VIZZUN has ties with Pati, Bonafide, and us.
Well.. Fine. Put Bonafide on the bill and let them lug their own gear and play their own set like the rest of us. And if they want to play Pati's set, let us know in advance so we don't have to practice his songs all freaking week. I'm sure Shawn had no idea any of this was going to happen though.
Am I overreacting? Should I just blow this off?? I don't know.. Wasn't cool at all. It looked like we'd just got permanently replaced right in front of a crowd. Like we weren't good enough to be playing his songs. Like the 3 of us were just douches who didn't belong up there. We should just step back and watch how it's done. And by the way they train-wrecked the endings of every song. It wasn't a step up at all.
Weird, weird, show man.
Last edited by Shredd6 on Sun May 17, 2009 8:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.