JohnH

The only gig I didn't get recently was about 5 years ago. I was majorly bummed out, but at least I didn't get for a good reason. The guy that got it was the singer of Leatherwolf, so a semi rock star and I felt that was justified. He's a friend of mine who played with me on my cruise ship in 94, years after his rock star era. I later ended up going to seem them with him several times and it was always my favorite band. They've never called me up to sing or play though, even though I sing good, maybe I'm just not liked for whatever reason. Unfortunately that band's lost most (but not all) of their gigs, which totally sucks, and the bandleader has had to diversify into tribute bands and acoustic gigs. My doors band actually opened up for his a couple of weeks ago and it was good to see him. I still try to check out whatever gig he has when I can. After the audition I joined an 80s band and Springsteen tribute did tons of subwork and tech for touring act and then joined my weekend band. I ended up getting tons of more work and experience with tons of bands that year than if I'd joined the failed audition band, (and I had no day job then) so this actually worked out better for me in the long run. You may find the same. Oh and that bandleader is a class act and called and left a message letting me know I didn't get the gig. That was appreciated. John