[Informal Drop In OT Thread]

Tom, it's working right now. I know where I stand with them. They have their ideas and I respect them and have mine - which they respect. They're not interested in money (which I respect) and want to rehearse weekly and, as you know, I only want to do paid gigs on the whole and as little rehearsal as possible.

 

The solution, pending them finding a replacement bassist, is that they rehearse without me and try to find other bassplayers for the non-paying gigs. That's in theory; in practise they can't find anybody. I'm continuing to do occasional gigs with them and planning to record a demo this summer.

 

I got a contact with someone that helps organise a local festival and offered him three bands - the rock and roll covers; the jazz group and the Balkan thing. All featuring me, of course. They chose the Balkan group (partly for the ethnic ticket and partly because the guy loved the music I sent (particularly a Macedonian ballad).

 

Originally we were going to do an earlier set but they liked the video/audio so much they want us to headline. Neat, huh?

 

They are good musicians who haven't failed to get a great response at any gig we've played and the music is fairly marketable - just lacking a manager. I'm working on that.

 

 

It's official, Phil W is now my favorite bass player in the world!

Did everybody read his post?

 

Here in Tucson all of us bass players are starting to get a reputation because non of us are doing any freebies! Love it.

 

Bass players unite, no freebies! [maybe, thats maybe one rehearsal,LOL]