Depressing things your bandmates say.

[Spike Vincent]

[quote name='merlin' timestamp='1335903964' post='1637926']
ha ha its your round...
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[paul_5]

[quote name='merlin' timestamp='1335903964' post='1637926']
ha ha its your round...
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Fine - I'll buy you a pint of whatever you like for every song that you get right.....

...not bought a beer for a while

[Dom in Dorset]

"X would really like to play tea chest bass on two or three of our songs, I think it could sound great."

Edited May 14, 2012 by Dom in Somerset

[Judo Chop]

Guitarist: "No I won't turn the bass down on my amp, that's my sound."

No, I think you'll find that's MY sound, being the bassist and all.

[cloudburst]

cloudburst: I'm thinking of buying a 5 string bass*
Guitarist: Oh. Didn't think you'd be a 5 string type of guy.
cloudburst: Huh? What do you mean?

CB

*GreeneKing's SR5 - sorry mate.

[lowregisterhead]

Gormless female singer, after someone suggested we put 'Soul Man' in the set: "I really don't want to do that, it's so cheesy 80's..."

Me and guitarist, in unison: "No, the original by Sam and Dave"

G.F.S.: "Who?"

[lowregisterhead]

And on a more personal level, during a pause in our sound check at a corporate event, the guitarist of another band on the gig walks past me and says, with heavy sarcasm:

"Ooh. 5 strings. Gosh."

I managed to resist the near-overwhelming urge to pin him to the ground and break his arms...

[Dom in Dorset]

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1356603608' post='1911472']
And on a more personal level, during a pause in our sound check at a corporate event, the guitarist of another band on the gig walks past me and says, with heavy sarcasm:

"Ooh. 5 strings. Gosh."

I managed to resist the near-overwhelming urge to pin him to the ground and break his arms...
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No need , I would imagine the bassist from his own band will do that at some point.

[lowregisterhead]

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1356605731' post='1911501']

No need , I would imagine the bassist from his own band will do that at some point.
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True - I hadn't thought of that. I feel better already! :-)

[barneyg42]

Emails go round that we need to learn In These Arms by Bon Jovi for a birthday party. Due to illness we are unable to rehearse in the week before. No probs we can wing it on the night. Get to the night and keyboardist says "oh I've learnt Always!"
Give him his due though he slammed his headphones on and keyboard on the iPhone and learnt the damned song. He's the technical whizz in the band but maybe reading emails is beyond him

[jonsmith]

A couple from history...

Hasn't learnt or even acknowledged existence of new songs for tonight's rehearsal:

"I have to read emails at work, I'm not going to read any when I'm not there!"

Followed by an admission that he's booked a holiday that clashes with a gig we've had booked for months:

"I have to use a diary at work, I'm not going to use one when I'm not there!"

...and then this, from a different drummer:

"Where is everybody?"
"We're in Sutton, the PA is all set up and the drum mics are on the floor awaiting your kit"
"Aren't we playing in Hayes?"
"Yes, we are, tomorrow night!"
"Oh, I'm there now, thought it seemed a bit quiet."

[Dom in Dorset]

From the dim and distant past :
Me - have you sent X that demo they requested yet, you said you'd sort it out a few months back?
Anon - No
Me - how come , that was months ago???!!!!!
Anon - I haven't got any jiffy bags.

[andysleigh]

i dont consider myself a proper bassist, so reading all this makes me depressed.
i dont think il make any suggestions to my band mates

[chaypup]

Drummer: Sorry old chap but my spine which as you know was broken in 3 places is giving me too much gyp. I'm going to have to rest for a few months.
Me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The best drummer I've heard for years and a good mate too - gutted (for him, the band and me)

Edited January 11, 2013 by chaypup

[bremen]

'Why don't we mix (five very different 24-track songs on an analogue desk) Friday evening?'

[tonyquipment]

In my past band the drummer said "someone's out of tune"

Really?

[barneyg42]

Singer "lets keep Dakota, Sex on Fire and Mustang Sally in the set"!

[gjones]

Me 'When are you free to rehearse?'

Them 'I can't do Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays. Oh I just remembered I can't do Tuesdays either.'

Me 'Can you do Thursdays?'

Them 'I'll get back to you....'

Me 'So you think Thursday might be ok?'

Them 'Yyyyyyyy............No!'

[4 Strings]

in preparation for a recording, keyboard player states he's "going to choose the piano sounds when we get to the studio".

[Monckyman]

Singer"can we do Can't get no satisfaction?"
Two months after agreeing we needed to concentrate on songs from this century to balance the utter sh*te he loves from the 60s

Singer" erm no, I don't have an eBay account" when asked had he sold our old P.A that he removed for that purpose 3 months ago.
Yes,am fed up with him.

[Wylie]

"Have we done this before?"

"How does this go again?"

"And you are ... who?"

[Cameronj279]

Him : "when are you free for recording?"

Me : "anytime after Thursday"

An hour later

Him "We're booked for Tuesday"

[mbellishment]

"Do you not think our songs would sound better if you played a 4 string bass?"

[4 Strings]

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"Do you not think our songs would sound better if you played a 4 string bass?"
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Well?

[bassintheface]

You know Weds is date night for me and the wife.........