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If you're joining a new band find out if:

A, the drummer has a driving license

B, the drummer has a vehicle (big enough to carry the drum kit)

If the answer to these is no you need to carry out one of the following:

1, say thank you for the chance to audition but I'm not going to join you because... (insert feasible excuse here)

2, buy a smaller car that will only just fit you and your bass gear in it

3, resign yourself to being the drummer's sole means of getting gear to/from gigs

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When joining a covers band, find out if they are actually going to learn the covers properly as per the original recordings or merely turn up to rehearsal having done no preparation whatsoever, wing their way through the entire set and say 'that'll do - the punters will be pissed up anyway'.

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[quote name='Dave_the_bass' timestamp='1378464693' post='2200647']
If you're joining a new band find out if:

A, the drummer has a driving license

B, the drummer has a vehicle (big enough to carry the drum kit)

If the answer to these is no you need to carry out one of the following:

1, say thank you for the chance to audition but I'm not going to join you because... (insert feasible excuse here)

2, buy a smaller car that will only just fit you and your bass gear in it

3, resign yourself to being the drummer's sole means of getting gear to/from gigs
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It might be worth also checking whether or not the drummer actually owns a kit ...

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A couple of days before a rehearsal call up the guitarist and ask a technical question ("What's that riff you're playing after the second chorus" type of thing). Then cue the guitarist frantically trying to learn the track [b][i]before [/i][/b]the rehearsal rather than during it.

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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1378465522' post='2200668']
When joining a covers band, find out if they are actually going to learn the covers properly as per the original recordings or merely turn up to rehearsal having done no preparation whatsoever, wing their way through the entire set and say 'that'll do - the punters will be pissed up anyway'.
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Or make the feeble excuse " it' s our version" because they can't be a££ed to learn it

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