Waiting to audition...

[OliverBlackman]

14 hours ago, EJWW said:

Well I've just arrived home and am in a total dilemma.

The musicianship was very good.  The drummer and guitarist LISTENED which is a very desirable quality in my opinion. 

The songs are good (I had carefully learned all 7 songs i was sent).

However the punctuality issue burns away in my mind.... 

I did finally get to give my G&L LB100 its first outing. It was fab.

Hmm. Very little else happening for me to join round here at the moment. Keep looking or give them another chance?

One thing I learned when I dipped my toes into the music industry, you’ve got to be easy going and just accept the traits of others. Those that were easy going have generally had a better career IME. 

[mcnach]

19 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Nobody commenting on the fact that the singer was the first to arrive?

 

She probably thought they were meeting at 6...

Edited September 26, 2020 by mcnach

[EJWW]

Very interesting and varied answers here, thanks everyone. On balance i think that the points regarding weighing up the quirks of others against the creative opportunities they are offering is key here. 

I'll give it a few weeks and i think the picture will be a lot clearer so watch this space... 😀

[steantval]

On 26/09/2020 at 11:25, odysseus said:

I wouldn't write them off because they were late once.  Sh!t happens. If they're regularly late, then yeah....

Can you live with a bit a lateness if the material/musicianship/personalities are good?  Our singer always turns up at least 40 minute after the rest of us, but by then we've had a jam and often got some ideas cooking.

Or would you rather play with a bunch of punctual idiots with crap songs? 😝

Personally I'd give it another go and take it from there - problems tend to rear their heads fairly early.  You'll know soon, I reckon...

Someone who continually turns up at least 40 minutes late is taking the p*ss, the rest of the band should be having a word.

Solution, book a rehearsal for 8pm but don’t tell the singer, let him/her think it’s booked for 7pm, see how they feel when they are first to arrive and sit around for at least 20 minutes before the rest of the band arrive.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by steantval

[odysseus]

13 minutes ago, steantval said:

Someone who continually turns up at least 40 minutes late is taking the p*ss, the rest of the band should be having a word.

We're OK with it because we're set up, warmed up and got a jam going by the time she arrives.  But then, we're not as anal about it as other bands may be.  It's our call and nobody else's.

[Nail Soup]

Our drummers normally a bit late, but we turn it into a positive by using that time to go through chords, backing voc and so on.

[OliverBlackman]

22 minutes ago, Nail Soup said:

Our drummers normally a bit late, but we turn it into a positive by using that time to go through chords, backing voc and so on.

Exactly. I used to quite like being first in as I could warm up with some scales or go through song ideas.

[MacDaddy]

On the whole, people who are late, tend to be happier than the people who are waiting for them.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Just now, MacDaddy said:

On the whole, people who are late, tend to be happier than the people who are waiting for them.

I'd soon remedy that if I was the one kept waiting.