I get the "Female drummer" and "Ideally 18-30" kind of ads but..

[leschirons]

Just seen this advert.  I mean, you can sort of prove your a female bassist, or guy between 18 and 30 and I  guess sometimes, you really do have to be committed to the performance 100% but how would they know if you're partial to the odd bacon buttie?

 

Vegan Vocalist Wanted For Cultural Campaign Song and Fashion Music Video
Hi there, I'm looking for a Vocalist who's a Vegan for a Vegan Song Recording and Fashion Music Video. I'm more into a cool character of a Vocal than a big Diva Voice, so If you're a vocalist who fits the bill etc etc.

[Downunderwonder]

So you won't mind being paid in lentils.

[Cat Burrito]

I'm okay with this. A bit like a religious band wanting you to be religious. It's niche but I suspect they know that. 

[Nail Soup]

Just doing it on trust I suppose. 
Fair enough to ask for someone who is aligned to the message.

[leschirons]

13 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:

I'm okay with this. A bit like a religious band wanting you to be religious. It's niche but I suspect they know 

Obviously, they'll be hoping to find a vegan with a great voice but I guess I'm sort of intrigued that if there has to be some sort of compromise, on which side would it be?

 

A committed vegan who can sing, is maybe different from a great singer, who happens to be vegan.  I'm not making fun of this. I really am intrigued by it all.

[Newfoundfreedom]

A band near me had a similar add a couple of years ago, but for a vegan bass player. 

 

The self styled vegan activist front man was a proper bell end. He actually fired his supposedly good friend, and talented guitarist from the band for refusing to become vegan. 

 

Last I heard he was still looking. 

[Old Horse Murphy]

Throw in the ability to play finger cymbals and it could well be a Bristol band....🙄

[Dankology]

Aside from the potential rights and wrongs of the recruitment criteria (and the seemingly random use of capital letters), that sounds like a band I'd really enjoy not being a member of.

[Grimalkin]

I might have considered it in my salad days.

[Newfoundfreedom]

Just now, Grimalkin said:

I might have considered it in my salad days.

I had one of those once.

 

Longest day of my life!

[Grimalkin]

3 minutes ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I had one of those once.

 

Longest day of my life!

 

I'm not going to knock it, many a time I have been sustained by that working musicians old favourite; A hearty portion of boiled grass with a nice piece of dried larch bark. The way things are looking, I think we're going to get reacquainted soon...

[tauzero]

Does that mean that emerging blinking into the light of day and tottering into the nearest McDonalds is no longer part of the recording studio rite of passage?

[fleabag]

6 hours ago, leschirons said:

 I'm not making fun of this.

 

Then really, it should not have been posted on BC.  Too late now though

[Bunion]

As soon as you pulled out the leather strap for your bass they’d know… 

[uk_lefty]

I get it. If you were a non vegan trying to fake it you'd damage their whole credibility. It would be like Maggie Thatcher singing any Bruce Springsteen song like "the working life", or the Strawbs "part of the Union". 

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[Supernaut]

Don't come crying to us because you didn't pass the audition. 😂

[mikel]

11 hours ago, leschirons said:

Just seen this advert.  I mean, you can sort of prove your a female bassist, or guy between 18 and 30 and I  guess sometimes, you really do have to be committed to the performance 100% but how would they know if you're partial to the odd bacon buttie?

 

Vegan Vocalist Wanted For Cultural Campaign Song and Fashion Music Video
Hi there, I'm looking for a Vocalist who's a Vegan for a Vegan Song Recording and Fashion Music Video. I'm more into a cool character of a Vocal than a big Diva Voice, so If you're a vocalist who fits the bill etc etc.

If its simply for a campaign song and video why should it matter? Surely its like acting, you dont need to be the character to play the character. 

[Hellzero]

11 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

I'm okay with this. A bit like a religious band wanting you to be religious. It's niche but I suspect they know that. 

I don't agree with you, this is exactly what is called sectarianism and it's very dangerous as these people are true fanatics able to burn down houses and kill people because of their belief.

 

Middle Ages are supposed to have gone away a long time ago.

[ead]

11 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

I might have considered it in my salad days.

 

What exactly is salad?  I think we should be told.

[Nail Soup]

1 hour ago, uk_lefty said:

It would be like Maggie Thatcher singing any Bruce Springsteen song like "the working life", or the Strawbs "part of the Union". 

Or like David Cameron singing "Eton Rifles".

Well, except that actually happened 🙄.

[musicbassman]

12 minutes ago, ead said:

What exactly is salad?  I think we should be told.

[SH73]

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[SH73]

Just now, SH73 said:

Do they need a bag pipes player owning traditional bag pipes?

 

[Nail Soup]

47 minutes ago, mikel said:

If its simply for a campaign song and video why should it matter? Surely its like acting, you dont need to be the character to play the character. 

In acting, there is a difference between the character and the message.

An actor doesn't necessarily need to share the views of the character they are playing, but the film-maker might want them to be in tune with the aim of the film.

For example a film which is say anti-Thatcher may need an actor to play Maggie, but the director may (or may not of course) actually want someone to play her who actually believes Maggie is a baddie. 

[ubit]

How do they know if someone is vegan? Because they will tell them.