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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: March 12, 2014, 8:29 am
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Last nights practice we focused on just a few songs. Shine by
Collective Soul. Come Together by The Beatles and Learn To Fly
by Foo Fighters. Learn to Fly and Shine are both new to me, in
the sense, I’ve never played them before literally and mentally
in my head. They are more complicated than I originally thought.
We’ve been playing for about 2 months, but we tore them apart
for the first time last night. I was playing most of the
drumming very messy. Not really close to the original. Tony, the
guitarist, knows his stuff and helped me figure out what was
going on.
I’m just enjoying the hell out of this. Learning songs. Taking
on challenges. It can be scary and frustrating, and especially
embarrassing. But I’ve already proven to myself, I will get it.
It just takes practice, practice, practice.
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: August 12, 2014, 11:01 am
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I am many things today… Frustrated, ****ed, Sad, confused.
Part of the band imploded last week. Things boiled and came to a
head and they kicked the singer out, because his did not
communicate well and missed several practices due to job and
personal travel. And he was learning the guitar very slowly.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me.
So I had to ask what was going on. A brief explanation followed
up, they are going to ask their old singer to come back.
F uck.
They dropped him earlier a few years back… because he was an
alcoholic. Always drunk at practice and the gigs. F uck that.
Also, since he doesn’t have a good memory, he sings with lyric
sheets in front of him. At gigs… Double F uck that.
And the kicker is he has a deep gravely voice, so the band
focused on old rock where his voice works. Triple F uck. That
kind of music is OK for a few songs, but I don’t think people
wanna hear that much. The ones that do have two teeth, smoke and
drink a lot in some hole in wall bar.
None of this sounds appealing to me. I want to entertain. Play
fun songs ‘everyone loves’.
Almost 2 years practicing and nothing and this new future with
these guys is taking a hard turn and steps back.
Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Guess my avatar is very appropriate today.
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: August 12, 2014, 11:38 am
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Man, that sucks. I was actually thinking about where your band
was a few weeks ago. I figured that with no new updates you guys
were deep into rehearsals and possibly doing live gigs, which I
for one was looking forward to seeing, albeit by way of video.
But still wanted to see you rockin' the joint LIVE! Bummer to
hear that things kind of hit the fan. Was really hoping that
this was going to work out for you cause I know your passion for
playing the drums is high. Don't let this discourage you one bit
dude. Stay the course, keep playing and pounding those skins.
When one door closes.....another opens. One comment from my
perspective regarding any singer that has to have lyric sheets
in front of them........GOOD RIDDANCE! Nothing screams 'amateur'
than someone that can't be bothered to memorize their f*cking
songs! What the f*ck!
#Post#: 30334--------------------------------------------------
Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: August 12, 2014, 11:45 am
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--- Quote ---
> One comment from my perspective regarding any singer that has
to have lyric sheets in front of them........GOOD RIDDANCE!
Nothing screams 'amateur' than someone that can't be bothered to
memorize their f*cking songs! What the f*ck!
--- End Quote ---
Exactly... I will not stand for that.
We actually had September 6 as our introductory gig date. It was
at the Bass Player's house who lives by a lake. It was billed as
Rock the Dock to the lake homes and family and friends. Motherfu
ck.
Oh, I'm not going to let this stop me. I might be frustrated,
sad and mad, but I'm moving forward... somehow.
I like these guys and they are good, but we need a plan...
Direction... quality.
I'm pretty sure the guitarist is also frustrated but to me he's
taking the quick easy lazy way with calling on a old singer. As
the Bass Player says, we are not a power trio. We need another
guitar or keyboards. Just a vocalist is really limiting.
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: August 12, 2014, 11:57 am
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I'm sure you have already voiced your concerns with the rest of
the band, but I will play devils advocate here and just
reiterate the obvious just in case you haven't. Just talk to
them and point out why he was kicked out of the band in the
first place and what the issues were that led to his exodus.
Then ask them if the problems have ever been resolved (my guess
is the answer is 'no') and then ask them if they think the
problem will ever be fixed. The answer will most likely be the
same as before, at which point ask them firmly if they want to
waste another 2 years 'babying' him only to realize they have to
find another singer that can actually bring their A-Game. If you
call them on the idea of willing wanting to waste another couple
of years out of their precious time, you'd be surprise at how
many people will get their 'Wake-up' call. And if by chance they
offer you lame excuses like "he's changed or this time it will
be different', then you need to seriously question whether this
is the band for you. If they do offer lame reasons to keep him,
personally I would just look for another band as this would be a
dead end situation. There's plenty of bands out there that are
looking for a serious drummer that can bring it. Mac, don't sell
yourself short. I've seen you drumming in the video's you posted
and you've got skills that shouldn't be wasted in a band that's
not willing to seek out a solution that moves forward.....not
backwards. Just my 2 cents.
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: August 12, 2014, 12:15 pm
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First, thank you for your thoughts. I appreciate them.
And agree on everything mention. This implosion happened so
quickly and within the last week and without warning, so I
haven't even had an opportunity to talk to the guys about this
'new direction'. That's the other thing, it suddenly happened. I
really didn't see things peculating per se. I had some concerns,
but nothing this rash.
--- Quote ---
> Just talk to them and point out why he was kicked out of the
band in the first place and what the issues were that led to his
exodus. Then ask them if the problems have ever been resolved
(my guess is the answer is 'no') and then ask them if they think
the problem will ever be fixed. The answer will most likely be
the same as before, at which point ask them firmly if they want
to waste another 2 years 'babying' him only to realize they have
to find another singer that can actually bring their A-Game.
--- End Quote ---
I cannot stand drunks and have zero tolerance. In fact when the
boys asked me to try out way back when, they discussed just this
issue about drinking, attendance, commitment. I will have no
problem of letting them all know, I don't have time for that
drama. I'm old.
--- Quote ---
> If you call them on the idea of willing wanting to waste
another couple of years out of their precious time, you'd be
surprise at how many people will get their 'Wake-up' call. And
if by chance they offer you lame excuses like "he's changed or
this time it will be different', then you need to seriously
question whether this is the band for you. If the do offer lame
reasons to keep him, personally I would just look for another
band as this would be a dead end situation.
--- End Quote ---
So, since I have very little to go on, I'm assuming they would
revert back to the old songs this guy knows. I'm pretty sure he
doesn't have the vocals to doing the songs we are now familiar
with. Either way, it sounds very questionable to the making of
entertaining band. Not to long ago, the guys told me about a
guitar player they had who had a drinking problem. Put up with
him for 6 months of practice and then the first gig he fell down
while playing. The walked away from that band configuration that
night.
Gawd, now that has me thinking.
--- Quote ---
> There's plenty of bands out there that are looking for a
serious drummer that can bring it. Mac, don't sell yourself
short.
--- End Quote ---
I know. I've come a long way since first joining and since those
videos. I think I can hold my own and I've always been up for
the challenge. Challenge to me to get the song right. Not to
just play anything. I've actually taken a sneak peak into Craigs
List. Also found a web site that help find people for bands and
bands that need people.
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: August 12, 2014, 12:21 pm
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I love these guys and appreciate their asking me. Being patient
with me and teaching me. But I have no illusions about running
in place or worse taking steps back.
And in a direction I'm not thrilled about. That's it. I need to
be thrilled about the direction, otherwise the passion will fade
or die.
#Post#: 30346--------------------------------------------------
Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: August 12, 2014, 12:53 pm
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I have faith in you brother! :)
#Post#: 30624--------------------------------------------------
Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Mac
Date: August 22, 2014, 9:44 am
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[glow=red,2,300]Colorblind Chameleon is Over[/glow]
A complete shock to me. It happened swiftly and quietly. I’m
pretty confused, frustrated, sad, angry and everything else.
The guitarist wrote a 1 paragraph email talking about how he’s
thought about it for a while. He’s not progressing as a
musician, just maintaining. No more cover bands, no more band.
He’s taking a break.
WTF, we just spent 21 months practicing and for it to suddenly
stop? That’s a lot of freaking time to put in to just suddenly
quit without warning. Dayum. He has definitely has lost my
respect. I do appreciate him embracing me and teaching me
things. I’ve come a long way and feel pretty good about my
skills. But that does not come close to someone pulling the rug
from my feet. We had our first planned gig in 2 weeks. To be so
close and this happen. Phuck me.
My wife is not surprised. She’s worked with him on a
professional level (he’s a carpenter/contractor by trade) and
told me when he gets an idea to do something, it comes swift
without warning.
It got me down the first day, but I said phuck it and I’m
plunging forward. I contacted the Bass player (a friend of mine)
and asked if he wanted to continue forward and he said yes. I
guess it’s a matter of a sit down and figuring what to do next.
I have ideas definitely for me. Hopefully they mesh with his.
So I guess this thread is over.
But I'll continue on with something else with my new journey's.
I'm scared, excited, determined, passionate. Wish me luck.
What should the new thread be?
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Re: Colorblind Chameleon
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: August 22, 2014, 10:05 am
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Sorry to hear about the abrubt end to the band. But as I said
before, one door closes...another opens. Look at this way,
you've already got your Bass player on board. Now YOU get to put
the band together and make sure it's the right personel instead
of having to live under a cloud of uncertainty. This is going to
be YOUR band and for that, I'm very excited to see what you can
build.
As for the next thread, I'd go with something like Mac's Garage
Band Experience or Mac's Music Project Thread as this is more
open ended and can be used to track everything you're doing
musically rather than a specific band project. I'll leave it up
to you for obvious reasons since you never took my suggestion
for Mac and Cheese. ;D
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