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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: November 16, 2014, 3:26 pm
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--- Quote from: Mac link ---
>
> OK, so I put my ad out on Craigslist
HTML http://stlouis.craigslist.org/muc/4764101112.html.
Let's see
what happens.
>
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You sure you want to add Serial Killers into your band? If you
do, you should name it that and be ironic about it all. :P
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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: December 2, 2014, 2:28 pm
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First audition... (from a letter I wrote to my friend and
bassist).
Hey Bango,
I thought I would relate to you a funny story that happened to
me over the weekend. It wasn’t funny at the time… but it is now.
I went to audition for a band this past Sunday. It was out in
Union. That wasn’t really too bad of a long drive. So I’m coming
up on the destination and I see very little. A huge concrete
silo and at first I didn’t even notice the mobile home. So I
drove on and nothing. So I drove back and past the mobile home.
Nah, that can’t be the place. So I stopped and asked someone
outside and sure enough, the mobile home was the place.
Gahhhhhhh. It’s a **** hole. Crap laying everywhere. Couch and
chair on the deck, old trucks and cars, sans wheels everywhere.
Oh, this is gonna be good. Totally Redneck
As I pull up close I do hear music, but it’s coming from across
the drive out of this little storage unit. Sure enough, the band
was inside this 10 X 12 metal shack that he just put up. It did
have insulation stuffed in the ceiling. If you recall, Sunday
was the day it started off at 70 and dropped like a rock through
the day. By the time the audition ended, I was froze. I ended
the audition. I could only imagine what it would be like in the
middle of winter. Ya NO!!!!
Like Colorblind Chameleon, I’m relying on the band’s PA system.
(Thanks Tony for setting the bar high… LOL). I was horrified to
find they had only few very old speakers. None could handle my
kit properly. They fiddled with the settings and best they could
get was a thud on kick, a hallow snare and little else. No high
end. Once the guitarist’s started… I couldn’t hear a damn thing
out of my kit. They said they could and were happy. I think they
were lying. I couldn’t hear dick. I played everything by memory
or how I thought the song went.
They played some good old songs, but not much I wanted to
pursue. They played decent. Needed work.
Then one of the guys broke out a cigarette. Oh crap. Thankfully
the shack doors were wide open. Then the other guys started to
smoke. It got to me. An hour later, they asked if I cared about
them smoking. I said no. They asked if I smoked. I said no. They
asked if smoking bothers me. I said yes. But told them to smoke
away. The door is open and there is no way in hell, I’ll be
playing with you guys any further. I didn’t say that out loud.
They then proceeded to tell me how out in the county, there is
not anti-smoking laws. Everywhere they play will be a smoke
filled bar. That nailed that coffin shut. Shortly after I
called it a day and left.
I was honest with the guy and told him I had to decline because
the idea playing in a smoke filled bar was not going to happen.
So I learned lessons.
Anyway, thought you’d appreciate a goofy story of my first
attempt into auditioning for a band.
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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: December 2, 2014, 2:34 pm
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Ha. This has sitcom written all over it. If they ever make this
a TV series, I am soooooooooo watching this. Better luck next
time Mac. Par for the course.
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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: December 2, 2014, 2:37 pm
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It is sitcom material, isn't it.
I have to laugh, because I was so bummed from the second I drove
up to the mobile home. :'(
Seriously, for a nanosecond, I considered... keep on driving.
#Post#: 33241--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 1, 2015, 3:14 pm
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Two of the band guys (guitarist & bass), called to jam recently.
It was fun. Tony the guitarist sakes if we would consider
continuing working on his material. I didn't answer. I was
tired.
This weekend I found an ad for a band needing to replace their
drummer. My age I believe. A female singer. Some really great
songs in their list. Negotiating a time to audition. Cross
fingers.
I'm still trying to convince my wife I need to get a PA. I can't
depend on the band to have the right equipment.
#Post#: 33242--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: February 1, 2015, 3:59 pm
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Good luck with the audition. :) At least this one isn't out in
the middle of nowhere.
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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 10, 2015, 10:25 pm
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Crossing my fingers... I have tow differnt auditions coming up.
A 4-5 piece band with female singer, doing classic rock tomorrow
night. I have yet to talk to anybody. Only emails. So weird.
Another audition with a female lead doing classic rock and pop
and dre cording some original music. The guy I tlaked to was
cool and I like his ideas of gigs and venues, and time schedule.
Any of this could go any which way. I worry mostly about how my
kit will sound.
#Post#: 33435--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Chiprocks1
Date: February 10, 2015, 10:27 pm
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Dude, you're gonna f*cking kill it at your audition! I have
faith in you bro!
#Post#: 33437--------------------------------------------------
Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 10, 2015, 10:33 pm
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Thanks.
I just retread what I wrote and have major finger issues. Typing
on the iPad sucks.
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Re: Mac's Music Project Thread
DIR By: Mac
Date: February 11, 2015, 10:08 pm
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Well, i finally got to audition. It was ok. I definitely fretted
over it too much. Threshold band was a nice group of folks.
Guitarist was super quiet. Bass player had an extremely dry
humor about him. The woman singer was nice and sang well.
The audition was way unbalanced in sound. Guitarist got loud at
times. I really didn't hear much of the bass player. He was
sitting in front of his own speaker. The singer was a little too
quiet. She should have turned up. I plugged directly into their
mixing board. My levels were ok. In hind sight I should have
brought in Tony's PA.
I played well. I did fret before hand and practiced what I
could. I was prepared. I delivered, I think.
Funny thing. The first song was Gel. I'm going to nail this.
Half way into the song, I lose the snare. No sound. Come to find
out, I didn't have the connector all the way in. D'oh!!!
I played without a snare dammit.
The rest of the songs go well, but as I said, I thought the kit
sounded lame.
They told me "good job". And we know that could mean nice little
pat on the head... Or they liked me. I couldn't tell. As I was
packing up, the next audition guy was a huge, huge man. Kinda
looked like Paul Sr. from American Chopper. His breath smelled
of heavy smoke. Kinda wished I stayed and heard. Not sure that's
a good idea.
The band is going through heavy changes. They lost their
keyboard player to bad, bad health. The guitarist just lost his
job. And their drummer was done.
That's all I got. I'm glad I experienced it. I don't think they
are what I'm looking for. The song selection was fun, but
unfocused. They are all over the place, chaotic, and not seeing
the overall entertainment direction. I might be to harsh I
judgement. I just didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling. Then again I
might not be even considered... Too much ego?
I might have another audition Sunday. We'll see.
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