[OutlawSteph1975]

So all the pickers I have a class with were waiting outside before class time, and the fiddle player starts talking about a band he wants to form. He'll be the leader. It will be "old time" music, and he just wants to play community events. He doesn't like open jams because he's met too many people who play sloppy and don't learn the songs properly but plow through them. He's been playing fiddle 14 years and is pretty good.

So the fiddle player says, "it's hard to find good banjo players". And I'm thinking to myself.. I'm getting pretty competent on banjo and would love to be in a band. The mandolin picker shows up, who is just learning. The fiddle player didn't come out and ask me if I was interested in being in his band, but he asks the mandolin player. So I said I was interested and gave him my phone number and told him I play guitar too.

We went inside and it was basically just me and the fiddle player playing all the breaks and kicking off all the songs. The mando. picker couldn't play a solo on our songs which we've been working on for several months.. all bluegrass/old time standards like Old Joe Clark and Soldier's Joy. (I'm not being judgmental here. I like teaching people and encouraging in a classroom setting). Anyhow, if he calls me about the band, great.. if not.. that's okay too. But I was thinking, well why didn't he think of asking me before I asked him.