T Prior
Poster Extraordinaire
TRUE story- from last year.
I responded to a request for a seasoned guitar player, of which I am. On the phone we were in synch, same age, same genres of music, same experiences, pretty much equal in all aspects. They offered me a gig before they even heard me, I wasn't shocked.
I went to one JAM ahead of the gig, we covered their set list which I pretty much knew, and we covered some tunes that I do and they knew them as well. Imagine that, a bunch of older guys knowing songs that go back decades and just playing them ! I gave them my expectations, less than an hr from home, 2 or 3 sets max, no late hours. The laughed and agreed to all of it. Money was barely discussed but it was a $100 minimum. They were gitty that I would play with them, they knew of me but didn't know me. By the way they were very good players. We covered Country, Rock, Blues some Motown etc...it was actually quite fun, kinda like we had all played together for a long time.
So a few days before the gig , the gig details conversation was erratic, no direct answers, the time was 2 sets , 3 sets maybe a tad longer. The distance was maybe an hr maybe a tad more. I couldn't get it nailed down, but I had committed. Turns out the gig was 2 hrs away and was 4 sets. I don't wanna say they lied, but they lied. That's on me, I trusted them. I fronted probably half the songs over the 4 sets and I'm not even a front singer.
Following the gig yeah I got paid $100, then we never spoke again. They didn't need a guitar player for the band , they needed a guitar player for ONE gig. Apparently the player they usually use would not do that gig and I don't blame him.
I recently noticed that they are looking for a guitar player again ! Not me though. Live long enough, learn some more !
I responded to a request for a seasoned guitar player, of which I am. On the phone we were in synch, same age, same genres of music, same experiences, pretty much equal in all aspects. They offered me a gig before they even heard me, I wasn't shocked.
I went to one JAM ahead of the gig, we covered their set list which I pretty much knew, and we covered some tunes that I do and they knew them as well. Imagine that, a bunch of older guys knowing songs that go back decades and just playing them ! I gave them my expectations, less than an hr from home, 2 or 3 sets max, no late hours. The laughed and agreed to all of it. Money was barely discussed but it was a $100 minimum. They were gitty that I would play with them, they knew of me but didn't know me. By the way they were very good players. We covered Country, Rock, Blues some Motown etc...it was actually quite fun, kinda like we had all played together for a long time.
So a few days before the gig , the gig details conversation was erratic, no direct answers, the time was 2 sets , 3 sets maybe a tad longer. The distance was maybe an hr maybe a tad more. I couldn't get it nailed down, but I had committed. Turns out the gig was 2 hrs away and was 4 sets. I don't wanna say they lied, but they lied. That's on me, I trusted them. I fronted probably half the songs over the 4 sets and I'm not even a front singer.
Following the gig yeah I got paid $100, then we never spoke again. They didn't need a guitar player for the band , they needed a guitar player for ONE gig. Apparently the player they usually use would not do that gig and I don't blame him.
I recently noticed that they are looking for a guitar player again ! Not me though. Live long enough, learn some more !
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