Musician Pet Peeves

[falcon5romeo]

Two of my observations...

1. Whenever I meet a 'bass player', I invariably ask them what their favorite styles of music are, and 99.9% of the time they say "jazz and funk". Maybe I'm biased because those are my two least favorite genres, but come on! Get out a little!

2. The old craigslist 'looking for a singer' ad. Do you sound like Brian Johnson? Dio? Axl Rose? We're looking for you! Must be professional, experienced, alcohol/drug/drama/ego free, and have vocal abilities on par with some of the most technically gifted and unique singers on the planet! Stage presence is a must!

 

[soulgeezer]

Cables that are sticky and gooey from having been duct taped to the floor too many times. There's nothing you can do about it; I just hate handling them, when I'm rolling them up at the end of the night.

 

[Michael Poche]

Why put bass player in quotation marks? Are we "guitar players"?

 

[soulgeezer]

Why put bass player in quotation marks? Are we "guitar players"?

No, not guitar players...

"Bass Player (n): A person who 'plays' a rudimentary musical instrument, but who is him- or herself not a musician, though often surrounded by actual musicians. Usually, a failed or otherwise poor guitar player, who has been relegated to the bass guitar, as it has only four strings, does not require fretting chords that include more than two notes, and can easily be replaced by the left hand of a semi-competent keyboard player."

So, quotation marks? Yeah, seems about right!

 

[uriah1]

Drummers that are too loud and throw
in too many hits/paradiddles

 

[falcon5romeo]

Drummers that are too loud and throw
in too many hits/paradiddles

I SAID KICK SNARE KICK SNARE not KICK DIDDLY DIDDLY DOO SNARE DIDDLY!

 

[-Hawk-]

People playing instruments that can't stay in tune. No better way to ruin a groove than a wobbly g string.

 

[badfish_lewis]

1. People who don't learn their parts prior to band practice

2. People who don't shower before band practice

3. Band practice

 

[-Hawk-]

And as always - people that are late or cancel last minute. Musicians may collectively be the biggest group of flakes on the planet.

 

[soulgeezer]

Guitar players who keep playing/noodling between songs. (By the way, I am the world's worst offender at this.)

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Two of my observations...

1. Whenever I meet a 'bass player', I invariably ask them what their favorite styles of music are, and 99.9% of the time they say "jazz and funk". Maybe I'm biased because those are my two least favorite genres, but come on! Get out a little!

 

[unixfish]

Long breaks between songs - I don't think bands should have to go straight into their next number, but when it takes two to three minutes of re-tuning and wandering around doing set-up between every song, it becomes like TV commercials - "What was I watching? I forgot."

 

[Teleguy61]

A**holes.
That's it-a**holes.

 

[Wallo Tweed]

Cables that are sticky and gooey from having been duct taped to the floor too many times. There's nothing you can do about it; I just hate handling them, when I'm rolling them up at the end of the night.

Gaff tape is your friend.

 

[ac15]

Long breaks between songs - I don't think bands should have to go straight into their next number, but when it takes two to three minutes of re-tuning and wandering around doing set-up between every song, it becomes like TV commercials - "What was I watching? I forgot."

Yeah, that sucks.

I especially hate it when it's a band I am in.

Invariably there are two guys onstage exchanging what they think is witty banter, but the crowd isn't listening to it, so it's essentially just two guys having a private conversation onstage. It ain't entertaining.

 

[falcon5romeo]

And as always - people that are late or cancel last minute. Musicians may collectively be the biggest group of flakes on the planet.

Agree 1000%. Do you have any idea how many great 'brainstorming' conversations I've had with other musicians, talking about what we like, what we want to explore, sounds we want to create, getting all inspired, only for said musician to ALWAYS have an excuse why he can't practice.

 

[troy2003]

1. Jams where someone who is aspiring to go to Nashville has their mic WAY louder than everyone else's.
2. above superstar makes every song someone else is singing a "duet" to include themselves, even when not asked or implied to jump in.
3. When the superstar isn't playing their song, they are thumbing through huge binders looking for their next song-usually one with obscure chords or keys to dissuade fellow jammers to play along
4. When the jam wraps up, they wait for the accolades and praises. They don't offer to help pack up P.A. And cords, just their gear and run off.

 

[troy2003]

Situations where others lack of practices/preparedness makes ME look foolish. Was in the church praise band. Practice at 7. Well,by 7:30 most people were there. Then it was catch up on daily life time. Then maybe run through songs briefly-if ran through every one it was a miracle. Before church practice same thing. So then of course church service we looked amateurish-missed cues,clam chords, rough starts and endings-you name it. When they got a new Praise Leader it was exact opposite thankfully.

 

[OlRedNeckHippy]

"....They don't offer to help pack up P.A. And cords, just their gear and run off."
Yea, I can't let that one go. In the last 3 years, I've had two instances of this. One guy I terminated, the other quit stating "I don't haul gear". By by.

 

[Thin69]

Guitar players who keep playing/noodling between songs. (By the way, I am the world's worst offender at this.)

Have friend that won't stop doing this. Drives everybody crazy and kills everybody's mojo!