Well its a double whammy. Guitar player is the singer. This part is a short chugging part before the chorus. He stops on the 3. Then speeds up the chorus. The rest of the band can't play outside 4/4. Not even a little bit. Even when the guitar player is triple picking, I can't play triplets because it throws him off.
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I've already messaged one of two bands I'm going to possibly try out for.
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I think every band has a member who's counting kinda sucks. And 80% of the time that member will blame the drummer. My solution when I'm told I messed up:
"Oh, sorry guys. I though you wanted to play this song RIGHT. What's that? You WERE playing it right? Okay, lets start over with this metronome so I can see exactly where I screwed up. YOU ****S."
No I get it, waiting to hear back from a few bands right now.
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You have some real patience. After the second time, I would have gone full a****** BEAST mode. We both would have been playing the part with a metronome so that he would be shamed into submission. In my opinion, time keeping in any time signature, is part of being a musician. It doesn't matter if you play drums or a clarinet. There's a difference between a musician and a "guitar player". Fortunately for me, my band had a musician. He will be the bar for others to meet in the future.
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Well the final straw has been pulled. Set up a time to finally re-record all the guitars for the ep. Got some extra equipment because my guitarist was a total lop. Gave him a time. That time came and went. No call, no show. Half hour later I sent him a text and said forget it. Got a response telling me he forgot we were supposed to get together. Less than an hour after the original conversation.
Done......
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I'd check out and make them learn their mistake the hard way.
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Guitarist's have trouble telling time and opening a box of Cheerios.
When you shine a flashlight in 1 ear and see somebody's trip to the Grand Canyon coming out the other side, it really is time to move on.
You need to find a guitar player (and sometimes a singer) who have a IQ higher than the ambient temperature of Alaska.
I know because I've been there and done that. Didn't want the tee shirt because they couldn't spell tee.
Pretty much. This coming after having to tell him knock his crap off the last few practices, and having his potential replacement try out with him there and then telling him that guy was his replacement. And he still pulls crap like this.
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