I’ve been quietly awaiting further advancement of our band
project, having been frustrated by snow delays for rehearsal and personal
delays by band members.
Now I come to find our prospective guitarist is continuing
to come up with one excuse after another to not show up for practice. We’ve
waited a long time for him to come around and apply himself. It hasn’t
happened. Most of his excuses have been legitimate and understandable, but it’s
now to the point that delaying our progress will only result in the summer
passing with all venues booked solid until the middle of fall. Apparently, he
is not interested enough to commit to, or doesn’t understand the urgency of
getting tight enough to start booking gigs NOW or lose the summer music season
altogether. Since he seems to not have the time to commit to one lousy day a
week to put together a solid act, we’re moving on without him.
I put another ad on Craigs List yesterday and already got a
response from a guitar/keyboard player who lives up here in Woodland
Park and has excellent references.
Only trouble is he is in Hawaii
right now and won’t be back in town until April 4th.
I sent him a set list and he knows a lot of the songs on it
so we should be able to gel things quickly, if he decides to join us.
There is also another guitarist who is interested in
checking us out who is a friend of the bassist. He is currently playing with an
up and coming country singer out of Nashville
who just released his debut album. I’m finding it hard to believe he would give
up this gig to join a band just starting out, but we’ll give him a shot a week
from tomorrow.
Just one more delay and the clubs continue to book the
summer. I don’t know whether to be pissed or just frustrated. Either way it
sucks, but this project is important to me and I know we have a great show to
offer when we finally get to share it with people.
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