Subj : rules for bands
To   : Scott Brown
From : Richard Webb
Date : Sat Feb 26 2011 01:39 pm

HI Scott,

On Fri 2039-Feb-25 22:17, Scott Brown (1:261/220) wrote to Richard Webb:

RW> -Never name your band after a song.

SB> lol.. we did that.. "Nuthin Fancy" was the name of our band.

NEver done that one, in over thirty years of it <grin>.
KNew some that did.

RW> -When a drummer brings in his own songs and asks to perform one of them, b
RW> looking for a new drummer IMMEDIATELY.

SB> rofl.. that would have been Rick, he was the first drummer in the
SB> second band  I played in. He used to whine that no one would listen
SB> to his ideas, and  wanted to know why they listened to my ideas when
SB> I was the newest member of  the band. He was replaced soon after
SB> that.. he didn't like being told drummers were a dime a dozen by
SB> Wayne (who was our lead singer) so he quit.

tHey are, but good ones are rare.  I'm probably pickier
about the rhythm section's heart than most anything else.
I'm one of these guys that's a stickler for doing the proper things because
they work, i.e. drummer pulls back a little
bit and plays the closed hats during verses, and maybe,
depending on the arrangement might switch to the ride during the bridge, etc.

RW> -No one cares that you have a MySpace page.

SB> lol.. there was no MySpace when I played in a band..

NOpe, me neither.  But, had there been I'm sure somebody
would have used it as a promotional attempt.

RW> -3 things that are never coming back: gongs, headbands and playing slide
RW> guitar with a beer bottle.

SB> LOL.. I'm heading to get a beer out of the fridge right now!

Seen all sorts of things used for that one, shot glass works too.


Regards,
          Richard
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