i'm really pissed right now. i began trying to get people to play at this thing at my school where a bunch of bands just get together and play. its at the end of may and i approached people about two weeks ago about it, which i think is enough time. i wanted to cover blackwater park and learned it rather quickly, having little else to do with myslelf. so i approached another guitarist, a drummer, a bassist, and a vocalist. all are friends of mine and enjoy music, so i asked them and they all said yes, and we've been practicing for a couple weeks.
well, the other guitarist all of a sudden isn't allowed to leave his house because of his bad grades. no biggie, he had the acoustics and the solo, as long as those reverb driven melodies in blackwater park. i could already play the acoustics by myself and could easily come up with a solo. he could hardly play the acoustic part anyways. sure i wanted to make music with him but i can do it by myself.
i was then all set to do the acoustics myself and come up with a solo, but then the drummer got word of this and backed out, saying we need two guitarists and that the song is to long. i didn't get why he didn't want to play,he could already play the song, and even though i showed him i could play the other guitar parts as well. then he goes and signs up for this thing with another band that plays shitty nu-metal. what a waste of talent.
eventually the bassist said he wouldn't do it either, but just because we don't have a drummer, he really wanted to, he's a huge prog-rock fan and i got him into opeth. same with the vocalist, he wanted to growl his lungs out but said we should just give up because no one's going to play drums with less than two weeks to learn a 12 minute song. now its all dead, and i really was pumped about finally being able to play in front of people. and now i'm back to square one, sitting alone in my room, practicing quietly for a couple of hours wishing i could actually play a song with a band for an audience. why the hell can't i ever get a band together? is it supposed to be this hard to get people together to make music?
well, the other guitarist all of a sudden isn't allowed to leave his house because of his bad grades. no biggie, he had the acoustics and the solo, as long as those reverb driven melodies in blackwater park. i could already play the acoustics by myself and could easily come up with a solo. he could hardly play the acoustic part anyways. sure i wanted to make music with him but i can do it by myself.
i was then all set to do the acoustics myself and come up with a solo, but then the drummer got word of this and backed out, saying we need two guitarists and that the song is to long. i didn't get why he didn't want to play,he could already play the song, and even though i showed him i could play the other guitar parts as well. then he goes and signs up for this thing with another band that plays shitty nu-metal. what a waste of talent.
eventually the bassist said he wouldn't do it either, but just because we don't have a drummer, he really wanted to, he's a huge prog-rock fan and i got him into opeth. same with the vocalist, he wanted to growl his lungs out but said we should just give up because no one's going to play drums with less than two weeks to learn a 12 minute song. now its all dead, and i really was pumped about finally being able to play in front of people. and now i'm back to square one, sitting alone in my room, practicing quietly for a couple of hours wishing i could actually play a song with a band for an audience. why the hell can't i ever get a band together? is it supposed to be this hard to get people together to make music?
