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stevestory (   18)
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| | Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2009 21:46 | |
So. A drummer contacts me, says he likes what I'm doing but lives an hour away from me. Luckily he lives in the same town as two other guys I'm jamming with. Cool, I say and arrange to meet him in this town an hours drive away, tonight in a free practice space. I speak to the drummer this morning, "see you tonight" I say..."yeah great!" he says.
Yes, you've guessed it...no show.
Its all good fun innit?
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cjwolf1985 (22)
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Bolton
| | Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2009 21:59 | |
there are plenty like that, I would jump at a chance of a musical venture, for sure, I hate it when people don't stick to their word.
music is my life, so I will spend my life making music.-C.J.SMITH
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petehughes (320)
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Aberystwyth, nghymru.
| | Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2009 22:12 | |
yeah...had the same deal tonight, guy rang up to arrange a viewing of my house to let....no show, no courtesy phone call ...no manners etc etc...lol fecking timewaster!
when you advertise, there is a downside: you have to factor in approximately 50% of the population are a waste of space uselass arseholes...such is life 
LOL
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Elaine (26)
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Surrey woking
| | Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2009 22:19 | |
So in my family of five which one is...
Oh that'll be me!
Sorry to hear your bad news it couldn't be that there are just a few people like that who have over committed there's probably loads of well meaning people going up and down the country shouting 'Oh ****....'
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stevestory (18)
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Southend-on-sea
| | Posted: Thu 02 Jul 2009 22:32 | |
Did I tell you the one about the drummer who had an unusual warm-up technique?
By day, a mild mannered HR manager...by night a terrible prog rock drummer who inserts a (dodgy) fill after every bar! He says, well its the way I play if you don't like it...weeeelll. Well, I don't like it my old china! Warm up technique? try a deafening primal sounding scream down the mic! Why???? I don't know...honest.
Now I am getting concerned. Too many nutters.
But that started me thinking... in a situation where they are ONLY nutters..when push comes to shove is there a "good" kind of nutter?
Nuts as in a bit quirky maybe? 10 Newky browns and controversial comments? Perhaps not the "stalk you to your door and murder you" type...sensitive egomaniacs?...oh they're a personal favourite!!
Come on you nutters! I'm looking for a drummer! (Oops I've just cross-posted sorry King Dan)
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Huh ()
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Posts: 90
United Kingdom
Portsmouth
| | Posted: Fri 03 Jul 2009 9:59 | |
You should have seen our open auditions. X factor is not fabricated. Deluded people turn up and really think they are it.
One guy auditioned, told us he sounded like Steve Perry. Sounded like Kevin and Perry to me.
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stevestory (18)
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| | Posted: Fri 03 Jul 2009 11:50 | |
I know, its absolutely terrifying. These people have obviously never recorded themselves or they are M.A.D.
When you are a musician it really helps to play a melody or part that is apparent to the song being played! lmao! sounds blatantly obvious but how many people have I met that haven't understood this fundamental rule in rock music particularly? I am absolutely sick of meeting musicians who just want to show off straight off the bat...Look, I can play "Surfing With The F**king Alien"...
Show off fine, but as long as it fits the arrangement/song. That's my opinion anyway.
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petehughes (320)
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Aberystwyth, nghymru.
| | Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 16:17 | |
Back on to the subject of timewasters. so far Ive had 6 people arrange appointments to view my property to rent, only 3 of these turned up!
So after the first two "no shows" I started to get wise to the game, and ring them up a couple of hours before to check theyre still coming...the last one didnt answer the phone but after prompting them I got a text message saying they'd made other arrangements and sorry etc...oh well, at least they bothered LOL!
Now I always treat people as I expect to be treated, call me old fashoined or whatever but to me , A date is a date..you be there, or you ring and cancel and explain why....no biggie but a few manners wouldnt go amiss here.
so Steve, the hypothesis was fairly bang on, half of peeps who answer ads will waste your time.
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DanC (73)
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| | Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 16:19 | |
'A Date is a date'............. You still have dates Pete? lol
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petehughes (320)
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| | Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 16:26 | |
I'm a late developer Dan
Im currently going through puberty #3 at the moment!
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DanC (73)
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| | Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 16:31 | |
I'm in at least my 3rd 'mid life crisis' 
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andymako (1)
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Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Posts: 370
United Kingdom
Cambridgeshire
| | Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 21:14 | |
Just to add a big yes: i despise discourtesy.. i often wonder; does it come from a general lack of empathy..? Do people who act so inconsiderately in their "professional" arrangements with others behave in the same way among their family and friends?
Yeah there's a lot of nutters around, too...some seriously deluded folk....has anyone come across any cases where a "musician" seems to obsess over technical or technique based points and issues, and yet doesn't seem to actually have any native creativity or musical understanding whatsoever? I've wondered in the past whether they do the one thing to hide the truth of the other..even from themselves. Why do they do it? Do they think they'll never be found out? Or do they really not realise that there is something missing in themselves?? Should we feel sad for them, or what? It's difficult to be rude to them, i know, it's so often like kicking a puppy...
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abby (2)
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United Kingdom
West midlands
| | Posted: Thu 30 Jul 2009 15:29 | |
I was going to view a property. I changed my mind, but hadn't saved their number, dammit! I didn't let them know and didn't turn up
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petehughes (320)
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| | Posted: Thu 30 Jul 2009 16:36 | |
You should have took them a note to say you couldnt be there!
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Hambo ()
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Joined: 13 Aug 2005
Posts: 8
United Kingdom
Canterbury
| | Posted: Fri 31 Jul 2009 23:03 | |
I believe I know what you are all talking about when you speak of deluded people... but,
I think I might be one myself.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to look at this myspace page and let me (and my fellow deludee Rod) know?
http://www.myspace.com/thebarsalts
Dont hold back or anything, you'd be doing me a favour
Many thanks.
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