Re: Tellin' it like it is (for better or worse)


Mike wrote:
> Check this out. Our band (formerly a 3-piece) added a keyboard player
> a few months ago. The keys guy has learned a good number of our songs,
> but there are still quite a few that he doesn't know, and when we're
> playing out, he won't just lay out on the songs he doesn't know. He
> just plays all over the place (yes, we've said to lay out on the stuff
> he doesn't know). Anyhow, the rest of the band has been discussing the
> keyboard guy's performance and the guitar player sent the following
> email to the him (names have been changed!). After reading it, you'll
> likely understand why the keys guy hasn't replied and probably won't
> come back (good keyboard players are about as rare as good bass players
> in this area). Everything he said is true, it just seemed a bit harsh
> to me. It goes without saying that guitar guy could probably stand to
> take a Dale Carnegie course:
>
>
> >Curly,
> >Larry, Moe, and myself had a talk about your progress and we all >feel that you are not doing your homework.Your performance is not >solid on a noticeable number of songs and after we have recently >played a few shows without you we can tell the difference in the >sound.We are doing the show this Friday at Bill's as a three >piece and hopefully after that you will still want to work with >us as we start to record. We have no plan of replacing you so >don't think that is the reason. You have come along way with >learning our set list but you need to do more to be tight with us >live.
> >
> >In the mean time you really need to work on the songs that you >are not solid with. There are no more shows scheduled right now >so you have plenty of time.


Hey Mike,

Why by email and not face to face?

Joe

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