![]() ![]() Unbeknownst to old drummer, we'd been talking about replacing him. Gig is cancelled with two days notice to the venue. New drummer had been learning the yacht rock material, not the rock band stuff. He realized this was crossing a line with us and "this is probably the end of the road with you guys." The sub drummer who played with us a couple times is recovering from serious illness and not able to play at all right now. On a thursday before a Saturday gig, he texts us all to say that his other band's sub fell through and he is playing his other band's show. Meanwhile Old Drummer got a sub for his other band for times when when he was playing with us. There simply wasn't enough rehearsal time for the sub to learn the whole show. But considering we got paid three times our usual fee, he could have cancelled his other band's show. The gig was hastily planned, booked even though drummer was marked busy on the calendar - not his fault. For two shows - including our first yacht rock gig - he played the first half and then left to do his other bands gig. We don't do subs otherwise, our set list is too weird. We've had to get a drummer sub three times. ![]() Can play quietly or loudly, but you have to pick one for the whole night - no dynamics.Īfter he joined our band, he restarted an old band of his and became pretty busy with gigs. He smashed the heck out of his china cymbal during the Christopher Cross song "Ride like the Wind." I have the recordings, it's quite inexplicable. He doesn't like to really learn songs, just beginnings and endings with the beat in between, and overplayed fills not from the song. We don't use backing tracks so there was never a need for this. Very skilled guy at the drums, but insists on playing to a click track. Frequently on his laptop working during every break during rehearsal tended to miss conversations because of this. Our new(ish) lead singer pushed us to develop the yacht rock band in January and got us two gigs out of it. We are a rock cover band with an alter ego yacht rock band. ![]()
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