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  1. Bad vocal harmonies are worse than no harmonies. If you're still in that band and still have the same issue tell them that.
  2. Just play in those bands as they need you, and how your schedule allows, until you get your own band back together. Think of it as a learning experience. If the situations allow, make recommendations to the band leaders about possible improvements that they can make to make their bands better. IF they don't follow your recommendations don't worry about it, just play your parts as a good side man with the knowledge that you will soon have your own band up and going again. Good Luck.
  3. Ghost them. JK, but not really. In our originals band the bass player started ghosting us. He wouldn't respond to texts or answer phone calls. Even a call to his wife asking him to at least call us to tell us what's going on led to nothing. So, if you're truly unhappy with the band and you don't see the possibility of a reasonable resolution just start being unavailable. Ghost them.
  4. I was in one band once that only had one rehearsal and only one gig, but the three of us vocalists just jelled on harmonies like no other band I've been in. We didn't work on any vocals at all. We just all sang a part. It was pretty amazing. That band was formed as a sub for another band I was in that had to cancel. I've spent loads of time working with folks who can sing lead vocals okay, but who can't hear a harmony part, and can't sing a harmony part when it's shown to them. At some point just move on and play songs without harmony.
  5. After re-reading this post I would say that having no harmony vocals at all is better than bad harmony vocals. Maybe pick songs that don't have harmony vocals. So, no Eagles, Fleet Foxes, or Crosby, Stills & Nash.
  6. I wish I had some words of wisdom for you, but I really don't. I've been trying to decide if I want to confront "my" band, not really my band, but the band I'm in, about problems that I see and what to do to fix them, and I'm not subtle or tactful myself, either. Maybe start with some positives, and then ease into the "what we need to fix" part? One thing I have learned is that some musicians just can't sing harmony, and shouldn't even try. And some who CAN sing can only sing a part that comes naturally to them. In other words they can't learn a part and consistently sing it if isn't a part that they instinctively feel. Maybe suggest a night for singers only with acoustic guitars to work on vocals? And record the process and listen back.
  7. For what its worth I can't get a sound that I like out of Lace Sensors, either, and I have 5 of them, 3 gold, a blue and a red. I have a Fender pickguard with slots for 5 pickups, so I wish I could get a sound I like out of them.
  8. "Tennessee Whiskey" by Chris Stapleton A.K.A. "I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James
  9. I played in a band with a female singer who had the same idea, except she was going to copyright all of them in her name. Then later on she took songs that we, the band, had written together and copyrighted them in only her name. Good times!
  10. In all seriousness, Pick a place and I can almost certainly make it if the time is right. I think it would be fun. When people meet face to face, it usually turns out different than here on a forum.

    When my wife and I went to the trump rally a couple of weeks ago, I made the mistake of leaving the ignition on in my keyless entry car. When we came back, the battery was dead. The kid across the street had jumper cables and he offered to jump our car, though he had to go to the internet to figure out how to do it. :D  So I showed him how, and explained why he did NOT want to start his car before I started mine. 

    Anyway, we're both wearing Trump 2020 hats and he is a staunch Bernie supporter. But we got along fine. Better than fine, actually. t the end of the day, people are people. And politics is but one facet of the gem called human.

    Give me a time and a place. Louisville IS best. But Lexington can work. Or anywhere in between.

    1. Easy Listener

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      BTW, if we do meet, it will most definitely be a game changer. 

  11. Let's all get together and vote this Administration OUT!

  12. There are many examples of songs that start with a chorus, but are there any that start with the bridge?
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