Members nickguz Posted July 29, 2013 Members Share Posted July 29, 2013 Hey guys, I need some advice.My bassist, who has been a good friend of mine for like 5 years (I'll start out by saying I'm 17) is starting to slack. He barely shows up to practice anymore, I'm lucky if he agrees to schedule practice once a week, and then he usually shows up late anyway.Sometimes I email him songs I wrote and tell him that I sent it, he doesn't even bother to listen to it. All he does is drive around with some other friends and drink and (not sure what the rules are but you could guess what else he does). I don't really even care about that, but considering that's all he cares to do, I'm not sure if I should kick him out or not.A few weeks ago, we hadn't had practice in about a month, and he refused to practice on his day off from work because he wanted to spend his day off with some girl that he'd been hanging out with all week to begin with.I don't know, What do you guys think? And I don't mean to sound like a dramatic little girl either, haha I'm not upset by it, just frustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted July 29, 2013 Members Share Posted July 29, 2013 Yup, gotta go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ForgetMeNacht Posted July 29, 2013 Members Share Posted July 29, 2013 Your situation is all too common, even among full grown adults. It's obvious you guys are on different levels of being serious in music. It's best you let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members n9ne Posted July 30, 2013 Members Share Posted July 30, 2013 Sounds to me like he's not particularly interested in being part of the band anyway, so he probably won't be disappointed that you're giving him the boot. In fact, it's entirely possible that he wants to quit, but doesn't have the guts to tell you.....so he might actually be relieved if you save him the trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nickguz Posted July 30, 2013 Author Members Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've confronted him about it and he says that he's still into it and wants to keep playing, but it surely doesn't seem that way lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nickguz Posted August 10, 2013 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2013 We've got gigs lined up, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIMKEYS Posted August 11, 2013 Members Share Posted August 11, 2013 nickguz wrote: We've got gigs lined up, lol Thats cool ,,, How many gigs has your band played so far, and how long have you spent getting ready to play the gigs. If all is well on the giggin front ,, he may well just have lost interest. That happens. move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratGuy22 Posted August 11, 2013 Members Share Posted August 11, 2013 Welcome to the music business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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