Galadrm
Senior Member
As a compromise I would settle for it if the dickhead actually learnt to play it perfectly.
On songs with difficult endings I wish my band would occasionally turn around to look at my cues for ending rather than being so self-indulgent in their on-stage mutual wankfest. Then those really tricky endings would end correctly.
LOL these things are common in my band too. Practicing the lead lick/rhythm part of a song before we play it always annoys me too specifically with cover songs, then you have given away the impact of the intro of what could be a great song.
With drummers and a backline kit, I think bringing your own cymbals is important. Last gig I has the drummer played my cymbals because he didn't bring his own, played them nicely in soundcheck and I was like 'ahh yeah, thats fine', then proceeded to smack them to death during his set. egh
But a bit of mutual respect between other bands and the engineer always goes a long way.