Torkerz
Senior Member
Hey Folks,
Just wanted to have your opinions on the following...
I have recently been for an audition with a covers band and I have been offered the spot of being their drummer. They already have around 50+ gigs booked on the local circuit and each would be pretty well paid (getting around £80-100 on average per gig, no less but with the prospect of earning more on bigger shows). They also have the prospect at playing at a local festival for a few thousand people and a couple of biker shows in the summer. It is however over a lot of weekends and as I work during the week, it really would eat into my time a lot and its something I worry about.
The only trouble is, it would mean that I would now have to quit my originals band if I took the gig. We do have regular local shows, but I usually never get paid and we're usually on first. Even though we have a good set of songs I feel we're not really having the same type of success as some other bands in our local area.
The problem is, we have a new EP recording next weekend and I have said to myself if I were to leave, I would record the EP first, just to at least have some form of recorded material for my year long tenure in the band. I do know however it would probably mean losing the members as friends and cause some pretty bad hostility towards me, even if I tried to leave on amicable terms. There is also the worry for me that if I left and they replaced me, that they would go on to be successful...
At the moment I really just don't know what to do. I aspire to become a session musician like the greats and I feel like I don't know which road I should take... Some help would be great.
Thanks
Torkerz
Just wanted to have your opinions on the following...
I have recently been for an audition with a covers band and I have been offered the spot of being their drummer. They already have around 50+ gigs booked on the local circuit and each would be pretty well paid (getting around £80-100 on average per gig, no less but with the prospect of earning more on bigger shows). They also have the prospect at playing at a local festival for a few thousand people and a couple of biker shows in the summer. It is however over a lot of weekends and as I work during the week, it really would eat into my time a lot and its something I worry about.
The only trouble is, it would mean that I would now have to quit my originals band if I took the gig. We do have regular local shows, but I usually never get paid and we're usually on first. Even though we have a good set of songs I feel we're not really having the same type of success as some other bands in our local area.
The problem is, we have a new EP recording next weekend and I have said to myself if I were to leave, I would record the EP first, just to at least have some form of recorded material for my year long tenure in the band. I do know however it would probably mean losing the members as friends and cause some pretty bad hostility towards me, even if I tried to leave on amicable terms. There is also the worry for me that if I left and they replaced me, that they would go on to be successful...
At the moment I really just don't know what to do. I aspire to become a session musician like the greats and I feel like I don't know which road I should take... Some help would be great.
Thanks
Torkerz
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