Mad About Drums
Pollyanna's Agent
Guess I'm burned out...
You're just sick and tired of being sick and tired... yeah... time to move on Rogue
Guess I'm burned out...
You gotta forgive those types.
I disagree old mate. We don't gotta do anything of the sort.
A dick is a dick......whether their limited perspective allows them to see that or not, doesn't change anything. And if they're a dick and content to continue to act as such, then they can be treated accordingly. Bugger 'em. I have no intention of tip toeing around idiots who are too clueless to know when they are out of their depth or beyond their scope.
If they're never called to account for their words or actions, then it only validates their stupidity further.
Maybe I'm being harsh......don't know. I just know that I get tired of a world where every halfwit with an opinion born from misinformation or inexperience, thinks it's valid. In real life, every player does not win a prize.....and all opinions are not created equal.
Never had this happen to me, but I tend to take everything from the audience with a grain of salt.
People can do what they want, but I tend to take it easy on people who make silly comments. I had a drummer (with a few drinks in him) approach me after a gig last month to compliment me on my drums and tell me the band sounded good and was really tight. Then he started telling me which songs we should play, which covers to avoid, stuff like that. I just chatted him up while I packed up my gear. I didn't even bother to point out that I was only subbing and it wasn't even my band, or that we had played many of the tunes he was suggesting. I let him talk without really responding to anything he said, we shook hands and he walked away for the night.
Now, if someone is insulting or aggressive, that's a different story. But people like to talk, especially when they've been drinking. It kind of goes with the territory. At that same gig, a fight broke out. We play in bars, ya know? It is what it is. I'd go crazy if I let that type of thing bother me.
No bullying. Not even close, just everyone's unwanted opinion, twisted or otherwise. I'm just also tired of the "it's just the band" mentality and those in charge not listening or having the opinion that they know what is best, even though they have no musical experience, or have never played in a band, etc.
One thing that continues to haunt me is someone thinks it's a good idea to divide up the rhythm section - drums, bass, lead on one side of the stage, and 2 rhythm guitars, piano, and keys on the other side of the stage with the all volunteer choir divided same. The reason we're divided - we have an enormous screen in the middle of the stage in the back, surrounded on either side by two mounted large screens. Plus all the goofy stage props on stage at any one time. Not religious, mind you, but someone's idea of secular art-deco "because it looks cool and takes up space on the stage and helps balance it out".
Funny thing, you take away all the goofy props on stage and on the walls, there is plenty of space on one side of the stage for the entire band, and plenty of space on the other for the entire choir.
My continued question is are we tryingt to put on a worship service here, or are we trying to put on a Broadway musical and have the stage balanced and perfect?
...And there was also the guy who believed drums were the devils music. And the fat lady who sat in the front row and complained the bass drum mic needed to be turned down, thankfully the sound guy obliged. Thing was, we had no mic on the bass drum, or any of the drums. But she was happy.
Getting into an altercation with a person like that is a complete waste of time, and will only serve to make you look like an asshat. I do guarantee if you pay attention to other areas of ministry, you will find that person butting in to other peoples functions and authority just as they did with you. That is a person to be avoided...
Does anyone knows this woman?
That is a person to be avoided...