| Garage Bands
Okay folks, please be patient with me as I am dealing with a great degree of frustration and just need to vent.
Like most of you, I've been a lifelong jazz fan, played in big band and combo settings in school, and even though I wouldn't come close to describing myself as anything close to a "pro" I've had a lot of fun in the process.
Now, as a part time comeback player the group's I can participate in are a little limited. As a result, I was overjoyed when asked to play in rock band that is part Dave Mathews/ part Jet. 1st rehearsal went great; the frontman/bandleader is a music ed major and seemed to understand my limitations as well as my strengths. Ffwd to this weekend's gig: I show up to the sound check as planned and find out we're not doing any of the material we'd previously practiced! Frontman changed his mind at the last minute because he had a sudden rush of inspiration and "wrote" new songs for the performance.
So, I'm thinking that it's bad, but not disastrous; at least we have charts. Lo and behold when he hands me the "music" it's nothing more than words with some chord changes. No time signature, no directions on repeats, rests, no nothing! Then, after the gig, he pulls me aside and tells me he's disappointed whith my playing that evening. Even goes so far as to try to give me advice on how to play trumpet! For goodness sake's he was showing me fingerings for guitar and explaining how understanding the use of a capo would help me "visualize" the music.
Has anyone else had to deal with the closed minded garage band mentality before? Have you had any success getting them to understand that high brass is physically different from strings? Short of dropping out I have no idea how to approach/resolve the situation.
Thanks for letting me rant,
Steely
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