Why why was this bumped?

Because threadstarter posted and left for a couple months to see if his thread progressed any further:thumb:

And I know your not that stupid :lol:

[QUOTE=morrissey]I left my band because I was going to University in a different city. It made sense.[/QUOTE]

What in Sam Hell are you doing in R&M?! :eek:

I've never been in a band, but I quit band in school because the teacher didn't make music fun anymore.

He was more concerned in showing us footage of the God damn marching band than he did having us perform.

I took the class to play music, not watch some other band. I couldn't care less if they were fellow students or classmates. It was crap.

I left mine because they were all making Meth...and the drummer died from a heart-attack by using it.

Dayum. Thats crazy, I tried meth once but I didnt like the after effects at all.

I left my band because nobody was dedicated.
I left my first band because they just covered nu metal and ripped off metallica lyrics.

:lol: Metallica lyrics...I bet that was hell!

I left my first band because not one member was musically proficient.

I left my second band because it went "uber hXc mosh-core"

I'm currently in my 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th bands. Bassists are in high demand, I suppose.

Yeah, it's really hard to find a good bassist who's willing to work with the music you're playing.

i left mine mainly because of the same reason too, my guitarist keeps thinking he's all that when he really isn't, he thinks he always has the say of which songs we should cover and all our opinions suck. So i left

the first metal band i was in i got kicked out of because the singer turned all weird after our first show and went on this power trip and kicked me out. didnt really work out for him though because me and the other guitarist/best friend wrote all the songs, and he left after i got kicked out. Annnnd then we sat and progressed as musicians, jammed, wrote some music, and met some people for about two years and then started the band we're in now. This band is super dedicated to the music now. recording that first ep will do it to ya. we just set up a new practice room today and started writing two new songs, the good ol fashioned way, playing parts over and over till they're nailed shut. i love making music man, its so great.

ahhh



but yeah, become a good musician before you start a band. it helps. A LOT. and make sure the people you're starting the band with are good musicians before you start a band with them. also make sure you have the right equipment before you start a band.

it all makes starting a band that much easier.

i might leave me band because of difference in music taste... most of the members listen to emo metalcore stuff and my music taste is changing, The songs we cover are mostly suggested by the vocalist and guitarist and sometimes i feel kinda detached from the band.. they might kick me out i dont know.

With my doom metal band at the moment, our drummer is good but he hardly ever turns up to rehearsals.
I ain't leaving no band though, for once, this band is going quite well...apart from the drummer thing.

We're in the early stages though, only started this band a while back, we still need a bassist for live shows (on recordings, I've taken care of the bass parts, as well as guitars and vocals)

I left my old band because people had commitment issues and when they did all turn up they always wanted to take a new direction, fickel people irratate me. Its all gravy now thought i am in band with guys that are totally commited me and the other guitarist get to togther for 4 hours every other day and just write all the time. :thumb:

I left because we had different creative standpoints that couldn't be put under one roof.
I wanted to play more difficult, melodic black metal.
but my guitarist wanted to play easy raw black metal.

[QUOTE=the2stranger]I left because we had different creative standpoints that couldn't be put under one roof.
I wanted to play more difficult, melodic black metal.
but my guitarist wanted to play easy raw black metal.[/QUOTE]
And that good Sir is why you should of played lead and let him play rythm....

One of the bands I played in recently split up, mainly because the guitarist/vocalist was a prick, and our drummer wanted to be with his girlfriend rather than to come to band-practise.

The guy that was singing writes terrible lyrics, and sings like he has a dead bird in his throath, and he was always like: "omg guys, I have this idea for a song, lets go to the studio and spend all our money on my crap music".

So, me and the bassist quit, and the band then went to hell.

[QUOTE=Tele_Dude]One of the bands I played in recently split up, mainly because the guitarist/vocalist was a prick, and our drummer wanted to be with his girlfriend rather than to come to band-practise.

The guy that was singing writes terrible lyrics, and sings like he has a dead bird in his throath, and he was always like: "omg guys, I have this idea for a song, lets go to the studio and spend all our money on my crap music".

So, me and the bassist quit, and the band then went to hell.[/QUOTE]
I people that have no musical talent so there like OK i'll become a singer no hassel and you get all the glory (even thouht they can't sing). You did thr right thing man, write music with your bassist and look for commited people.

Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me

[QUOTE=metaloz]Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me[/QUOTE]


Thats what the vocalist in our band wanted to do all the time too. It was pot before every damn practice. It was great, of course, but we didn't progress, and the songs got worse and worse...

im sick of complete morons running the show tbh. I refuse to take orders from someone who has no sense of direction at all.


That and the music was unbearable

I think the main thing is you have to have a LARGE slice of luck to get into a band that you actually love with people you can actually get along with aswell. I mean i am into Metal, the singer likes Indie and is totally hooked on Jim Morrison, rythm guitarist loves Oasis and bassist loves Iron Maiden but we've all been mates for years so we make it work plus i write all the music (thru no choice of my own) so they play what suits. I have no control over the vocals but Gaz does a good job and he is really melodic so i can cope.

/still in my band

Well we were doing great. We had released our third album, and believe it or not, this album sold an impressive ammount of copies. We were in the tour bus, discussing the future, when my main man James turns round and says,

"I have a vision. An album. We will release it fifteen years from now."

"Hmm?" says I.

"[I]St Anger.[/I]" he growled with pride.

That night, when everyone was asleep, I got up and punched the bus driver in the face. The bus crashed. I got my identical twin in the bus, killed him, and ran away into the night. They thought I died lawl :p.

Rofl

[QUOTE=ever eeking always rupert]Well we were doing great. We had released our third album, and believe it or not, this album sold an impressive ammount of copies. We were in the tour bus, discussing the future, when my main man James turns round and says,

"I have a vision. An album. We will release it fifteen years from now."

"Hmm?" says I.

"[I]St Anger.[/I]" he growled with pride.

That night, when everyone was asleep, I got up and punched the bus driver in the face. The bus crashed. I got my identical twin in the bus, killed him, and ran away into the night. They thought I died lawl :p.[/QUOTE]
Whats that all about? Something to do with Cliff Burton? Sorry for being dumb i am not the bigest Metallica fan bad way to go thought being crushed by a bus then having it dropped on you again PWND...

[QUOTE=metaloz]Every band practice was a reason for everyone to get drunk or high and we weren't progressing. Playing the same songs over and over for 2 years gets old even if you sound good and all the playing is tight...

I just have a home studio now and write and record... no more playing in bars for me[/QUOTE]

Sounds like my 'band experience' except, I don't have a home studio...

[QUOTE=Flynn]Yeah, it's really hard to find a good bassist who's willing to work with the music you're playing.[/QUOTE]

The advantages of starting out on bass...I can also play on guitar, but beginning music on bass has made my hands strong as hell.

I often find medium skill level bassists/guitarists more annoying as they've just started nailing the more complex stuff so they constantly say things like:

"OMGZ listen to this super funky-slap/shreddin' solo I can do" and complain whenever you don't fit both a 2 minute duelling guitar solo and a big bass funkiness line into each and every song.

And do all sorts of annoying things like start soloing while everyone is tuning up.

Oh the usual reasons really.
I was a rock/metal player, the Drummer was strictly classic rock stuff like Zeppelin, the singer left eventually and we never got another one, the bassist only played punk, the rythm guitarist was a complete dic[SIZE="2"]k[/SIZE]-hole.

i cant find any people who arent holed into one specific kind of music. They listen to one or two bands and become determined to learn every song by that artist. my bassist is obsessed with metallica, and my other guitarist (we take turns soloing) is obsessed with zakk wylde and dimebag darrell. my drummer is obsessed with neil pert, although he's not too bad about it.

And another thing, they won't play a song if they don't know the exact tabs note for note. Ever hear of jammin= wing it?