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I say again, because she’d been playing live with a band for a number of years
until it split up. She'd been posting and answering ads on the usual sites (Party
sounds, Gumtree etc) and was getting responses.
The problem was that none of
the offers to audition were exactly what she wanted. It reminded
of a piece I'd just read in Bass Player Magazine.
The article was written the Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and it was called:
"Just don't say no". In it, he spoke about the art of saying
"yes" to offers more often. Specifically, about taking on musical
projects which on the surface might not seem perfect at that time.
He talked
about being open to try new genres or directions, about how this can ultimately
improve a player’s creativity and technique.
He said that when he went through a period of being an unemployed musician, he
had to start saying "Yes" to the kind of things musically which would
normally make him "queasy". Cover band gigs, recording with
friends, switching the instrument he played to help a friend out etc.
Now to some people, this would be "selling out". To Scott, it got him
busy again, got him back networking and got his name around again. Ultimately
the attitude got him the Weezer gig.
Back to my drummer friend, she tells me the one thing she misses about getting
gigs (almost as much as the social side and the high of drumming live) is the
lack of ready cash by the time Sunday night comes around.
Well, perhaps taking a different view on what you'll accept from a musical
project, at least for the short term, could be worth considering...
http://www.gig-getter.co.uk