ned
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Putting a band together and have all the pieces minus a lead singer, rest of us have been rehearsing for 2 weeks. Had our first singer audition last night, guy responds to the ad like all the rest - "I can sing my ass off you can pull the ad now".
I sent this clown the set list 2 weeks ago and specifically stated we were only auditioning from this list (Dig In, All the Small Things, Lil Devil, Interstate Love Song, Blitzkrieg Bop) but if he had a specific tune to send it and we would learn that song. No response.
Here's how the audition went last night (he did show up on time):
Ned: "What song would you like to do first?" (We've got the set list on the wall)
Singer: "I don't know any of those songs"
Ned: "I sent you the set list 2 weeks ago why are you not prepared for the audition"
Singer: "I don't have any of those CDs and I don't listen to new music, if I can hear one of the songs I can wing it"
Ned: hands singer lyric sheet for Dig In and fires up the iPod
We play Dig In (really easy tune) and this clown is so far out of key and hits notes so baddly that myself and bass player start missing chord changes. This is in A (why we choose it) and even I can sing in A (bass).
Singer: "Can we do the STP song"
Again this clown can't carry a tune if he had a dump truck. We call rehearsal early. I will give him this - he sent a email 15 minutes after rehearsal ended stated he didn't feel like he fit with the band. As for listening to new music this guy was the youngest person in the room.
Next 2 auditions are chicks and I'm hoping it goes better.
Ned
I sent this clown the set list 2 weeks ago and specifically stated we were only auditioning from this list (Dig In, All the Small Things, Lil Devil, Interstate Love Song, Blitzkrieg Bop) but if he had a specific tune to send it and we would learn that song. No response.
Here's how the audition went last night (he did show up on time):
Ned: "What song would you like to do first?" (We've got the set list on the wall)
Singer: "I don't know any of those songs"
Ned: "I sent you the set list 2 weeks ago why are you not prepared for the audition"
Singer: "I don't have any of those CDs and I don't listen to new music, if I can hear one of the songs I can wing it"
Ned: hands singer lyric sheet for Dig In and fires up the iPod
We play Dig In (really easy tune) and this clown is so far out of key and hits notes so baddly that myself and bass player start missing chord changes. This is in A (why we choose it) and even I can sing in A (bass).
Singer: "Can we do the STP song"
Again this clown can't carry a tune if he had a dump truck. We call rehearsal early. I will give him this - he sent a email 15 minutes after rehearsal ended stated he didn't feel like he fit with the band. As for listening to new music this guy was the youngest person in the room.
Next 2 auditions are chicks and I'm hoping it goes better.
Ned