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Lost in the Audition Jungle
- Thread starter Bunk McNulty
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Surprisingly not. I guess my point was Chuck R played on thousands of hits, often multiple sessions a day. Like a lot of busy session guys, he put the time and attention into a track, then basically forgot them as he moved on to the next.
Hence the humble smile and head shake I got when I idiotically asked him if he remembered KC.
Though it would've been cool as heck to actually play the song with the guy who recorded it. ;-)
Everything I've ever heard about him is that he's super-chill, but there's a limit to ev 
eryone's kindness I guess.
eryone's kindness I guess.
Everything I've ever heard about him is that he's super-chill, but there's a limit to ev
He was still super kind despite me being an idiot.
Nah; no idiot! You know he (Chuck) has players all the time telling him he's the man. That's the same reason Lee Sklar asks his admirers to let him take their picture flipping him off!
One of the up sides of auditioning is meeting other players, and finding out who’s a decent player. Agreed with another poster, the drummer is almost always the X factor, and good ones are very hard to find. It’s always a good sign if the drummer plays other instruments besides drums. 
A good goal is to always be building the Rolodex so you can mix and match the people you like when the time is right. Also, the best way to control all of this is to run the band yourself. A lot of work tho.
A good goal is to always be building the Rolodex so you can mix and match the people you like when the time is right. Also, the best way to control all of this is to run the band yourself. A lot of work tho. I used to do the same thing with job interviews after college. Even if I didn't want the job I went anyway.
Got very comfortable with job interviews.