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Now this is how to find your lead singer...
- Thread starter wisconsindead
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I would love to meet the woman who would read that ad and say "Well, why didn't you say so? Sign me up, dude!"
A help wanted ad comprised of a lecture and a rant always gets you some great applicants.
A help wanted ad comprised of a lecture and a rant always gets you some great applicants.
If I were a female singer, that's the FIRST ad I'd want to reply to. I'd be DESPERATE to get into that band. DESPERATE!
I give the man five stars for telling it like it is.
He may get less women responding to that ad but the ones that don't respond are the ones he didn't want anyway.
He may get less women responding to that ad but the ones that don't respond are the ones he didn't want anyway.
He should add that they also have to help load in and out...
Who is this "Mike", and where can I buy him?
He may get ZERO women responding because of the tone of his ad. It's not just what you say but HOW you say it.
I never understood why more vocalists don't buy their own damned mic. My partner is an amazing singer, and she spent a lot of time going through different mics until she found the one that works best for her voice (which is a Sennheiser). (Not unlike what we go through with our bass gear, really.) She keeps it clean and insists on using it whenever she gigs. Compare that to using whatever beat-to-hell SM58 the club owns along with whatever food, beer, and what-have-you has been sprayed all over the never-cleaned windscreen. And with all that crap sprayed out of other people's mouths, they'll still go and put their mouths right up against it and then wonder why they've come down with typhus or the plague two days later and can't sing the next gig.
in my lead singer days i might have given them a call - because i've been on the other side of that coin, and i know just how frustrating it is.
btw, i've always owned my own mic. just sayin'...
btw, i've always owned my own mic. just sayin'...
Wow, does he want some cheese with that whine?
Not very professional IMHO.
Not very professional IMHO.
Catapult's vocalist owns his own PA, and both a mic for recording and a different one for shows (SM-7B and SM-58, respectively). Because he's serious about what he's doing.
What is the best way to mansplain for metal?
Burwabit
Likes guitars that tune good and firm feelin women
I like this ad. It's important to set expectations in life, and though he has a creative way of doing it, you definitely know what he's looking for and what frustrates him.
My only suggestion might be a better title.
My only suggestion might be a better title.
Seriously...just a "be prepared to sing all material, even songs originally performed by men...for example, listen to what the f---s her name from No Doubt's take on Talk Talk's 'It's My Life'" would have been fine.
You're probably right. He's venting and showing his dark side for sure, and probably well aware of it.
But he made some good points. I've been in a similar situation, and it can be frustrating. Maybe some girls will read that and re-think their approach to being a team player.
He should have handed her his bass and said, "You're right. You play bass on this one and I'll sing. I shouldn't have to play bass on all of the songs."
The point is valid. Many potential lead singers mistake being in a band with some sort of kareoke adventure.
But tact and professionalism will land him the right singer, not a rant, no matter how entertaining it might be.
But tact and professionalism will land him the right singer, not a rant, no matter how entertaining it might be.