Musician venting thread
Musician venting thread
ITT we can groan about the bad parts of being a musician.
I fucking hate how incestuous this city is with its shows. I also hate shows. I don't really have a lot of fun when I go to them, and it's such a fucking pain dealing with gear when we get booked. Did I mention how expensive shit is? Oh yeah let me bust out $10k of gear to play an opening slot on a Tuesday night at a shitty bar. Yeah right fuck off.
You should just do what i do and never leave your bedroom with a fancy reverb pedal and the same garbage licks you've been playing for years
I have never made a recording of my playing that I have been unequivocally happy with
Why in the fuck does a Mesa Bourgeois Dual Rectifier cost more than the trade-in value of my car?! Fucking Gibson ruins everything they touch, I swear.
Mesa costs have always been crazy to me.
Unfortunately I have the vintage British amp bug
It could be 30+ celsius and outdoor event organizers will still not have water bottles off-stage. It's like 4 bucks for a case, come on.
Everything I want is so expensive but I'm not even into expensive shit I'm into electronics idk how instrument fuckers do it. I guess going destitute is an option
Sometimes you can find good deals on Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist. The former is a little bit less scammy than the latter.
I've been looking into DIYing stuff like pedals, and trying to repair an old piece of shit guitar I bought like twenty years ago, but the neck is fucked and I can't find a decent neck for under $300, so I hear you.