so what do other bass players around the world do for a living, because i know most of us aren't on no world tour or anything like that. i work at a multi-media post production facility. in laymens terms i work where we reproduce cds, cassettes, dvds, cdrs, vhs, etc..... it's pretty cool because we do local music here in houston and around the country, usually nobody real big though. i like it though because it's still part of the music industry. i been here for 13 years now. how bout ya'll?

Im in a band at the moment, doing a lot of gigs, dont really get payed for it. but in my spare time i teach guitar/bass at college, and im applying for college a course in becoming a session bassist.

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I've just started to play in a band again. that's cool . I really enjoy it.If I don't play bass I am busy with school or working (playing ) on the computer or meet friends in the pub.

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you guys are really far from where i am located. cool that we can all connect because we enjoy brutal music and music in general. how is the scene where ya'll are. even though houston is the 4th largest city in the US a good turn out on a weekend for a death or black metal show is about 400-600 depending. how bout where you are?

Soon to be a McDonalds employee.

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In Germany we have the Wacken festival in Wacken (a small village in the north, near hamburg) every summer. That's the biggest metal event we have here every year.

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wow..... so nobody here really has a real job....

ok well im a mechanic and i play music (all instruments) and record bands during pretty much all of my free time.

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hey hearken.i live in brazoria.its like an hour from houston.holy crap the first local(sort of) person.yeah the metal scene in houston sux.i worked at subway for a while.ill probly work at a grocery store next...im only 16

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Subway make the best sandwiches

Did you enjoy working there?

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Computer Programmer for a large drugstore chain

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I work at McDonald's where I get my money for all my equipment. I resently bought a Warwick which took me about 4 months to buy. I'm currently the bassist/vocalist for A Beautiful Corpse.

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Good decision i say.

You cant go wrong with warwicks, I'll be getting a neck-thru thumb soon, and after that ive got my eye on this (http://www.ajbrown.us/nammpics/Uploads/80da.jpg) lovely looking double humbucker pickup corvette there both on the right as you can see.

So mcdonalds huh? i worked in burger king for a short period of time.. slave labour i tell you.

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I kill people

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that gave me a good laugh

currently I'm still going to school, but I'm going to apply at a local supermarket soon. For those here who have long hair have you ever been denied a job because of it? Once I got a interview for a assistant teacher position at some camp and this is what they said: you'll only get the job if you cut your hair, I was thinking WTF? those fucking bastards

i go to high school

i play in a band on the weekends...but no gigs, just practice

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subway was alrightt.you have to memorize those sandwitches.the wierd ones you can use littl cheat cards for.my hair was ling but you just wear a hair net and hat and no one knows

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so your in brazoria huh? yeah that's pretty close. i'll tell you though the only reason the scene sucks in houston is cause people don't support the scene they say they like. i mean i don't make every show but i would consider myself a supporter. i remember when i was young like most of you. man playing music was the only thing i wanted to do. unfortunately it didn't pay very well. i work at a cd, multi media plant where we mass reproduce. it's not cheap either. www.creativesound.com if you would like to check it out.
we're in houston. it's cool working here though. hey the guy who kills people, how does that pay cause i've been looking for better opportunities!

I have worked at Burger King and agree that the job sucks. I'm currently attending university (first year) and decided not to work. I'm going to have to get a job though, damned living expenses!
I play in one band, and fill in for another band (though they haven't done anything, literally, since the few shows we played in summer, half a year ago). The band that I'm 'in' is playing a show next week - our first paid show - but music (obviously) has not been a source of income for me. $80 divided by five members equals $16 a member. We're rich now!
Anyways we're in Winnipeg, which is a small city in Canada of about half a million people. Needless to say, the metal scene here is almost inexistant.

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I'm a student...so 'course, I don't have a job. I am forming a band with CC here and we met this dude at our school that has a kick ass BC rich, so we're going to try him out tomorrow during our lunch hour. All we need (if he's in) is a drummer and we'll be set. Soooooo...if we're lucky, we can get some gigs going soon and then bring in minimal pay. (Go jobless teens! )

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Well I was in construction untill my little accident.

Accident? I had a friend back home who worked at a car parts industry who just got fired for biting a female coworker on the ass. No shit

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i am a seinor in high school and work at a 5-star kiss ass restaurant. it sucks...

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I'm a rockstar...

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I used to work in an advertising firm in downtown Toronto making fairly good money, but the band I was playing in at the time was offered a tour. Well, after 3 years with the company, I figured I'd be able to get a 1 month leave of absence, but my prick boss said, "Well, I'm not sure if there'll be a place for you when you come back, and you'll lose all your accounts" So I shook his hand and said, "Go screw yourself, you prick!"

Since then, I've taken up ceramic tile installation as a trade, and have been doing it since about 1997. I now work for myself, and can take off time as I need it, just by not booking jobs for days when I'm playing a show. The money is much better, too!!!!

Later.

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HIGHSCHOOL!!

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I've got a good, full time job. If I ever got a tour opportunity, I wouldn't know what to do. I do have two weeks vacation though.

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Ive got two jobs, one is a Guitar and bass teaching at a local college on monday, the other is a warehouse stockroom work on tuesday - saturday, and my day off is a sunday where i band practice..

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The biggest problem we seem to have when it comes to jobs is this: My guitar player works afternoon shift (3-11) Sunday to Thursday, my singer works day shift (9-6) Monday to Friday, as well as bartending Friday and Saturday nights (9:30-3), my drummer works days (10-6) Monday to Wednesday and Saturdays. Unless we want to jam after midnight during the week (which we do when we have gigs coming up) then we can only jam Friday from 7-9, Saturday from 7-9, and Sunday from noon-2.

But...

If my singer is stuck in heavy traffic coming home from work, she is invariably late for rehearsal, so Friday's jam is nixed...If my drummer doesn't come straight to rehearsal from work, which he usually doesn't, then Saturday's jam is nixed...If one of us isn't too hung over to jam on Sunday, which usually is the case, then Sunday's jam is nixed. We've managed to have a grand total of 3 FULL BAND rehearsals in the last 6 months while paying $1,800 in jam space rent...although, to be fair, we've gotten TONS of good jamming time with just the 3 of us (no singer) to work on new stuff or tighten the musical end of it.

Anyone else have this kind of problem?
Cheers

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I have that problem a lot with my band, its not rare.. we all have different shifts at different times.. but sunday is the time when none of us work.. but when we want a band practice in the week its pretty difficult to sort something out

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im in high school currently but ive applied at chick fil a a while ago, but they havent contacted me yet and i pretty much gave up on publix, those bastards will not hire me but yeah other than that its all good. im in a so-called band with a hella lotta talent but that damn laziness kinda gets in the way... oh well

I hate Houston's scene. If we even get lucky enough for a bad ass show not many people show up. Can't wait until Oct 1st, though... Suffocation, Cryptopsy, and Cephalic Carnage.........

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I own a bar here in Bonn.... it is very hard work to keep it running but I can provide myself with gigs
but because that job doesn't bring in much money I'm also working at a sound studio, as a recording asisstent....

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wow , good to know to have a studio not too far away !

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yeah, if you need one.... just send me a pm

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You said it man. It is so hard to assemble people to jam. You sound like you've got it much worse than I do, since your band is old and thus has to be more responsible (work more).
I play in two bands, with members ranging from 16 years old to 28 years old. It seems the older the members, the less available they are ... the 16 year old is almost always free, while the 28 year old just returned from a 6 month absence! I feel sorry for the shitty situation your band is in.
By the way what kind of band is it? I ask because there are two 'different' things about it: first it only has one guitar player and second it has a female vocalist. Do you have any recorded stuff? I'd love to hear it if so.
Just feel happy that you actually DO have a full line up. Well, my bands do too, but both have experienced problems finding musicians.

Often what happens is like what has happened for you. Some of the musicians get to assemble lots. For one of my bands we often can get everyone there except for the drummer, so we can rehearse and write songs with the three guitars and the vocals often, but we have to add drumming later. If you're not jamming with a drummer, you don't really need a 'place' to jam, you can do it basically anywhere because you don't have to play loud.
I'm surprised that out of the 4 member band no one has a basement available for reheasing. Paying money to find a place seems useless because usually the drummer has a place to practise anyway.

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Hey, Rattlehead.

Yeah, it's true, the older you are, the more bills you have to pay. lol. We used to jam at the drummers place, but found it too inconvenient. If just me and the guitar player wanted to do some jamming, work on parts or whatever, we couldn't, as he'd be out or something. The "dedicated" rehearsal place is about the only thing that really works for us.

As for our style of music, click here and give it a listen.

Cheers

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