TJontheRoad
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Would this bother you?
Last week I answered a FB posting for a guitarist to join a local community band. The posting had a photo of a band with 16 members. That's actually small for most community bands. As a comparison, I previously played saxophone and clarinet in two other local community bands of 50 and 80 members respectively. The post stated the band was new and growing. So I thought that was ok. A chance to be on the start of something big maybe. It is rare to have guitar in a community band, but I have played guitar once before in one of my prior groups for an arrangement of the James Bond Theme. The organizer I chatted with via text mentioned they were interested in playing Peaches en Regalia by Frank Zappa. That also peaked my interest.
I went to a rehearsal and found there were only 5 members (2 clarinets, trombone, tuba, snare drum) plus the organizer. The organizer was also the conductor. The FB photo posted was of some other band!!! I was somewhat annoyed of this little misrepresentation. I told them I wasn't going to return.
Last week I answered a FB posting for a guitarist to join a local community band. The posting had a photo of a band with 16 members. That's actually small for most community bands. As a comparison, I previously played saxophone and clarinet in two other local community bands of 50 and 80 members respectively. The post stated the band was new and growing. So I thought that was ok. A chance to be on the start of something big maybe. It is rare to have guitar in a community band, but I have played guitar once before in one of my prior groups for an arrangement of the James Bond Theme. The organizer I chatted with via text mentioned they were interested in playing Peaches en Regalia by Frank Zappa. That also peaked my interest.
I went to a rehearsal and found there were only 5 members (2 clarinets, trombone, tuba, snare drum) plus the organizer. The organizer was also the conductor. The FB photo posted was of some other band!!! I was somewhat annoyed of this little misrepresentation. I told them I wasn't going to return.
