Some of you may or may not know recently I was unable to play a few shows with my band due the fact I accepted a new job through the year which lead to me not having as much time off as I had in my old job. Anyways, it was a big deal to accept the job for me, as jobs pay, being in bands do not. So it was my decision to suggest to the guys in my band that we try get a stand in guitarist for those dates I could not play. I thought that was the right thing to do to keep momentum going with all the touring we have done recently.
Anyways so we pick a guy to stand in, who we know as he used to be in a few bands locally and who we think is a good guy and we know seems to like us (as he bought our album and has come to our shows). I take the time to train him up at rehearsals and he also works on stuff at home listening to our album. Everything seems cool. He seems to have a good enough grasp on the songs. Then comes the shows. He play's three shows and also does the last rehearsal before these shows without me to see how he fairs playing with the rest of the band in my absence. I'm all for the guys having great shows, I wish them luck. Then the short run of gigs comes to and end, and some video footage emerges.
What do I see?
The guy totally outplaying me any opportunity he got, embellishing every solo to the max, and changing how lots of the main parts of the music are played.
Needless to say I'm furious, and feel the guy deliberately has done this to upstage me. Sure my ego is damaged, this guy tried copying me when I was present and then once I was gone went way off the script.
Am I wrong to be angry at this? Should I treat this situation like an attempt has been made to steal my spot in the band by his over selling of the material and unwillingness to tow the line? Or am I being paranoid?
I know how I feel and why, but I'd be interested in hearing from others to see what they thought.
I trusted this guy to be "me" for a few nights and instead I got "check out how fancy I can play" now that Gerry is not around.
Seems like a s :poop:t thing to do in my case. What's more, this guy has failed with his own band attempts, and only has a part time cover band to play in, so I figured he would be quite good at copying me..........I guess I misjudged that.
Feeling lots of anger and ego bruising right now, and I don't think I should, but there you go.