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If you have been keeping up with our band
news, it's not hard to tell that sometimes being in a band is
one series of auditions after another. Such has been the case
over the last several months. After the departure of Mike, who
had been playing bass with Rockdog for the last several years,
it was again time to find a replacement.
After posting several ads on the web
and in the PA Musician, as well as calling some potential
replacements, we began the process of trying, once again, to
find the right musician. If it were as easy as finding a good
musician, everyone would be in a rock band. Musicianship is
about half the equation. The other half is personality. Nobody
wants to be in a band with a pompous rock star A hole. Seeing
how Rockdog pride themselves as being a group of seasoned
experienced musicians, none of us has the time to put up with
attitude, so we were very careful during auditions to find the
right fit.
After weeding out some potentials on
the phone, our first audition was with Bassman Dan, who was a
really nice guy, but more of a guitar player than a bass
player. Dan actually auditioned twice and played some of his
originals for us on guitar, but ultimately we had to pass.
Thanks Dan for your time and we wish you luck in finding the
right project. Our second audition was with Ken. Ken came to
audition and was pretty impressive. He then came back for a
second audition at which point we offered him the job. He told
us he would get back to us after he had taken care of a medical
issue. He put us on indefinate hold so we sent him an
add for a bassist and continued our search. Anyway Ken if
you're reading this, good luck to you also in your next project.
During this time, we got a call from our
old guitarist Coz, who offered to play bass until we found a
replacement. Thanks Coz for the offer. It is greatly
appreciated, and continued success in your current band Broken
Cyrcle. The reason we did not take Coz up on his offer is
because right around that time we got a call from Steve. Steve,
as it turns out, is a good bass player, and imagine our
surprise, is not an A hole. A second audition, some band
discussion, and welcome Steve dog to Rockdog. We are whole
again.
Rockdog is now under new management.
After careful consideration about the direction we wanted to go
in as a band, we decided that an outside influence as well as an
objective voice would be in our best interest. Our management
promises to have Rockdog appearing more often and tighter than
ever in new clubs and different locations. Keep the gigs
rolling in Alby.
Rockdog will be at the KK Tavern in
West Hanover on April 12th. We love that place and
have a great time every time in there. We hope to see all the
regulars because we will have our cameras out in full force and
will be posting a lot of pictures of the crowd up on our
website. See you there. Also this month we will be at Sorb's
Place in Liverpool for the first time. Looking forward to this
gig and thanks to Bob Sorber for coming out to see us and giving
us some dates.
Anyway, that's about all the news we
have for now. Hopefully the next time we have some news for you
it won't involve auditions. Until the next time, stay safe and
keep rockin.
Rockdog
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