Jimbo Quit The Band

I quit the band last night.

The new one I just joined a few weeks ago.

To save time I’ll just post the email I sent them last night. I kept it polite and I didn’t mention anything about not thinking the vocals were strong enough or that they weren’t quite as ‘developed’ as I would have liked…

To be honest I’m not sure I want to do it any more. I was going to take this week to re-assess but I can’t see my mind being changed now.

To keep it succinct it’s just not ‘clicking’ for me. I’m thinking maybe coz it’s not quite my type of music. I’m used to a lot more classic and heavy rock and this is more indie pop if I’m forced to classify. Whatever it is, it’s just not quite heavy enough for me.

I only realised this today when I found myself not really being excited about playing tonight. When I’m playing something I’m really enjoying I look forward immensely to playing, and it’s not happening. I hoped it might come after a bit but it hasn’t, and I don’t think it would.

I realise I’ve left you a bit in the shit regarding the gig, and for that I apologise, but I’m at that age now where if I don’t want to be doing something, and I don’t have to do it, then I just don’t do it.

I’m really sorry about this, you’re all thoroughly nice people and I hate letting people down. But I’ve noticed over the last week that I just don’t have the personal motivation or drive to carry this on.

I’m pretty sure you’ll find a drummer more suited to your style and I think I’m at the position now where I need to go away and practice to make myself a better drummer, I seem to have hit a brick wall in what I can and can’t do and it needs to be a personal goal to get past it before I try again.

-Jimbo

Back to the drawing board I guess. Ho hum. Didn’t think it’d take this long to find another band. But it’s like finding a new job. You get all excited at the beginning, then as time goes by you can’t help but get a little disheartened.

There’s a band called ‘The Vicars of Twiddly‘ looking for a new drummer who all dress up in religious clothes on stage, very tongue in cheek and I’m loving their attitude. But it’s surf rock, and it’s not really a style I’m accustomed to. I guess it needs to be hard rock or classic rock, that’s where my true passion lies.