An earlier blog chronicled the firing of think13’s previous hand drummer – a great guy w. a problem w. sticking up to women who wanted to take advantage of him. Since he left, thar’s been a hole in our sound – one prolly only noticeable to me n tha rest of think13. Ah’ve taken it upon myself ta aggressively look fer a new one b/c, well, thas how ah am. Especially when ah want somethang done. It’s nawt been gaein well.
Initially, ah had several misses on replies – folks who didn’t have their schedule under hand, or didn’t get back to me about ANYTHING (including their name – man it weirds me out when someone’s email has a name attached to it – that is nuthang like tha name they sign it with), etc. Finally thar was a potential fit who was less then responsive, n cancelled tha day of b/c of strep throat. She seemed a bit spacey, but hey, we’re looking for musicians (n psuedo-drummahs at that) so ah let it fly. We re-schedule fer next week – she even calls to confirm it tha day before – n nevah shows up. Nae call, nae email, nuthang. boo. Unfortunetly, ah wasn’t even that surprised.
Next add, ah git anutha email from a very interested n recent transplant to tha area – calls me right back, chats me up fer a while, sounds like it could werk out. Ah send him an email latah w. a tune – hear nuthang (back – nawt necessarily a problem). Call tha guy on Sunday ta confirm, n he tells me tha mp3 didn’t gae through, but he heard some of tha otha stuff – will see him on Sunday. Guess what happened?
Dee’s convinced thars lurkers on craigslist that dae this just fer kicks – n ah can’t say ah disagree necessarily. Ah didn’t really expect findin a new drum-guy would be tha EASIEST thang in tha world, but ah was definitely more concerned about havin ta listen ta gawdawful drummin then ah was some person flakin. It’s sorta amazing how awesome n awful craigslist ken be dependin on tha day, huh?