Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardSounds like its going really well Rich! If it were me, I'd be selfish and hold out against playing bass... but that's just me. It also sounds like you're one of the stronger "I know what I'm doing with my instrument" members, so to me it wouldn't make sense to have that person moved to an instrument they are not familiar with.

So faced with playing a bass part I'm unfamiliar with, I'm moving more toward this way of thinking. In some of our communication, which also involves the store, I asked what was being done to find us a bass player because playing bass wasn't part of the experience I signed up for. I figure nothing will change unless we make it the store's problem - they put the band together lacking in this area...what are they going to do about it? We still don't have a singer, which is an even larger problem.

I'll be playing guitar on Long Train Running since the guy that has been playing bass said he'd probably do better with the bass part. So that's cool. The only song left hanging is "Heard it through the Grapevine". Only because the guy that has been playing bass has been so gracious, I said I'd consider taking bass on this last song provided somebody teaches me what I'm suppose to do. I'm not going to instantly become a funk bass player :-). So maybe I'll get a free bass lesson out of the deal...