Lived and breathed moving my band forward for about a 2 year stint. I felt after that time that no one else in the project was taking any responsibility, or was working towards anything other than the next party after a show. I went to the band and said I needed a break and took a month off from all booking, promoting, merchandise procurement, and/or basically anything that wasn't strictly playing the guitar.
Fast forward a month, record label that had been pussy footing around with us for a year came after us at that exact time I "needed a break". The two guys that said they'd handle that aspect for the band while I was "on vacation"; didn't even return a single email or call. No shows were booked, a summer tour I had lined out was now not happening, Bills didn't get paid.. Was basically the last nail being lined up on the coffin lid. Sure, we could have survived that, but In my mind... why would I put myself through that when these other guys clearly were just there hoping drugs or trim would fall out of the sky because they were "in the band".
Got laid off and moved to Canada for a job. By the time I came back, the whole structure of record labels and the path of making it big had been completely torn apart. Oddly enough the group I'm in now has all of the checks marks you see in bands who tour successfully.. More so than any project I've been apart of in the past.. The Irony is we're all mostly to a point where touring would have to be so financially successful it'll most likely never happen.
