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A few months ago I had to quit the band I was in. I was newest member of a 4 piece cover band that wanted to make originals and I was there for a year. It's a long story, but came down the band was asking for a lot and I wasn't happy. It took me 3 months to quit the band and it was a long and painful experience for me. Here were the key events in the odyssey:

  • I told them I was unhappy and was thinking of quitting.
  • I talked to one of the founding members and told him the big things about the band that were contributing to this unhappiness.
  • He said give it a month or two and everything will be better.
  • Nothing changed and the same person said "Please wait till the next show.".
  • On the third month things were worse than ever so I posted my resignation on the internal facebook page because we haven't practiced in weeks together. I tried highlight the reasons why I was leaving and be polite as possible.
  • The post was deleted in less than two hours so I sent the resignation to each member individually with an addendum airing all my grievances and calling out the person who deleted my resignation.

This did not turn out the way I wanted to, but I feel like I went above and beyondtried to give themplenty of notice I was met with child like demands and actions. I also feel thattried to let every member should hear from me why I quit so the problem is prevented in the futureknow what was happening because it was a small band.

I know everyone will have differing options about how to quit a band, but is there a general etiquette to quitting a small rock original/cover band? Like the two weeks notice for quitting a job?

A few months ago I had to quit the band I was in. I was newest member of a 4 piece cover band that wanted to make originals and I was there for a year. It's a long story, but came down the band was asking for a lot and I wasn't happy. It took me 3 months to quit the band and it was a painful experience. Here were the key events in the odyssey:

  • I told them I was unhappy and was thinking of quitting.
  • I talked to one of the founding members and told him the big things about the band that were contributing to this unhappiness.
  • He said give it a month or two and everything will be better.
  • Nothing changed and the same person said "Please wait till the next show.".
  • On the third month things were worse than ever so I posted my resignation on the internal facebook page because we haven't practiced in weeks together. I tried highlight the reasons why I was leaving and be polite as possible.
  • The post was deleted in less than two hours so I sent the resignation to each member individually with an addendum airing all my grievances and calling out the person who deleted my resignation.

This did not turn out the way I wanted to, but I feel like I went above and beyond to give them notice I was met with child like demands and actions. I also feel that every member should hear from me why I quit so the problem is prevented in the future.

I know everyone will have differing options about how to quit a band, but is there a general etiquette to quitting a small rock original/cover band? Like the two weeks notice for quitting a job?

A few months ago I had to quit the band I was in. I was newest member of a 4 piece cover band that wanted to make originals and I was there for a year. It's a long story, but came down the band was asking for a lot and I wasn't happy. It took me 3 months to quit the band and it was a long and painful experience for me. I tried to give plenty of notice and tried to let every member know what was happening because it was a small band.

I know everyone will have differing options about how to quit a band, but is there a general etiquette to quitting a small rock original/cover band? Like the two weeks notice for quitting a job?

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Etiquette of Quitting a Band

A few months ago I had to quit the band I was in. I was newest member of a 4 piece cover band that wanted to make originals and I was there for a year. It's a long story, but came down the band was asking for a lot and I wasn't happy. It took me 3 months to quit the band and it was a painful experience. Here were the key events in the odyssey:

  • I told them I was unhappy and was thinking of quitting.
  • I talked to one of the founding members and told him the big things about the band that were contributing to this unhappiness.
  • He said give it a month or two and everything will be better.
  • Nothing changed and the same person said "Please wait till the next show.".
  • On the third month things were worse than ever so I posted my resignation on the internal facebook page because we haven't practiced in weeks together. I tried highlight the reasons why I was leaving and be polite as possible.
  • The post was deleted in less than two hours so I sent the resignation to each member individually with an addendum airing all my grievances and calling out the person who deleted my resignation.

This did not turn out the way I wanted to, but I feel like I went above and beyond to give them notice I was met with child like demands and actions. I also feel that every member should hear from me why I quit so the problem is prevented in the future.

I know everyone will have differing options about how to quit a band, but is there a general etiquette to quitting a small rock original/cover band? Like the two weeks notice for quitting a job?