Self-awareness can be a beautiful thing.
I, for one, completely understand that I am not perfect, and that in order for things to work in perfect harmony, sacrifices and compromises are an essential part of keeping everything together. Being in a band, I do this quite often, and I have been called a push-over multiple times for it. Thing is: I don't give a flying fuck what my actions make me in these situations, and it's because of being a 'push-over' that things work so fucking well in this band. We already have two disgustingly huge egos clashing against one another over almost every single decision, the last thing we need is for me to put my spine back in and join in on some pissing contest that, in the end, is completely petty and harms more than it helps. I'm better than that shit, and I refuse to sink to the level needed for me to join in.
Perhaps I'm too passive, but once again, I fail to see why I should give two shits about that. I'll simply keep marching forward, play these songs as well as I possibly can whilst having a shitload of fun onstage, and headbang far past the point where I have a migraine so that those who come to see us get a good show and leave feeling good about what they saw and maybe, just maybe, come out to see us again. That's all that fucking matters to me, and if certain people shared this viewpoint with me, my life would be a lot easier at times.
I, for one, completely understand that I am not perfect, and that in order for things to work in perfect harmony, sacrifices and compromises are an essential part of keeping everything together. Being in a band, I do this quite often, and I have been called a push-over multiple times for it. Thing is: I don't give a flying fuck what my actions make me in these situations, and it's because of being a 'push-over' that things work so fucking well in this band. We already have two disgustingly huge egos clashing against one another over almost every single decision, the last thing we need is for me to put my spine back in and join in on some pissing contest that, in the end, is completely petty and harms more than it helps. I'm better than that shit, and I refuse to sink to the level needed for me to join in.
Perhaps I'm too passive, but once again, I fail to see why I should give two shits about that. I'll simply keep marching forward, play these songs as well as I possibly can whilst having a shitload of fun onstage, and headbang far past the point where I have a migraine so that those who come to see us get a good show and leave feeling good about what they saw and maybe, just maybe, come out to see us again. That's all that fucking matters to me, and if certain people shared this viewpoint with me, my life would be a lot easier at times.
We could use a passive member
Being in a band is hard shit, especially since you've got two egos flying around. I usually just get into arguments about not wanting to be doing mediocre shit so it generally could be seen that I'm a pretentious fuck.
Fair enough; I'm not doing mediocre shit, though.
Stick with it; it'll get sorted or it won't and you'll go off and start something else. Just be careful who you're getting into bed with the next time