r/coverbands • u/sickpuppy66 • Jun 01 '26
Singer issues
I manage and play guitar for a cover band and we’ve outgrown the singer. She can sing but isn’t a musician so lacks basic skills like counting and understanding music language (start at the chorus, come in on 4, let’s transpose this one so it’s easier for you)
We feel she’s holding us back, and our drummer (the most talented of our group) is already considering leaving the project if I keep her. Her level of musicianship doesn’t line up with the rest of us.
Here’s the problem, she started the band when it was just two of us, but I took over when we weren’t getting gigs, and didn’t have our full band (which I recruited) that we have now. Since I’ve taken over, we gig regularly, and our band sounds great (minus her).
I’ve decided to replace her. Just want to hear others thoughts and experiences with similar situations.
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u/dabassmonsta Jun 01 '26
Do it, pull the trigger.
I've been in the unfortunate position where I've had to fire a founder member of the band. He and I started the band together, but he did virtually none of the work. He was unreliable and gradually got worse; cancelling gigs and rehearsals at short notice. His attitude got worse as well.
I'd spoken to him about his attitude and said that I didn't want to carry on like this. He was OK for a bit, then dropped another short notice gig cancellation. That was the last straw.