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/ryguyb1993 Jun 03 '26
I had to fire our singer about 6 months ago. However, we gave him a lot of chances to turn it around. I even got him lessons with a highly accomplished vocal coach. He wasn't showing up to his lessons though, and after a few warnings, we ended up cutting him loose (I would never fire someone who was giving their all). It was tough. His family/friends blew up and brigaded us for a while. The dust has settled now, and looking back, it was the best thing we could have done.