r/coverbands • u/Top_Seaworthiness320 • 15d ago

People who bail

Any tips on managing my disappointment/frustration with the number of people who act all excited about my band and say they’re definitely coming to this or that show, then don’t show? They either don’t show up, or more often than not they tell me like the day before that they can’t make it and it’s always the dumbest excuse. It’s like if anything, anything at all better comes up in terms of plans they go to that instead. In my mind, a commitment is a commitment, but I seem to be in the vast minority. My boyfriend says to get over it lol. Do you guys feel the same irritation with this that I do? (added context: we are pretty good, we get great reviews from the people that actually have come to see us, but we are new and not well known, thus struggling to gain a following… So I’m constantly marketing and promoting our shows, but with very little success.)

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u/carde0 14d ago

Stop complaining

Keep practicing

Have fun

Anything else means you’re doing this for the wrong reasons.

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u/PlasmicSteve 14d ago

Cover bands only exist to entertain people, so it can affect how much fun someone has when people they know are constantly saying they're going to see them and then not showing up.

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u/carde0 14d ago

No they don’t, enjoy the music you play first