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Has anyone been in this situation and if so can you give me some guidance? Playing in a band might seem like a dream come true but there are also a few problems associated with the music scene that can make life difficult.
My young brother had been playing in a nationally well known band for a couple of years. About six months ago all the fame went to his head and he fell out with the other guys and left the band. I'm good friends with the other band members but I could not convince my brother to stay with them. I play the guitar only as a hobby but pretty well (in fact I taught my brother) and they asked me to sit in with them for rehearsals while they interviewed for a replacement. At the end of March I was surprised when they asked me to give up my job and join the band full time.
At first playing with this band was like a dream come true, but then things went sour. It turns out that the other musicians have a group of female followers (about twenty girls) who go to the concerts and take it in turn to sleep with each of the guys. My brother never breathed a word of this to me. After our first live gig together the girls drew lots to decide who would go with me as I was 'new'. I told them that I wasn't interested as I have a girlfriend and we intend to get married next year.
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