Didn't realize how many people there are in the same boat - one in every band it would seem. Maybe the answer is to get them all together and leave them to play together, each in different time !

There's one in the band I play in on Sundays at church - a lovely man, but guitar/vocals in his own erratically-paced world. The main problem is that this man likes to play everything so s-l-o-w-l-y and that just drags everything down. We haven't been playing together long, but gradually it is a case of "forewarned is forearmed" - the rest of us (drums, keyboard, guitar) set the pace as boldly as possible and keep going at one hell of a lick regardless, and the sound man, also now forewarned/forearmed, keeps a watch on what is happening and keeps his mike turned low as necessary, and at the same time makes sure he can really hear the rest of us. In rehearsals (which I'm glad to say I'm not in charge of) it's a matter of being very tactful and going over things. As Jeri said, music played in a group is a group responsibility - and it's great to see how it evolves, the more used you get to playing together.

- jeanie