“Drake the Dragon pulls a nasty move that destroys Rita’s confidence and hope.”
Here’s another untold story of my past.
I joined the regional gospel choir as a bass player, but there happened to be another bass player. So we swapped songs.
We were rehearsing one night for the upcoming regional district church service in Oxnard, Ca.
I took a couple of the songs and the other guy took the other half of the songs.
On the day of the show, I drove to Oxnard. Was pumped, rehearsed and ready to go. Holy Ghost right?
The choir began to sing and the other bass player started to play the first half of the tunes, while I was waiting my turn to swap the other half.
Finally, my turn came. Right in between songs I was ready with my bass to plug into the amp.
Then the lead Music director held his hand towards me in stopping motion and allowed the other bass player to continue with the other tunes.
The tunes that I rehearsed my ass off with. Now, I’m not gonna get my chance to perform. That douchebag of a music director didn’t want me to play.
What the?
That foo literally ripped the Jesus from my heart. I felt so bad. I left the church and took a walk in the city not knowing where I was going, contemplating, “What the hell just happened? “
I returned to the church service after a two-hour walk and my friends were wondering where I went. I kept it to myself.
I was young, around 21 years old and motivated and excited to get my musical feet off the ground. Then this loser music director turned me down in the middle of the performance.
What happened you asked?
One word. FAVORITISM and lack of honesty. I did not have a close relationship with the music director. The other bass player did. I wasn’t hitting the wrong notes during rehearsal, I was nailing it.
But, because the other guy was good buddies with the music director and I was the new guy then I got the shaft.
I get it. My words may sound like I’m pissed. But I’m really not. Ii was a great learning experience on how not treat others in a leadership position.
I forgive the music director. He didn’t know, no better.
The following 20 years of my music career was amazing and this story was just a fraction of my experience.
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