Why Tallah Fired Former Bassist, Cooper - Justin Rambles #1

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[HungryLights]

Ooohh, thanks for putting this up, Rane!

[rybo]

It's such a shame about cooper not being able to keep up with the band because his stage presence was fantastic but at the end of the day a chains only as strong as the weakest link and if he couldn't handle where the band had gone then it's good you guys had the courage to cut ties to strengthen the link again

[mOnStErMACEO]

Tyler seems to be a keeper!!! He definitely feels the music and performs them well.

[Arianwubbe]

Good to hear some details about this. It's always a bummer when you like a band so much that you learn the member's names, and suddenly the line-up changes.

[evanblake]

I appreciate you putting this one up, and also linking the newer statement in the description. Sometimes you need to get more serious and talk some real shit, or lies can spread and reputations can be unfairly damaged. Really disappointed in Coop, whether he means to be malicious, or is just bitter.

[zvkryblkhrt]

Unfortunately this is the case for a lot of bands especially in the heavy music scene. My last project my bassist was a guitarist first then switched to bass to try something new. But he wasn't one of those bassists where he could see what the guitarist was doing and just know what to do right away. So since the guitarist of that project wrote everything he would have to either make vids of him playing the songs on bass or tabs. Good guy got the job done overall. Only crappy part is he spent all his money on weed and plugs for his ears so when it came to record he'd complain about how expensive bass strings were. My guy cool it on the dispensary and you'll have money for strings.

[LucidLiquidity]

Similar situation in a heavier band I’m in. The drummer/vox from a different funk/R&B band I play was originally a metal drummer and wanted to do somethin heavy, so we got him on vox. Except he didn’t really get the “vibe” for over a year. Never wrote metal lyrics or performed in that capacity. Wasn’t very involved with it, and what he did contribute was kinda meh, and got more defensive with each suggestion we made.

Me and the other guitarist had him over for one last attempt to lay down his demo vox before we actually considered firing him. Cutting the track at Atlantic in NYC and weren’t gonna tolerate anything that might complicate it. So we had “the talk” about consensus and roles, and how some are good at certain things - and not so great at others - and how vital it is to know and accept those things and just do what you’re good at. He agreed. 🤞 Then we were like, “And that’s why… this, this, and this needs to be changed bc 4/5 of us are not cool with it.” 😂 But it worked! Demo finally sounded like something we could all comfortably put our names on and the engineer/producer excited as we are to track it for real. Gotta know and be happy with your ability, role, and how to take criticism if a band expects to last more than a couple years.

[videosfromthepit]

I've always wondered about this. That was nicely said Justin! Thank you for the perspective! 🤘

[monsterfukk]

I was curious about this. Glad it wasn't some crazy drama.

[FelonyMDMA]

O Cooper conquistou bastante fãs com seu jeito de tocar, espero que ele aparece numa nova banda ou até mesmo de volta ao Tallah algum dia.

[iug]

I hope the bass player they're tourist with becomed a full time member cause he definitely kicks ass

[mikemalone]

Tyler Hinson ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES on bass for Tallah.

[nathanwalsh]

As a drummer of over twenty five years that's not unusual. I wouldn't say cooper couldn't do it he just didn't want to... It just wasn't in his soul to take the music to the place you guys were going. I'm sure if it went in a funky direction he would have been all aboard... I learned you must play what you're good at And know what you're not good at especially. That's the sucky part of being a musician. You want to fit in everything you do but sometimes you don't😮. Just like you wouldn't ask Phil Anselmo To be the singer in a journey cover band.

[freeXpizza]

Maybe y’all could find a new bassist 🏴‍☠️🫣