Okay, you knew it was too good to be true. You knew that this band couldn't actually start gigging regularly and making money. You might not have any idea why not, other than that it's pretty much how it has always been with this band, but it had to happen.
Steve (lead guitar, lead and background vocals) has quit the band. Over something completely stupid. Completely over-reacting to something, because it's his way, because he's a fucking misogynist who told us right up front that having a girl in the band is "poison" and that no band he's ever been in with a female has lasted more than a year. Well, we now know why. It's not because girls are poison, and it's not the girls themselves. It's Steve.
John had tried, as manager, to get some gigs for us, and scraped up some crummy little gigs, one of which we even played, but the reason why we didn't get anything better was because they all book through the same company, which comes down to the one guy, agent dude. Well, we're in with agent dude. Agent dude sent some stuff to John, needs names, phone numbers, website and/or social media pages, and a secondary contact. John forwards this out to all of us, just keeping us in the loop, letting us know what's going on. But we need a volunteer to be secondary contact.
JT (drums, and also a personal friend of agent dude) says he's just the drummer, but he does know agent dude. I say that that sounds to me like someone volunteering. It's a joke, son! A joke! Anne says she votes for JT. Just innocuous little messages via email, right?
Steve sends a text to Anne, asking her what her problem is. Anne is confused. Steve asks what gave her the right to start the voting. He wants to be the secondary contact, he has the most experience out of all of us, blah blah blah. Anne isn't even sure he's serious. Has he actually gone off the rails over this? She asks if he's going to make a bigger deal out of this than it has to be, or something like that. Steve says Fuck this, I can't be in a band with you any more. He then calls John and tells John the same thing, that he can't be in a band with Anne any more. John can't believe he's serious either. Are you quitting the band? Steve says Yes. John accepts his resignation.
John calls JT, who has known Steve for many years and is the reason he (JT) is in the band, and asks him to call Steve, and find out if this can be saved. Ten minutes later, JT calls John back. Steve is out, he ain't coming back.
If we could've held it together for six more weeks, we'd have those two gigs behind us, be on agent dude's list of groups he can count on, and we'd be on our way. But the underlying problem in the band, Steve Who Cannot Get Along With Females, would still be there. If we survive this one, we'll end up better off. Harmony within the band is still more important than raw talent. Finding a guitarist who can sing is nothing. Finding one who you can get along with is the trick. And we're back to Square One.