Author: msloss
Date: 2003-05-05 12:39
Well, you have one of two choices: If the personalities are a complete barrier to a performance anyone would want to listen to, break up the trio and start over. The other possibility is get an ensemble coach to speak as an authoritative but disinterested fourth party to critique what everyone is doing in a productive and even-handed fashion.
But, given that you are in school, you have a valuable opportunity here to learn how to get along artistically and personally, which will have immeasurable benefit to you if you are at all serious about becoming a pro. There are stories across this industry of tyrants with batons, a-holes in principal desks, idiot producers, deaf recording engineers, etc. You have to be an absolutely extraordinary and in-demand talent to be able to turn your back on these types and still get calls for work. Plus, people may have or may develop similar impressions of you if you create the perception of being difficult to work with, again resulting in no work.
So yes, you will have to deal with these types for the rest of your life if you want to be a musician. Find a way to get along, share constructive feedback and solicit the same from others, and get coaching if you have access to it.
Good luck with it.
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