Good Guitarist wanted

Heartman


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 140

Message Posted:
03/08/2010 13:28

We have a 5 piece band and are looking to add a 2nd rhythm/lead or bass guitarist. The band is based on the west side of Girne but play both sides. We play a mixture of 60's to 90's music rarely covered by other bands here but are all well known tunes.



We rehearse twice a week and are adding new songs all the time.



If you are interested and have your own guitar and transport please contact Glen via email at dustyptrnc@live.co.uk and I will arrange to meet.

Heartman


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 140

Message Posted:
04/08/2010 09:01

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Heartman


Joined: 15/01/2009
Posts: 140

Message Posted:
04/08/2010 20:37

Come on people there must be some people out there who play guitar and are up for a bit of fun?

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
04/08/2010 22:26

If a 5 piece band - what instruments do the current 5 play - do you have a singer?



If playing publicly, how do you get over the work permit problem, and how would any new member of you band who doesn't have a work permit?



I look forward to your reply............

layby_lil



Joined: 13/11/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
04/08/2010 23:08

whats with the obsession with permits???? this is the second in recent weeks any case it aint nobodies business but theiir own !!!!!

Whistler


Joined: 28/07/2008
Posts: 1332

Message Posted:
04/08/2010 23:29

Message 4. Sana Ne?

petsitter61


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 180

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 08:17

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Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 10:30

layby lil/msg 5:



I don't have any obsession re work permits - but from what one reads on CY44, the local police certainly have!



Their excuse, of course, is that local (TRNC) bands are being deprived of [paid] work if foreigners, without work permits, entertain the public in bars, pubs, or restaurants. To a point, they are right - BUT there isn't enough local talent capable of playing western music to cover the amount of bars who would like to encourage increased patronage by offering 'live' music.



Perhaps it's only me - but I find [most] Turkish music totally uninspiring, strident and tuneless - and to have to sit in a bar listening to it all night - no thanks!



I admit I am only a mediocre rhythm guitarist [unlike you 'full-on' lead guys!], but I might like to join a band who would accept my limited talent - that's the reason I ask about the 'work permit situation'.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 10:43

Cont'd:



I wouldn't like to be in a situation where I was strumming away naively, later to be arrested as a result of a police raid on the premises, have my expensive amp and guitar confiscated and be forced to pay some ridiculously excessive fine to get it back. Then, of course, I could be charged and have to go to court, at further huge expense, to defend myself.



Do you live here full time, as I do?



If so, and if you play publicly in TRNC, you should know the score - now do you get the picture?



Whistler: 'Sana Ne?'



'Say whatever (you want)!'

wings


Joined: 25/06/2010
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 10:54

Tenakoutou, absolutely right. If no one has the answer one might say you be on a "wing" and a prayer carrying 1250 tl in your back pocket. Layby Lil is clearly oblivious to the reality and by the attitude might perhaps enjoy his visit to the slammer "guns a blazing".

But then personality attacks seem to be his only form of defence. Maybe he is frightened as are the other tightrope walkers, that his limelight will get stolen if other musicians enter the circuit..

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 11:26

Layby Lil, you gotta laugh, theres not a lot that these guys dont know.

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 12:32

Mike (layby) !!! is "Tenakoutou" ................"Wings" with goggles on ? ................. in the words of the great Freddie The show must go on !!!!! regards Barry

Cheated


Joined: 03/08/2010
Posts: 20

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 13:12

As far as I kunderstand there is the vacancy for rhythm guitar/ bass player who can play old (60-90) music from all over the world, mainly british.

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 13:26

RE MSG 5;



>>>>"whats with the obsession with permits???? this is the second in recent weeks any case it aint nobodies business but theiir own !!!!! "<<<<



I wouldnt sat 'it's an obsession at all'.Then again,I dont expect you to unrerstand until you are on that boat and given 7 days to leave the island regardless what you may have here. wink wink wink....

wings


Joined: 25/06/2010
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 14:34

Yorgozlu that's what I was afraid of.

But then those who think they wont get caught usually do. That was funny Barry. I refer to para. 2 message 10

AnthonySmith


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 15:18

I've been told there is a crackdown coming. People have been deported for "businesses" and lost everything. There are rules, although they only seem to apply to foreigners.

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 15:29

Don't worry be happy.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 18:03

layby lil/msg 5:



Skin up - chill out, and fıgure out what people's obsession about work permits is all about!



Heartman - re your msg 1:



I, and perhaps others would like your reply re your band members' 'work permit situatıon'..........I don't think we're being 'stirrers' by asking this question.



For myself, I just want to stay legal - certainly not end up, as Yorgozlu (perhaps not so jokingly!) quips, 'until you are on that boat and given 7 days to leave the island regardless what you may have here. wink wink wink.... '



Thanks for your support, 'wings'!

layby_lil



Joined: 13/11/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 18:11

Tenakoutou and wings pleasee email me so I can respond to this permit thing off 44 don't worry it will not be offensive.. layby_lil@hotmail.com

wings


Joined: 25/06/2010
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 19:58

I'm sure we'd all like to hear what you have to say Layby_Lil then perhaps we can enjoy the benefits of your wisdom.

layby_lil



Joined: 13/11/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
05/08/2010 23:24

wings, tenakouto has responded with an email which I have answered if you do the same I will copy my thoughts to you if you feel compelled to publish them here then you can

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 08:05

layby lil:



Thank you for your reply to my email to you.



I was hoping for some definitive answers - but..........



OK, it was a 'your guess is as good as mine' response, which you could have simply posted on this thread.



But to 'get back on thread' - 'Good Guitarist Wanted':



TRNC has its rules - rules are rules - even though nobody seems to know how to interpret them!



So, if any musician, hairdresser, cross-dresser, donkey trainer or pheasant plucker thinks 'that's OK - rules are made to be broken!' - then good luck to them all!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 08:25

How do artists fair in all this? If I paint a picture and I sell it... have I done a local out of a sale? It's the same surely?



I suppose if you play really loud heavy rock and your playing encourages more of a crowd you are likely to draw more attention from the rozzers.

AnthonySmith


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 08:46

Anybody being paid for a service, even if it's only getting the petrol money back, is technically "working" according to TRNC rules. But it depends on the authority's interpretation - which appears to change hour by hour, let alone day by day.

In the last three years I think there have been a number of swoops - usually when there's little money left in the pot.

And they always go for the easy targets. I'm not saying that is right.

But am I right in getting the feeling that there is tacit approval of breaking the rules when it suits? Why should one person come here and register, and get their residency and work permits while another doesn't? For all those who go to the time, trouble and expense to make sure they are legal here, there appear to be others who think they are immune.

layby_lil



Joined: 13/11/2009
Posts: 141

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 10:01

$******???

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 10:15

There's no doubt that you're playing 'Russian Roulette' with your temporary residency status by illegally working - paid, or unpaid, in their eyes is still putting a local out of a job.



Even charities have to be registered - but I don't know the rules [re permits] pertaining to those working to raise money for charities by performing publicly, or doing a job of work for someone else - e.g., cleaning an old expat couple's windows for a fee to be donated to charity, could be construed by the authorities as 'depriving a local of a fee earning job'.



Then, again, TRNC always has been, and still is, a minefield of misinformation!



We would all benefit if only the BRS, or 'Cyprus Today', would provide a list of 'do's & dont's' - even 'don'ts' would do!

AnthonySmith


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 455

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 10:21

I agree, Tenakoutou, but also feel that the ways things are, as soon as the BRS or HBPG or Cyprus Today publish any information there will be changes or different interpretations on the law

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 11:12

Heartman, i bet you hadn't of asked !

wings


Joined: 25/06/2010
Posts: 152

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 11:47

LL I have no intention of sending any email to you. I have the answers and they are very clear........ Dont walk the "thin blue line". What you and the rest like Snakes do is your choice and possibly your ticket home.

snakes



Joined: 28/10/2008
Posts: 1512

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 11:56

Wings ! dont bring me into this discussion you have no idea of my arrangements here or anywhere ! however if you would like to meet up sometime i'd be more than pleased to discuss it with you face to face !

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 12:01

I think all Glen wanted was a Guitarist!

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
06/08/2010 12:06

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