Hello everyone,
Once again The Blue Letter is on the quest for a new bass player. Our good friend Blake is going to be leaving the band.

Having Blake in the band for the last 10 months has been awesome. He definitely added to the sound and energy of the band. His parting of ways with the band is not because of some falling out or disruption or anything like that. But it is more of a matter of space and distance. Blake moved back to Atlanta just before Christmas, and we had planned to give the long distance thing a whirl. But 8 hour drives for shows and practices turned out to be too much to ask of anyone.

So now we are on the quest to find someone to fill his shoes. It feels weird to type a list of qualities you're looking for in a person, but to make this work, I guess it is something that is unavoidable so here we go. We're looking for someone:
-who lives in Richmond, VA or would be willing to move here.
-who can play the bass well, and preferably help with vocals.
- be able to play shows, tour and practice on a regular basis.
-who is commited and willing to make finacial contributions toward "band stuff" like the rent of our rehersal space and such.
-who can be flexible yet punctual, dependable and easy going.
-who can be professionally minded.
-who is tolerant, open minded and forgiving.
-as an already established band, we're not looking for someone who is going to be arguing over creative control or anything, but will be willing to work together to create new music in the direction we're already headed.
-we are a loud and heavy band and have lots of gear. Even if you don't
have a lot of stuff, the equipment you do have should be high quaility. But just remember stacks not combos.

There is probably more stuff to figure out too, but we can work through that as it comes.  If you are interested, or know of anyone that might be and can recommend them that would be awesome so please let us know.

Blake's last show with us is going to be on February 3rd at Rumors,
here in Richmond, with Now Sleepyhead, La Dispute and Asleep at the
Bottom of the Sea.  So definitely don't miss it.