Man theres been a few times where me, as the bass player and the drummer. Played for my family church, and when one person was asked to do a solo, they would not do it, because they sayed they did not have any music, because there was no keyboard player to play, and theres was another time where me, keyboard player, and a drummer was practicing with some of my family members as the praise team. After practice the praise team ask the keyboard player to play at a banquet we had that night. He said he could not make it, so they never ask me and the drummer. No body play that night, man sometime I think all people wont to hear is the keyboard, Im not saying everyone's like that, but most of the times that's what I get no matter how good you are, thats how I feel the keyboardist get love all the time, even the drummer gets more love then the bass player, not to many people look at everybody in the band as equal. Does anybody feel the same way. I know we do it until god not the people, but some times I feel used and nobody cares. Even my own praise leader told me at one time he did not see the bass as being important. But he also told me he's eyes where open and now he see's the importants. Thank god for that let me know what you guys think!