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« on: January 16, 2006, 08:35 PM »

I'm still in school and i am wondering i want tostart a band but how should i goabout making one i alredy know a friend that plays guitar.Any Ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2006, 08:56 PM »

Post a signs all over the school saying "Musicians needed" and give all the details. If there are people that you know you can trust and that you want to be in the band then let them join. I just started a band and the hardest part was getting a good bassist and finding a singer who can sing the style that you play.
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2006, 08:57 PM »

I just started a band and the hardest part was getting a good bassist and finding a singer who can sing the style that you play.

What genre?
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2006, 09:06 PM »

I'm still in school and i am wondering i want tostart a band but how should i goabout making one i alredy know a friend that plays guitar.Any Ideas?

Word of mouth/networking is a great way.  Someone knows someone who knows someone. . .

If you take lessons, let your teacher know.  Try the local music store.  Many of them have bulletin boards where you can post a flyer.  Sometimes even the local library, grocery stores, Panera Bread stores, Starbucks, record stores (they still have those, right?) have bulletin boards.  Does your school have a band?  That's a built-in collection of musicians to add to your network.

You're still in school, so be careful about putting too much personal contact information out in the open.  Create a freebie e-mail account on Hotmail or some place like that and direct interested parties there on your flyers.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2006, 08:01 AM »

Yah i was gonig to let my Drum teacher know on Sunday when i go back for lessons and ya i think the hardest thing im finding is trying to find a good bassiest in my community my teacher said there isn't many around that arn't in a band.And finding a good singer like the guitar plyer i know he can sing but he says the only problem is that he is finding it hard to play a whole song playing a guitar and singing at the same time so i think that mens if i make a band with him in it i have to have  Drums(me) Guitar maybe another guitar and a bass
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2006, 08:26 AM »

Yah i was gonig to let my Drum teacher know on Sunday when i go back for lessons and ya i think the hardest thing im finding is trying to find a good bassiest in my community my teacher said there isn't many around that arn't in a band.And finding a good singer like the guitar plyer i know he can sing but he says the only problem is that he is finding it hard to play a whole song playing a guitar and singing at the same time so i think that mens if i make a band with him in it i have to have  Drums(me) Guitar maybe another guitar and a bass

Shorty, try breaking your thoughts into sentences and paragraphs.  Its hard to read a dense block of text like the above!   Smiley

Good luck with the search.  Keep networking.  You never know who might know someone who can fit in.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2006, 09:40 AM »

What genre?

We decided that we arn't going to have a very specific genre. We will be playing just general rock, and some funk.
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2006, 10:03 AM »

We decided that we arn't going to have a very specific genre. We will be playing just general rock, and some funk.

That's a genre.

It doesn't have to be as specific as Upwardly Soaring Funka-go-go in order to be considered a genre. Rock is a genre, Funk is a genre, Jazz is a genre, etc. You need to have some direction, which you now have, in order to draw musicians ... even if you are in school.

I would begin narrowing it down a bit ... listing music that you'd like your band to play. I'm assuming you are playing cover songs; music made popular by other bands. Make a list of bands you like and whose music you'd like YOUR band to play. You need to find musicians who at least dig the music; they don't have to already be able to play it.

When you get together, have a collection of songs to start with; pick a few to work on. Have recordings for everyone to listen to.

If you are putting the band together you need to take charge, give direction and lead. I don't mean be a dictator or a jerk either.  Cool
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2006, 08:45 PM »

That's a genre.

It doesn't have to be as specific as Upwardly Soaring Funka-go-go in order to be considered a genre. Rock is a genre, Funk is a genre, Jazz is a genre, etc. You need to have some direction, which you now have, in order to draw musicians ... even if you are in school.


I didn't say that it doesn't have a genre, I said it doesn't have a specific genre such as Heavy metal, Emotional hard core, Punk, etc. I just meant that we are trying to not focus on one type of music so that we won't be known as a specific type of band, More so we are aiming to be a band with a variaty of styles.
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