That would be a new band. The band I was in, I am no longer in. Basically, there was a disagreement about how things would be done, and we mutually decided that I'd leave the band. On a personal level, I still talk with those guys (they're also who I run sound for on Thursday nights) so it's still cool, but I'd like to find one of my own to play in.
About a month ago, I started working on that. I figured that I'd play guitar and sing about half of what was done in a night. I'm not a great singer, but I get by. I just have to make sure I stay in my range. I placed a couple of ads out, and right away I found a bass player. This was huge because bassist are just about the hardest members to find. Guitarists are a dime a dozen, bassists are hard to find because most people wanting to get into music don't think of that part of the rhythm section first. Usually, if they can't play anything, they'll go to guitar or drums, or just be a singer. Half of bassists are failed guitarists (I have no idea if this number is accurate, I just pulled something out of spaced). Next I needed a lead guitarist and a drummer, I had about 15 responses to my ad, but only a couple of follow ups, after some time, it turned into bringing one of each to my place to try them out, and well, I wasn't impressed. Then the bassist called me and said he wouldn't have time to do this now. So I was back a square one. Part of my problem is that I'm pretty specific in what I'm looking for, and that would be fine if I was patient, but I'm not. The last time I tried this, it took me 6 months to find a band. I had jammed with a couple before, but none ever called me back. At that point, I was ready to give up on guitar and go to drums so I could find a different avenue of playing. (Turns out I'm not a bad drummer, considering I drum like a guitarist - musicians will know what that means) So after a couple of weeks of figuring it would never happen, I'm taking a more low key approach. I'm responding to ads I see out there, so far only two and see what happens. One of them was to a band that plays in a lot of biker bars which means having to do those "standard" songs like "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Mustang Sally" or "Play the Funky Music" or "Sweet Home Alabama" Some of those are OK, but the thought of that makes me cringe. On the other hand, I just want to play so I'll have to make some major concessions to do that, we'll see if I survive.
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NEVER play music that you do not like. People will be able to tell you're not into it, and it will eventually kill you. And we already have plenty of mediocre and/or dead musicians.
Well, maybe not. If Coldplay ran into a peach truck maybe we'd all be a little better off.
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