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“…Well we’re big rock singers
We’ve got golden fingers
And we’re loved everywhere we go
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
For ten thousand dollars a show…”
-Dr Hook
One of the most difficult aspects of starting a band is finding the right members. This may seem surprising with all of the musicians in the world these days, but there are many things to consider when asking someone to join your band - such as; their reliability, their personality, their dedication, ability, location, and family commitments (they may not be able to leave their wife/child to rock out on a Wednesday night). While the local music store ad board, or newspaper can help you to find band members, you’re on the Internet right now, so why not save some time and check these sites out:
Band Mix is a popular site, they serve US, Canada, and the UK.
Musicians Junction is a similar site:
If that’s not enough, there’s also:
There isn’t a wealth of good advice on starting or maintaining a band, probably because a band is more like an exclusive club than anything else - but I did a fair bit of searching and here are some helpful resources which I found:
www.golistenlive.net/columns/basicsIndex.asp
A dozen or so good articles on many different aspects of the band experience.
www.blguitar.com/lesson/advanced/starting_a_band1.html
An article on the process of starting a band
www.abclearnguitar.com/band.html
Another article on starting/being in bands.
www.free-tabs.com/forum/find_a_band_or_band_member/…
The advantages and disadvantages of joining vs. starting your own band
Over at epinions.com there are a lot of articles - for some reason many of them are ‘jokes’ rather than useful content - but here are a selection of the best:
www.epinions.com/inst-review-600E-13A5F679-3999BDC4-prod1
www.epinions.com/inst-review-6FE6-771D2D8-39B8BF3F-prod1
Some sound advice from a guy who has been playing in bands for 35 years, includes the important aspects of playing in a band, and finding work.
www.epinions.com/content_2509217924
Some good tips
www.epinions.com/content_4509048964
Band thing not working out? Why share the glory if you can do it all yourself.
I hope that this is enough to get you on your way - if not, why don’t you write an article on your own experiences and email it to me?
