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View Poll Results: To be, or not to be ? | |
In a band.
|    | 295 | 85.26% | |
Not in a band.
|    | 19 | 5.49% | |
Im looking for the right band.
|    | 26 | 7.51% | |
Don't want to join a band.
|    | 6 | 1.73% |
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03-26-2008, 02:17 PM
| | Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to... | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California. | | | O/T: How many here are actually in a band ?
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I know a lot of you guys are bedroom warriors, who play for your own enjoyment.
Personally... I can't find a band id enjoy playing for, I really enjoy just playing for myself, id like to be in a band, someday though when I find one that fits me.
I guess this isn't to see how many are in a band, its to see how many of us aren't 
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03-26-2008, 02:19 PM
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Self-Appointed Ambassador to the Dragonfly | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: philly | | | I was in a band since before I actually had a bass. They rushed me in, I had a teacher at the time and they were all pretty experienced, helped me out too.
I've been that band ever since then, but I've also been in three other bands. It's fun, you should definitely try it.
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03-26-2008, 02:21 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: 3rd stone from the sun | | I'm in a couple working bands. I get horribly bored playing alone....I'd rather play guitar and sing if alone. 
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03-26-2008, 02:22 PM
| | Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to... | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, California. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by grace & groove  I was in a band since before I actually had a bass. They rushed me in, I had a teacher at the time and they were all pretty experienced, helped me out too.
I've been that band ever since then, but I've also been in three other bands. It's fun, you should definitely try it. |
Ooh, you're getting fast ! Didn't even have enough time to get the Poll up before your post !
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03-26-2008, 02:25 PM
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President, HittStreet.com; Endorsing Artist, Schroeder Cabinets | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Missouri, USA | | | Does O/T stand for Off-Topic? Cuz you know, Talkbass actually has a forum *called* Off-Topic... in either case, I think this would be better served in Band Mgmt & Performance...
Anyway, I'm in two (original, secular) bands, plus I play regularly with a third (church) band, and I'm auditioning for another working (cover) band this weekend. Yay for work!
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03-26-2008, 02:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NYC/LI | | | I'm in a non-working (gigs are sporadic and only when we're all home from school) cover band, and 2 originals.
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03-26-2008, 02:30 PM
| | Notes we play > Gear we play them on | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Wisconsin | | | Several! |
03-26-2008, 02:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | I was in the same band for about 4 years. Things fell apart because a few members couldn't keep up eventually so I've been a bedroom warrior for a year now. Its been fun, I've really just been learning alot more theory and techiques that I never used before.
That said there's nothing quite like playing out with a band. Even when the shows you play suck, its still a lot of fun. If everything works out for me I should be back in a band and playing shows sometime next month. |
03-26-2008, 02:31 PM
| | | | Most of my first 20 years of playing was without a band. Played off-and-on with high school friends starting Senior year. 2 years in a band in college. Maybe 2 and a half. Jammed with a guy for a couple of months in 2000.
That was it until early '06. I'm never going back to the old way. Don't wanna make it big, be a rock star, or make money - just want to have fun creating with other people.
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03-26-2008, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Austin, TX | | | Let's see, I'm in one band that plays a lot and is putting a CD together, one that plays a couple of gigs a year, one that plays very sporadically, and one that plays every Saturday night in my studio strictly for our own amusement. I cannot get anything at all done working alone. |
03-26-2008, 02:32 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Coeur d'Alene | | | I'm a hired gun right now. For some reason my main band is stuck in Limbo.
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03-26-2008, 02:32 PM
| | I'm a Roland man now. | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cleveland, Ohio | | | I am in 3, and I couldn't imagine being NOT in a band. In my life I've been in 9 different ones, including those I am in now. Some were projects I actually liked and inspired me, some were favors for a friend, and some were just for the sake of being in a band. |
03-26-2008, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle, WA | | 4 current projects leaves me very little time to play with myself.  |
03-26-2008, 02:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: St. Peters, MO | | | I have 2 working bands, 1 church band and a lack of sleep. |
03-26-2008, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bonney Lake Wa | | I'm in a working cover band right now. I've always been in bands since I started. I've been in blues, rock, folk, original bands. I couldn't stay home and play for my own enjoyment, I'ld rather play mandolin. http://myspace.com/cylasrock |
03-26-2008, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Albuquerque, NM | | | I've not nearly the chops to play solo and session gigs so playing with a band is really the best way for me to motivate improvement.
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03-26-2008, 02:37 PM
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Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, California | | | It's hard to be a bass player and *not* be in a band.
You kind of have to kick 'em off your doorstep.
When they're hanging from your nipples you know it's bad...
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03-26-2008, 02:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philadelphia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kesslari When they're hanging from your nipples you know it's bad... | Amen. 
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03-26-2008, 02:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Albuquerque, NM | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kesslari It's hard to be a bass player and *not* be in a band.
You kind of have to kick 'em off your doorstep.
When they're hanging from your nipples you know it's bad... | You know, you have a point...
Being a bassist is likely the nearest experience I will ever have to being a beautiful woman (i.e. having guitarists hanging all over me).
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03-26-2008, 02:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New York City | | | Two too many....
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