Band 'Tinder'

[Michael Stanley 2112]

Husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, boyfriend/boyfriend, girlfriend/girlfriend de facto band "leaders" (I'm giving them the benefit of doubt that they're not just a vanity project/hobby for two people who are bored with their relationship) ----> swipe left

 

[spade2you]

You are expected to have a fender jazz bass for required tone in the mix.. true story.
I can't fathom the background of events that compelled him to even suggest that.

9 times out of 10, a demanding guitarist has intermediate gear. They're also very keen to let you know what year their Epi/MIM is and that it's a 1 of 200 limited edition.

"No beginner gear!" "Don't bring no 6 string bass!" Cool Epi, bro.......

 

[Levent]

9 times out of 10, a demanding guitarist has intermediate gear. They're also very keen to let you know what year their Epi/MIM is and that it's a 1 of 200 limited edition.

"No beginner gear!" "Don't bring no 6 string bass!" Cool Epi, bro.......

What are you on about, he tested that Epi next to high end guitars at guitarcenter and It was better

 

[spade2you]

What are you on about, he tested that Epi next to high end guitars at guitarcenter and It was better

Guitarists like that are one in a million. More like one in two.

That being said, Gibson and GC have sketchy QC. There's a chance......

 

[two fingers]

I'd swipe left on this entire thread. What a bunch of nattering nabobs of negativism.

I think it's more like just a silly thread where we get to air our standards in a clever way.

 

[BoogieZK]

“Must have Ampeg SVT and 810 cab.”

True story. Craigslist ad.

Just been rejected by a band because " Your playing is way better than the other but he showed up with an Ampeg SVT head."

 

[Michedelic]

I’m always wary of ads where the poster(and it’s usually a guitarist)or even the entire band includes an inordinate number of pictures of their gear, as if that means anything. Overcompensate much?

 

[Michedelic]

Starting a Modern English Band in Detroit --- Must know ever song like a pro
you have to know the ENTIRE Vale Girl Soundtrack ---- the Plimsols etc.... all of it

I’m all over that gig if I lived there.

I see ads in that vein all the time, in different locations, and yes, there’s a demand. It’s the new Yacht Rock…actually it pre-dates the Yacht Rock fad as that concept started out as a millennial joke in the 2000’s, and the ‘totally 80’s’/MTV type new wave covers thing is more for/by Gen X and younger boomers.

Ain’t nothing wrong with the Plimsouls, great band. They had so much more, but unfortunately “Million Miles” got run into the ground, and that’s all most people know. It’s the oldest story in the world.

 

[Jared Houseman]

There's a big difference between under 25 and under 20.

Bootsy Collins started touring with James Brown at 17. Jerry Douglass started touring with the Country Gentlemen straight out of high school. There are countless other examples

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Bootsy Collins started touring with James Brown at 17. Jerry Douglass started touring with the Country Gentlemen straight out of high school. There are countless other examples

A small minority having success is neither a guide to the majority nor if i would enjoy being in a band with them. It's not necessarily about them. But if I'm saying "would you like a drink? Oh, sorry you're not legal" it would feel weird.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

LOLOLOL



but does anyone REALLY want edgy teeth?

Vampires want edgy teeth. So fans of goth bands. Old band did a vampire festival...

 

[sonic 7]

“Please be under 40 years old “ that one bugs me.

It only bugs me because I’m way over 40, lol. Back in my CBGB days we would have been pretty amused if a 63 year old showed up for an audition, could have been a virtuoso player, he wasn’t getting the gig.

 

[ebo]

I think it's more like just a silly thread where we get to air our standards in a clever way.

"We gig every weekend and twice on long weekends...." - swipe hard left!


We get together to play music once a week when possible, simply because we like playing music. I wouldn't call it practicing, it's just playing music.
I generally dislike gigging because I get to do the vast majority of the work, lugging and setting up PA, mixing from stage etc. (venues with a decent PA are very rare around here).
Factor in the packing, driving, setting up, playing 3hours, pulling down, driving, resetting up the studio and it can easily be a 6-7 hour day to be paid less than I earn in two hours at my day job all the while stressing about sound due to bad room acoustics etc. OR we can play in my studio, enjoy making music, have great sound that isn't too loud and not have a care in the world. We're doing our first gig this year in a couple of weeks..... I only agreed to it because it is in a good room with provided PA and sound operator.

The best part of being in a band is when all the members are more or less on the same page goal wise, talent wise and personality wise. Truth in advertising saves everybody a ton of trouble. I’m as close as I’ve ever been to being in a band where everyone clicks. Good luck to us all! Keep swiping left, you may eventually find a gig that’s just right.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I'd suggest cover bands of recent artists would be a swipe left, but I don't know who is currently in the charts, or even if they have charts now, so I wouldn't know to exclude based on it. I wouldn't want to swipe left and exclude a band based on never having heard of an obscure Czech prog rock band from 1974 that I might really like. That being the last year that music was really good.

 

[Wood and Wire]

I'd suggest cover bands of recent artists would be a swipe left, but I don't know who is currently in the charts, or even if they have charts now, so I wouldn't know to exclude based on it. I wouldn't want to swipe left and exclude a band based on never having heard of an obscure Czech prog rock band from 1974 that I might really like. That being the last year that music was really good.

You've got to automatically swipe left on the first 37 bands, out of every 100 profiles you look at.

The next profile that is better than profile #38 is the band for you.

The mathematics of love

 

[two fingers]

Bootsy Collins started touring with James Brown at 17. Jerry Douglass started touring with the Country Gentlemen straight out of high school. There are countless other examples

No. There are not countless examples. They are so rare we can name most of them off the tops of our heads. Teenage phenoms are rare.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

No. There are not countless examples. They are so rare we can name most of them off the tops of our heads. Teenage phenoms are rare.

I was in a band with a teenage prodigy for a few months. At the end of those months he was so far ahead of us musically he moved on.

 

[two fingers]

I was in a band with a teenage prodigy for a few months. At the end of those months he was so far ahead of us musically he moved on.

That doesn't mean they are common.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

That doesn't mean they are common.

Indeed, and I'd suggest the reverse. I was just saying that it wasn't, in that case, a recipe for band stability either. For someone that young, six months is almost forever. It takes me almost that long to just tune up.

 

[Jared Houseman]

That doesn't mean they are common.

I mostly play bluegrass where it is basically the norm. Nearly every big artist started their career early. I have many acquaintances who are in their teens and early 20s who play music as their full time jobs, paying for rent, bills, college, etc.

Many of the currently most popular pop artists are in their teens and early 20s

The hottest alternative artists are all younger. My local music scene has some pretty amazing punk and alt bands that are in their teens and 20s.

Talkbass has a memberbase that leans on the older side and has a fairly crystalized taste in music. Of course none is going to know about younger musicians when the members here are so quick to dismiss them. Learning and producing music has become more accessable than ever regardless of age.