Finding bands/members

[socialleper]

From high school into my mid-twenties I played non-stop, sometimes working with three different bands at a time. Then I tried the whole "growing up" thing (career, house, marriage, divorce, deaths, etc.) and haven't had the chance to play with a band in almost 8 years. I keep my chops up by playing along to MP3s and writing stuff that no one will ever hear, and it's getting boring. I want to play with people again. However, I'm so out of the loop that that I don't know any musicians anymore or even know how musicians find bands anymore. Back in the day you would check the local Recycler for "Musicians seeking bands"; so what is the modern equivalent?
What resources exist for finding bands these days?

 

[tangentmusic]

Local craigslist ads. The old standby bulletin board at your local music store

 

[BDorian]

Besides CL try bandmix.com. You can search bands, musicians, and industry in your area. The internet has so much to offer these days.

 

[prd004]

Craigslist seems to be it, but you have a lot of riff-raff on there.

 

[Stumbo]

Visit some clubs in your area to see what's happening.

If you find a band/bands you like, take notes of their set lists and learn all their tunes on your own. Then you can approach them as potential sub if they need one. Maybe ask for some referrals to anyone needing a bass player.

Good luck.

 

[socialleper]

Besides CL try bandmix.com. You can search bands, musicians, and industry in your area. The internet has so much to offer these days.

The BandMix site looks good; thanks for the tip.

I'm a little wary of CL because of all the bad press surrounding it lately. I don't want to get robbed or rogered.

 

[tdub0199]

www.backpage.com as well....

 

[mboogiemanusa]

Your local Craigslist musicians section is the best. Good people on there but a few landmines. I've had mostly good luck except for one guitard who we had a personality disorder pop up 7 or 8 practices in once. Put in an ad "Bass Player looking to jam or join Band" and your phone should ring off the hook. Should be lots of folks in your situation getting their 2nd wind of the band scene.

 

[bluewine]

Review some of the threads on auditioning. Auditioning has changed to a degree depending on the circumstance.But you want to do your home work before just walking in to any audition. Or PM me.

 

[BIGBEE]

hit up some open mikes or open jams in your area, its a great way to meet and play with a bunch of musicians in one night.
good luck

 

[bluewine]

From high school into my mid-twenties I played non-stop, sometimes working with three different bands at a time. Then I tried the whole "growing up" thing (career, house, marriage, divorce, deaths, etc.) and haven't had the chance to play with a band in almost 8 years. I keep my chops up by playing along to MP3s and writing stuff that no one will ever hear, and it's getting boring. I want to play with people again. However, I'm so out of the loop that that I don't know any musicians anymore or even know how musicians find bands anymore. Back in the day you would check the local Recycler for "Musicians seeking bands"; so what is the modern equivalent?
What resources exist for finding bands these days?

Few things you will want to think about first;

What do I want
How far am I will to comute
Make sure you like the music
Are you looking just to jam or jion a working band
Don't get involved with flakes or wanabees, they are easy or should be easy to recognize

 

[Nagrom]

Going to open mics, you can:
-meet people who go out & play music
-find out where everyone's at in their development as a musician
-find out who plays what styles
-learn where the other jams are, which ones are for pros and which ones are more beginner intermediate.
-who's for real and who's not

Every working band I've ever been a part of traces back to an open stage somewhere.

 

[Music_for_life]

In facebook add other musicians, and find them looking from drummer groups, bass groups, etc