I always think about that, I'm 67 and we had Boys Clubs, CYOs, VFWs etc to first get some experience, I don't see dance/ band posters around like it was when I was kid. Those were fun and great learning experiences for us back then.
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My Band was Auditioned and ...
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Yeah, they do. Maybe not in your part of the country, but your part of the country isn't the entire country...or world. Furthermore, even in this little podunk town where I live, there's a skate park with a little micro amphitheater where it is perfectly ok for the teen bands to gather and play any day of the week. They do it frequently in the summer time. Some of them are pretty decent too for being only 14-18 years of age.
I've lived in the east, in the west, and in-between. Do your local schools still have live bands at dances? The ones where I have lived for the past 30 years have DJs. Do your local clubs support underage musicians? Mine don't. The opportunities to play live in all age groups have dramatically declined. If you think otherwise then you weren't out there much when things were better than they are today. Tons of people here will attest to this.
Exactly. People who think things haven't changed either aren't old enough to remember all the things we used to do or they're living in some strange universe where high-school dance bands every weekend in the cafeteria are still a thing. That hasn't been a thing for decades.
I didn't jump ship, I've been reading the thread, I just didn't have anything to contribute. We were asked to record the four songs on Saturday afternoon. One take versions with the vocals isolated so they could be removed. In other words a Karoke version of her songs. We were paid for our time and that's it. I have no idea what they intend to do going forward, and no idea if we will be involved. We've moved on as though we are done.Can't really blame him. This thread has been pretty worthless (to me) for a few pages now.
I came up in the 70's playing the 6-night-a-week Holiday Inn/Ramada Inn circuit, anyone under 50 wouldn't even know what that was. Those opportunities damn sure don't exist anymore.
Got lucky at a young age to get into a pretty good band playing what is now considered classic rock, which in those days was just current radio rock. Good booking agent (something of an oxymoron these days perhaps) and we did that, clubs, school and corporate gigs etc for 4+ years. Playing that much you couldn't help but get (hopefully) at least half good at it. Those opportunities simply don't exist anymore.
I feel for the kids coming up who are genuinely good and genuinely trying to get out there and show what they got, its tough especially on young non established bands. And they're out there. Rare but there are some. There are actually at least a couple of younger age group bands in the KC area that are older School of Rock-ish types who have some serious promise IMO. It's just so much tougher these days.
Yup, just like I said. The recent HS winter ball featured a set by a band comprised of students that attend that high school. Sure, they had a DJ as well, but those kids were stoked about live music and I hear it went off pretty well too. Also, before you attempt to condescend to me again like I'm some sort of inexperienced halfwit, I've lived all over the U.S. and other countries as well. Been gigging since I was 14, often playing in bars, VFW's, and many other places with people up to 4-5x my age at the time. I then went on to tour with numerous groups throughout different regions, played showcases in Nashville, wrote music for and recorded albums, and much more. I made a comfortable living playing music for many years. I do it for fun now, but I still do it and I still gig too. So yup, I know what it's like out there. As I mentioned earlier, kids may not be playing in your part of the country, but that's just YOUR little bubble. 'Tis a pretty good sized country last time I checked. Since you've been everywhere yourself, you should realize that things (and people) are different everywhere. Not trying to be disrespectful, just telling you what I know to be true. Have a blessed and enlightening evening.
Yeah, but how many times do these bands get to play? In the 70's these younger bands were playing in every VFW and Legion hall several times a month. We can argue about details because one group of kids played at a dance in your town, but I don't think you're going to convince me that kids playing live music for money as professionals with the opportunities we had is still a serious thing. High school dances today generally hire pro bands through agencies if they don't hire DJs.
The kids are all on Instagram, which takes us right back to the start of this thread. Anyway, have a nice day.
We have a few youth music programs around here; there's a School of Rock and also we have a program specifically for girls to get into music. There are a few local establishments that support them and give them an opportunity to play, but it's just that - a showcase. It's not actually a job where they're honing their chops over time playing multiple shows. It's more like the recital we all remember from our days in high school music programs.
It's great that kids have some opportunity, but it's nothing like it was. I guess there's at least one guy here for whom it seems nothing has changed, and that's great for him, but I don't think that's the way it is in most places.
Well, the issue obviously hits close to home for you.
My statements were all direct quotes.
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