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Join an established cover band. Make some dough, gain some experience. Write your own songs in the meantime. Record them. Then find musicians to play them with you.
G'luck!
G'luck!
Done all of the above
not helping. Everyone just like to play 'cores. And I am stuck with tons of recorded material.
If by 'cores, you mean what I think you mean, then I know what you mean. 
But yeah out of curiosity, what style/genre?
But yeah out of curiosity, what style/genre?
If by 'cores, you mean what I think you mean, then I know what you mean.
But yeah out of curiosity, what style/genre?
Here it's mostly dropped F 0-0-0-0 -1 deathcore
You go to many shows? If not, you should. The best place to find thrash and death metal fans are at thrash and death metal concerts, and for whatever reason it always seems that the majority of us play something.
If that still doesn't work, you could always try an online collaboration.
If that still doesn't work, you could always try an online collaboration.
Where are you located?
Have you tried posting an ad on Craigslist and the like? Most music stores have a board for "musicians wanted" ads. Have you looked at these? Maybe put your own ad in all the music stores near you?
Have you tried posting an ad on Craigslist and the like? Most music stores have a board for "musicians wanted" ads. Have you looked at these? Maybe put your own ad in all the music stores near you?
just a short commentary....supposedly about the bassist being "recruited" for another band...but also works here 
Here it's mostly dropped F 0-0-0-0 -1 deathcore
That's what I figured lol.
Shredder beat me to the punch with the online suggestion.
Try being a jazz guy. The only way I'm playing is either for credit at the university or somehow getting into the very tight-knit club of jazz elite in town. I mostly have to practice solo. That's where I get my dose of jazz.
Meetup.com is good too. Start a club for metalheads, hangout every week. Drink, discuss, destroy.
Metal.
Don't define yourself by genre. Instead of a hypothetical ad like "looking for old-school thrash and death metal musicians to perform my original songs with strict stylistic authenticity" (which comes across as kind of alienating) just simply say "looking for musicians to play my original songs; some of my influences are X, Y, and Z."
If somebody shows up on time and helps your songs sound good, who cares what their "label" is? Does it really matter whether someone defines themselves as a "grindcore drummer" or "punk-ska guitarist" or "ambient stoner trombonist" so long as they are easy to collaborate with, no drama, and know how to play their parts accurately, with good rhythm and tone?
If you are having trouble finding musicians to bring your "tons of recorded material" to life as a gigging band, maybe you need to pay more? What are you currently offering per gig? You'd be amazed how quickly I am willing to reinvent myself as a "retro math-core downtempo prog bassist" if the money is good.
If somebody shows up on time and helps your songs sound good, who cares what their "label" is? Does it really matter whether someone defines themselves as a "grindcore drummer" or "punk-ska guitarist" or "ambient stoner trombonist" so long as they are easy to collaborate with, no drama, and know how to play their parts accurately, with good rhythm and tone?
If you are having trouble finding musicians to bring your "tons of recorded material" to life as a gigging band, maybe you need to pay more? What are you currently offering per gig? You'd be amazed how quickly I am willing to reinvent myself as a "retro math-core downtempo prog bassist" if the money is good.
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i play in a 0-0-0-0-1 deathcore band because its infinity more fun to be involved in than the death metal music i write and listen to.
if no-one seems interested on the surface, join any local "extreme" metal band and see if the members are keen to make side projects. you'll find people often enjoy more than one genre of music.
Hell, there's a local band i my home town that play Born Of Osiris style deathcore but on the side the play ambient, suicidal depressive black metal.
if no-one seems interested on the surface, join any local "extreme" metal band and see if the members are keen to make side projects. you'll find people often enjoy more than one genre of music.
Hell, there's a local band i my home town that play Born Of Osiris style deathcore but on the side the play ambient, suicidal depressive black metal.
