-Was in a cover band
-Had a residency gig with them, but we were playing the same songs to the same 12-15 regulars at the same bar
-Left to branch out, play with different people, different music, etc.
-Done a total of 8 gigs this year (last year did 48, 56 the year before that)
-I’ve filled in with other local bands before
-Been a part of the local scene for the past 15 years, it’s not like I’m a total stranger…but am 30 years younger than the average gigging musician in these parts.
I’ll admit, I gotta get out more and network come next year…but it’s still…kind of disheartening.
Anyone else experience this?

Hello! I hope this is allowed. My boyfriend and I recently threw a party at our home and we had a band perform. They did a PHENOMENAL job. I was genuinely moved by how much effort they put into their performance and I cannot even begin to explain how grateful I am.

We did pay them, but I think we got a special rate because a few of the band members are our friends. I will be writing all the band members thank you cards, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on Christmas gifts I can get the band members to commemorate the occasion? They left behind a couple copies of their set list, I was thinking maybe a Christmas ornament? They have 8 people in the band and the ages of band members vary from early 20s to 60s.

Thank you so much for any input you may have.

Have you ever been or seen bands that you've been in or singers that you've helped and performed with and record their songs and they've gone on to be famous? And they don't talk to you any more or reach out to see how you're doing?

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I’m a music degree student, where we perform often in bands and have to help each other out. I have never been in a band before joining the degree, only except for a church band which requires low commitment which I find it fun.

Along the way I realised I really despise everything about being in a band (especially in music school): rehearsals, working with people, playing songs I sometimes don’t like. The only time I enjoy being in a band is when I’m actually playing on stage, but that enjoyment doesn’t cover the negative factors that I listed.

I realised that I just like playing alone in my bedroom. Like I don’t care whether people want to hear me play, I just like to hear myself play. Sorry if it sounds selfish, but anything that requires me to work with other people sucks all the joy out of music for me. Also I can’t quit being in a band because I haven’t finished my degree.

Hope to hear some thoughts from others.

My band has 200 demos…

I “created” (I know, I know…I’m a dev in my day job) this app to organize them. Including lyrics and sheet music, plus it does key and BPM detection. Also star ratings because of some inspiration from Flying Lotus for how he organizes his demos.

Then to go a step further, I used it to build our setlists. The setlist creation and editing is what makes it actually useful

I’m not selling or even distributing the app right now since it seems like anyone can make an app for their own band. Just thought it might give you some ideas for your own project. (If you do really want the exact app for your band let me know though)

I am living in a small town with small population. My finding of band members awaken my awareness that many good players actually already involved in their gigging bands. The 'leftovers' whom I come across when searching for band members are either :

- 'i didn't touch my instrument for very long and I am willing to learn again/trying learning again/ getting rusty but will learn' etc

- ' I am interested and I want to try'

- people with illness

- people who set a long list of rules including after xyz months of jamming to ascertain whether we are good fit, decide who is the band leader etc

- people who have a small tension with another member in the group before jamming

- some expatriates who won't stay long in my town

- super busy individuals who may have scheduling issues but still want to be involved in a band

- People who only want their own repertoire of songs and unwilling to give and take other kind of songs

-very very young teens who are interested to trial and test my band or just for fun

- etc ? Maybe some other issues I have yet to encounter 🤷

This post may come as offensive but I am stating the facts I am facing now and wonder if I ever will gather a group of capable members for regular gigs

My dream is to get my band to go for regular gigs but oh omg, why this seems impossible ?

So I kind of rope in a drummer out of desperation and now I pay the price. The vocalist prefer weekdays evening and the drummer can only do weekends. What to do if you were in that situation and what advice moving forward should I take note in future ?

Gonna preface this by saying I am lucky to play music with my favorite people in the world and we all have fun doing it. However.... I feel like we are all amateurs when it comes to playing live music. I have a decent following as a solo musician, but my bandmates are all unseasoned musicians with little experience in the industry.

Some people have told me to find new bandmates, which is not an option. I will play this music with these people, or not at all. But I do feel that we are lacking-- drum tone is bunk, cohesion is off, etc. We are just not tight.

What are some ways we can practice to become a better BAND? I am trying to encourage everyone to practice individually, but I feel that we need to grow as a group as well. Any advice is appreciated!!

I guess I just need some advice here? I really want a band name that is like "The (Blank)s". You know, the sort of old band name format that is mainly from the 60s, and sometimes before or after that decade, too. Like The Beatles, The Crickets, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Turtles, The Doors, The Yardbirds, The Monkees, etc.

I'm trying to think of something original for it, too. Something hopefully punny, something clever, something unique, but not confusing. And it's just so tricky because it seems like practically everything is taken these days.

I don't know what I'm asking for. Not even just straight up ideas for names, but maybe ways for me to approach coming up with one that fits this format? Hell, I might even be willing to also throw in an adjective in there, like "The [Adjective] (Blank)s" if that gives me more options to choose from. I'm just kind of stuck right now.

So ive got a band, 2 guitarists, vocalist, bassist but no drummer yet, but we’ve already been practicing alot and trying to figure stuff out, but we just cant figure out a middle point between the different music taste we all have. I play lead guitar and like all type of rock and metal, mostly on the heavier side tho, so i really dont care but the bassist likes deathmetal and slammetal, the vocalist is down to do anything but hesitant with fry screaming and growls because she cant do them yet (shes learning) but she also doesnt really always want to do that, and the rhythm guitarist likes indie rock..and theres has been alot of conflict because of that..our bassist has been suggesting all the songs, and i did tell him we could definitely play them to practice and get better with our instruments bc we aint THAT good yet. but i also said that we definitely need to sit down and figure out how to do this, because we cant just play everything that he wants, everyone needs to be cool with it. Especially the vocalist because she likes to do some majestic high notes more (i dont know how those vocals are called.) Hes also been thinking of kicking the rhythm guitarist out because 1. She never practices 2. Never comes to practice. And 3, because of the different music taste. i suggested we give her a chance and see how its like at practice and maybe warn her too if it gets to that point because it lowkey would be hella fucked to just kick her out the band out of the blue. Theres so much going on and i dont even know how to explain all this. But what would you guys suggest about the music genre? And also about the bassists opinion on kicking the rhythm guitarist out?

We don’t have the budget to put our whole band on a click, but we’d like to put our drummer on a click not only to play the songs at the right tempo but for backing tracks. However most of our songs have sections where the drummer is not playing/have tempo changes. How is this navigated with only your drummer on a click?

Genuine question. In my band, "when can everyone rehearse?" turns into 50 messages, half answers, people replying days later, and a week later nothing’s booked. How do you handle it? Fixed weekly slot? One person decides? Doodle or a shared calendar? Does anything actually work, or is it chaos for everyone?

Load-in got moved up an hour last Saturday. The update went out in the group chat around noon. By the time anyone looked for it, it was sitting under a wall of memes from the night before.

Nobody was being careless. The info was there. It just wasn’t findable when we were walking out the door.

Curious how other bands handle this. Separate chat just for logistics? Pinned messages? One person who calls everybody? Something else?

And has a buried text ever actually cost you? Wrong gear, late to soundcheck, somebody at the wrong venue?