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Forming a new band

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Bearer:
I've got to say that this whole thread has been incredibly helpful for me personally.  A few friends who I've known since we were toddlers and I all started learning how to play together and now we fancy ourselves a band of sorts.   This is the coolest thing that's ever happened to us, because when we play our directionless 20something asses actually feel like we can accomplish things.  What's more, we think we're good at it.  That said, the whole process of figuring out how that actually works has been really confusing, but really awesome at the same time. 

I guess it's kind of like when you start dating someone and you really click, but then after the first "neat, we're dating" phase, you have to transition into the "neat, we are best friends who are fucking" phase, you know?

Patrick:
Sounds about accurate. One thing that bums me out is how quickly things can start to feel slow once the initial "YEAH SEX" part of it wears off. On the upside, that makes it so much more fun to learn new material.

idontunderstand:
I think you need to keep some element of competition within the band and not just be content with, well, just playing. The marriage metaphor is as accurate as a metaphor could get though. It's important to remember that even though you don't have er... amazing sex/jams all the time anymore you are still able to achieve things you couldn't have done when you started dating/playing.

dr. nervioso:
So I know that this might not exactly be the thread for this, but it's close and I really didn't want to start a new one.

I really want to form a band, but I am a singer and I really don't know what style of music my voice really meshes with. I know that I can't control what the music will be like completely, but I need to know what kind of musicians I need to look out for instruments-wise.

I'd love to make the classical rock band, but I don't reaally have the voice for that. Mine is somewhere along the lines of jazz, with some good vibrato. I'm flexible in my range, but I can't change it midsong Actually I think I'll post a video I made so I could record my voice (FYI: I used my iphone so the recording is pretty crappy, I apologize, it's my only recording device. I also make a few slip ups on the lyrics too, so please bear with me. This was purely a way for me to listen to my voice, I wasn't really planning on sharing it, but it works for this)

 http://quietube3.com/v.php/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lonM1c9-mTY&feature=youtu.be

Please be nice to me and my voice

idontunderstand:
Without even listening I'd say you should go forward and see what happens. Classical voices tend to work well in stuff like, for example, electronic music, etc. Be open and sing your heart out.

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