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Forming a new band
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Melodic on 10 Jul 2012, 23:24 ---For the love of God avoid open mics. Seriously, you're asking for all KINDS of trouble trying to find bandmates at a forum like that.
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As a guy who runs an open mic and a jam night, I'm here to tell you that this couldn't be any more accurate.
On the upside of it though, it's great practice for me. It's a challenge making a bunch of drunk half-assed playing sound any good.
idontunderstand:
So what's wrong with open mic nights? Not that I go to them very often but from what I've seen there's some good musicians in such places every now and then.
Melodic: I'm not too sure what I want to play, I'm just completely sure of what I don't want to play. I can be frustrating, like that.
Melodic:
The cafe I used to work at had a bathroom that was graffiti-friendly, which is to say that writing on the walls was encouraged in the hopes that people would draw or write beautiful things. And while there were a few inspiring, original poems, and one or two really great paintings, most of it was total schlock: poorly-worded quotes, cliche truisms, and stick-drawing penises. By and large, quantity ruled quality.
That's sort of what like open mics are about. Since there's no accepted "level" of professionalism, you might see a few good players in a night. But by and large, I think most of the people that play at open mics are playing there because they don't have a better, more legitimate venue to be performing in. Maybe that's because they're no good or maybe that's because they aren't motivated but either one rules them out as bandmates, let alone as entertainment.
Regardless of how sure you are of the material you want to be playing, you owe it to yourself to be vocal when the time arises. If the guy you're playing with suddenly brings out a KAOSSilator and a ukelele, speak up. Otherwise just go with the flow, something cool might come out of it.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 12 Jul 2012, 01:07 ---there's some good musicians in such places every now and then.
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This bit.
idontunderstand:
Well, if there was a place exclusively for good musicians I would probably go there. Eh, that sounded elitist. I don't actually care if someone is "a bad player" if there's some sort of genuine connection on a musical level. But good advice anyways, so thanks.
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