https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:44:59 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374196 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:36:59 +0000 Opinions and Polls jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374196 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374174 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:17:52 +0000
You'll find that people who like guitar - which includes most guitarists ;) will gravitate to a guitarist. My first week at college, I just played outside... I got to know tons of people. Folks who play will may ask if they can try your guitar - let 'em! Folks who sing will join in. Play in the same spot for a couple of days and people will start to show up to jam with you.

You'll make new friends, and some will show you stuff... others you'll show stuff to. It's all good.
Thats a prety good idea! And sounds like a real nice time to spend some time!!]]> Opinions and Polls s1120 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374174 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374169 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:03:13 +0000
Hope your basement's not too cold over there in Sverge...but you've got the right idea about everything considering your recent posts. You ain't due for a ride in a hearse for a long time...so keep learnin'. But, still, it's true...get good and you'll get called. Get real good and you'll get made, paid, and even laid! :roll:

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374169 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374168 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:04:04 +0000
Just put out feelers every where you possibly can. A lot of times music stores have bulletin boards where you can post. You're a student too, right? Put some flyers up around school. I play guitar, but I'm going to buy a bass soon. I have a thread about it in the bass player discussion section. Your advice what to buy would be much appreciated!

The guitarist isn't a huge loss, he just plays basic chords and powerchords. It would actually be alot better if he played bass. The guitar/drummer thing was my intial thought when mailing with the drummer but he really wanted to bring his friend with him.

Cat, you're an australian, right? I'm half australian so I've been there a lot and compared to Sweden it is a lot easier to get friends and talk to strangers there. People here are very introverted and if you talk to a stranger they might call the police because they think you're crazy...

Hm, should have added the option "I get paid to play with others".

I think I'll live in basement for two years and write the best songs people ever heard. Than, surely it would be easier to find people to play with. But I like to write songs while jamming.]]> Opinions and Polls Niklas https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374168 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374165 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:33:04 +0000
Underneath it all...you need good material, good facilities, and good talent. If these factors are bleedin' obvious to everyone...you'll attract and keep good people. You will always have "What the f*(&% am I paying you for?" up your sleeve. That always works. :wink:

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/paged/2/#post-374165 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374161 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:03:54 +0000
You'll find that people who like guitar - which includes most guitarists ;) will gravitate to a guitarist. My first week at college, I just played outside... I got to know tons of people. Folks who play will may ask if they can try your guitar - let 'em! Folks who sing will join in. Play in the same spot for a couple of days and people will start to show up to jam with you.

You'll make new friends, and some will show you stuff... others you'll show stuff to. It's all good.]]> Opinions and Polls NoteBoat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374161 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374159 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:55:44 +0000
Again, it seems that you are overly concerned with finding people to play with. Get to a point where you know that you are better than anyone you are likely to come across...and they'll come for you...with both hat & money in hand. You are only 24??? Geez, I have shirts older than that...so just keep a sober and educated position in life...get on with a career...and keep playing your guitar. If you do...you'll make heaps of good friends and as you get better on your six string...a beaten path will lead to your door...

Hang in there, sonny!!!

Cat]]> Opinions and Polls Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374159 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374152 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:13:54 +0000
The #1 bit of advice I would give to people that want to play in a band...DON'T NOODLE BETWEEN SONGS! There is nothing more annoying than trying to ask a question or discuss something about the song you just played or are about to play and suddenly having TWEEDELY TWEEDELY POWER CHORD explode from a Marshall stack. :evil:

Nashville is actually kind of difficult to put together a start up band. There are countless musicians here, some very talented, some not. You get a lot of "I'm very talented and already know 200 songs, let's get together and book a gig next week" types that don't want to practice for months before the first gig. Then there are the ones that moved here to "make it" as a country music star. They know 3 chords on their acoustic and can sing (sometimes). They don't want to put together a band to have fun and make beer money on the weekend, they want a backing band that can play for free for the next 3 years while the singer gets discovered and, if he does, the record company will hire studio cats for the record and hire pros for the tour, so the backing band is back to craigslist to find the next up and comer.

I was going to say, don't all Swedish people play death or black metal? :lol: Do you play bass or guitar? If you like the Black Keys/Jack White vibe, just go guitar and drums. But, you said your guitarist is leaving, so maybe that means you play bass (if so, fellow low-ender high five). I've often thought about my son (he plays drums as well as guitar and bass) and I forming a Misfits tribute band with just drums and bass. I would use fuzz and effects pedals to create a wall of sound with the bass.

Just put out feelers every where you possibly can. A lot of times music stores have bulletin boards where you can post. You're a student too, right? Put some flyers up around school.]]> Opinions and Polls jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374152 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374145 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:49:50 +0000
I think it depends hugely where you live if there other musicians around. Stockholm isn't very good for rock music at all. Sure, we have the ABBA-studio and we have the studio where all the crappy pop songs of the 90's where written (if you want to blame anyone for Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears it's Andreas Carlsson). And a great deal of hip-hop culture. However rockmusic is dead here. I know for a fact that it's much better in Gothenberg. They guys I'm playing with now are from Luleå way up in the north and they also have a much better music scene.

And because it's dark, cold and snowy here 80% of all musicians play metal. This is a problem. I used to play it too, but then I grew up and got really bored of it.

I should move to London, Berlin or Melbourne. I'm actually serioulsy thinking about it. Just as soon as I finish my education. The food is not very good in England though, and my german isn't what it used to be...

Haha, sorry cnev but that about Still got the blues made me laugh. Just becasue I know that kind of thing too well. What about this; the singer in my old band used to play the bass line of "Daddy Cool" between every single song on his guitar. I just wanted to strangle him.]]> Opinions and Polls Niklas https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374145 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374144 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:34:31 +0000
I kind of paraphrased what has happened over the last year or so but I have played with a bunch of different people and most were pretty good players but I didn't connect with all of them.

Just for an FYI our old bass player that I mentioned earlier found another guitar player an asked me and the drummer to come by and play with the guy. This guy can absolutely shred on a guitar and play anything but after two times trying to get something going with him I just gave up. I can't even put my finger on it but something wasn't there. For one thing he was obsessed with Gary Moore which is fine but everytime we had a break he'd start playing Still got the blues with his amp set at like 15. It was really loud and annoying even if he played it well.

Played with another guy who has great chops too but you pretty have to play a blues song and you better know his "arrangement" since he rarely plays anything the way it was recorded. Again it's fine but tought o get on the same page with and personally I hate the blues and don't enjoy playing it or listening to it. But the few times he's tried to jump in on a rock song forget it he had nothing.

In my world I have limited skills and a very particular taste in music which again I've had to compromise in order to get everyone to agree on songs for the band but it's all good right now it's my number 1 hobby.]]> Opinions and Polls cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/how-to-find-people-to-play-with/#post-374144