TRAIN the band? what do you think?
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i absolutely love train. my favorite songs of theirs are ordinary, get to me, and drops of jupiter
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i'm a guitar instructor, i have about 40 students a week, and i also work behind the register at a music store. if a student comes in once a week for a half hour lesson, and gives an honest effort to practicing around 20 minutes or more on most days, i can have most ppl playing songs, and understanding chords and scales in about a month and a half or so. not playing perfectly, but enjoying it, and what you play will be easily recognized as a song.\n\nanyone can do it, as long as they want it enough to put in the effort.
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have u tried advertising in the publican?? that could help u get ur bands off to a good start...only prob with pubs getting live bands is the licence it costs an arm and a leg (apparently no more than 2 people are aloud to sing or dance in a pub) because if u do u have to have a license stupid i know but its the gouvenment.......good luck
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You should find out who is managing the band and address them. I am sure that the band themselves dont handle every aspect. Then just use a standard business letter.
347615
yes...if I followed you correctly, I have seen a lot of people and wondered if they were in a certain profession. We also did this with students who were in band...certain people look like they should play certain instruments.
380442
Yes yes and thrice yes. Only problem is I live near Nottingham England so I guess it's out of the question. Still, I'm after a bass player + drummer + possibly a male singer if you know of any good websites to meet other musicians on.
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You guys should learn some Stone Temple Pilots. It's good for guitarists to learn because the guitar in STP often goes from just simple power chords, to more complex chords. Theres also some solos. Me an my roomate have been playing a lot of STP together, he sings and I play guitar.
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Im in a band callecd "the why not" and we play punk/soul... some people say we sound like a mix between Blink 182 and Yellowcard...\nWe have a kick a$$ drummer!!! he freakin rocks and our bassist can play ANYTHING!!! he's almost as good as the guy from the red hot chili peppers!! then theres the lead guitarist who's pretty good and the two cackup guitarist's (me)\nim the lead singer...
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They seem to be very heavy on the indie and light on the funk. The first track reminded me of the old Wild Cherry track 'Play That Funky Music'. The music is dated and unimaginative. They can obviously play, but are not individual enough. I think that if they have stage charisma in abundance, they may progress further, but if what I have heard on the site is anything to go by they are simply not sufficiently original to become a top flight band. They should team up with a good songwriter and build from there, because they certainly don't have a good songwriter at the moment. Sorry, but you did ask what people thought.
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You should since each practice song is an exercise in itself that is designed to develop a  specific technique regardless of how corny or easy or hard it is. Plus, you'll need those techniques later on when you get into harder lessons. It's all in the name of repetition, that's how we learn our instruments. Take care and may you become a guitar monster!!!
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Did u try to enter a contest? sometimes if u are active on a street team you can meet a band....sometimes they have signings after a show. sometimes u can even win backstage passes of the radio. or even buying them. I dont know much on meeting bands. I hope this helps a little.
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Coming from someone who is in a rock band:\nGet a job! lol The easiest solution to your problem. To get a successful band going you are going to need a lot of money, and dedicated members who are willing to invest money into it as well. Just to give you an idea, my band just released our full length album this month, and it cost us over $5,000 to get it recorded and produced professionally. That doesn't include promoting and whatnot for our CD release show.\n\n Once you get something together email me at xxneonzombiexx@hotmail.com and I will show you how to get a cheap website that looks great!\n\nBrandon Zahn\n-(Guitar)-\nReflection\nwww.reflectionband.com
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i think that sh*t is HOTT!!! you should enter this contest. i entered it and i'm  gonna get a lot of radio play. i might even win that 5,000 that they're givin away!!\n\nhttp://www.thebeatgame.com
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Members wanted to persue solo projects. One of them is due out soon and it's really pretty bad, but I was never a fan of the band so I guess I'm not a fair judge... \n\nDon't worry, though, they're still making music, just not together.
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The biggest thing is that you all do need to agree on what genre that the band will be.  That is probably the most important thing to keep in mind even before asking the people to be a part of the group.\n\nI have seen first-hand too many times when a musician doesn't like the music they are playing and it hurts the performance.  Skilled musicians can play various genres, but they typically will have a real passion for certain ones.  For a band to really be good (beyond just having good musicians) you need to have people that really "get" the music.  Without that, you only have someone playing notes and not making music.
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i totally am!!! i'm in five different bands throughout the school year: marching band, indoor percussion, concert band, jazz band, and jazz combos. also, i'm a bigger freak because my mom went to the same high school that i'm in, and had the same band instructor. also, one time, i found her band jacket, and some pictures of her. i wore the jacket to practice and put the pictures on the bulliten board. all the time i'm doing something music oriented. i literally practice "morning, noon, and night" on some days!! i have concert band in the morning, a study hall in the music room (where i can practice in the band director's office) and percussion/marching band practice at night!! at home i am constantly on my piano, or finale, watching a musical, or with my headphones on. if i'm not playing music, i'm thinking about it; and when i'm playing it i can't get enough!!! i'm a freshmen in high school, and this is my third FULL YEAR playing in the high school band, and my fifth year of playing mallets. also, i love to sing, and i think i'm pretty darn good. so if you think you are a bigger band geek than me... wow you are my hero!!!
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You should definitely do it, life is short and all that...but can you and your friends play, and what type of band are you going to be? Hopefully, there's chemistry beyween the members that will make up your band,and the elements , like songwriting, music writing, promoting,etc.,can all be parcelled out without drama.Lots of work , but there is NOTHING like that first live show, even if only a few people show up, the joy of discovery on everyone's faces will more than make up for any problems.Go for it!