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Thanks for the visit!

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Like I said, patience. I'd start asking around at local music shops/clubs/whatever and looking for anyone who's looking for someone, as vague as that sounds...

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Oh, I wrote the guitar/bass parts to a bluesy/rockabilly-esque song today, I'm all happy lol.

You want to hear it? I recorded it, but the solo I put into it was just me screwing around and improvving (sp?) just so I could show my buddies where the solo would go. It's in .WAV, though, since that's all my little MP3 player records in, and the converter I downloaded makes it sound like complete crap.

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You should probably just be patient. At the very least, wait a few more weeks and see how it turns out. You could wait even less if you want. But after you've done however much waiting you had wanted, get new posters out there. New look, new text, new everything (except the common factors: you and what you are willing to play).

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Nice! Let me know how it goes!

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That's a good idea. Perhaps trying the musician finder on guitarcenter.com?

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That's pretty good, straight-forward, tells all the necessities.

The only thing I would change is the first part, just make it "15 y/o guitarist looking for band. Plays thrash, punk, blues, rockabilly, and most rock."

Make it more like an ad in that particular part. However, keep the personality of the end two sentences. The more character you get across, the better, but you want to be professional with the details related to your styles and skills. You don't have to be a robot, but not a clown either. Most will probably call you for the personality bits. One other thing is that you might want to clear up the whole "serious/fun" part, like a lot of people that may call may just be kids looking for someone in a lame band (you'll know 'em when they call), but may be like, serious about what? Recording? Gigging? Rape?


Where do you plan on posting these? Just on like poles and shit?

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I found it, lol. The only thing is that I hope it's the right number/I wrote it down clearly and correctly. Otherwise I'll have to call another friend, then ask him to get the number(s) off of his cell phone, call me back and give me the number.



Sigh.

I think the last time I called that cell number no one answered. FIngers crossed tomorrow, though.

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p o e wrote on Jun 20th, 2008 at 4:42pm : and yes, bass players are hard to come by... or well, good bass players.

Yeah, I've barely got this one's cell number, and I don't know where it is at the moment...

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I would consider posters, if not for the fact I just need our damn bassist.

It's funny, I was like racking my brain for a) bassists I already knew, b) people I knew who owned a bass, or c) ways for me or a friend to get a bass for like months.

Then, like the last month of school, I remember that a friend of mine, who has the locker right above mine, has been playing bass for a while, and has similar taste in music (as far as I know). He told me that like months before. I felt like such an idiot lol.

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Ah, I see.

The only thing I see as potentially problematic with my band is that, as of right now, we're unsure of what we want to do in terms of style/genre, that's why so many are listed on our page. We're just in idea-mode right now, until we find out what we are all good at.

And we get our bassist over to practice.


And practice.

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Oh, so no more RNF?


Or is this going to be a secondary/new band alongside it?


(Psst... I'm sad...)

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Hah, yeah, well I don't do uch reading for music, save for tabs, wiki pages, and the like. I'm more of a listener, then I get the stories behind the listening.


What would you think if my band did a cover of Genesis' Home By The Sea? Listen to it, it's really atmospheric/ethereal. I love the story, too, it's about this guy(s) who break into this beach house to take a bunch of shit, then they find out the house is haunted and the house ghosts take them captive and tell them their life stories for eternity.

I fucking love that song, I've been listening to that record for the last three days. You should check out that song (or band, if you've never heard of/listened to Genesis. Phil Collins is the shit!

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I wouldn't call it intense (Though I guess going through like 400 pages of material in a month could be intense for some), but it will be advantageous in that if someone on the forums doesn't know their shit I can bust a knowledgable cap in their ass.

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p o e wrote on Jun 17th, 2008 at 7:00pm : sounds like an entertaining experience. my parents have a bunch of old vinyl i can steal anytime i want. its a good system so, whats goin' down in sacramento?

When I was up there, absolutely nothing. I came back home Sunday night. Did I ever mention to you that I'm taking an online Rock history course for college? It started yesterday and ends like in a month. It's rad, it goes from like the jazz era just before the 50s, all the way up to today. Of course, I'm mostly looking forward to the 50s... Which I'm going to do tomorrow, since there is no structure of assignments. The teacher's awesome, he's like 50, has been playing in a band since he was 13, and says that, although there is no due date for any work, to get it done whenever you can. He doesn't care if you turn it all in the last day!


But I'm just going to do like a chapter a day, since there are only 13.

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I figured it out, thanks.


Well, things are good. I had "band practice" yesterday. It was okay. Next time I'll give our potential bassist a call, see where he lives (he has the locker above mine in school, so not too far), and whether he'd be able to make it to our practice area.


Guess what I found for a dollar at a flea market. A record. Not any record, though. The record itself is in perfect condition. The sleeve is a bit worn, but it's still great shape.

Led Zeppelin IV.


I shit you not.


I posted a blog about it on my profile, I bought like 11 other records and a CD there, too.


Oh, and what do you think about my band's name right now?


Okay, have to go, about to spend 3 hours in the car to head the Sacramento...


-Chris

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Hey, how do you add another person to the Band Profile? The other guitarist in the band made a profile and we can't get him onto the band members list...

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if ur getting the right sound then i guess there no need to change, i chage my sound constantly though

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cool, yeh you dont need much for that sort of stuff

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cool, is that all you use? you seem like you like hard rock stuff so, guess you dont need that much really.

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