Finding a prog band

[shredtheater]

It seems to me almost impossible to find any other musicians that share the same musical interests as myself which are based in my own country yet alone the same city. Seeing as alot of you guys on the forum seem to be into similar stuff, Dream Theater, old and new school metal and the usual prog i was wondering if any of you guys have any suggestions on how to go about finding a band for this style of music.

So far ive signed up for a couple of music forums www.musofinder.com being the main one and i have also posted adverts on forums where the right kind of muso's might habitat. Namely petrucci and mike portnoy forums and the progressive rock forum. Anyhow still no luck and its driving me insane. Does any one have any other suggestions, links to good websites etc

cheers

 

[Mr_You]

Create a flyer that describes what you're looking for and create tear-off pieces at the bottom where people can tear your contact info.

Like this:

-------------------
: Join my band :
: ~~~~~~~~ :
: ~~~~~~~~ :
:-----------------:
|#|#|#|#|#|#|

Each spot with "#" is where your email, name, and phone number should be (written vertically ideally). Cut between each one so they can tear from the top.

Put these in music stores or venues or music schools, etc. You'll want to check back and put a new one up after a week or two.

If its like it is around here, sometimes you'll get people who will "play anything" and others who may just be wasting your time. Best is to grill them and even have them audition over the phone (just to verify they aren't wasting your time). Some people might be turned off by this, but its the only way to weed out the time wasters or anyone not serious. Otherwise you run into awkward and musically unpleasant situations when you realize they're not what you're looking for in the first 15 minutes.

 

[ToneAddictJon]

I think people go around starting bands/looking for bands the wrong way. You can have a set sound in your head that you want, but it's best to get a group together, jam for a while and let your style develop, letting everything you originally wanted go and letting the band define itself. This is why a lot of bands sound similar, they go for a particular sound and stick with it (I guess it worked for ac/dc though :wink: ).

Put an add out looking for musicians to jam with, put more styles you're not interested in playing- looking to join/form band, not interested in country,rap, extreme metal- that way more people consider it rather than - I'm looking for a progressive band - it's becoming to narrow a genre and too many "musicians" look at it as completely technical music, rather than it's meaning- to progress, create something new.

Good Luck

 

[phaboo]

Have you tried offering candy?

 

[73h Nils]

Have you tried offering candy?

This. And free beer. :roll:

No, seriously, good luck. I've found that it's best to just go out to random places and jam and see who connects on a musical level, even though this is hard for me because I live in a sh***y small town. :?