The WAKE UP CALL many great musicians will have to face!
-The WAKE UP CALL many great musicians will have to face!
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This story happened to you?
Id say 90% of musos that come to see you just want to slag you off
What an amazing video! Thank you so much!
At MI, several of the instructors used to remind us to live our life while we were there, and not just be a closeted music student noodling away any opportunities that might be had by going out and socializing in Hollywood and environs, because establishing industry connections was vital to getting one’s foot in the door.
This is so sad that so many people use their talents by joining groups that only really want them for the socials or the financials or the look. This is not how art and specifically music is made. This is how rubbish is churned out day after day. Love what you create. Love yourself.
lesson lear i learn the hard way: get a real job outside of music, even famous guitar gods now got jobs outside of music , less than 5% of guitar layers got millionairs, time to pay ther bills Waldo!!!
This a problem I had before ever joining a band. My friend was like I’ll play your music you play mine; Metallica vs blink182 so never happened. Also, never been to anyone’s place. Cut to 3years later, was playing I caught fire and cute w/o E when I finally joined a band ????????????
You told it for real. I've put many bands together over several decades. I have lived by "people listen with their eyes." Up front we need eye candy, male or female. Drummers are plentiful. Choose one with a great PA system or has guaranteed gigs or both. Many drummers have a rehearsal studio in their house. Choose one of those when possible. Guitar players are even more plentiful. Choose the monster tall ripped dude.. Female lead singers must be young and smokin' hot. I've had hotel gigs where they choose the band based upon the female lead's looks in an evening gown. I've booked my band off one 8×10 photo this way, totally unheard. If you can't get that female lead then go for a monster tall six pack ripped male singer. Then you can trade the monster tall guitarist for someone with better guitar skills but really short and looks like an accountant. Bass players are invisible. Choose one with reliable transportation. Me with my dad bod in the back, hiding behind a couple of keyboards. There's your band. And when I played in metal bands I was the bass player, in the back, with reliable transportation.
Join a cover band and you'll usually have work, even if it's only a hat going round, but you'll never be famous playing other people's stuff and only trying to "play by numbers" and copy a sound or solo. I have never seen any sense in that although most of my life was taken up with cover bands. Play your own stuff and you won't even get the work – you'll slog away at it until someone leaves because of the lack of success. In fact, get used to repeatedly starting over because someone leaves the band and you have to find a replacement. Sooner or later you will save the dents to your ego by accepting that there's always a bigger fish. Musicians are often introverted (and lazy) and useless at selling themselves – they need a manager to do that, but there's precious few good ones. If you join an agency, watch out they don't sell you to an old folks home thanksgiving party or a wedding reception. You can put your band's profile on internet agencies (like Facebook for musicians), but when a gig is advertised you'll find 1000 other bands in front of you although you reacted within seconds of receiving the notice. Expect to pay a headliner for the privilege of being their support. Oh yes – when it all comes to an end, remember that you'll get next to nothing trying to sell all that kit you ammassed over the years and paid a fortune for. 2nd hand gear is worthless. I managed to sell my 1975 LP pro deluxe, but I'm still sitting on 4 amps, 4 guitars, a PA, lighting, monitor system and a mountain of effect units. All sounds bitter? Naw. Wouldn't have missed all those adventures for anything. I believe I have achieved something for posterity.
Be like Joe Satriani if youre that good. ????
sometimes you get the gig in the band because you can sing or can play other instruments
Why is it that the BASSIST gets the DUIs?
I never wanted to play in front of anyone let alone join a band. It's just another addictive hobby that I enjoy because I can see that I'm getting a little better all time even with minimal practice hence you can't quit when you've invested 30+ years into the instrument ????
I took a couple formal lessons back in the 90s (music theory) at a local music shop which expanded upon what I already learned in high school but it was also an aggravation due to being pestered to join a band ????
Plus, guitar players are a dime a dozen so unless you're born with an innate gift when it comes to playing then you're just wasting your time unless you like playing local bars, parties, festivals, or the Holiday Inn on the weekends ????
This information could have been great 40 years ago. A lifetime late, and a retirement short…
Orianthi is a pretty girl? Do you want to tell him or should I? ????????????
Opportunity for growth.
Real musicians have a day job.
A true artist is uncompromising. John Lee Hooker got noticed in his early career because he still played in the old Delta style when everyone else was doing the new Chicago thing. Axl Rose hired Slash because he wasn't trying to be an EVH clone like every other guitar player in Los Angeles.
Great investors will tell you, only invest if you don't need the money. Similarly, you should only audition for a band if you don't require their approval. Guitar players may be a dime a dozen, but so are bands.
The fictional guitarist should have joined the cover band of older guys instead of focusing on his flashy metal chops. This would have made him more versatile and marketable.
Thats funny. I was 7 and heard my uncle playing Mr. Bojangles at a family party. Ive now veen pkaying for 40 years
If it was easy, everyone would do it. How bad do you want it?
The hard truth is that, as a guitar player, I recognize and LOVE watching talented guitarists and shredders. But the average music listener just listens to the music, loves different things, and guitar is just one piece of the band. THAT is hard to acknowledge sometimes.
Shred players are so boring, they actually play sport not music.
This Bjorn looks exactyl like me! Thanks for giving me this confidence!
Ew. We don't even get to see Beth?
don't know where this world exists anymore, rock is pretty much dead, sure a few might get lucky but you are better off forming your own band than trying out for a band that is already successful as they will have a big choice.
Adios, Johnny Bravo
The Brady Bunch: Season 5, Episode 1
This episode rings true in so many ways. Back in the '80s, when many bands were trying to be the next "hair/metal" sensation, the adverts in the San Diego Reader (Our local free newspaper) would read something like this:
"Wanted: Guitar/Bass/Drummer/Singer to join metal band. Major influences include Slayer, Crue, Dokken, etc. Pro gear and attitude required, must have "the look."
on an audition like that , try to find out as much about the band as possible, a friend referral carries a lot of weight too. Don't over play, don't underplay, just play to the songs, make sure what you're doing will fit. I remember auditioning drummers and we were just looking for an energetic, easy to get along with set the groove boom boom plat type drummer. We had one drummer come in and over played so much that I called him Whack-a-mole, because he played like he was playing that game, absolutely no groove. Sometimes just because you can, doesn't mean you should… in country music, less is more usually.
I find you strangely entertaining and informative. Keep going!
Nothing new under the sun. That two-dimensional bullshit has been happening since before rock & roll.
Long before.
It is a looooong standing rule, that whoever owns the PA equipment gets to make the rules, and usually outlasts every other band member.
Thank you for Thea Video and the Insight
Many truths compresed into this video. Thanks for creating this.
Aiming to be someone you would like to work with is something that helps I think. After dealing with absolute egos over many years this helped me greatly. Learning who not to be and what not to do is valuable thing. It's true that chops is important but who wants a pain in the butt shredder causing problems?
I quit making music and it was the best decision of my life coz it was a pain in the ass
I'd never want to make music with shit people who can't play and are only for show and not music. Go hang out with Diddy if you want that shit.
Look is 80 percent of it.
While all of this is true, there is one thing that must not be forgotten. The luck factor plays a much more important role than people would like to admit. I know a few musicians who have ended up in top bands, and almost all of them say the same thing. There are better guitarists, drummers or bassists (whatever they play) out there. I was lucky, I was in the right place at the right time.
I never auditioned for any band, been in 5 bands so far, never made much money, had lots of fun, felt some pain. I believe in chemistry between players, it's hard to explain. Tragedy or good luck can strike at any time. Sometimes you get very lucky. I try to serve the song. That's what really matters in music.