Music Shows

(For the purpose of this article I am going to make a couple of assumptions before I go any further. They are that you’ve a little bit of vocal or musical instrument knowledge and that you also have a fledgling network of friends and contacts)
Starting up a band is a exceedingly exciting time in a artists life. There’s a fine balance of nervous anticipation and the fear of the unknown that follows the whole process.
A band has a diverse dynamic than working as a solo artist. There are other individuals involved, other individual ities, other strengths and weaknesses in character and abilities and because of this it is really important that you’ve a few things worked out before you start looking for band members.
1. Have a good idea of your own strengths and weaknesses
The band members that you want to get will need to be around the same level of competence as you are. The main reason for this is that you may all grow together rather than have one or two artists carrying everyone else. This type of player imbalance causes doubt in the group and doubt is one of the major killers of bands.
2. Know beforehand how the band is going to be run
Is the band going to be run by you or the whole group? The individual ity types of the artists that you select will need to be agreeable to the way the band is going to be run.
3. What instrumentation is the band having in its lineup?
This is mainly determined by the type(s) of music that you want to performance but having an idea of what artists you are looking for will be of wonderful help.
It’s now time to hunt down some band members
4. Ask your network of friends and/or contacts
This is always a good place to start. Ask everyone that you know or come into contact with. If you don’t have much of a circle of friends and/or contacts this will be a wonderful opening  to expansive n it. This is one of the reasons why networking in the industry is so important, for opening s such as this.
Having a artist referred to you has a much better opening  of working than one that comes from an advertisement. This leads me onto my next point.
5. Post an advertisement
Having said that I have had made some wonderful contacts from artists enquiring from a ‘muso wanted’ ad. The key to effective ads is that they need to be concise, to the point, not too lengthy and put in places where artists are exceedingly like ly to see it and read it like in a music shop, a local/regional music magazine or a music classifieds website.
A sample ‘ artist wanted’ advertisement may read something like this:
BASS PLAYER WANTED
To join folk/rock band
Influences include
Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Counting Crows
Some experience like red
Own gear and transport essential
Interested?? Give me a call
Corey – (put home and/or cell telephone  number here)
As you may see, the ad is undeniable in its intention.
It undeniable ly states the artist wanted, the type of music the band is playing, what the music may sound like and that the band has some experience behind it. Ensure you’ve a undeniable contact name and phone numbers (if you want to include an email address as well that’s cool).
Do not put in stuff like ‘work waiting’ or ‘no time has been ters please’. You may judge those sort of things yourself when an interested artist contacts you.
Once you’ve done that the waiting game begins.