PaulWarning Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 anybody got any advice on finding new band members, (and auditioning them) after 10 years our guitarist and drummer have decided to call it a day but me and the Singer have decided to try and carry on, having decided to try for a guitarist first, reasoning that it would take him longer to learn 40 odd songs for our set, I have placed the following ad on partysounds, join my band and Gumtree, Guitarist required for established Punk covers/originals band, our current guitarist is leaving in June, a deep love of Classic punk rock is needed i.e. Clash Ramones etc, most of gigs are 2 hours, mostly covers with a sprinkling of our songs. Gigs already booked for the second half of the year anything else I could be doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Local Music shop adverts - You've done PartySounds.co.uk, which is search-able via postcode & distance. Just need to wait responses I guess. Good Luck anyway. HTH Allie. Edited January 17, 2015 by Allie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Nada Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Are you playing any more gigs with the current line up before the others leave? If so, one of the best opportunities would be to tell the auidience you need new member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Open Mic & get yourselves out around local gigs to see who is about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Local Facebook groups - didn't realise before how many of these, and how active they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 [quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1421490324' post='2661819'] Open Mic & get yourselves out around local gigs to see who is about. [/quote] Would be my suggestion too. You get a much better idea of whether someone will fit from seeing/hearing them play live than on an e-mailed reply to an ad. Plus getting about mixing with other musicians, they may be able to suggest someone suitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) Over here, all it takes is confirmation of decent paying gigs to attract experienced musicians. Your ad would work fine for finding replacements. Blue Edited January 17, 2015 by blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Stick some ads in the local guitar shops and chat with the manager who will know most of your local guitarists. Lemonrock.com is a great place to look as it is a site where gigging pub bands tout there wares, so the ratio of gigging musicians to bedroom players and dreamers is better http://www.lemonrock.com/ads.php. If you have your own PA etc then it's worth mentioning, semi pro musicians will be looking for hassle free berths rather than multiple problems. If your old players can keep playing for a while that helps as gigging bands will find it easier to recruit than ones who have had a break from gigging. A few weeks won't matter but months off makes you almost a start up band. My advice is to really stick out for the right person, the band will ultimately change with new members but so many guitarists aren't too flexible and seem to want to play a lot of classic rock. They take on a band out of desperation to keep gigging but then can't resist the pull of their own needs and interests. Make sure they are fully signed up to your classic punk. If they don't already know a big chunk of your set then just chat and find out why? Keep the auditions business like, give them a list of four or five songs which will test a range of skills and give them your set list and let them choose a couple too. If they haven't bothered to learn the ones you sent then they aren't taking it seriously. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 cheers for the advice guys, all good, had no replies from my ads so far, but I'm only testing the water really as we're covered till June, think I'll announce it on our FB page next. The Lemrock site only seems to cover the south is there an equivalent for the Midland area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 We have been advertising for a new vocalist for 4 months now. All we seem to get is time wasters, this "music business" does seem to have a lot of them. We have advertised on Join My Band and clearly state genuine enquiries only - no time wasters. What really frustrates me is that they respond to the advert and then you waste time chasing them up due to no further response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 Lemonrock started in the St Albans area and then joined up with a project in the southwest, it's expanding gradually and if you go on the site statistics there's a map of where the members are http://www.lemonrock.com/statistics.php does look like a bit of a hole in the Midlands at the moment. If it does get established in your area it's a great resource, we get most of our work from it with no need to cold call venues and they email 500+ local music fans each time we gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrig Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 +1 for Lemonrock. I have just moved from the St Albans area to Bridgnorth, which is sort of under the west midlands area, but the coverage up here is virtually zero. I have spoken to Lemonrock about the lack of coverage, and they have asked me to continue my membership so as to try and get things going up here, but it needs more bands and artists to come on board as well, it really is a great site, it advertises gigs, bands, allows you to put ads on there, but the best thing for me is that it is very localized, meaning it includes all the pub bands and pub venues in your area, but it also covers the more prestigious gigs as well, providing the bands and venues sign up to it. Have a look at Lemonrock in Hertfordshire for instance to see the potential of this site. http://www.lemonrock.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Here is what we have in Milwaukee WI. Milwaukee Rocks http://www.milwaukeerocks.com/ Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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