Illiteracy is essential

[Happy Jack]

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-player-wanted/bass-guitrist-wanted-for-pop-indie-rock-band-/1145016585

[Billy Apple]

Leave it Jack, they're just kidz

[dannybuoy]

I would blame autocorrect, but surely that would've auto corrected 'eaisy'.

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1449223473' post='2921632']
I would blame autocorrect, but surely that would've auto corrected 'eaisy'.
[/quote]

In that case, what's a "guitrist"?

[Silvia Bluejay]

Incidentally, a quick search on the social media shows that 5 Seconds of Summer - the one in the pic - is a huge band. They've apparently been touring the world and have millions of FB likes.

[url="https://www.facebook.com/5secondsofsummer/"]https://www.facebook.com/5secondsofsummer/[/url]

It's emphatically [b]not [/b]the band these kids are trying to form.

[CamdenRob]

yeah they're just kids aren't they...

I will be amazed if this band ever gets anywhere near a rehearsal studio let alone writing a track... I bet their website / FB page will put anything my bands have ever done to shame though

[discreet]

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1449227831' post='2921700']
Incidentally, a quick search on the social media shows that 5 Seconds of Summer - the one in the pic - is a huge band. It's emphatically [b]not [/b]the band these kids are trying to form.
[/quote]

This is par for the course on Gumtree. People will post pics of bands they want to be like. So a rock band might post a pic of Led Zep, for example.

Just another manifestation of the wannabe delusions that surround the 'musicians wanted' scene.

Sincerely
John Paul Jones

Edited December 4, 2015 by discreet

[Silvia Bluejay]

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1449226763' post='2921689']
In that case, what's a "guitrist"?


[/quote]

It's the enthusiastic onanists RSI.

[keyedit]

Let the kids have their dreams. They'll probably give up music eventually and invent some wonderful IoT thingamajig [?] that we can't do without. I do hope so.

[EliasMooseblaster]

I think there's a bassist available...as long as they don't plan to rehearse anywhere near their school:
http://weinterrupt.com/2013/04/bassists-craigslist-ad-could-be-funniest-ever-goes-viral/

[ahpook]

Can't see 'em headlining the Reading Festival.

[ambient]

I think it's brilliant, kids getting involved in music. It should be encouraged, not made fun of.

[lonestar]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1449226763' post='2921689']


In that case, what's a "guitrist"?


[/quote]

Like a guitard but more stupider

[gjones]

They don't need to be able to spell. Cos they're gonna be popstars!

[seashell]

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1449248413' post='2921969']
I think it's brilliant, kids getting involved in music. It should be encouraged, not made fun of.
[/quote]

Agreed, I hope they have fun and do well. Nice that they're looking for boys or girls as well. :-)

[TrevorR]

I love that the musical model for kids now isn't form a band, write some songs, do some gigs, get signed, get huge... Rather it's cover some Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber songs, stick them on YouTube...

Summer Of 69, Livin On A Prayer, Rock n Roll Band, So You Wanna Be A Rock Star, Into The Great Wide Open would be such different songs if someone had written them today!

PS I couldn't resist checking. She now has a YouTube channel. First Bieber song uploaded. Solo only, no band yet. Bless. Mind you, at least she's learning guitar and has taken some initiative.

[Happy Jack]

I'm guessing the album cover will be a selfie ...

[ambient]

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1449302942' post='2922323']
Summer Of 69, Livin On A Prayer, Rock n Roll Band, So You Wanna Be A Rock Star, Into The Great Wide Open would be such different songs if someone had written them today!
[/quote]

They may never even have been written, wouldn't that have been a loss..........he says sarcastically .

[Woodinblack]

Handy they can miss out gigging, going from just covers on youtube to being signed. Saves having to buy a PA!

[Billy Apple]

Cum On Feel The Noize

[discreet]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1449319526' post='2922544']
Handy they can miss out gigging, going from just covers on youtube to being signed. Saves having to buy a PA!
[/quote]

Kidz prefer to live their lives online anyway, so it's ideal.

Getting signed is probably one of the worst things a band or artist can ever do.
It pretty much always ends in tears. Or resentment, at least.

[JapanAxe]

Spelling is not an issue! Just end every sentence with an exclamation mark! Like this! Every single one! You'll soon be famous!

[Beer of the Bass]

I think Gumtree insists on a picture with each advert now, so for adverts which are not an item for sale, you've still got to come up with some sort of picture. Last time I posted one, I just used a picture of my double bass. It didn't do me much good though - I'm not convinced that Gumtree adverts are a worthwhile way to find other musicians. The majority of responses are either for something completely different or are from people who start out sounding enthusiastic but then go quiet after the first couple of messages.

Edited December 5, 2015 by Beer of the Bass

[RhysP]

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1449302942' post='2922323']
Summer Of 69, Livin On A Prayer, Rock n Roll Band, So You Wanna Be A Rock Star, Into The Great Wide Open would be such different songs if someone had written them today!
[/quote]

And this would be a bad thing?