Finding a permanent band. Advice?

[mrtcat]

Just now, Bluewine said:

Great story, unfortunately at 65, my band is probably my swan song to any type of gigging.

My plan is to take up fishing when I finally "age out" of the gigging scene.

Blue

My Dad just joined a busy working band as a harmonica player. He's 76.

[Bluewine]

2 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

My Dad just joined a busy working band as a harmonica player. He's 76.

Very cool, then I have at least 10 gigging years left. I started gigging at age 12.

Blue

[Shaggy]

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

Great story, unfortunately at 65, my band is probably my swan song to any type of gigging.

My plan is to take up fishing when I finally "age out" of the gigging scene.

Blue

You can only fit so much into a week, which is why I've so far deliberately avoided taking up fishing or golf

my "age out" plan is to learn the banjo and annoy the missus

[Shaggy]

1 hour ago, mrtcat said:

My Dad just joined a busy working band as a harmonica player. He's 76.

If you're a decent harp player you'll always be demand.....

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, Shaggy said:

You can only fit so much into a week, which is why I've so far deliberately avoided taking up fishing or golf

my "age out" plan is to learn the banjo and annoy the missus

I'm retired or what you guys call a pensioner?

I have way too much free time.☺️

Blue

[Guest oZZma]

On 05/12/2018 at 14:19, chris_b said:

Musical circles can sometimes look like closed shops by those who are on the outside.  They can be cliquey and are often difficult to penetrate.

In my experience the better bands rarely advertise. They work by word of mouth. So keep doing what you're doing , but start going to jam nights, sit in, chat and network. Make sure you are recognised and remembered (for good reasons!). Go to gigs and say hi, circulate and meet people. Get business cards printed and  chuck them around like confetti.

 

Even though I'm younger than the OP I'm experiencing the same

Apparently it is impossible to find anyone to play with seriously if you are not into the scene

Advertisments sites are useless and depressing

Facebook is even worse

Going to gigs is useless if you don't already know people, and sometimes is useless anyways

And I don't even live in a small town. When I relocated here I wouldn't have imagined that finding people for a band would have been so difficult, I would dare to say "impossible" 

Edited January 19, 2019 by oZZma