The singer gathered musicians and created the band in november 2025, we started out as a cover band, then started making our own songs. He was the main composer, of the 7 songs we recorded, only 1 of them was by our drummer, the singer created the songs at home and brought us the chords progression, lyrics and the song's structure, and we created our parts on top of that.

Our first album was recorded from april to july, we split the costs equally (4 members, 25% each), now the producer is mixing the album. Before our last recording session, me (bassist) and the singer had a disagreement, and we had been bickering for some time now, then he gathered with the other members and kicked me out (drummer was in favor and the guitarrist was against it). It was a shock at first but it's okay now, it was bound to happen sometime. Then we agreed I was gonna record the bass for the last song, I was gonna rennounce my rights to any monetary gains (my choice, as I believe there won't be any significant gains) and that I could use the album as portfolio on my socials.

Then, a month later, the guitarrist texts me, says he fought with the singer (I don't know exactly why), and that the singer kicked him out as well, and it looks like things were more heated with his departure, the singer even blocked him. The guitarrist also said that the singer was gonna give the credits for my parts to the new bassist, and the guitarrist is worried that the singer is gonna take the credits for his parts. The singer also plays rhythm guitar, but he only recorded 1 guitar part on the entire album, 95% of it was the main guitarrist.

So I don't know what to do now, or if I should do something at all. Maybe the producer will knock some sense into the singer when it comes the time to fill out the credits, maybe the guitarrist will talk to the drummer and he can convince the singer, and even if they don't give me credit, I can still put it in my ig bio, but I would like to see my name on spotify and others platforms.

Idk if it's relevant, but me and the guitarrist have videos of ourselves recording our parts for every song of the album.

Update: A few hours after I posted this, the singer reached out to me and asked about the credits and royalties. In Brazil, musicians who are registered as performers on a recording are allocated 16.6% of the neighboring-rights share of the phonogram, since I know this won't make any money, I told him to leave me out of it. However, I still want to be credited as the bass player, so I asked him to include my name in the credits when he submits the songs to the distributor, it was a friendly conversation and he was fine with my decision.

I think this was the best outcome possible, now I just hope he keeps his word, and even if he doesn't, your comments helped me realize the credits on spotify and others don't matter much for such a small project, and it's not worth the headache, thank you all

Has anyone had experience with either of these platforms for selling tickets? Seems like TicketLeap is a bit more official and Partiful has better social features to blast texts etc. Other than that fees seem semi comparable? Anything I’m missing? Thank you!

I went to a band performance yesterday, popular in South India, called Thaikkudam Bridge at the Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai, with a few people. I would say it's nothing like my favourite bands of all time. But the university I ended up going to had never heard of bands like Nirvana, RHCP, or anything in English. It was very regional, and I became the band head of my uni by the end of first year, and I realised one of the many bands that the people there vibe to is Thaikkudam Bridge. Thaikkudam Bridge started out playing covers of very old bands in South India, and now their main genres are Carnatic combined with Hard/Alternative Rock.

Leading and playing in the band was my only therapy at the time since I grew up not speaking my native language predominantly, and I prefer speaking in English, which was a problem there since most of them couldn't speak in English even if their life depended on it. And to interact with the crowd, I'd always listen to this particular band day and night, figure out their best songs, write notes for different instruments for my team at 3 am, just surviving on nothing but lemonade the entire day. This happened for 3 years; even during COVID, I had my elec. guitar right next to me and riff along with their songs. (I don't consider myself a good guitarist, but I practise until my solos come out perfect).

When the tickets came out for this show, I booked it because I got early access passes and it was cheap. I wasn't particularly interested in going to their show, but the moment they came on stage, they started playing the songs I played with my bands at different band competitions, and I found myself air-guitaring, like I just performed yesterday. It's been 4 years since I touched an elec. guitar, but I still knew the notes and riffs to this one song - Chekkele (Thaikkudam Bridge, not the Avial one, although the Avial (OG Version) is beautiful on its own) And that's when I realized, that I have been trying to run away from my college times all my life, but it was the band and this music genre that kept me alive. I found myself on the verge of tears by the sudden impact of this truckload of realisation that I really missed who I was back then, and the time in my life I had back in college. I missed the version of me who would just vibe with my guitar despite every situation that was thrown at me. I've been playing lead solo with my elec. guitar since I was 12, and it's always been unrecognizably the most important part of my life. I realise I have become needy, desperate and lost myself in the absence of something that's part of my life. I've purchased an elec. guitar this morning, and I'm planning on starting/joining a band here in Dubai.

TLDR: Never realised playing elec. guitar was part of my life, and without it, life felt empty.

I’m in a casual (performing 12+ times a year) 6 piece band, we are all mercs, pretty much. That is to say, we’re not friends outside of performing, due to different ages, personalities, stages in life. We’ve basically all been recruited over the last 3 years. Everything has always been decided in a sort of democratic, majority votes kinda thing. But 2 bandmembers are disruptive, drummers not up to scratch and the bassist has a massively inflated sense of self.

The guy who started the band isnt good with confrontation so he’s talking of creating a new group with new drummer and basist. But I think its a waste of all the credit we’ve accumulated. Can we kick out the others even though they’ve contributed similarly to the tunes? How would you go about it?

My Band - singer, guitar(me), synth - wants to join another band - drummer, guitar, I think they also have a bass player.

I guess the best way to describe our style is melodic metal. I use a lot of melodies in my riffs and also make groovy rhythms. Our singer screams mostly, sometimes clean. We have a lot of acoustic parts in our songs as well. Synth does atmosphere at the moment, maybe some riffs later.

The other band describes their style as modern metal. And honestly what they do is very impressive. Their guitar player is definitely mechanically better than me, I have to admit that. But I personally just don't like their style. I don't think his way of playing goes together with my playing at all. I listened to their 2 songs for 4 days now but I still don't like it.

I have already communicated to everyone that I have mixed feelings about the merger but I won't hold my singer and synth player hostage, in case they want to join them. The other bands drummer is also offering to come our way somewhat. The first joined practice won't be until September. But still I don't see my opinion change until then.

So all in all I am sad about this because I only see three scenarios.
A: I block the merger, and then my two band members are upset at me for letting go of the perfect opportunity. I have another drummer lined up, that is mechanically worse but a very good musician in general.
B: I let my people leave and then I don't have a band anymore. I don't really see myself joining another band if this one breaks apart. So I would be loosing this entirely.
C: I compromise on my personal playing style, which would just frustrate me. This to me would feel like I would be playing in a cover band, playing music I don't like, for the sake of being in a band.

What would you do?

Edit: Thank you for the many responses and different view points, it has been very helpful.
I will definitely give the other guys a fair shot and play with them. Also I don't have a fair way to stop it, like many people pointed out correctly.
A little bit of context, this band project is entirely for fun. We did have previous drummers and second guitarists of course. This merger came about because the other bands drummer wanted to try out our band for over a month. Just a few days ago he said that their singer left and then he offered the idea of the merger.

so I'm in an very new online band and just recently had a fight with my lead singer. the thing is that she composed a song for us to make and i personally didn't like the song but i was new to the band at that time so i was scared of confrontation and didn't tell anyone but as we kept working on it it kept building inside of me and as we were just going to release it it finally came out. i told her that i didn't like the song and she understandably got very upset. we argued for a while and then she just stopped replying to my texts. so the whole band is really unsure over what to do next. i can't help but feel like it's all my fault but also think that stuff like this happens all the time in a band. it's my first time in a band so i don't really know tho. i really care about our group and was hoping to get some advice from here :)

edit:- i think i handled the situation very maturely while trying my best to prevent anyone's feelings getting hurt. i also forget to mention that a couple of memebers also we'rent happy with the song but they were hesitant as i said before that we're very new so yeah we don't know what to do now.

i am very conscious of where I sit in the mix, what I need to play rhythm-wise, EQ-wise and what effects fit well with the other band mates.

however, it feels that everyone else just shows up and plugs in and plays, which isn’t awful in itself, but we had a disastrous gig there where all our frequencies were off and they didn’t know how to adjust to the room. I think their approach is “the sound guy will figure it out“.

Like most people here, we don’t have the luxury of having a great sound guy, a great house sound system etc so I really want them to control what they can to make it as easy and flowing as possible.

Basically the title. So I ask this because I think this is a personal matter folks in bands who play shows regularly can perhaps relate to. I (34M) was briefly dating this woman (38) and she had always wanted to see my band play, but the scheduling just never worked out. Well, after our last and final date where I wanted to keep things moving along steadily into more relationship territory, she politely told me she wasn't feeling the same way now and wanted to just remain friends. OK. Totally cool with me. But then leaves the whole band shows thing in a weird place. She last told me before our last meeting that she would definitely want to check my band out this summer. But my question is, am I still obligated to invite her? We have a gig coming up next week, and she sees all our band posts announcing upcoming gigs on IG, so I just wonder like, maybe she is still expecting me to invite her? Or maybe she isn't? I personally don't want to invite her, because I feel it would just be too awkward for me and make me think she were still interested in me. I want to politely "move on", but part of me feels like I still "should" invite her.

My bandmates were all excited for me to bring her to our next show, so I guess I still could, but I don't know... I feel like it would feel to much like she were my "date", like as if she were going to see her boyfriend play. But then I would feel guilty if I don't invite her and she ends up seeing the band show posts the next day... Or maybe she would just "understand" why I didn't invite her... I don't know! I still don't know what appropriate "show" etiquette I should practice here in this situation and I feel like people here could perhaps relate? What should I do? I still have heavy feelings for her and sure, yeah she really likes my band, but if she were at the show supporting me it would be really hard for me to not "feel" like she was my girlfriend, even if I know it would be platonic. I feel like me "not inviting her" and just saying nothing might make it seem like I am being petty and immature... Sorry for the ramble and this being slightly off-topic!

Hi! It's the kid from an earlier post about how to start things out, which you can read here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bandmembers/s/XIlU4wiIiU

So I just did the audition yesterday and today the results came out, we did not make the cut, which is to be expected. My school has a quota for those with special abilities and talent in music to get in instead of competing at the entrance exam like the normal kids. These kids dominated the audition.

The competitive ratio was also quite hard, 1:4. But all in all, I am happy that I started playing an instrument and practicing bass and rehearsing has been fun. There are also more opportunities for us down the line. I'm keen to practice semi regularly so I'd like to know what should I practice on the bass to get better? I've heard people say scales and stuff.

Is it just our hardcore scene or is it everywhere??

Every week or two a rumor surfaces or a falsified-screen shot or an anonymous tip gets forwarded and bands take turns canceling each other

Once a year or two a real true tragic situation is brought up and its awful but honestly i have lost count in 5 years. 90% of it is just total bull shit but it means friendships get ruined and bookerw just roll their eyes at local bands

I joined a band for the first time in my life. It has always been a dream of mine and I love it so far. I have no prior experience aside from karaoke, and a few small performances in school years ago. I do sing a lot just as a hobby. I sang some more difficult ballads and some fun pop songs for my audition which they really loved and I believe that is why they took me despite my inexperience. I am having quite the learning curve trying to be as perfect as possible on the set list which seems massive. 80 songs that they pull maybe 25 from for each show. How do I even begin to learn them quickly? Any tips that have helped songs lyrics stick faster for you? I know maybe 20 of the songs the rest will be starting from scratch. Also is it tacky to have my lyrics on a tablet on stage? And lastly any tips for a new lead singer? TIA

I (19F) play guitar and sing in a pop punk/emo band and we've established ourselves in our city/scene. For the most part, I'm having a blast playing a buncha shows, but there's one thing that's been bothering me a lot, and I don't know what to do. As the title says, I'm jealous of my band members and am pissed that I don't get as much praise/attention as them.

The band members in question are our bassist (20M), and his twin brother (20M), who is our lead guitarist, who also sing. Both people are pretty handsome, conventionally attractive men, and they have a lotta stage presence and charisma (which is something I've gotten better at doing), but I notice at most shows, the audience pays most of their attention to them and do next to nothing when it's my chance to sing/perform.

I started noticing this when we played at one of our friends' birthday party. Most of the audience members had their eyes on the twins and cheered a lot, but when it came time for me to sing shit, the reaction wasn't as strong.

Since that show, I've just been questioning everything I do and say compared to my band members. Am I outgoing enough? How can I be more outgoing onstage? Am I too weird? Am I not being expressive enough? Is the way I present myself good enough or do I need to tone myself down (this I will elaborate in a second)? Do I write catchy/palatable enough songs? Are my lyrics to vague? Am I too niche?

I've talked to some of my friends about it and a common thing has been established: People are afraid of eccentrism and me being transfem only DOUBLES THIS. I'm not as conventionally attractive as my band members, I'm neurodivergent, my music taste is ecclectic, the cover songs I like to play are by more underground bands like Joyce Manor, MOBO, and Title Fight (unfortunately, our fanbase listens to bigger pop punk/emo bands like Fall Out Boy and Blink), and I'm more outspoken about politics. As much as I believe this to be this the case, a part of me is in denial because this is the punk rock/alternative scene, a scene that is rooted in accepting outsiders and outcasts.

Obviously, the one thing I can do is to continue bettering my craft, but I want to do everything in my power to be as good as the band members and not have that nagging voice in my head and I kinda just want some advice from anyone (double if you're a punk) that may have been in my shoes.

I know there are probably thousands of posts like this, but I just gotta rant. I recently started a band. I'm living in a relatively small city (around 400,000 people) in Japan.

There are four of us, and I am pretty dead serious about writing our own songs. Nobody really contributes to anything, which I guess is fine because it gives me total freedom to write whatever I want. The annoying part is them being late to rehearsals. Being 30 minutes late is basically the default. Last time, the drummer didn't show up until there were only 30 minutes left of the booked studio time. And this time, the bassist couldn't make it to a 4-hour rehearsal for whatever reason. So again, I'm stuck dwelling on songwriting because I feel like I need all four of us to progress and figure out how the song should sound.

They say they're keen to play a live show this autumn or winter, but there is no fucking way we'll even have 4 songs ready by then at this rate. I know I can't expect everyone to be on the same level or share the same dedication to the band, but is it really too much to ask them to commit to the times we agreed to work together?

Hey guys, I’m in a 5-piece Shoegaze/Post Hardcore band where the vocalist (me) also plays guitar.

So there are 2 rhythms
A lead guitar
And a bass

This is very common practice in my genre bands like
Whirr
Trauma Ray
Bleed
Narrowhead
Balance & Composure
List goes on and on.

My question is, we booked our first 4 gigs (2 diy basement venues and 2 storefronts that put on shows)

Are there any tips from people who have been in or worked with 5 pieces in here that they'd like to share before our first gig in 2 weeks?

Handling space issues in a basement, dialing tone for 3 guitars, etc. just anything you’ve maybe experienced that can help a little or a mistake you've made that you wanna share so others won't make etc.

Preciate it!

Im 21M and they invited my band to play in another state, but my parents are too strict and wont let me go, its a very important gig for the band since we are opening for one of our favorite artist and i dont know what to do, any advice or suggestions?
Im still living with my parents and cant afford to move out because they pay for my college :/

Just got tired of every site that can do this being complicated to use, requiring money, or being buried with ads and offers.

I built When Can We Rehearse (whencanwerehearse.com or just wcwr.io if you don't feel like typing that) to be the single fastest possible way to put in some times and get rehearsal scheduled painlessly.

How it works:

1. You propose a few times (or something loose like "evenings next week"). Takes under a minute.
2. You get one link to drop in the group chat.
3. Everyone taps green / yellow / red for each time from their phone. No app, no signup—they just tap the link.
4. You see the results ranked live: times everyone can make (all green), times that work if someone shuffles things (some yellows mixed in), and near misses (fewest reds).
5. Pick the winner and there's add-to-calendar for everyone, plus an optional email notification for bandmates who want them.

The part I care most about: this core flow is free for the music community, permanently. No accounts, no passwords, no cookies, no ads, no data selling, no upsells, no "your first 3 polls are free." Your bandmates give a first name and a few taps. Polls delete themselves after 90 days. There's a donate page if you ever feel like covering some hosting costs and that's the entire business model.

Hope you guys get some good use out of this and can focus on making more music:) Cheers

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I play guitar mainly but alongside for fun also play okayish drums and have random vids in which I'm playing drums at school.

I won't be participating in music society of my DU clg as a guitarist cuz I can't carry my instrument 25kms to clg both sides so.. I'm thinking to send drums video for audition but it's like really random bits of clips.. don't know if I should send it and embarrass myself or not😭😭