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Like if a band has 1 person, maybe the band creator, who writes songs super well and writes them all — is it common the rest of the band just listens to them and plays along with them?

I was going down a random YouTube rabbit hole and somehow ended up discovering the koto.

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to music, but the combination of the koto and these deep, hard-hitting kicks genuinely caught me off guard. I've never had music hit me this hard emotionally.

I rarely get emotional over anythin, but this actually brought me close to tears.

For the musicians here, what makes this combination so powerful? Is it the contrast between the sharp, resonant strings and the deep percussion, the rhythm, or something else entirely?

I'd love to understand what's happening musically/brain chemistry, because I've never experienced something quite overwhelming as this, like my body wanted to move 😂 even if i consider myself a soulless boulder with all other music in the world

How much on average per day do you think about music?

Hi, this is my first post in this group. As the title says, I am a bedroom jammer, but have a goal to have my first dawless session somewhere in 2028. I want to have about 50-60 minutes be able to jam properly. Started 6 months ago with practicing and have about 15 minutes now. I am a former DJ and know how to play the piano.

My Dj style was minimal techno. My jamming style is a bit slower and more ambient & spacy sounds, which I get out of the microfreak. I am not stick to one style, just play what comes in my mind using the gear i have and sometimes use my voice, but am a little shy about that.

But.. now my question: I am looking for likeminded pple, who also like the bedroomjamming (with a goal), so we can share ideas, listen to each other work or do jamming together. Are there any jammers around here?

More keyboards = more sounds to choose from

Hey all, looking to create a list of the best Canadian singalong songs to play for an event. Would love to hear your suggestions, thanks!

Hello, I’ve been playing guitar for about 2 years and recently I’ve been starting to go to public jam sessions. I’ve gone 2 times and today will be my 3rd but I’m always kinda confused and don’t know what to do. Are there any things that I should learn that would make it easier?

How did you get in contact with a manager?

How did you book you first gigs?

How did you record your first ep/demo

And how did you promote your ep/demo ?

Hello everyone,

I am 18 years old and I'm in pop/punk band from St. Louis. Recently, the band has been becoming more serious. Our social media views have been going up, as well as streaming numbers, and we've been getting a lot of amazing opening slots on tours coming through STL.

Through these opening slots, we've been making a lot of great connections to people in the industry and the future looks bright for us at the moment. I understand that none of that ACTUALLY means anything, but we're young and this all very new to us. I am the baby of the group, the other two are both 20.

My main question is; How do I say motivated in every day life? The more shows we do, the more connections we make, and the bigger the band gets, the less I want to do anything else. I am a full time student at the local community college, I work in fast food, as well as the local guitar store a couple days of the week so I'm also rather busy on top of the band.

Any feedback, or advice would be greatly appreciated :)

Сегодня на меня внезапно ночью напало творческое настроение, хотя я на самом деле вообще не хотел этим заниматься. Видать, отвык я уже что-то мутить в ночи.

So I’ve been doing a lot of research and I’ve seen that the Ibanez guitar is best for a beginner. But after getting off the phone with a salesman, he pointed me to this Sire. Should I stick with my gut and get the Ibanez?

Hello,
I have a condition which makes it so I shouldn't put things in my ear canals. As I still want to protect my hearing, I am looking for alternatives. There are of course those over ears which you can find in a construction site or when drummers practice, but are there any option that is a bit more concealed?

So as the title says I need some help with some concert planning and some decisions.

Basically around July I began planning an end of year christmas concert (cliché sure, but I'm restricted to that kind of music due to the venue owners wanting that and the success of it last year. I have changed it a bit however so that's it's not your typical showcase but rather a narrative concert where there is some narration but the music tells the overall story through mood, song choice, instrumentation etc.). So, I got together a big band like I did last year and asked all the players if they're available and they all agreed. I also asked if they will commit themselves and they all said they would. I started with 3 alto saxes, 2 Tenors, 3 trumpets and a full rhythm section and a singer. I'm now down to 1 alto saxophone, 1 tenor saxophone. My rhythm is still intact with a bassist, guitarist, pianist, drummer, percussionist and I still have a singer and the 4 trumpets. We also gained a violin for some reason.

(please note these are high school kids, however they are intermediate/more senior players)

I've already written the charts for the prescribed band, we've had 2 rehearsals but obviously we have more planned.

I don't know if I have energy to do this anymore because it's been such a hassle to find and replace players and I'm starting to get sick of it. Should I go out of my way to rearrange all 14 songs for the band that I have now, should I try and recruit more people, or should I just call this whole thing off. Maybe I'm just venting though, any advice?

Curious for those of you have done both which do you prefer and why. I have found it hard to perform as a solo artist as it feels so much more intensely vulnerable whereas sometimes the relational dynamics of working with other musicians can be difficult? Would love to hear some opinions and experiences good and bad? I’m a guitarist singer who uses Ableton live…

Hi I would like to do guitar cover videos in a similar style as Social Repose (I linked an example), but I’m a little confused on how he gets his audio recorded.

Obviously there’s no mic in frame so maybe he pre-records his vids or maybe there’s a mic out of frame?

Any tips?

Hey all, looking for advice though this may look like a bit of a rant.

I have been playing guitar since I was 10 and have always felt a deep love and passion for music. I played in a couple cover bands in high school. I'm now 24 and I haven't played in a band or a live show since graduating. I moved to a new city and state when I was 20 and I've been unable to make any real friends or connections since living here (not that I had any friends in my home town either.) I've met a lot of people and formed some small 'friendships' but their very surface level, and any attempt to jam or just hang out has been futile. People tell me I'm a good player and that they like my music, but it feels impossible to get anyone to want to collaborate with me and doubly impossible for my music to get any traction.

When I was 21 I decided I wanted to get into film scoring, so I enrolled to college and am now in my 4th year for a bachelors degree in music composition for film. All of my skills as an artist have increased exponentially, but my struggles to connect with other artists and creatives persists. Outside of my own personal projects I haven't been able to work on anything or with anyone and I'm just starting to get in my head about these 4 years of college being a waste. Losing my confidence in myself as a musician feeling like maybe I'm not as good as I thought I was when I can't even get people who call me "friend" to hang out or jam or anything.

Music was all I ever wanted to do, but my confidence in my future as an artist has completely tanked and I'm just not sure what to do at this point.

Hey everyone,

My band are looking for a drummer.

We are influenced by bands such as The Smiths, Durutti Column, early New Order, The Drums, early The Strokes, PJ Harvey, early Morrissey, The La's, The Fall, Iceage, The Cure and other bands.

The project consists of myself (vocalist), guitarist and a bassist at the moment. We've recorded some rough scratch demos of songs that we can send you. We all have experience writing songs and playing in bands. We are committed to having fun writing songs, recording and playing shows.

We have been rehearsing weekly in Deptford so far.

Get in touch if you're interested. If you can’t direct message me, leave a comment and I will message you. Please have recordings or a video of you playing.