Finding other musicians to play with

If you’re interested in finding other musicians to play with, here are some ideas. Making music is good for  you AND great fun!  Even more so when you’re doing it with other folks. Here are some ideas about finding people to play with.

Musicians Connect

A website that might be helpful for finding like-minded musicians in your area. https://www.musiciansconnect.net/

BandMix

You can open an account for free, tell your story and post your music and videos. The free account won’t let you contact other members through the website- you have to pay $12 per month for that- but it might be a good way for you to see who is around and interested in the kind of music you want to do. https://bandmix.com

CraigsList

First, navigate to craigslist and make sure you are in the right area! For me that would be South Jersey. the web address for that is https://southjersey.craigslist.org/

In the banner at the top of the page, left-hand side you can see an icon link to “POST”

Make a post telling who you are, what you want to do and who(or what) you are looking for. For instance, mine might say that I am a musician in Voorhees, looking for a bass player to work with as a duo for winery gigs. You might also add a link to a video or audio file(s) and post up some photos using the Craigslist interface.   Here’s what mine looks like for a second guitarist below.

Craigslist is free to post to your community (like local musicians) but please be careful about what you are posting regards personal information. Also remember that the more information you present about who you’re looking for, the more likely you are to find somebody who meets that criteria… who’s looking for you too!

Facebook

To find local musicians to play with on Facebook, search for regional “musicians wanted” or “band collab” groups using your city or state name. Join those groups, and create a clear post detailing your location, instruments, genre, and whether you want to jam or tour

Some general advice:

• be good: play well, on time and be responsible;
• have something that makes you special: learn how to record, how to sing backing vocals, or how to compose songs;
• play anything, with anyone: if you find some people to play, even if it’s not your style, accept. Then you’ll naturally meet with other musicians on rehearsals, small gigs, or even music shops.

“It’s not working (yet). That’s the only reassurance you truly need.” Seth Godin

Cooler Full of Nutcrackers

I’ve been writing music and songs for years; here’s a compilation of a few of them. Hope you enjoy my sonic art! Some of the finger-style pieces are decades old while the music that sounds like a piano is more recent. That music was created in Musescore, a notation/teaching/song-writing tool I was introduced to while at Berklee online.  Well worth the time it might cost to investigate it, imho.

musescore.org