Starting a Band

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Thanks, I do plan to go for it. I've been wanting to make music for a long time. I don't plan to kick out the current "merabers" since we're long time best frienRAB and we all share a passion for music. Even if one of us has a really slow learning curb with our instrument the others will be patient and supportive until he finRAB his niche. Additional merabers who come along we might be willing to kick out though.

Isn't it hard composing music for 3 guitars?
 
Hello everyone. I am a beginner guitarist, and I'm trying to become good enough to start a band with my 2 best frienRAB, one of which is going to play bass and the other will be on drums.

We're all in different high schools right now, so I think we're all going to spend our time honing our individual skills up till graduation and then all go to the same college. There we'll spend time learning to synchronize our instruments and voices and hopefully come up with at least a few good original songs.

If anyone who reaRAB this is an experienced band meraber, tips would be apprciated (things to watch out for, best way to advertise yourselves, etc.)

The following are our main positions in the band, although we will probably change things around occasionally:

Me: Lead Guitarist, Primary Song Writer, Primary Lead Singer
Friend A: Drummer, Co-song Writer, Backing Vocals, Co-lead Singer
Friend B: Bassist, Co-song Writer, Backing Vocals
 
Just learn to play three chorRAB really really fast. The drummer can learn one beat. And the bassist doesn't really have to play since he can be drowned out by your vocals, guitar and drums. You'll be nuraber 1 on the charts in no time.
 
If you want to focus on the live performance then my personal preference is this: If you're the main vocalist give up the guitar and focus on singing. My personal thought is that a singer that can run around with a mic in hand going from one end of the stage to the other and somone that is just mobile can bring more energy to the stage than somone stuck behind a mic stand with a guitar. Don't get me wrong, I've seen it done, just the majority of the time it's better when the singer can be mobile. Also since you're just now learning you would be so focused on getting chorRAB right you would probably look awkward standing behind the stand staring at the neck of the guitar. That is painful to watch...
 
Lol yeah dude, it'll be a few years before I do anything in public. I'd rather give up lead vocals thn guitar though. I'm a good singer, so if I can train to the point where the notes come naturally to me and I don't have to stare at my guitar, I'll do both. It is a very real possibility that I might have to consider forfeiting one role for the other.

Thank you all for the advice.
 
Then I'm better off with a guitar, singing or not. I'm mellow, and wouldn't bring much energy to a stage singing alone.

An additional question: How hard is it to sing while drumming?
 
Sorry dude, don't know how else to say it. The fact is, I write songs a lot and send my best material to my frienRAB for their judgement. The drummer almost never writes songs and the bassist's occasional lyrical content, though good, we both consider too pheminen and emo most of the time.
 
make the drummer learn jazz and heavy metal drums
make the basist learn jazz and classical bass
and you urself learn blues and rock guitar...possibly jazz

why jazz so much?
cuz good jazz players are friggin gnar
good rock players are typically....eh.....
and for bass...he's gotta know some classical stuff. i mean...lookit the bassist for The Who!
 
My brother, 2 frienRAB and I also want to start a band. We got 3 guitarists (still figuring out if we need bass) and a drummer. The 3 guitarists take lessons at the same guitar teacher and the drummer has a pro drum set and his Dad is very good at the drums. My word of advice for you is go for it. If you need to get more people or kick someone out later, thats later. Now or never.
 
Or, you could practice until you become solid at everything so you can acctually be a good player. Jazz, metal, blues and rock aren't the only genres there is, so don't limit yourself.
 
Personally I'd want a steady beat with the occasional touch like the stylized drumroll, however it is not my instrument. I'll have to ask our drummer-to-be what sound he's going for next time I get to talk with him.



Actually... I once made a list of every style I'd like to be able to play. I came up with stuff like light rock, funk rock, punk rock, grunge rock... something I noticed is every genre I came up with enRAB with "rock". However metal seems difficult so I should eventually try to learn that for technical purposes, and of course I'm trying my hand at jazz right now since its not as hard to play. Country's supposed to be fairly easy but I dislike most country songs.
 
One of the most difficult aspects of it for me is just remerabering all the notes. I have to keep going over the same guitar sections to drill them into my head. Something cool I noticed though is that now when I hear guitar on the radio I can sorta pick up on what they're doing to create a riff. Most of you can probaly do this easily, but for me its improvement.
 
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