Not planning to be around here too long Neanderpaul, (great name by the way
). To get back to the original topic I've been on here about a month. I just moved to Canterbury from London and have no network down here. My search criteria has only been 25 miles and so far I have contacted 4 or 5 potential new bands/ bandmates with very little trouble.
This is only a backup though. Mostly I have been going to the local venues and introducing myself to musicians there and again I have made a few contacts. The result is I have a week off from the day job next week to do several jams/auditions. This is all new to me as I've spent the last 35 years as a regulaly gigging semi-pro musician in London without having to use any kind of contact media other than personal networking and word of mouth recomendation.
I don't tend to hang around the chat rooms/forums too much any more partly because I have a compulsive personality and would be on here till 4am and partly because I don't hols back when someone/thing irritates me which just becomes contentious. Life's hard enough without getting into online arguments.
PS. Whats the definition of an optimist?......A pedal steel player with a paging device.