Musician Forum - Band Discussion Board - BandMix

It is a nice place to hang out. Good people good musicians.

By the way, your band sounds great, how's mine?

No BandMix does not work.

But it has been for me, and many others an effective tool if you are willing to do the work.

It's not easy. and it is time consuming.

But if your tenacious you can build a band .

fisherman bob wrote:I have found a number of fine musicians and been found myself. I recommend being a premier member for at least three months and give it a serious effort. It's not a magic pill but used in conjunction with other marketing methods it does work.

It only works when you plug it in!

Etu Malku wrote:

fisherman bob wrote:I have found a number of fine musicians and been found myself. I recommend being a premier member for at least three months and give it a serious effort. It's not a magic pill but used in conjunction with other marketing methods it does work.

It only works when you plug it in!

Exactly ...

You might notice that many of us have an E-mail address in our "signature line" which automatically displays on every post.

I will say u get a helluva lot more feedback on here then you would on reverbnation or soundcloud

XhaDoW-6 wrote:I will say u get a helluva lot more feedback on here then you would on reverbnation or soundcloud

I get some comments there, must mostly from others looking for the same on their songs.

Having music and full bio there did help me get my current Beatles tribute band gig, thoguh, because I linked to it in my craigslist ad.

Great tracks Nick. Good melodic song writing. I think your drummer is kick butt perfect for what you are doing. If that is you laying down the guitar work,, Great playing. Thanks for sharing your music. I enjoyed it.

This is the wild,wild west, up here. It's cool if you don't mind facing sharp disagreement from some of the S.O.B.s LIKE ME, from time to time.

Hey neighbor. I'm a Snellville boy myself.

As to Bandmix - I can tell you I've found plenty of people but there is an equation you need to consider:

People to play with you doing what you want to do = number of players within reasonable distance (more than you think) minus all the various players who are doing something totally different, some who are dorks and others with the various problems one encounters with musicians. Plus age groups vary wildly which bothers some folks.

Thus there may be sixty players near you - if you are lucky some of them may be just right - maybe 2 or 3. I've been kind of fortunate but just split with a situation I'd had hopes for and so on it goes.

But like you, I'm picky, and I want to do what I want to do. So you just keep plugging. BM is just a tool. Stick it in your tool belt and see what happens.

Talbot

Does it work? Well, although I met a few people here, and even got hired by a project in Tampa (I'm in Naples), It's really more of a metrics and demographic thing.

For my particular project, I ended up finding 1 guitarist on Youtube. She's in Argentina, so we work long distance for now. Second guitarist ended up being her husband, kind of funny how that worked out. Found a few singers on BX and on youtube, but ended up running into my current one here locally on Mother's day last year. Found my keyboardist on Facebook. His wife grew up on the same street with the drummer from Crimson Glory. She introduced us and he's now accepted the drum position.

So, in my case, Bandmix did not fill my positions, but the act of working the online social networks got me 3 members.

So the score is:
Social Networks - 3
Verbal referrals - 1
Chance meeting - 1

So, work the web, talk to friends you meet on the web, and get out of the house on Mother's day...

Hey TJ, GREAT TRACKS. Nick started this thread, but it's really nice to see some talent posting some GREAT TRACKS. Between You and Nick, thank you.

Every one is different, every one is looking for something else. That is what is so cool about sharing music on Band Mix.

You have a great day, and when I hear talent, Thanks.

Sure it works. See, I just posted something.

Hi - Like you I thought being a paying member of this site would get me contact with real musicians with talent, enthusiasm,commitment and integrity. It didn't so I stopped paying. Then I tried membership for free same result so I went back to paying. Useless! Now I don't pay and of course still nothing ever happens. People just snoop you out like a bunch of clandestine stalkers and never commit to anything. Thank god I'm married and don't have to suffer the agony of trying online dating! That must be ten times worse than trying to find musicians!

As someone up above said, you have to use this site in conjunction with other music sites and social networks. It also helps to get out and meet people or spread the word through pinrted ads and through word of mouth. There are also other variables, like music tastes, individual goals, age group, and location.