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As has been suggested, post some music in your profile.
Put your email address in your profile (you have to spell it out, or it will be deleted).
Stop asking the same questions over and over again.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

Well, I don't have any audio to post, but I do have a YouTube video to post, but that's it. Just one YouTube video of me playing Whataya Want From Me. And it was filmed by my music teacher. Yes, I'm still taking lessons, but it's not so much lessons as learning new chord progressions and working on a song for 30 minutes.

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87HiT15o2Q

It was written by Max Martin/Shellback/Pink, and first performed by Adam Lambert. Notice my current playing style as well.

I'm not sure if it's safe to put that on my profile page. I don't want to get in trouble with the copyright police. Also note that when I was using Myspace (back around 2007 and 2008) I only had a few audio samples on my profile, the sad thing is that they had to be done as MIDI, since I don't have any good audio equipment, and the versions of the songs I had were terrible quality, and most were works in progress. The program I used for to record the MIDI files was glitchy in spots and once I bought a brand new computer, (around 2010) I NEVER touched MIDI ever since. I eventually took the bad files down sometime around 2009. I tired to get some better versions re-recorded later that year, but the person who was doing it had a very slow internet connection, and he was using .wav files, not the faster .mp3. The guy I'm speaking of was yet another failed music buddy. First off, like one of the earlier stories, he was completely unfamilar with the songs I was into, and second, he had a professional music studio, but it ended up being in his garage, and it was kind of cramped feeling in there. He also didn't seem to have a good ear for music and a solid understanding of the music theory and music terms.

Also note that I'm looking for KEYBOARD players more specifically, I'm trying to find a guy like this...

http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/muc/2994062833.html

...but with one small difference. I'm looking for someone who does what that guy does as a hobby, and NOT as his job. This was also supposed to be a daytime activity, and a chance to simply learn with friends, NOT necessarily commit to something huge like me joining an already successful band. This whole time I've been reaching the extremes of both sides of the spectrum. It's getting really annoying, and I don't know how to get through to people anymore.

This site is the ONLY place I know of that I haven't messed up on and I can't even get the attention of the audience who I need to speak to because the damn system won't let a user contact someone unless they pay for the premuim version of this site and there's TOO many forums on this site and a little too much focus put on profeesioonalism. Why couldn't Bandmix have made this for people starting out as well?

Basically, what I'm saying is that, I REALLY want to try something different, and that's located in my area, but I need help in acquiring that knowledge, and not just cognitive knowledge, but experiential knowledge as well.

I give up.

I think you just want to daydream about it.
If you were really interested, your criteria wouldn't be so stringent.

Pretty decent playing. Keep at it.
My apologies to you for any harassment I may have caused you.

I'll only suggest... stick to your guns and do daily searches on bandmix. Good Luck in finding what you're searching for.

I give up.

I think you just want to daydream about it.
If you were really interested, your criteria wouldn't be so stringent.

STOP responding to my topics Chief Engineer Scott! You are TOO old and you are NOT into the stuff I'm into and you are WAY too experienced.

For once STOP making foolish assumptions about me JUST because you are angry with me! If you DON"T want to help or CAN'T help just come out and say it!

If I just wanted to daydream about it, I wouldn't even be here and I wouldn't be explaining where I'm having trouble.

And also try to understand the prefferences.

Pretty decent playing. Keep at it.
My apologies to you for any harassment I may have caused you.

I'll only suggest... stick to your guns and do daily searches on bandmix. Good Luck in finding what you're searching for.

There is NOTHING for me on Bandmix, and even if I did find someone here, I would NOT be able to contact them since I ONLY have a free account. That person would have to come to me, and have a paid account.

Another thing is that "pop" isn't a searchable genre, which is what I play.

I'm 28, I play keyboard, and you could (theoritically) contact me, except you're probably the very last living person that I'd want to play with. You don't have to worry about playing with anyone "too experienced." They wouldn't want to play with you, either.

I'm 28, I play keyboard, and you could (theoritically) contact me, except you're probably the very last living person that I'd want to play with. You don't have to worry about playing with anyone "too experienced." They wouldn't want to play with you, either.

Just because a given person is in his 20s and plays keyboard, that still doesn't mean I'll be interested in him. If he isn't into playing covers by some of the key artists I've listed in previous posts, then he's still a no go, and it would be a repeat of the real life stories I gave so far. Also understand that I would need to get to know the guy and make sure we develope a strong bond and share similar music tastes, and see where he stands in his music goals. I need to make sure he's not a guy who is already pursuing a career in music and isn't dedicated to other music related projects.

I don't have ANYTHING against people who have less or more experience than me, but I'm looking for people who are at a similar level of experience and are simply looking for friends. In other words, I want to allow time to do other activities, like play video games together, go see a movie, have a music listening party, and just do what most young adults do together.

And just because I have a few missunderstandings with a few people on the internet, please don't make rude judgements like you did above. I'm sorry you feel that way, and I'm sorry if I upset you.

Good luck with your project.

Damn ... I'm to old too.

Guess I'll sell this ton of gear and cancel all of our gigs for the rest of the year.


sh*t ... this just keeps getting better.

Damn ... I'm to old too.

Guess I'll sell this ton of gear and cancel all of our gigs for the rest of the year.


sh*t ... this just keeps getting better.

Guys, I'm sorry you guys are so annoyed by my posts. If people weren't so damn quick to respond and were more conservative when posting, NONE of these missunderstandings would happen. I might've been able to reach my desired audience, gotten some of the insight that I needed and maybe made an actual friend in my area who could help.

Also I'm sorry if I said anything that made you guys upset. I am just a little frustrated with my current situation.

Good luck with your music project.

There is NOTHING for me on Bandmix, and even if I did find someone here, I would NOT be able to contact them since I ONLY have a free account. That person would have to come to me, and have a paid account.

Another thing is that "pop" isn't a searchable genre, which is what I play.

So why do you keep persisting here?

Glambert, sit down and take a load off.

You see the balance or maybe an imbalance here?

Say we have , "JA" on one side and "Glambert" on the other..
(I only use these 2 because of similar age, not skill set because idk..)

But if you sat down and had to play a little with both of them, I feel pretty confident that I could could get more production/music/whatever done with JA.

Glambert is panicking like mad of so it seems to me.
It like he's lashing out in frustration at not being able to do what he wants.
(I am not trying to send you off the edge, Glambert. I am merely trying to make a point about mental attitude and working with others in general.)

You need to calm down because whatever you think you are doing at this point, it's not productive to behave in this manner.

And this is why you got banned at BatonRougerocks.

You need to be composed regardless of what occurs.
Life sucks, deal with it as best you can.
"Fair comes around once a year in the summer".
If you are lucky and determined, maybe you have a chance to break the surface. If you let your emotions dictate your behavior, you are in for a rough ride.

It's already been a rough ride since I started this search in general around Fall of 2007, and that's because for one thing, the music I enjoy is not very popular among most musicians in their 20s, and also because most of the people who have responded to my request were already playing in bands and had lots of experience, instead of your simple college student or part time worker who just happens to play keyboard and is looking for a friend to also learn with and hang out with.

Your too old Mr Scott!!!!!!!!! Hahaha I loved that one,




Put your faith in yourself and do it, no one else is going to do it for
you.

Yod had a interesting method he described as hanging out in music
stores looking for musicians. You might try that, at least it would be
in person, and you wouldn't have to worry about the internet tough
talkers.

Practice over and over and over and you'll have one up on all the
naysayers who talk on the computer when they should be practicing.

You can pull some good musical info off this site, but it's mixed in
with the religion and politics and all the wanna be players.

I wish you success, follow the path that is set before you everyday,
and you can never lose.